Professor Clyde Wilcox has been a part of the Georgetown University community for nearly four decades 

Dubai, June 1, 2026: Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) has appointed Professor Clyde Wilcox, Professor of Government and a member of the Georgetown University community, as acting dean, effective June 1, 2026. 

Professor Wilcox previously served as interim dean from 2021-2022, and has been part of the Georgetown University community for nearly four decades. A political scientist, he has played a sustained role in the university’s academic life and development. 

“I joined Georgetown because of its academic and research excellence, and I came to help build the Qatar campus because of the opportunity to engage with a diversity of students in a rich multiversity atmosphere,” said Dr Wilcox, who has spent all or part of each academic year at the Doha campus since 2014. 

He succeeds Safwan Masri, who, during the upcoming 2026-2027 academic year, will be on leave to focus on his research and writing.