{"id":33827,"date":"2026-01-08T16:32:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/?page_id=33827"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:34:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:34:38","slug":"dan-whitman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/fr\/dan-whitman\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Whitman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"33827\" class=\"elementor elementor-33827\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d827834 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d827834\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bcd2be\" data-id=\"1bcd2be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49e7b1d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49e7b1d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dan Whitman<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1367822 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1367822\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4251242\" data-id=\"4251242\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a25b43c elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"a25b43c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"yulia-osmolovska\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6208a61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6208a61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"361\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/189-e1723646881109.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-33830\" alt=\"Portrait of Dan Whitman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/189-e1723646881109.png 361w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/189-e1723646881109-14x12.png 14w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4ec0b0\" data-id=\"d4ec0b0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-782646a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"782646a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Dan Whitman<\/strong> est <strong>chercheur invit\u00e9 au Transatlantic Dialogue Center<\/strong> et ancien <strong>diplomate du service ext\u00e9rieur des \u00c9tats-Unis<\/strong>. En tant que diplomate, Whitman a \u00e9t\u00e9 affect\u00e9 au Danemark, en Espagne, en Afrique du Sud, en Ha\u00efti et au Cameroun. Il a bri\u00e8vement exerc\u00e9 ses fonctions au Ghana, en Guin\u00e9e, au Nigeria, au Soudan du Sud, \u00e0 Maurice, en Gambie, en Guin\u00e9e \u00e9quatoriale et au Congo-Brazzaville.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">En tant que <strong>professeur adjoint \u00e0 l\u2019American University<\/strong> de 2009 \u00e0 2020, il a enseign\u00e9 la politique \u00e9trang\u00e8re, les m\u00e9thodes de recherche, la communication interculturelle et l\u2019histoire orale. En 2022, Dan a travaill\u00e9 au <strong>Sommet de la Maison-Blanche sur l\u2019Afrique<\/strong>. Il enseigne actuellement \u00e0 la <strong>George Washington University<\/strong>.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Whitman began his public diplomacy work in 1969, when he was the assigned French interpreter for an African visitor under the International Visitors Program of the U.S. Information Agency.&nbsp; Since then he accompanied African and French visitors in the IV program for a thirteen year period, then planned programs for IVs at Delphi Research Associates.&nbsp; He was a Fulbright scholar in 1980-81 in Brazzaville, after earning his PhD at Brown University in 1979.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">Whitman est l\u2019<strong>auteur de huit livres<\/strong>, dont <em>A Haiti Chronicle<\/em>, qui retrace les trois \u00e9lections ha\u00eftiennes de 2000. Son histoire orale des \u00e9changes \u00e9ducatifs et culturels entre l\u2019Afrique du Sud de l\u2019apartheid et les \u00c9tats-Unis a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9e en 2014 par SUNY Press.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Whitman Dan Whitman is a Visiting Fellow at the Transatlantic Dialogue Center and a former United States Foreign Service Officer. As Foreign Service Officer, Whitman was posted in Denmark, Spain, South Africa, Haiti, Cameroon. He briefly served in Ghana, Guinea, and Nigeria, South Sudan, Mauritius, Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo-Brazzaville. 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