Daniel Abraham
,Co-Chair, Department of Performing Arts
Choral/orchestral conductor and musicologist; specialist in 17th- and 18th-century music. Music and ... [More]
Jeffrey Adler
,Associate Professor
Jeffrey Adler joined American University in 2007. He conducts research mainly in harmonic analysis a... [More]
Anthony Ahrens
,Associate Professor
Anthony Ahrens did his undergraduate work at Northwestern University and received his doctorate in p... [More]
Mustafa Aksakal
,Assistant Professor
On leave 2009/10, Kluge Fellow, Library of CongressProf. Aksakal teaches courses on the Ottoman Empi... [More]
Linda Allison
,Musician in Residence
Linda Allison, mezzo-soprano is the Musician in Residence for Voice at American University. Ms. Alli... [More]
Ugur Alparslan
,Assistant Professor
After getting his PhD from Cornell University in 2006, Tuncay Alparslan served as an Assistant Profe... [More]
Alida Anderson
,Assistant Professor
Alida Anderson received her PhD in special education from the University of Maryland, College Park. ... [More]
David Angelini
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Angelini is interested in living things. Particularly how genes interact to control the forms th... [More]
Jason Arnold
,Designer in Residence
Jason Arnold has been working as a professional lighting designer for more than a decade. He earned ... [More]
Katherine Attie
,Assistant Professor
Katherine Attie is a scholar of early modern British literature, culture, and intellectual history. ... [More]
Lilian Baeza-Mendoza
,Instructor
Professor Lilian Baeza-Mendoza is a native of Chile, but she has spent most of her life in the US. S... [More]
Cynthia Bair Van Dam
,Writing Instructor
Cindy Bair Van Dam joined the Department of Literature faculty in 1995. She earned an MA from Americ... [More]
Naomi Baron
,Professor
As a linguist, Baron in interested in computer-mediated communication, writing and technology, langu... [More]
Robin Barr
,Linguist in Residence
Prof. Barr holds a PhD in Linguistics from Harvard with concentrations in both Indo-European and psy... [More]
Jonathan Baumgarten
,Musician in Residence
Jonathan Baumgarten is a flute instructor in the applied music program. A flutist, he holds a M.M. f... [More]
Joshua Bayer
,Musician in Residence
Joshua Bayer is a guitar and composition instructor in the applied music program as well as guitar a... [More]
Laura Beers
,Assistant Professor
Professor Beers's research focuses on twentieth century British politics and society. Her first book... [More]
Juliet Bellow
,Assistant Professor
Juliet Bellow’s scholarly research focuses on the relationship between art and dance in the nineteen... [More]
Fernando Benadon
,Assistant Professor
Fernando Benadon oversees the music theory & composition program in the Department of Performing... [More]
Jesus Berard
,Assistant Professor
Cuban-born conductor Jesus Manuel Berard studied composition, theory and analysis at New England Con... [More]
George Berg
,Instructor
Professor Berg has served as a faculty advisor for the Arabic Club and faculty supervisor for visiti... [More]
Leila Berner
,Scholar in Residence
A Fulbright scholar, Rabbi Leila Gal Berner, PhD, has spent expensive time in Spain researching Jews... [More]
Evan Berry
,Assistant Professor
Professor Berry’s scholarship focuses on the interplay between religion and nature in modern western... [More]
Amanda Berry
,Assistant Professor
Professor Berry teaches courses in British literature including the Romantic period. She also teache... [More]
Albert Beveridge
,Historian in Residence
Albert Beveridge has been an attorney in Washington, DC for 45 years. After a series of legal positi... [More]
Michael Black
,Assistant Professor
Michael Black learned assembly language at age 10 and has been fascinated with computers ever since.... [More]
Robert Blecker
,Department Chair, Economics
Professor Blecker’s research interests include international trade, open economy macroeconomics, the... [More]
James Bono
,Assistant Professor
Professor Bono's research is in the development of non-equilibrium-based statistical models of strat... [More]
Derek Bowley
,Music Director in Residence
Derek Bowley holds an MA in theatre education and a BM in music therapy. As a musical director and ... [More]
Richard Breitman
,Professor
Richard Breitman teaches courses in modern European history and German history. He is the author or ... [More]
Andrea Malkin Brenner
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Brenner received her BA in Sociology from Brandeis University, her MA in Education from Boston C... [More]
Fiona Brideoake
,Assistant Professor
Fiona Brideoake’s teaching and research focuses on British literature and culture of the long eighte... [More]
Norma Broude
,Professor
A pioneering feminist scholar and specialist in nineteenth-century French and Italian painting, Norm... [More]
Kim Butler Wingfield
,Assistant Professor
Professor Butler (PhD with distinction Johns Hopkins University 2003, BA with honors, Harvard Univer... [More]
David Carlini
,Associate Professor
Dr. Carlini's current research projects can be classified into 2 general fields of research: molecul... [More]
Rebecca Carr
,Scholar in Residence
Rebecca Carr is Scholar-in-Residence. She teaches courses in American philosophy, moral philosophy, ... [More]
Michele Carter
,Associate Professor
Dr. Carter received his doctorate and master’s degrees from Vanderbilt University and his bachelor’s... [More]
Stephen Casey
,Professor
Professor Stephen D. Casey is a founding member of the Editorial Board for Sampling Theory in Signal... [More]
Ranieri Moore Cavaceppi
,Instructor
Mr. Cavaceppi teaches various levels of Italian at American University, including beginner, intermed... [More]
Zoe Charlton
,Associate Professor
Zoe Charlton received her MFA degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her BFA from Florida... [More]
Albert Cheh
,Professor
Albert Cheh received a BA in Chemistry from Columbia and a PhD in Biochemistry from UC Berkeley. Hi... [More]
Clara Cheng
,Assistant Professor
Prior to joining the faculty at American University, Clara M. Cheng was an award-winning teacher at ... [More]
Jack Child
,University Professor
Dr Child was born of American parents in Buenos Aires, and lived in South America for 18 years. Foll... [More]
Esther Chow
,Professor
Esther Ngan-ling Chow has a wide range of teaching and research interests that span from the interse... [More]
Adrienne Clancy
,Artist in Residence
Although Adrienne Clancy is a Maryland based dance artist, she has choreographed and performed throu... [More]
Wanda Collins
,Psychologist in Residence
Theoretical Orientation: Psychodynamic; Existential; Special Interests: Group therapy, Supervision a... [More]
Edward Comstock
,Writing Instructor
Ed Comstock holds an MA in Literature from American University, and is an ABD PhD in the Department ... [More]
Victoria Connaughton
,Department Chair, Biology
Dr. Connaughton’s research interests encompass the disciplines of developmental biology (nervous sys... [More]
Charles Cox
,Writing Instructor
Chuck Cox received his MA in Literature from AU and his BA in English from Temple University in Phil... [More]
David Culver
,Professor
David C. Culver did his undergraduate work at Grinnell College and his PhD at Yale University.The au... [More]
Antonio Cuyler
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Antonio C. Cuyler has presented research at international and national conferences. He has also ... [More]
Abdullah Daouk
,Instructor
Professor Daouk’s teaching interests include developing methods for American students to learn Arabi... [More]
Kyle Dargan
,Assistant Professor
Kyle G. Dargan the author of two collections of poetry. His debut, The Listening (UGA 2004), won the... [More]
Edward Dawley
,Assistant Professor
Edward Dawley received his BS in French from Georgetown University, his master's in French from Howa... [More]
Kathleen De Cicco-Skinner
,Assistant Professor
My primary research interests include cancer biology, cell biology, and immunology. Specifically, my... [More]
Richard Dent
,Associate Professor
Prof. Dent is the author of Chesapeake Prehistory? Old Traditions, New Directions and a significant ... [More]
Bette Dickerson
,Associate Professor
Bette J. Dickerson has served as Chair of American University’s Department of Sociology, Director of... [More]
Jeremiah Dittmar
,Assistant Professor
Professor Dittmar’s research interests include the institutional and technological determinants of e... [More]
Robert Drummond
,Writing Instructor
Rob Drummond earned his MFA from George Mason University, where he also taught expository and creati... [More]
John Drysdale
,Department Chair, Sociology
John Drysdale is Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology. Prior to coming t... [More]
Erik Dussere
,Assistant Professor
Professor Dussere's teaching and research are primarily focused on the literature, film, and culture... [More]
Ali Enayat
,Professor
Ali Enayat is a Professor of Mathematics at American University . He has been at AU since eternity (... [More]
Noemi Enchautegui-de-Jesus
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Enchautegui-de-Jesús received her MA and PhD in Community Psychology from New Yor... [More]
Farhang Erfani
,Assistant Professor
I joined the AU community in 2005. My teaching and research are focused on democratic theory, global... [More]
Danielle Evans
,Assistant Professor
Danielle Evans’ short fiction and reviews have appeared in The Paris Review, American Book Review, P... [More]
Bryan Fantie
,Associate Professor
RESEARCH INTERESTS:Cognitive and clinical neuropsychology, behavioural neuroscience; neural mechanis... [More]
Ellen Feder
,Department Chair, Philosophy and Religion
Ellen K. Feder works at the intersection of contemporary continental philosophy and feminist and cri... [More]
Anton Fedyashin
,Assistant Professor
Anton Fedyashin was born in Moscow, Russia and grew up between Moscow, London, England, and Washingt... [More]
Robert Feinberg
,Professor
Professor Feinberg received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania, and Ph.D. from the Universit... [More]
Lydia Fettig
,Writing Instructor
Lydia Morris Fettig holds a BS in Social Science from Portland State University (in Oregon, not Main... [More]
Eileen Findlay
,Associate Professor
Eileen J. Findlays first book, Imposing Decency: The Politics of Sexuality and Race in Puerto Rico, ... [More]
Deborah Fisk
,Associate Professor
Professor Fisk teaches in the Theatre Program at AU, as well as in Literature. An expert on theatre ... [More]
Nicolas Flores Castillo
,Instructor
Nicolas Flores-Castillo is a Mathematician, focusing in studying problems related to Applied and Pur... [More]
CAS - Math & Statistics
Maria Floro
,Associate Professor
Maria Sagrario Floro dissertation was published into a book (co-authored) entitled Informal Rural Cr... [More]
Douglas Fox
,Assistant Professor
Douglas M. Fox received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering and his PhD in Chemistry at Michigan Techno... [More]
Katherine Frank
,Scholar in Residence
Katherine Frank is a cultural anthropologist currently studying the meaning and negotiation of sexua... [More]
Kathleen Franz
,Associate Professor
Prof. Franz holds degrees in museum studies and American Civilization from Brown University. She spe... [More]
Max Paul Friedman
,Associate Professor
Max Paul Friedman specializes in 20th-century U.S. foreign relations. A graduate of Oberlin College ... [More]
Cara Gabriel
,Assistant Professor
Cara Gabriel has worked as a theatre practitioner throughout Vermont, Illinois, Michigan, New York, ... [More]
Caimeen Garrett
,Writing Instructor
Caimeen Garrett has an MFA in Fiction from Syracuse University, and is ABD in the doctoral program a... [More]
Melanie George
,Instructor
Melanie George is a performer, choreographer, writer and teacher of dance, and a Certified Movement ... [More]
Emil George
,Adjunct Associate Professor
Emil George is a horn instructor in the applied music program.
Mary Giandrea
,Assistant Professor
Mary Frances Giandrea is the author of Episcopal Culture in Late Anglo-Saxon England, the first full... [More]
James Girard
,Professor
Dr. James Girard is Professor and Chairman of the Chemistry Department. He teaches analytical, envir... [More]
Yuliya Gorenman
,Musician in Residence
A piano instructor in the applied music program, award-winning Russian-born American pianist Yuliya ... [More]
Mary Gottlieb
,Accompanist in Residence
Mary Gottlieb is an Accompanist in Residence in the applied music program. Mary Gottlieb, pianist, h... [More]
Michael Gray
,Associate Professor
Prof. Gray received his PhD in Physics from Pennsylvania State University in 1968, after which he wa... [More]
James Gray
,Professor
Current Research Interests:  Eating Disorders, Behavior Therapy, Psychotherapy, Abnorma... [More]
Gershon Greenberg
,Professor
Gershon Greenberg is the author of three definitive bibliographies of religious thought and the Holo... [More]
Robert Griffith
,Department Chair, History
Griffith is author of The Politics of Fear: Joseph R. McCarthy and the Senate, which won the Frederi... [More]
Caren Grown
,Economist in Residence
Professor Grown's current research focuses on assets and women’s well-being, gender equality and pub... [More]
Bernhard Gunter
,Adjunct Associate Professor
Dr. Gunter’s areas of expertise include development macroeconomics, debt sustainability analysis, an... [More]
Kathleen Gunthert
,Associate Professor
Dr. Gunthert’s program of research focuses on the influence of everyday stress and coping on depress... [More]
Jeffrey Hakim
,Associate Dean for the Sciences
Jeffrey Hakim’s research primarily lies within the broad mathematical areas of representation theory... [More]
Mary Hansen
,Associate Professor
Mary Eschelbach Hansen is widely published in the fields of child welfare policy and economic histor... [More]
Nadia Harris
,Associate Professor
Professor Harris holds a Ph.D. in French Literature and Government from Georgetown University. This ... [More]
Nathan Harshman
,Associate Professor
Professor Harshman pursues research in theoretical physics, focusing his studies on the intersection... [More]
Michael Harvey
,Instructor
Mike Harvey is a highly respected music recorder, mixer, and producer with over 25 years of music in... [More]
Kate Haulman
,Assistant Professor
Focusing on the history of the Early America, Kate Haulman’s teaching and research interests include... [More]
Michael Hazilla
,Associate Professor
Professor Hazilla's research interests are econometrics, applied microeconomics and environmental ec... [More]
Shaghaf Hazimeh Glueck
,Instructor
Professor Hazimeh Glueck was an OPI Trainer and Text Typology Trainer for DLI faculty in Monterey an... [More]
Pamela Henson
,Historian in Residence
Dr. Henson is director of the Institutional History Division of the Smithsonian Institution Archives... [More]
Maria Heracleous
,Assistant Professor
Professor Heracleous teaches:Econ 100: Macroeconomics (Fall)Econ 501: Macroeconomics (Fall)Econ 522:... [More]
Consuelo Hernandez
,Associate Professor
Professor Consuelo Hernandez teaches courses on XXe Latin American Literature, Poetry, Central Ameri... [More]
William Hirzy
,Department Chair, Chemistry
Dr. Hirzy is Chemist In Residence in CAS's Chemistry Department.
Susan Hoecker-Drysdale
,Research Professor in Residence
Professor Hoecker-Dyrsdale is a Research Professor-in-Residence. She has been at American University... [More]
Andrew Holland
,Designer in Residence
Prior to coming to AU Andrew spent two years as an interim Assistant Professor of Scenic Design at I... [More]
Esther Holtermann
,Instructor
Professor Maria Esther Ibantildeez-Holtermann teaches language and topic courses in Spanish at Ameri... [More]
Andrew Holtin
,Assistant Professor
Andy Holtin received his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Sculpture and Exended Media pro... [More]
Ibtisam Ibrahim
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Ibrahim teaches courses in the Arab World and Middle East and also serves as the director of Ara... [More]
Sarah Irvine Belson
,Dean, School of Education, Teaching and Health
Dr. Irvine Belson's research activities focus on infusing effective components of instructional desi... [More]
Alina Israeli
,Associate Professor
Professor Israeli received her PhD in Slavic Linguistics from Yale University. Prior to coming to th... [More]
Monica Jackson
,Assistant Professor
Monica Christine Jackson was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. She obtained a B.S. and M.S. ... [More]
Frederic Jacobs
,Professor
Research and Teaching Interests: The role, function, and impact of higher education; theory and prac... [More]
Caleen Jennings
,Co-Chair, Department of Performing Arts
Caleen Sinnette Jennings is Professor of Theatre; since joining the faculty in 1989, she has directe... [More]
Robert Jernigan
,Professor
Robert W. Jernigan holds a Ph.D. from the University of South Florida and is a Professor of Statisti... [More]
Leah Johnson
,Writing Instructor
Leah Johnson holds an MA in Literature from American University and an MA in Music from The Universi... [More]
Philip Johnson
,Assistant Professor
Professor Johnson is a theoretical and computational physicist doing research on a number of topics ... [More]
Patrick Joyner
,Writing Instructor
Kelly Joyner began teaching at American University in 2000. His courses have thematic links to psych... [More]
Laura Juliano
,Associate Professor
Laura M. Juliano earned her PhD. in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York at Bin... [More]
Deborah Kahn
,Associate Professor
Deborah Kahn graduated with an MFA in painting from Yale University in 1978. She has exhibited in Ne... [More]
Despina Kakoudaki
,Assistant Professor
Professor Kakoudaki teaches interdisciplinary courses in literature and film, visual culture, and th... [More]
Robert Karch
,Professor
Robert Karch has been a member of American University faculty since 1969. He is the Chair and a prof... [More]
David Kearns
,Research Assistant Professor
Dr. Kearns' research interests center around the following areas:conditioning, learning, behavior; d... [More]
David Keplinger
,Associate Professor
David Keplinger is the author of three collections of poetry, most recently The Prayers of Others (2... [More]
Jeffrey Killman
,Assistant Professor
A native of Albuquerque NM who, over the last nine years or so, has been engaged with Spain, its lan... [More]
Karl Kippola
,Assistant Professor
Karl Kippola holds a BA in Drama (University of Montana), an MFA in acting (Wayne State University),... [More]
Osman Kivrak
,Musician in Residence
Osman Kivrak is  a viola instructor in the applied music program. He performs with the ... [More]
Dolores Koenig
,Professor
Dolores Koenig is a specialist in international development, interested in both its challenges and i... [More]
Monika Konaklieva
,Associate Professor
Dr. Konaklieva’s research is in the area of exploring different approaches for delaying of microbial... [More]
Eric Kothari
,Psychologist in Residence
Dr. Kothari is a Psychologist in Residence with interests in a number of research areas, particularl... [More]
Alan Kraut
,University Professor
Alan M. Kraut is Professor of History and an affiliate faculty member in the School of International... [More]
Peter Kuznick
,Associate Professor
The author of Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in 1930s America and coeditor... [More]
Elizabeth Lang
,Instructor
Elizabeth Lang has taught at AU since 1991 and now coordinates the intermediate French program in LF... [More]
Helen Langa
,Department Chair, Art
Professor Helen Langa continues as Chair of the Art Department (Art History, Graphic Design, and Stu... [More]
Joshua Lansky
,Associate Professor
Dr. Lansky attended Brown University as an undergraduate. He graduated magna cum laude with Honors i... [More]
Teresa Larkin
,Associate Professor
Teresa Larkin is an Associate Professor of Physics Education in the Department of Computer Science, ... [More]
Charles Larson
,Professor
Professor Larson is the author of works of literary criticism and fiction. His critical works includ... [More]
Sherburne Laughlin
,Arts Manager in Residence
Sherburne Laughlin holds an MBA from Yale University and is a cum laude graduate of Davidson College... [More]
Adrea Lawrence
,Assistant Professor
As a policy historian and the social studies specialist in the teacher education program at American... [More]
Theresa Lazar
,Musician in Residence
Teri Lazar is a violin instructor in the applied music program. She performs with the Sunrise Quarte... [More]
William Leap
,Department Chair, Anthropology
Language in everyday life is shaped by material conditions, by ideology, by power, by resistance– an... [More]
CAS - Anthropology
Kimberly Leighton
,Assistant Professor
Kim Leighton was raised in the Boston area, and has spent much of her life in New York and Western M... [More]
Keith Leonard
,Department Chair, Literature
Author of Fettered Genius: The African American Bardic Poet from Slavery to Civil Rights, Keith D Le... [More]
Robert Lerman
,Professor
Professor Lerman conducts research and publishes on employment, income support, and youth developmen... [More]
Daniel Levin
,Assistant Professor
Daniel M. Levin earned his PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with specialization in science educatio... [More]
Andrew Lewis
,Assistant Professor
Professor Andrew J. Lewis is a historian of early America who specializes in the history of science,... [More]
Allan Lichtman
,Professor
Allan J. Lichtman received his PhD from Harvard University in 1973 with a specialty in modern Americ... [More]
Jonathan Loesberg
,Professor
Professor Loesberg has written three books, Fictions of Consciousness: Mill, Newman and the Reading ... [More]
Stephen MacAvoy
,Assistant Professor
Working in biogeochemistry and ecology, Stephen E. MacAvoy has been particularly interested in areas... [More]
Elizabeth Malloy
,Assistant Professor
Professor Malloy received her PhD in Statistics from the University of New Mexico, where she taught ... [More]
Isabel Manalo
,Assistant Professor
Isabel Manalo grew up in Madison, WI, after living in the Philippines, her country of origin, for th... [More]
Gishawn Mance
,Assistant Professor
Devoted to providing effective community prevention and intervention programs for underserved childr... [More]
Gail Mardirosian
,Associate Professor
Gail Mardirosian spent the 2008-09 AY as a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Prague, CZ, at the Academy of... [More]
Caron Martinez
,Writing Instructor
A native Californian, Caron Martinez earned her BA in English from Williams College before joining t... [More]
Inga Maslova
,Assistant Professor
Inga Maslova received her BS in Mathematical Statistics from Vilnius University, Lithuania. She got ... [More]
Richard McCann
,Professor
Professor McCann is the author, most recently, of Mother of Sorrows (Vintage, 2006), a collection of... [More]
Barry McCarthy
,Professor
Dr. McCarthy came to American University in 1969 as lecturer, and has been promoted to assistant pro... [More]
Jocelyn McCarthy
,Writing Instructor
Jocelyn McCarthy received her BA in English from Cornell University and her MFA in Creative Writing ... [More]
Heather McDonald
,Writing Instructor
Prior to teaching, Heather McDonald wrote and edited website content for a national nonprofit organi... [More]
Susan McDonic
,Assistant Professor
Susan McDonic is a Temporary Visiting Professor at the American University. Her research interests i... [More]
Bryan McNeil
,Assistant Professor
Professor McNeil's fieldwork since 2000 has been based in southern West Virginia. It focuses on soci... [More]
Ellen Meade
,Associate Professor
Professor Meade works on topics in monetary policy, central banking institutions, currency unions, a... [More]
Marc Medwin
,Assistant Professor
Marc Medwin received his undergraduate degree in English literature from Ithaca College in New York.... [More]
Carl Menninger
,Assistant Professor
Carl Menninger is the director of Theatre/Music Theatre at American University . He holds a master's... [More]
Madhavi Menon
,Associate Professor
Madhavi Menon is interested in desire. She is the author of Wanton Words: Rhetoric and Sexuality in ... [More]
Mieke Meurs
,Professor
Professor Meurs has recently taught Comparative Systems, Heterodox Microeconomics, Transition Econom... [More]
Jeffrey Middents
,Associate Professor
Professor Middents studies and teaches film and world literature, specifically focusing on Latin Ame... [More]
Jose-Maria Montes-Armenteros
,Associate Professor
As part of his academic experience, Chemi taught design at Penn State during his graduate studies an... [More]
Glenn Moomau
,Writing Instructor
Glenn Moomau is the author of Ted Nugent Condominium: From Boston to Austin with the Glenmont Popes ... [More]
Ronald Muller
,Professor
Dr. Ronald E. Muller, Professor of Economics, American University, is an internationally recognized ... [More]
Kathryn Muratore
,Assistant Professor
Kathryn Muratore received her PhD from the University of California Berkeley, where she studied amin... [More]
Kay Mussell
,Interim Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Academic Affairs
Kay Mussell joined American University in 1974 and has held multiple positions, including Professor ... [More]
Pamela Nadell
,Director, Jewish Studies Program
Pamela S. Nadell, the Inaugural Patrick Clendenen Professor of History, is the Program Chair of Amer... [More]
Elsa Naser
,Instructor
Elsa Naser has earned her Masters Degree in Statistics from the University of Alberta in Edmonton Ca... [More]
Anna Nelson
,Distinguished Historian in Residence
Anna K. Nelson teaches courses related to the History of American Foreign Relations from 1783 to the... [More]
Michelle Newton-Francis
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Newton-Francis has teaching and research interests in deviance, popular culture, gender, and cul... [More]
Marianne Noble
,Associate Professor
Professor Noble's teaching and research interests include American literature, culture studies, and ... [More]
John Nolan
,Professor
Prof. Nolan has taught at the University of Zambia (in Africa), and Kenyon College (in Ohio), and wo... [More]
Deborah Norris
,Psychologist in Residence
Dr. Deborah Norris is Executive Director of Science for Health Energy, Inc. and Founder of The Mindf... [More]
Erin O'Neill
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Erin O’Neill’s passion is investigating the health of children, adolescents, and college student... [More]
Kristina Oakes
,Writing Instructor
Kristina Kasik Oakes earned her MA from Boston College and her BA from the University of New Hampshi... [More]
Paul Oehlers
,Assistant Professor
Paul A. Oehlers is most recognized for his "extraordinarily evocative" film scores. (Varie... [More]
Amy Oliver
,Associate Professor
Professor Oliver's teaching and research on Latin America explore philosophical topics such as margi... [More]
Mohammad Owrang Ojaboni
,Professor
M. Mehdi Owrang O. is currently a professor of Computer Science in the department of Computer Scienc... [More]
Walter Park
,Associate Professor
Primary Research interests: Intellectual property rights, R & D, and technological progr... [More]
Scott Parker
,Professor
Born in Brooklyn, Scott Parker discovered early that he liked New York and stayed there to receive h... [More]
Celine-Marie Pascale
,Associate Professor
Professor Celine-Marie Pascale’s primary scholarly interest is in exploring the (re)production of cu... [More]
Shubha Pathak
,Assistant Professor
Shubha Pathak is a historian of religions who specializes in the mythological literatures of ancient... [More]
Phyllis Peres
,Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies
Dr. Phyllis Peres joined American University on July 1, 2009 as Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studi... [More]
Zehra Peynircioglu
,Professor
Zehra Peynirciolu received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Stanford. Dr. Phil Zimbardo d... [More]
David Pike
,Professor
Professor Pike is the author of Metropolis on the Styx: The Underworlds of Modern Urban Culture, 180... [More]
Adrienne Pine
,Assistant Professor
Adrienne Pine is a militant medical anthropologist who has worked in Honduras, Mexico, Korea, the Un... [More]
Marie Pineiro
,Instructor
Professor Piniero was born in Puerto Rico and grew up in Mexico. She teaches Spanish Language course... [More]
Sabiyha Prince
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Sabiyha Prince is a cultural anthropologist and assistant professor of anthropology whose resear... [More]
Tom Ratekin
,Assistant Professor
Professor Ratekin teaches courses in twentieth-century literature and film. His interests include mo... [More]
Paul Reber
,Historian in Residence
Paul Reber is the Executive Director of Stratford Hall and also serves on the adjunct faculty at Ame... [More]
Patricia Reichler
,Writing Instructor
Trisha Reichler joined the College Writing faculty as an adjunct in 2000 and became a full-time inst... [More]
Jeffrey Reiman
,Professor
Jeffrey Reiman is the William Fraser McDowell Professor of Philosophy. He was born in Brooklyn, New ... [More]
Catherine Resnick
,Assistant Professor
MFA in Communication Arts and Design from Virginia Commonwealth University. While at VCU, Kate was s... [More]
Kara Reynolds
,Associate Professor
Prof. Reynolds joined the department in 2003 after completing her Ph.D. at the University of Virgini... [More]
Robert Richter
,Instructor
Vietnam War veteran, USAF(1969-1971), AU Grad student 1972-1979 (MS Technology of Management-30 hrs ... [More]
Anthony Riley
,Department Chair, Psychology
Dr. Riley received his undergraduate training at the University of North Carolina and obtained his P... [More]
Daniele Rodamar
,Associate Professor
A native speaker of French, Professor Rodamar's research interests include 16th- and 17th-century Fr... [More]
Olga Rojer
,Associate Professor
Professor Rojer obtained her PhD in German Studies from the University of Maryland in 1985. Her earl... [More]
Maurice Roumani
,Scholar in Residence
Maurice Roumani was Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle East Studies, as well as the... [More]
Roberta Rubenstein
,Professor
Professor Rubenstein's primary teaching interests include Modernist fiction, literature by Modernist... [More]
Natalia Ruiz Junco
,Assistant Professor
Natalia Ruiz Junco is a sociologist working in the areas of sociological theory and social movements... [More]
Ioanna Sakellion
,Assistant Professor
As a designer and an artist Yana works across mediums including graphic design, interactive media, a... [More]
Jerzy Sapieyevski
,Professor
Jerzy Sapieyevski, award-winning composer, pianist, and conceptualist, and New Century Music founder... [More]
Larry Sawers
,Professor
Professor Sawers teaching interests are: Economic development with a focus on macroeconomic policy a... [More]
Daniel Sayers
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Sayers is an Historical Archaeologist with training in philosophy, history, and anthropology. Re... [More]
Catherine Schaeff
,Associate Professor
Dr. Schaeff's main research interests are conservation biology, molecular ecology and behavior. She ... [More]
Sterling Scroggins
,Adjunct Associate Professor
Sterling Scroggins is a voice instructor in the applied music program.
Debarati Sen
,Assistant Professor
Debarati Sen is a Cultural Anthropologist with a background in Sociology and Women’s and Gender Stud... [More]
Richard Sha
,Professor
Professor Sha teaches courses in Nineteenth-Century Literature, especially British Romanticism, and ... [More]
Arthur Shapiro
,Associate Professor
Arthur Shapiro specializes in the areas of visual perception and cognitive neuroscience. He did his ... [More]
Younghee Sheen
,Assistant Professor
Professor Sheen received her PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Nottingham (UK). She ... [More]
April Shelford
,Associate Professor
April Shelford is an intellectual historian of early modern Europe. Her first project was a study of... [More]
Anita Sherman
,Associate Professor
Professor Sherman's most recent publication, Skepticism and Memory in Shakespeare and Donne (Palgrav... [More]
Alan Silberberg
,Professor
Dr. Silberberg's research interests are in the areas of: experimental analysis of behaviorautoshapin... [More]
Luis Silva
,Associate Professor
Current Director of Studio Art. Exhibitions include Museum of Modern Art/Gramercy Theater, NY; Corco... [More]
Kimberly Sims
,Assistant Professor
Professors Sims has received numerous awards and prizes, including the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize fo... [More]
Sylstea Sledge
,Musician in Residence
Choral director, arranger and composer and specialist in American Gospel Music Tradition. Vocal musi... [More]
Leila Smith
,Artist in Residence
Leila Smith has more than 35 years of experience in the nonprofit world, in cultural management and ... [More]
Edward Smith
,Assistant Professor
Ed Smith is a third-generation Washingtonian and the Director of American Studies and Special Assist... [More]
Anastasia Snelling
,Associate Professor
Dr. Anastasia Snelling is an associate professor at American University in the Department of Health ... [More]
Nancy Snider
,Musician in Residence
Cellist Nancy Jo Snider is the music program director at American University and a cello instructor ... [More]
Rachel Snyder
,Assistant Professor
Rachel Louise Snyder is an author, journalist and public radio contributor. Her first book, “Fugitiv... [More]
Nina Spiegel
,Schusterman Teaching Fellow in Residence
Nina S. Spiegel, Schusterman Teaching Fellow in Jewish Studies, specializes in modern Jewish cultura... [More]
Virginia Stallings
,Associate Professor
Lyn Stallings is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and is the A... [More]
Peter Starr
,Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Peter Starr joined American University as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in July 2009. In ... [More]
Martha Starr
,Associate Professor
Professor Starr's research interests are consumption, saving, wealth, macroeconomics, monetary polic... [More]
Russell Stone
,Professor
Russell A. Stone has research and teaching interests that include development, public opinion, socia... [More]
Marcela Sulak
,Assistant Professor
Marcela Sulak teaches courses in translation, poetics, world poetry, and world literature. Her colle... [More]
Adam Tamashasky
,Writing Instructor
Adam has been with the College Writing Program since 2004. He graduated from the University of Dayto... [More]
Stacie Tate
,Assistant Professor
Stacie Tate holds a doctorate in language, literacy and urban education from Michigan State Universi... [More]
Sue Taylor
,Public Anthropologist in Residence
Taylor had extensive experience in nursing administration and clinical practice when she pursued a c... [More]
Charles Tesconi
,Professor
Charles Tesconi, Jr., is a Professor of Education at American University, Washington, DC, where he s... [More]
Alison Thomas
,Writing Instructor
Alison Thomas earned a BA in English and Spanish from Cornell University. She completed her MFA in c... [More]
Andrea Tschemplik
,Associate Professor
I came to American University in 2001 and have been teaching a variety of courses in the History of ... [More]
Christopher Tudge
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Tudge is primarily a reproductive biologist with particular interests in the reproductive biolog... [More]
Jessica Uscinski
,Assistant Professor
Jessica Uscinski recently joined the Physics Department at American University as an Assistant Profe... [More]
Frances Van Dyke
,Associate Professor
Before moving to Washington DC in 2000, Professor Van Dyke lived in New Haven, Connecticut for 16 ye... [More]
Matthew Van Hoose
,Musician in Residence
Mr. Van Hoose is an accompanist in residence and a piano instructor in the applied music program. He... [More]
Vivian Vasquez
,Associate Professor
Dr. Vasquez' research interests are in critical literacy, early literacy and information communicati... [More]
Stephen Vassallo
,Assistant Professor
In his teaching and scholarship, Vassallo works to merge perspectives to critically explore issues r... [More]
Kristin Velleman
,Instructor
Professor Kristi Velleman holds a BA from the University of Virginia and a MA in Spanish and Latin A... [More]
Katharina Vester
,Acting Director, American Studies Program
Katharina Vester specializes in cultural theory, transnational studies, and the dynamics of power in... [More]
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Vidal-Ortiz has been at AU since 2005. Aside from current work on a book about racialized sexual... [More]
David Vine
,Assistant Professor
Author of Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia (Princeton U... [More]
Renee Von Worde
,Assistant Professor
Professor von Worde was born in Berlin, Germany. She earned her PhD in Education from George Mason U... [More]
Linda Voris
,Assistant Professor
Professor Voris’s teaching and research interests include twentieth-century American and British lit... [More]
Rosemary Wander
,Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Research
Dr. Rosemary Wander joined American University as Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Research on ... [More]
Rachel Watkins
,Assistant Professor
My research focuses on the biological and social history of African Americans living in the 19th and... [More]
Lauren Weis
,Assistant Professor
I joined the American University faculty in 2008, and have been teaching courses in the history of p... [More]
Stanley Weiss
,Professor
Dr. Weiss' current research concentrates on:Stimulus Control of Behavior Incentive Motivation Drugs ... [More]
Carol Weissbrod
,Associate Professor
Current Research Interests:Affect, Motivation and Identity in Child and Adolescent Athletes, Gender ... [More]
Michael Wenthe
,Assistant Professor
Michael Wenthe was trained in medieval literature at Duke, Harvard, Oxford, and Yale. His primary re... [More]
Brenda Werth
,Assistant Professor
Professor Werth specializes in contemporary Latin American Theater and Southern Cone Studies. Her ar... [More]
Michael Wilkerson
,Assistant Professor
Michael Wilkerson  has worked as a university administrator, freelance writer, dire... [More]
Noriko Williams
,Assistant Professor
Noriko Kurosawa Williams, born and educated in Japan, has been engaged studying and teaching the Jap... [More]
Brett Williams
,Professor
Brett Williams began her work as an anthropologist working among migrant farm workers in Illinois, e... [More]
John Willoughby
,Professor
Professor Willoughby has recently returned from a two-year stay in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates whe... [More]
Katherine Wilson
,Writing Instructor
Kate holds Master’s degrees in English and Medieval Studies from the Catholic University of America,... [More]
Jon Wisman
,Professor
Professor Wisman teaching interests are: History of Economic Thought, Methodology, History, Introduc... [More]
Lacey Wootton-Don
,Writing Instructor
Lacey Wootton-Don completed her MA in Literature at AU in 1999 and has taught in the College Writing... [More]
Elizabeth A. Worden
,Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Anderson Worden joined American University as an assistant professor in the fall of 2007 a... [More]
Chenyang Xiao
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Xiao earned his MA at University of Toledo, OH, and PhD at Washington State University. His main... [More]
Brian Yates
,Professor
Dr. Yates has published 73 articles and book chapters, plus 5 books. Most of his publications apply ... [More]
Gloria Young
,Director, Women's and Gender Studies
Gloria A. (Gay) Young has a longstanding focus on gender and development which has led her to study ... [More]

