{"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\/it\/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> \u00e8 <strong>ricercatore ospite presso il Centro per il Dialogo Transatlantico<\/strong> ed ex <strong>funzionario del Servizio Estero degli Stati Uniti<\/strong>. In qualit\u00e0 di funzionario del Servizio Estero, Whitman \u00e8 stato destinato a sedi in Danimarca, Spagna, Sudafrica, Haiti e Camerun. Ha prestato brevemente servizio in Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sudan del Sud, Mauritius, Gambia, Guinea Equatoriale e Congo-Brazzaville.<\/p><p class=\"translation-block\">In qualit\u00e0 di <strong>professore assistente presso l\u2019American University<\/strong> dal 2009 al 2020, ha insegnato politica estera, metodi di ricerca, comunicazione interculturale e storia orale. Nel 2022, Dan ha collaborato con l\u2019amministrazione Biden al <strong>Vertice della Casa Bianca sull\u2019Africa<\/strong>. Attualmente insegna presso 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 \u00e8 <strong>autore di otto libri<\/strong>, tra cui <em>A Haiti Chronicle<\/em>, che documenta le tre elezioni haitiane del 2000. La sua storia orale degli scambi educativi e culturali tra il Sudafrica dell\u2019apartheid e gli Stati Uniti \u00e8 stata pubblicata nel 2014 dalla 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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