Richard Stengel is the longest serving Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in American history (2013-16). While at the State Department, he helped modernize State’s communications and led the department’s counter-disinformation efforts. He helped create and oversee the Global Engagement Center.

Environmental sociologist, Regents Prof and Dresser Prof Emeritus, Oklahoma St. U., and past Chair of the ASA Task Force on Sociology & Global Climate Change .