Earl (Tim) Sullivan
- Position: Professor Emeritus
- Department: Department of Political Science
- Email: [email protected]
Earl (Tim) Sullivan served as a professor of political science at AUC since 1973. He received his BA in political science from Seattle University (1964) and his PhD in international relations and government from the Claremont Graduate University (1970). Sullivan has had a varied academic experience. He taught at the University of Portland, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the University of Utah. He served as provost of AUC from 1998 to 2008. He retired from AUC in 2009 as provost emeritus, after spending the 2008-2009 academic year on his final sabbatical. He served as the interim president of the American University of Kuwait.
Sullivan’s teaching and research interests have been focused on various aspects of international relations and public international law, especially in the Middle East. He initiated the Cairo International Model United Nations (CIMUN) and the Cairo International Model Arab League (CIMAL) at AUC and was the faculty adviser of both programs for many years.