Thomas Just (Tom) serves as an Assistant Teaching Professor within the Future Security Initiative at Arizona State University. Prior to coming to ASU, Just was the inaugural Postdoctoral Fellow with the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University and taught a variety of international affairs courses as a Lecturer at the University of Georgia. His research focuses on the use of legal and public diplomacy strategies to counter extremist ideologies and work toward reconciliation in societies that have endured traumatic events such as genocide. This research earned him the award of Young Ambassador for Peace and Reconciliation from UNESCO. Just also has professional experience serving as a Congressional Aide in Washington D.C. and an Assistant to the Director of African and Middle Eastern Affairs within Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is author of the book Combating Antisemitism in Germany and Poland: Strategies Since 1990.
Education
Ph.D. International Relations, Florida International University (2017)
M.P.P. International Relations and Economics, Pepperdine University (2011)
B.A. International Studies and German, Baylor University (2009)
Just, Thomas (2021). “Germany’s Approach to Countering Antisemitism Since Reunification,” German Politics and Society 39 (3): 1-22.
Just, Thomas (2017). “The Imagery of Political Extremism,” Florida Political Chronicle 25 (1): 158-172.
Just, Thomas (2016). “Promoting Russia Abroad: Russia’s Post-Cold War National Identity and Public Diplomacy,” Journal of International Communication 22(1): 82-95.
Just, Thomas (2015). “Public Diplomacy and Domestic Engagement: The Jewish Revival in Poland,” Place Branding and Public Diplomacy 11(4): 263-275.
Just, Thomas (2015). “Post-Communist Recovery and the State: The Case Studies of Poland and Ukraine,” Florida Political Chronicle 24(1): 41-54.
Just, Thomas (2011). “The Political and Economic Implications of Great Lakes Invasive Species,” Pepperdine University Policy Review 5(1): 5-15.
