[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 135 (Thursday, September 8, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         IN HONOR OF JAN BLACK

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 8, 2016

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the remarkable 
personal and professional achievements of Dr. Jan Black, a great 
educator, selfless activist, and dear personal friend. Jan is at the 
same time a model American and a global citizen. Over the years she has 
devoted countless hours to local political campaigns for offices 
ranging from the President and Congress to city council and school 
board. Equally, she has been a tireless advocate and traveled around 
the world on behalf of international education and human rights.
  Jan has taught for many years at the Middlebury Institute of 
International Studies in Monterey, California. She earned her BA in Art 
and Spanish from the University of Tennessee. She earned her MA in 
Latin American Studies and PhD in International Studies at the American 
University School of International Service in Washington DC.
  Jan's international experience includes Senior Associate Membership 
at St. Antony's College, Oxford University; Fulbright, Mellon and other 
grants and Fellowships in South America, the Caribbean, and India; on-
site or short-term teaching and honorary faculty positions in several 
Latin American countries, and extensive overseas lecturing and 
research. She was also a Peace Corps Volunteer in Chile and a faculty 
member with the University of Pittsburgh's Semester-at-Sea program.
  Jan was a research professor in the Division of Public 
Administration, University of New Mexico, and editor and research 
administrator in American University's Foreign Area Studies Division. 
She has also served on some two dozen international editorial and non-
governmental organization boards and has published numerous articles 
and books, including most recently a 2009 book titled ``The Politics of 
Human Rights Protection.''
  In 2011, Jan was elected to the Board of Directors of Amnesty 
International USA, she is a member of the Advisory Boards of the 
International Political Science Association's Committee on Civil-
Military Affairs; the Global Studies Program of California State 
University, San Jose; and the PhD Fellowship Program of the U.S. Inter-
American Foundation.
  Mr. Speaker, I know I speak for the whole House in recognizing Dr. 
Jan Black for her remarkable personal and professional achievements. 
The world is a better place because of her efforts.

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