Victor Cha in his office in Georgetown's Intercultural Center. (Photo: Roland Dimaya)
Insight: Dr. Victor Cha
What is your favorite book?
"Catcher in the Rye"
If you could choose a famous person to join you in your research or your projects, who would it be?
Condoleezza Rice
What three words would the people closest to you use to describe you?
Persistent, pedantic, generous
What is your favorite thing about Georgetown?
Students. It’s a special brand of student that comes here.
If you could have dinner with a famous person, dead or alive, who would it be?
Harry Truman. I would want to talk to him about the origins of the Cold War.
What would you be doing if you weren’t a professor at Georgetown University?
I’d be a photographer somewhere in Hawaii.
Feature Story
Sports and Diplomacy: Dr. Victor Cha on International Relations and Post-Olympic China
Condoleezza Rice may be known as many things in the United States—secretary of state, a political science scholar and even a gifted musician. But to Victor Cha, she stands as one of the main reasons he combined his great passions in life—sports and foreign relations—in his research.