Lisa Anderson
- See also Wikipedia's article about "Lisa Anderson".
- See also Lisa Anderson's entry in Columbia's directory.
Lisa Anderson PhD '? is the former dean of SIPA, where she has stayed on as a professor.
Anderson is also a Columbia alumna, having earned a PhD in PoliSci and a certificate from the Middle East Institute.
She became controversial after inviting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to campus for the Fall 2006 World Leaders Forum, possibly without informing President Bollinger beforehand. Ahmadinejad spoke in a Bollinger-approved format a year later.
Conservative David Horowitz named Anderson one of the "101 most dangerous" professors in America.
