Alyssa Ayres is the Dean of The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, the first woman to hold the post. She was also a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations for India, Pakistan, and Southeast Asia from October 2013 to February 2021. After her appointment as dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs, she has taken a position as an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Her book Our Time Has Come: How India is Making Its Place in the World, was published in January 2018 and appeared on the “Summer 2018: Politics” list in the Financial Times.
Ayres in 2023
Elliott School of International Affairs
The Elliott School of International Affairs is the professional school of international relations, foreign policy, and international development of the George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. It is highly ranked in international affairs and is the largest school of international relations in the United States.
The Elliott School is located across the street from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of the Interior, the American Red Cross headquarters, and the General Services Administration and only blocks away from the White House.
An Elliott School event with the 2019 International Women of Courage recipients.
View from the Elliott School, with the Washington Monument in the back and the U.S. Department of the Interior & American Red Cross headquarters in the foreground.
Rawlins Park sits between the Elliott School & the U.S. Department of the Interior.
