Thank you for your patience — Our website is under construction and will be completed soon. Please reach out to me if needed. – Liz Colton, colton.diplomacy@gmail.com
A reporter, writer, editor, civil rights activist, Peace Corps volunteer, Ph.D, scholar, university professor, war correspondent, diplomat — all the dreams Colton had as a kid growing up in Asheville, she turned into a reality, crisscrossing the globe. Her resume, marked with "Top Secret Security Clearance," reads like a fast-paced action novel...
ELIZABETH O. COLTON
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Warren Wilson College
Diplomat & Journalist in Residence, 2020-Present
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UNITAR, Geneva & Worldwide
Professor of Diplomacy in UNITAR – UOC (Open University of Catalonia) MA Program, and Moderator
in UNITAR Global Online Courses, 2016-Present
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Colton Diplomacy & Global Collaboration
President, worldwide speaking, teaching, promoting, consulting, 2011-Present
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International Shipboard Education/Semester at Sea
Lecturer on Diplomacy, Global Affairs & the News Media, 2013
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American Committees on Foreign Relations
Adviser for Speakers Programs, Interim-CEO for Dallas Committee, 2012-14
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U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Officer
(Overseas & in Washington, D.C.) 2000-2011
Spokesperson/Press Attache/Public
Affairs Officer
Middle Eastern, South Asian, African Posts; CAIRO (2010-11/ also 2004); KARACHI (2009-10); ISLAMABAD (2006-08); BAGHDAD (2005-06) KHARTOUM (2004-05); ALGIERS (2003-04); Also served in RIYADH and MANAMA (2000-2003)
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Chief of Staff, Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science
Washington, DC, (2008-2009)
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An Organizer, Secretary of State’s Ministerial Conference: Antarctica and the Arctic
(April 2009)
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Shenandoah University, Mass Communications Program Director/Dept. Chair; Professor
Winchester, Virginia, 1991-2000
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ARCOM Weekly Newspapers
Executive Editor, Loudoun Times-Mirror (& 9 other weeklies)
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Mutual Broadcasting/NBC Radio
News Correspondent, Gulf War/Desert Storm
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NPR (National Public Radio)
Diplomatic Correspondent, Washington, DC
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NEWSWEEK Magazine
Cairo Bureau Chief-Middle East Correspondent
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ABC News Overseas
TV-Producer, Radio-Correspondent, London
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NBC News
TV/Radio Researcher/Producer, London
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Asiaweek, Reuters, Far Eastern Economic Review, & other news orgs
Indian Ocean, Maldives, South Asia, Southeast Asia
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Asheville Citizen-Times
Teenage Columnist "Teen Talk"
EDUCATION
London School of Economics & Political Science
Ph.D., Social Anthropology, (Wenner-Gren Foundation Doctoral Fellowships)
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Vanderbilt University
MA-Sociology-Anthropology; MA- English Literature, (NDEA Fellowship and also Graduate Teaching Fellowships)
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Randolph College
BA Major-English; Minor-Classics
SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies)
Language studies: Dhivehi (Maldivian)
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Columbia Teachers College
Swahili & African Studies, Peace Corps training
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University of Glasgow
Studies in Literature, Philosophy, History
Photo: Katie Bailey/bkbailey@citizen-times.com
Asheville Citizen-Times by Dale Neal
Cultural Diplomacy and what it means in practice in today's era.
25 February 2021 from 4.00 to 5.00 p.m. CET.
Organized in collaboration with the UN Geneva Cultural Activities Programme (CAP).
Dr. Liz Colton • Mr Thomas Kryger, UN Cultural Activities coordinator
For More Information: https://commons.ungeneva.org/node/195
UNITAR's e-course "Public & Cultural Diplomacy in a Multipolar World"
6 Sept-18 Oct 2021. •. Moderator, Dr. Liz Colton
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Join the live webinar or re-watch with link and passcode below..
Passcode: 3CAwK9^y