William W. Grimes

Faculty Associate
Professor of International Relations and Political Science
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
wgrimes@bu.edu
617-353-9420

Education

B.A., Yale University; M.P.A., M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

Expertise

International political economy, political economy of East Asia, monetary & financial politics

Biography

William W. Grimes has taught at Boston University since 1996. Prior to serving as associate dean of the Pardee School, her served as chair of the Department of International Relations from 2010-13 and as the first director of the BU Center for the Study of Asia from 2008-10. Previously, he spent time as a post-doctoral researcher and as a visiting assistant professor at Harvard University.

Gr

Grimes has spent time as a visiting researcher at the Japanese Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Japan, and several universities in Japan and Australia. He has been the recipient of various fellowships and awards over the years, including two Fulbright fellowships and a book-writing grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership. He is an active lecturer in Japan and the United States in both academic and policy venues and has been recognized for his teaching and advising at Boston University.
Grimes is committed to policy-relevant research and works regularly with government officials and financial professionals, particularly from the United States and Japan. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has been a Research Associate of the National Asia Research Program.

Prof. Grimes received his B.A. in East Asian Studies from Yale University, his M.P.A. in International Relations from the Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs at Princeton University, and his Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University.