Professor of International History & Politics Russell Sage College
Dr. Steven A Leibo, a former Fulbright Scholar, is a Professor of International History & Politics at the Sage Colleges.
He is best known to Capital Region residents for his frequent appearances on local and regional TV and radio. Since 1997 he has served as an international affairs commentator for WAMC North East Public Radio.
Leibo is, the author/editor of numerous books including the annual, East & Southeast Asia, (1997-2007) which focuses on political, economic and environmental issues in Modern Asia. Dr. Leibo is also a documentary filmmaker. His full-length historical documentary, From Albany to Saigon: Vietnam & the Capital Region premiered in 2005.
More recently, Dr. Leibo was personally trained by former vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore to present .pdf"ated versions of his famous slide show on global warming featured in the academy award winning film An Inconvenient Truth. Dr. Leibo has received additional training in climate science by the Union of Concerned Scientists. He also serves as the Climate Project's Up State New York Coordinator.