Dr. McGann is the assistant director of the International Relations Program as well as director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, a think tank based in Philadelphia. Prior to working at the university, Dr. McGann was an assistant professor of political science at Villanova University where he taught international relations, international organizations, and international law. Dr. McGann’s current research focuses on the role of think tanks in formulation of U.S. domestic and foreign policy and a global mapping of security and international affairs think tanks.