Geoffrey Garrett | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Australian National University Duke University |
| Occupation(s) | Political scientist, academic administrator |
| Employer | University of Southern California |
| Title | Dean of theUSC Marshall School of Business |
Geoffrey Garrett is an Australian political scientist, academic administrator, and the current dean of theUniversity of Southern CaliforniaMarshall School of Business. He has served as a professor ofpolitical science at theUniversity of Oxford,Stanford University,Yale University, theUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), theUniversity of Southern California (USC) and theUniversity of Sydney. He was also the dean of theUniversity of Sydney Business School and theUniversity of New South Wales Business School (UNSW Business School). He was the dean of theWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from July 2014 until June 2020.
On 1 July 2020 Garrett became the 18th dean of the USC Marshall School of Business.
Geoffrey Garrett was born in Australia, and he graduated from theAustralian National University.[1] He was aFulbright Scholar atDuke University, where he earned a master's degree and a PhD in 1990.[1][2]
Garrett was a fellow in politics atUniversity College, Oxford, from 1986 to 1988.[3] He joined the Department of Political Science atStanford University as an assistant professor in 1988, and rose to tenured full professor in 1997.[3] He was a professor of Political Science atYale University from 1999 to 2001, and a professor of Political Science at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2001 to 2005.[3] He was also the dean of the UCLA International Institute and vice provost of international studies.[3] He was professor of international relations, business administration, communication and law at theUniversity of Southern California from 2005 to 2008, and the president of thePacific Council on International Policy from 2005 to 2009.[3]
Garrett returned to Australia in 2009, where he was a professor of political science at theUniversity of Sydney and the founding CEO of itsUnited States Studies Centre from 2008 to 2012.[3] He was the dean of theUniversity of Sydney Business School from 2012 to 2013, and the dean of the Australian School of Business, now known as theUNSW Business School, from 2013 to 2014.[3][2] Garrett succeededThomas S. Robertson as the dean of theWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania on 1 July 2014.[4][5] He was also the Reliance Professor of Management and Private Enterprise in the Management Department at Wharton and Professor of Political Science.[3]
He serves on the advisory board ofGlobal Policy.[6]
Garrett rejoined the University of Southern California as the Marshall School Dean, Robert R. Dockson Dean’s Chair in Business Administration, and Professor of Management and Organization on 1 July 2020[7]
Garrett serves on the boards of advisors of theIndian School of Business and theTsinghua University School of Economics and Management.[1] He is also a fellow of theAcademy of the Social Sciences in Australia.[1]
In 2020, after several of USC Professor Greg Patton's students complained to the university about the professor using a common Mandarin filler word in a lecture that equated to the English word "that", which the students mistook for a racial pejorative, Geoffrey Garrett advised students that the professor would no longer be teaching the course. "It is simply unacceptable for the faculty to use words in class that can marginalize, hurt and harm the psychological safety of our students", he said. Other USC students backed Patton's academic use of the word, with many on social media noting that the punishment appeared to be discrimination against speakers of Chinese.[8]
