Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 has resigned as dean of the Wilson School to serve as director of the State Department's policy planning staff, the University announced Tuesday afternoon.
Slaughter will become the first woman to lead the office, which was created in 1947 by George Kennan '25, who served as its first director.
Slaughter, who became dean in September 2002, wrote an e-mail to Wilson School students Jan. 20 informing them that she would be resigning her position to serve under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
While Slaughter wrote that associate dean Nolan McCarty and professor Mark Watson would be serving as acting deans, the University statement said that Watson alone will serve as interim dean. President Tilghman is expected to begin a search for Slaughter’s replacement in the next few weeks.
In her e-mail, Slaughter said that though she is leaving her post as dean, she will remain a member of the faculty.
“Indeed, when Senator Clinton offered me a position, I told her that I could only take a limited public service leave and that I would be commuting back and forth to Princeton on weekends," she wrote, adding that Clinton agreed.
"[Clinton] commented that it would be valuable for me to get out of Washington regularly, to be able to hear a wider range of opinions," Slaughter said. "The one thing that everyone in the Woodrow Wilson School has in abundance is opinions!"
Slaughter’s move from Robertson Hall to Foggy Bottom had been widely rumored in the days leading up to this announcement, though she had declined to confirm the appointment.
Slaughter will report directly to Clinton. Her office is charged with providing policy analysis and advice on global trends to advance U.S. interests abroad.
A graduate of Oxford University and Harvard Law School, Slaughter is married to politics professor Andrew Moravcsik. The two spent the 2007-08 academic year on sabbatical in China with their two sons. Moravcsik will remain on the faculty full-time.
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