Father Stephen Wang, dean of studies at Allen Hall Seminary, says it is a sacrifice that many priests manage.

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He is Dean of Graduate Studies and former Head of the University's Department of International Politics.

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David Kilcullen and Bruce Hoffman, the dean of terrorism studies, have advocated for years.

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"Evangelicals are finally confronting the larger culture over issues we care passionately about, " says Frederick Milacci, dean of graduate studies.

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Mr. Liow is a professor of comparative and international politics and associate dean at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore.

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Wolfowitz called for deposing Saddam Hussein in 1997, when he was dean of the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins.

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Even so, there is a limit to how much voluntary action can achieve, says James Speth, dean of Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

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Representing the university administration at the meeting was Melanie Boyd, director of undergraduate studies in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program and special adviser to the dean of Yale College and the student-run Women's Center.

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