Daniel Weiner

Vice President for Global Affairs

Professor of Geography

Daniel Weiner, Ph.D. joined the University of Connecticut in 2012 as Vice Provost for Global Affairs and Professor of Geography. In February 2016, he was promoted to Vice President. Prior to joining UConn, Weiner spent four years as Executive Director of the Center for International Studies at Ohio University and eleven years as Director of the Office of International Programs at West Virginia University. He earned a B.A. in 1979, an M.A. in 1981 and a Ph.D. in 1986, all in Geography at Clark University.

Weiner is a development geographer with area studies expertise in Eastern/Southern Africa, Appalachia and the Middle East. He is a specialist in the theory and practice of participatory geographic information systems (GIS). His research areas include: adaptation to climate change; energy and development; GIS and society; land reform; and, political ecology. He has received 15 externally funded grants totaling over $2.5 million, published three books, 30 journal articles and 29 book chapters. Weiner lived in Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe for almost three years in the 1980s.

In his role as Vice President, Weiner serves as the University’s Senior International Officer (SIO) and leads the UConn Office of Global Affairs. With more than 25 years in a leadership position in a public research university, he is one of the longest serving SIOs in the country. Weiner currently sits on the Boards of Capital Workforce Partners, the MetroHartford Alliance and the YMCA of Greater Hartford and is former President of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut.