F. James Levinson
PhD, Cornell University
BA, Harvard University
Visiting Instructor
Intercultural Service, Leadership, and Management
F. James Levinson, Ph.D. is, in addition to his SIT teaching, also on the faculty of Tufts University and the Boston University School of Public Health. Earlier he served as Director of the International Food and Nutrition Center at Tufts, of the International Nutrition Planning Program at MIT, and of the Office of Nutrition of the U.S. Agency for International Development in Washington. In addition to his teaching, he has been actively involved in research and consulting activities for the World Bank, UNICEF, the Micronutrient Initiative, Save the Children (US) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) for which he served as Chair of the Independent Review Panel. He has worked closely with the Integrated Child Development Service programs in India and with similar programs in southern and eastern Africa. Levinson also served as Spiritual Leader of Jewish congregations in New England for the past 25 years.
