Richard J. Harknett, Taft Faculty Chair, is responsible for day-to-day operations of the Taft Research Center and for fulfilling the responsibilities of the Chair, which are delineated in the By-Laws of the Charles Phelps Taft Memorial Fund. Dr. Harknett is an associate professor of international relations in the Department of Political Science. His publications and research interests focus on international relations theory and international security studies. He can be contacted directly at richard.harknett@uc.edu.

Joy Dunn, Taft Secretary and Senior Business Assistant, is responsible for the daily financial operations of the Taft office and manages the administrative activity for the approximately 180 faculty members and 1500 students who are eligible to apply for Taft programming. In addition she provides administrative support to the Faculty Chair and is the Center's website editor. Joy can be contacted directly at taftcenter@uc.edu.

Ivan Dinev Ivanov, Taft Center Graduate Assistant is liaison between the Center and the ten Taft departments and is responsible for assisting with the operation of the Taft Office, which includes coordinating the committee meetings and processing the proposals. Ivan is a PhD candidate at the Department of Political Science. His research interests focus on international relations, security and alliances. He can be contacted directly at ivanovid@email.uc.edu or 513-558-9759. For further information visit his webpage: http://homepages.uc.edu/~ivanovid/.

Yan Cui, Taft Center Graduate Fellow is responsible for assisting with the operation of the Taft Research Center, which includes the research seminars, fellows’ seminars, and visiting lecture series. He is also a liaison between the residents in the Taft House (visiting faculty and students) and the Center. Yan is a PhD student at the Department of Sociology. His research interests focus on race, family and self-employment. He can be contacted directly at cuiyanchina@hotmail.com or 513-558-9758