Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar Named New Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS)

On January 15, Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) announced Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar as their new Director. Cuéllar served as a Chair of the Board of Directors from 2016 to 2021, until he began his tenure as President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He holds a B.S. from Harvard, a law degree from Yale, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Stanford. Previously, he also served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of California, taught law and political science at Stanford University, and served on the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board and the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board.

In his new role as Director, he will, “lead the Center’s new efforts to apply emerging knowledge to major societal challenges as well as its renowned residential fellowship program, which brings scholars from across disciplines to advance understanding of human behavior, institutions, and society.”

Read more about the appointment here. CASBS is a COSSA member organization.

This article was contributed by COSSA Intern Malia Gunterman.