Jason Blazakis is a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) where he focuses on threat financing, sanctions, violent extremism, and special operations related research.

Catey Boyle (she/they) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Axinn Center for the Humanities. A historian working at the crossroads of the Middle East and the African continent, Catherine received their ...

The following message was sent to the campus community on July 23, 2025: Dear Middlebury Community, I am writing to share the sad news that a part-time staff member, Reece Thibault, died unexpectedly ...

Baucom joined Middlebury in 2025, after serving as executive vice president and provost and the Robert C. Taylor Professor of English at the University of Virginia. A widely regarded leader in higher ...

Alum Claudia Siegenthaler says there’s no doubt that AI is shifting the role of humans in translation and localization management, but she’s seeing a lot of upside as a project manager at a ...

2022-2023 RGS Cohort: Robert Ambat, Ana Baez, William Beckerman, Isbeth Bustos, Jake Butler-Jancose, Juan Ceron, Charlie Fisch, Bryan Harris, Claire Hatch, Dario ...

A long-running partnership with the Army War College immerses policy and language students in realistic diplomatic negotiations over an intense weekend. This marks the tenth year of the International ...

Every year, several students at the Middlebury Institute get advanced hands-on training in open-source intelligence skills with mentorship from arms control expert and professor Dr. Jeffrey Lewis.

Alum Flynn Pollard shares how his education at the Middlebury Institute and diverse experiences prepared him for a dynamic career as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State.

Local government officials experience increasingly high rates of threats and harassment, while lacking guidance about which threats amount to constitutionally protected political speech and which ...

Guidance and Resources As a Middlebury staff member, you may encounter generative AI tools like Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, Adobe Firefly, or Zoom AI Companion in your daily work. These tools, ...

Neofascists, conspiracy theorists, and wellness practitioners believe that certain audio frequencies have great power to harm or heal. The esoteric undercurrents of these beliefs draw these ...