Jeremy I. Levitt

Associate Dean for International Programs and Distinguished Professor of International Law
Phone: 407-254-3248
Email: jeremy.levitt@famu.edu

Dean Levitt is a public international lawyer and political scientist with expertise in the law of the use of force, human rights law, African politics, democratization, state dynamics and regional collective security. Levitt is the author or editor of four books and numerous law review articles. Prior to entering law teaching, he served as Special Assistant to the Managing Director for Global Human and Social Development at the World Bank Group. He was recently appointed as senior member of the International Technical Assistance Committee (ITAC) of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the President of the Republic of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa’s first democratically-elected female head of state. ITAC provides technical legal assistance to, and legal oversight of, TRC operations. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Cambridge-St. Johns College; a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and B.A., Political Science in Arizona State University.