Frederick “Fritz" Mayer

Frederick “Fritz” Mayer is an associate professor of public policy studies and political science at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. One strand of Mayer’s research focuses on globalization and its effects, with particular emphasis on the labor and environmental effects of economic integration. He is the author of Interpreting NAFTA: The Art and Science of Political Analysis. In addition to his academic experience, Mayer served as senior international trade and foreign policy advisor to former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley from 1992 to 1993. In previous stints in Washington, Mayer served as an aide to Congressman Sander Levin, and as a policy analyst at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He was director of Duke’s Center for North American Studies (1997–2000), and directed Sanford’s graduate programs in public policy (2000–2009). Mayer received an A.B. in history and literature from Harvard College, and an M.P.P. and a Ph.D. in public policy, both from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University