Rockford Weitz, F02
Ph.D. Student, Fletcher School
Hometown: Viola, Idaho
Photo by Alonso Nichols for Tufts University
Tufts and Fletcher were highly attractive when I was looking at Ph.D. programs because the faculty and academic community support scholarship that transcends intellectual boundaries. This is a significant competitive advantage and the wave of the future. When I proposed to study the role of Lloyd's of London as a transnational actor in international relations, I was struck by how well it was received by faculty of diplomacy, security studies, maritime studies, business, and international law. Almost no other university offers this type of interdisciplinary and global perspective. Tufts also is a very personal place – the faculty provide world–class mentoring, which I have experienced first–hand through Fletcher's Maritime Studies Program.
interdisciplinary and international and personal.”
