--- description: She'll work in the London School of Economics' Center for Women, Peace, and Security, teaching master's degree students title: Angelina Jolie Pitt Has a New Job: Professor image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf94fe06d3ac4dd00/69889470a988ca5a1e6b7f4a/gettyimages-515941008.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [uk](/tag/uk/) ## uk Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Angelina Jolie Pitt Has a New Job: Professor by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2016 6:18 PM CUT  Special envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Angelina Jolie leaving the Greek Prime minister's office after a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on March 16, 2016 in Athens, Greece. Milos Bicanski—Getty Images Special envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Angelina Jolie leaving the Greek Prime minister's office after a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on March 16, 2016 in Athens, Greece. Milos Bicanski—Getty ImagesMilos Bicanski—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 23, 2016 6:18 PM CUT Angelina Jolie Pitt is taking her advocacy for women’s rights into the classroom. The actor, director and the United Nations Refugee Agency special envoy was recently appointed a [visiting professor at the London School of Economics. ](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/angelina-jolie-appointed-as-professor-at-the-london-school-of-economics-a7043911.html "undefined") Jolie Pitt will be a lecturer at the school’s Center for Women, Peace, and Security for a year, teaching students in a new master’s degree program, the [_Independent_](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/angelina-jolie-appointed-as-professor-at-the-london-school-of-economics-a7043911.html "undefined") reports. She has long worked to strengthen the rights of refugees and has advocated for ending female genital mutilation. “It is vital that we broaden the discussion on how to advance women’s rights and end impunity for crimes that disproportionately affect women, such as sexual violence in conflict,” Jolie Pitt said. Jolie Pitt will be working directly with William Hague, the United Kingdom’s former First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons. “This course will help underpin our work in preventing sexual violence in conflict, developing expertise and research to assist us in tackling the culture of impunity,” Hague said. “I look forward to working with the LSE students and my fellow visiting professors.” \[[Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/angelina-jolie-appointed-as-professor-at-the-london-school-of-economics-a7043911.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4345171/angelina-jolie-pitt-professor/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4345171/angelina-jolie-pitt-professor/"},"headline":"Angelina Jolie Pitt Has a New Job: Professor","datePublished":"2016-05-23T18:18:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:46:17.986Z","description":"She'll work in the London School of Economics' Center for Women, Peace, and Security","url":"https://time.com/4345171/angelina-jolie-pitt-professor/","keywords":["uk","United Kingdom"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf94fe06d3ac4dd00/69889470a988ca5a1e6b7f4a/gettyimages-515941008.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf94fe06d3ac4dd00/69889470a988ca5a1e6b7f4a/gettyimages-515941008.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Angelina Jolie Visits The Refugee Reception Area At The Port Of Piraeus","caption":"Angelina Jolie Visits The Refugee Reception Area At The Port Of Piraeus","creditText":"Milos Bicanski—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/uk/","name":"uk"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4345171/angelina-jolie-pitt-professor/","name":"Angelina Jolie Pitt Has a New Job: Professor"}}]}] ```