Cultural Diplomacy Issues and Perspectives

Scott Lingenfelter is a senior lecturer at Grand Valley State University, where he teaches courses in modern world history, Russian and Soviet history, and the history of U.S. foreign relations. He holds a Ph.D. in modern Russian history from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Lingenfelter is the recipient of a Kennan Institute Title VIII short-term research fellowship to study the role of the Robert Shaw Chorale in the cultural diplomacy program of the U.S. State Department in the early 1960s.