Ambassador-in-Residence
Meet Ambassador Polt
The ASU Ambassador-in-Residence provides international affairs support across the full range of ASU enterprises, starting and ending with our students. Ambassador Polt is available for monthly student career counseling sessions, teaches masterclasses in diplomatic skills and key foreign affairs subjects, and supports ASU global outreach initiatives.
ASU's 1st ambassador-in-residence talks about new role, shares advice for students considering foreign affairs
In May 1968, 14-year-old Michael Polt arrived at New York Harbor via passenger ship after emigrating from Austria with his mother, sister and stepfather. Shortly thereafter, he developed a passion for America, leading to a lifetime career in U.S. international affairs and diplomacy...More on ASU News.
Ambassador-in-Residence Office Hours
Please join Ambassador Michael C. Polt for monthly office hours to discuss U.S. foreign policy and diplomatic and international affairs careers. All sessions will be between 12:00pm-1:00pm AZ MST.
January 24, 2024
February 28, 2024
March 27, 2024
April 24, 2024
ASU Washington Diplomatic Roundtable
The ASU Washington Diplomatic Roundtable, hosted by the University’s Ambassador-in-Residence, meets quarterly at the Barrett and O’Connor Center in Washington D.C. to engage the international and U.S. foreign affairs communities ASU’s global initiatives and programs designed to make a positive social, economic and cultural impact around the world.
Global Literacy Masterclasses
- Understanding America to Represent America
- The U.S. and the World
- International Trade and the American Worker
- Migration, Borders, and Our Homeland
- Diplomacy, Development, and Defense
- Climate Change, Global Issues, and American Jobs
- Good Governance, Democracy, and Capitalism
- U.S. Ambassador Training Simulation Experience
American Diplomat Podcast
American Diplomat is a podcast designed to enrich the study of diplomacy and foreign policy and to generate public support for career diplomatic practitioners. The show is the only podcast which features the personal narratives of our diplomats from retired senior officers and policy makers to those currently serving. By using a storytelling format, the show inspires young people to learn about the detailed reality of conducting diplomacy and foreign policy in a wide variety of circumstances and challenges. Its listenership resides in all fifty states and in 156 countries around the globe. The Leadership, Diplomacy, and National Security Lab is a proud sponsor of American Diplomat.