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Daniel Abraham

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Associate Professor

Choral/orchestral conductor and musicologist; specialist in 17th- and 18th-century music. Music and ... [More]

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(202) 885-3427
CAS - Performing Arts
James Adams

James Adams

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Assistant Professor

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Emmanuel Addo

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Instructor

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(202) 885-6527
CAS - Math & Statistics
Jeffrey Adler

Jeffrey Adler

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Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Jeffrey Adler conducts research mainly in harmonic analysis and representation theory (which can be ... [More]

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(202) 885-3361
CAS - Math & Statistics
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Anthony Ahrens

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Associate Professor

Anthony Ahrens did his undergraduate work at Northwestern University and received his doctorate in p... [More]

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(202) 885-1714
CAS - Psychology
Linda Allison

Linda Allison

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Musician in Residence

Linda Allison, mezzo-soprano is the Musician in Residence for Voice at American University. Ms. Alli... [More]

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U. Tuncay Alparslan

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Assistant Professor

After getting his PhD from Cornell University in 2006, Tuncay Alparslan served as an Assistant Profe... [More]

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(202) 885-3686
CAS - Math & Statistics
Alida Anderson

Alida Anderson

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Assistant Professor

Alida Anderson received her PhD in special education from the University of Maryland, College Park. ... [More]

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(202) 885-6214
CAS - Education/Teaching/Health
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David Angelini

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Assistant Professor

The most basic description of my professional motivations have not changed since a childhood spent i... [More]

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(202) 885-2113
CAS - Biology
Jason Arnold

Jason Arnold

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Designer in Residence

Jason Arnold has been working as a professional lighting designer for more than a decade. He earned ... [More]

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Jorge Ata

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Instructor

Jorge Ata, was born in La Paz, Bolivia and raised in Puno, Peru. He developed his interest in Cross-... [More]

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(202) 885-6338
CAS - Language and Foreign Studies
Shalini Ayyagari

Shalini Ayyagari

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Assistant Professor

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(202) 885-3431
CAS - Performing Arts

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Michael Bader

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Assistant Professor

Michael Bader researches cities and ways in which people interact within the built environment. His ... [More]

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(202) 885-2433
CAS - Sociology
Lilian Baeza-Mendoza

Lilian Baeza-Mendoza

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Instructor

Professor Lilian Baeza-Mendoza is a native of Chile, but she has spent most of her life in the US. S... [More]

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(202) 885-2383
CAS - Language and Foreign Studies
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Cynthia Bair Van Dam

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Writing Instructor

Cindy Bair Van Dam joined the Department of Literature faculty in 1995. She earned an MA from Americ... [More]

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(202) 885-2983
CAS - Literature
David Baker

David Baker

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Faculty Fellow

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Stephen Balakirsky

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Adjunct Associate Professor

James Banner

James Banner

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Historian in Residence

James M. Banner, Jr., holds a BA from Yale and a PhD from Columbia, where he studied with Richard Ho... [More]

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Naomi Baron

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Executive Director, Center for Teaching, Research and Learning

Professor Baron is interested in electronically-mediated communication, writing and technology, and ... [More]

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(202) 885-2455
Center for Teaching, Research and Learning
Robin Barr

Robin Barr

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Linguist in Residence

Prof. Barr holds a PhD in Linguistics from Harvard with concentrations in both Indo-European and psy... [More]

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(202) 885-2582
CAS - Language and Foreign Studies
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John Barry

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Historian in Residence

Jonathan Baumgarten

Jonathan Baumgarten

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Musician in Residence

Jonathan Baumgarten is a flute instructor in the applied music program. He holds a MM from Juilliard... [More]

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Joshua Bayer

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Musician in Residence

Jazz guitarist, bassist, composer, and director Joshua Bayer has performed at The Kennedy Center for... [More]

Bruce Beehler

Bruce Beehler

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Researcher in Residence

Beehler received his PhD from Princeton University and undergraduate degree from Williams College. H... [More]

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Laura Beers

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Assistant Professor

Professor Beers will be away from AU in academic year 2011-12 as a visiting fellow at Exeter Univers... [More]

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(202) 885-6379
CAS - History
Juliet Bellow

Juliet Bellow

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Assistant Professor

Juliet Bellow’s current research centers on the relationship between art and dance in the nineteenth... [More]

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(202) 885-6477
CAS - Art
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Julia Belopolsky

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Instructor

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(202) 885-6302
CAS - Language and Foreign Studies
Tatiana Belousova

Tatiana Belousova

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Theater Specialist in Residence

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Fernando Benadon

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Chair, Department of Performing Arts

Fernando Benadon oversees the music theory & composition program in the Department of Performing Art... [More]

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(202) 885-3452
CAS - Performing Arts
Christina Bennett

Christina Bennett

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Adjunct Professor

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George Berg

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Instructor

Professor Berg has served as a faculty advisor for the Arabic Club and faculty supervisor for visiti... [More]

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(202) 885-2382
CAS - Language and Foreign Studies
Sophie Bernard

Sophie Bernard

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Instructor

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CAS - Language and Foreign Studies
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Leila Berner

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Scholar in Residence

A Fulbright scholar, Rabbi Leila Gal Berner, PhD, has spent extensive time in Spain researching Jews... [More]

Evan Berry

Evan Berry

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Assistant Professor

Evan Berry is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at American University and Co-Director ... [More]

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CAS - Philosophy and Religion
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Amanda Berry

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Assistant Professor

Professor Berry teaches courses in British literature including the Romantic period. She also teache... [More]

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(202) 885-2901
CAS - Literature
Albert Beveridge

Albert Beveridge

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Historian in Residence

Albert Beveridge has been an attorney in Washington, DC for 45 years. After a series of legal positi... [More]

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Yuanhui Bi

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Faculty Fellow

Monica Biradavolu

Monica Biradavolu

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Research Assistant Professor

Monica Biradavolu joined AU in 2010 after postdoctoral positions at Yale University and Duke Univers... [More]

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CAS - Sociology
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Marcos Bisticas-Cocoves

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Scholar in Residence

Marcos Bisticas-Cocoves is a Scholar-in-Residence.

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(202) 885-8923
Michael Black

Michael Black

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Assistant Professor

Michael Black learned assembly language at age 10 and has been fascinated with computers ever since.... [More]

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(202) 885-2011
CAS - Computer Science
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Kim Blankenship

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Department Chair, Sociology

Kim M. Blankenship, PhD, is Professor and Chair in the Department of Sociology and Director of the C... [More]

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(202) 885-6211
CAS - Sociology
Robert Blecker

Robert Blecker

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Department Chair, Economics

Professor Blecker’s research interests include international trade, open economy macroeconomics, the... [More]

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(202) 885-3767
CAS - Economics
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Marc Boensel

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Musician in Residence

Conductor of the Symphonic Band and professor of general education music classes. Also Assistant Pro... [More]

James Bono

James Bono

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Assistant Professor

Professor Bono's research is in the development of statistical models of strategic behavior. He is p... [More]

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CAS - Economics
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Derek Bowley

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Music Director in Residence

Derek Bowley holds an MA in theatre education and a BM in music therapy. As a musical director and t... [More]

Julie Sara Boyd

Julie Sara Boyd

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Instructor

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CAS - Education/Teaching/Health
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Jill Brantley

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Scholar in Residence

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(202) 885-2484
CAS - Sociology
Richard Breitman

Richard Breitman

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Professor

Richard Breitman teaches courses in modern European history and German history. He is the author or ... [More]

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(202) 885-2407
CAS - History
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Andrea Malkin Brenner

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Assistant Professor

Dr. Brenner received her BA in Sociology from Brandeis University, her MA in Education from Boston C... [More]

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(202) 885-2478
CAS - Sociology
William Brent

William Brent

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Assistant Professor

William Brent’s creative work is spread across the areas of experimental music performance, sound ar... [More]

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(202) 885-1488
CAS - Performing Arts
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Fiona Brideoake

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Assistant Professor

Fiona Brideoake’s teaching and research focuses on British literature and culture of the long eighte... [More]

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(202) 885-6292
CAS - Literature
Ivy Broder

Ivy Broder

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Professor

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(202) 885-2126
CAS - Economics
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Gregory Busse

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Psychologist in Residence

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(202) 885-1762
CAS - Psychology
Kim Butler Wingfield

Kim Butler Wingfield

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Associate Professor

Professor Butler (PhD with distinction Johns Hopkins University 2003, BA with honors, Harvard Univer... [More]

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(202) 885-1569
CAS - Art