Daniel Bessner

Associate Professor
Jackson School Assistant Professor Daniel Bessner

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Prof. Bessner is accepting new MA but is not accepting PhD students for the 2025-2026 academic year

Daniel Bessner is the Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Associate Professor in American Foreign Policy at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. He is a historian of U.S. foreign relations whose work has appeared in Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times, and other venues.


Education

  • Duke University, Ph.D. History, 2013
  • Duke University, M.A. History, 2010
  • Columbia University, B.A. History, 2006
  • Jewish Theological Seminary, B.A. Jewish History, 2006

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