Stephen K. Keat

Stephen K. Keat is an adjunct faculty member within the Business Foundations Area in the School of Business at George Mason University. He teaches one section of BUS 200 - Global Environment of Business.

Research Interests

• International Relations and Economics

Education

• Certificate, Inter-American Defense College, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., Senior Continental Defense Course, 2002.
• Doctoral course work in Political Science, University of Toronto, Canada,  1979-1983.
• MA, Political Economy, University of Toronto, Canada, 1979.
• BA, Economics and Government, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, 1978.
• Junior Year Abroad, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1976-1977.
• Training at the Department Of State Foreign Service Institute, including:
  • Intelligence and Foreign Policy
  • Management Problem Solving and Decision Making
  • Coaching
  • Intellectual Property Rights
  • Advanced International Negotiations
  • Trade Dispute Resolution
  • Trade and Environment
  • Export Promotion
  • International Negotiation Art and Skills
  • Multilateral Diplomacy
  • EEO/Diversity Awareness for Management Supervisors

Research and Awards

• "A Free Trade Area Of The Americas: Implications Of Success or Failure For Members of the OAS," published by the University of Miami North-South Center, August 2002. 
• Coauthor with Colonel Walter Balbi, "Estudio de Paises: Republica Oriental Del Uruguay" (Country Study: Uruguay) IADC, December 11, 2001.

Department of State Awards

• The Secretary’s Career Achievement Award, 2012 
• Meritorious Honor Award, 2009  
• International Joint Commission Performance Award, 2006
• Superior Honor Awards, 2003 and 2004
• Group Meritorious Honor Award, 2001