William B. Quandt
Edward R. Stettinius
Professor of Politics
University of Virginia
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In the fall of 1994, William B. Quandt
joined the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he holds the Edward R. Stettinius chair. From 2000 to 2003, he also served as Vice Provost for International
Affairs at the University. He teaches courses on the Middle East and American Foreign Policy. Prior to
this appointment, he was a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program
at the Brookings Institution, where he conducted research on the Middle East, American policy toward the Arab-Israeli conflict, and
energy policy.
Before going to Brookings in 1979, Dr.
Quandt served as a staff member on the National Security Council (1972-1974,
1977-1979). He was actively involved in the negotiations that led to the Camp
David Accords and the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty. Dr. Quandt was also an
Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, worked at the Rand Corporation in the Department of Social
Science from 1968-1972, and taught at UCLA and MIT
William Quandt has written numerous
books, and his articles have appeared in a wide variety of publications. His
books include: Peace Process:
American Diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967, (Brookings, 2005, third edition): Between Ballots and Bullets: Algeria's Transition
from Authoritarianism, (Brookings,
1998); The United States and
Egypt: An Essay on Policy for the 1990s, (Brookings, 1990);Camp David: Peacemaking and Politics,
(Brookings, 1986); Saudi Arabia in the
1980s: Foreign Policy, Security, and Oil, (Brookings, 1981); Decade of Decisions:
American Foreign Policy Toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1967-1976 , (University of California Press, 1977); and Revolution and Political Leadership: Algeria,
1954-1968, (MIT Press, 1969).
He also edited The Middle East: Ten
Years After Camp David, (Brookings, 1988).
Dr. Quandt has received a number of
research grants, including a Social Science Research Council International
Fellowship (1966-1968), the Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs
Fellowship (1972-1973), and the National Defense Education Act Fellowship
(1963-1965). During 1987-88, he was President of the Middle East Studies
Association. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves on
the Board of Trustees of the American University in Cairo and the Foundation for Middle East Peace. In 2004, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2005 he received the All-University Teaching
Award at the University of Virginia. In 2012, he was the recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Award
from the University of Virginia, the highest award for scholarship and service
given by the University.
Dr. Quandt was born in 1941 in Los Angeles, California. He received his BA in
International Relations from Stanford University in 1963, and his Ph.D. in Political
Science from MIT in 1968. He is married to the writer Helena Cobban, has one
daughter and two step-children, and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.