Amitav Acharya
,Professor
Amitav Acharya is the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Chair of the ASEAN Studies Center. Previously, he was Professor of Global Governance at the University of Bristol, Professor at York University, Toronto, and at Nanyang... [More]
Robin Broad
,Professor
Dr. Robin Broad, Professor of International Development, established the International Development Program’s unique curricular offerings on economic globalization and development and on environment and development with a focus on social, environmenta... [More]
Daniel Esser
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Esser's research examines development aid and governance in the Global South, in particular in conflict cities, as well as global health policy emergence and funding priorities. He also pursues an interest in discourses and Pragmatism in internat... [More]
Pek Koon Heng-Blackburn
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Pek Koon Heng teaches courses on International Relations and International Political Economy in Southeast and East Asia. She also directs SIS’s summer graduate program on “Globalization and Regionalism in East Asia” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In ... [More]
Ji-Young Lee
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Ji-Young Lee’s research and teaching focus on East Asian security, Korean politics and foreign policy, East Asian diplomatic history and international relations theory. Prior to AU, she was an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Politics and ... [More]
Surjit Mansingh
,Adjunct Professor
Professor Surjit Mansingh presently teaches as an adjunct in the School of International Service. She retired a few years ago from her position as Professor and Chairperson, Centre for International Politics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New De... [More]
James Mittelman
,University Professor
James Mittelman is University Professor of International Affairs, and was the founding Chair of Comparative and Regional Studies at American University. He has also been named Honorary Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. Previously... [More]
Tazreena Sajjad
,Professorial Lecturer
Dr. Tazreena Sajjad is a Professorial Lecturer in the International Politics program. Prior to this, she served as adjunct faculty for Human Rights and for the Community of Scholars Program at AU. Until 2006, Dr. Sajjad worked as the Global Rights' A... [More]
Judith Shapiro
,Director - Dual Degree in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development
Dr. Judith Shapiro is on the faculty of the Global Environmental Politics program and directs the Dual Degree in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (NRSD) with University for Peace in Costa Rica. She is the author of China's Environmental ... [More]
Maina Chawla Singh
,Scholar in Residence
Dr. Maina Singh has lectured widely at international institutions including Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, Cornell, Michigan, Indiana, Brandeis, and at the Library of Congress. She was Scholar-in-Residence, Haddasah-Brandeis Institute(2008); Fellow at Schu... [More]
Mireya Solis
,Associate Professor
Dr. Mireya Solis holds a PhD in Political Science from Harvard University and is Associate Professor at the School of International Service of American University. She has authored or co-edited several books: Banking on Multinationals: Public Credit ... [More]
Sharon Weiner
,Associate Professor
Sharon K. Weiner writes about the intersection of organizational politics and U.S. national security policy. Her book Our Own Worst Enemy? Institutional Interests and the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Expertise (MIT Press 2011) examines the role o... [More]
Quansheng Zhao
,Professor
Dr. Quansheng Zhao is Professor of international relations and Director of Center for Asian Studies at American University; serving as Director of the Division of Comparative and Regional Studies for three terms (1999-2008). Zhao received his B.A. fr... [More]


