Sheena Chestnut Greitens

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Sheena Chestnut Greitens
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Born
Sheena Elise Chestnut
Spouse(s)
(m. 2011; div. 2020)
Children2
Academic background
EducationStanford University (BA)
University of Oxford (MPhil)
Harvard University (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
Sub-disciplineNational security studies
Asian studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas at Austin
First Lady of Missouri
In role
January 9, 2017 – June 1, 2018
GovernorEric Greitens

Sheena Elise Chestnut Greitens is an American political scientist who is an associate professor in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

Education[]

Greitens was raised in Spokane, Washington. Her father is a doctor who specializes in the treatment of sleep disorders and her mother is an oncologist.[1] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University, a Master of Philosophy from the University of Oxford, and a PhD from Harvard University.[2][3]

Career[]

Greitens' research focuses primarily on East Asia, American national security, and authoritarian politics and foreign policy.[4][5] She is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.[2] Greitens has written op-ed articles on foreign relations and national security topics for RealClearPolitics, Foreign Policy, War on the Rocks, Foreign Affairs, The National Interest, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and others.[6]

Personal life[]

From 2011 to 2020, she was married to Missouri Governor Eric Greitens.[7] They have two children.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sheena Chestnut, Eric Greitens". The New York Times. 2011-08-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sheena Chestnut Greitens". Brookings. 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  3. ^ "Greitens, Sheena Chestnut". LBJ School of Public Affairs. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  4. ^ Erickson, Kurt (April 16, 2020). "Former Missouri first lady Sheena Greitens moving to Texas". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  5. ^ "Sheena Chestnut Greitens". Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  6. ^ "Articles by Sheena Chestnut Greitens | The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy Magazine Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  7. ^ Alamdari, Natalia. "Sheena Chestnut Greitens strives to balance roles as professor, Missouri's first lady". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  8. ^ Suntrup, Jack. "Eric and Sheena Greitens, Missouri's former first couple, ending marriage". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2020-04-11.

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