Aaron Boesenecker
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Aaron P. Boesenecker joined the SIS faculty in the fall of 2009 and is an Assistant Professor in the International Politics Program. His research interests include European politics, comparative political economy, religion and politics, and qual... [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]
Jeffrey Colgan
,Assistant Professor
Professor Jeff Colgan is interested in the geopolitics of oil, the resource curse, international security, and international political economy. In his new (2013) book, Petro-Aggression: When Oil Causes War he presents a new theory of why oil is link... [More]
Kristin Diwan
,Assistant Professor
Kristin Smith Diwan is Assistant Professor of Comparative and Regional Studies at the American University School of International Service. She holds regional expertise in the politics and policies of the Arab Gulf, and functional expertise on Islamic... [More]
Michelle Egan
,Associate Professor
Professor Michelle Egan teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses including: The European Union, Relations of West European Nations, International Relations of Europe, Comparative European Politics, Economics, and Society, Transatlantic... [More]
Randall Henning
,Professor
Professor Henning specializes in the politics and institutions of international economic relations, international and comparative political economy, economic policymaking and regional integration. He has focused specifically on international monetary... [More]
Sikina Jinnah
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Sikina Jinnah’s research focuses on the changing dynamics of power and influence in global environmental politics. Her most recent projects examined the role of international bureaucracies in managing the politics of overlapping international reg... [More]
Sarah Knight
,Assistant Professor
Dr. Sarah Cleeland Knight is Co-Director of the Global Scholars Program and Assistant Professor of International Politics at American University's School of International Service. She teaches undergraduate, master's, and PhD classes. Dr. Knight's r... [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]
Carl LeVan
,Assistant Professor
LeVan focuses on comparative political institutions, democratization, and African security. His influential critique of power sharing in Africa appeared in the January 2011 issue of "Governance," and his he has also published articles on the Departm... [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]
Arturo Porzecanski
,Distinguished Economist in Residence
Dr. Arturo Porzecanski, Distinguished Economist in Residence, is an expert in international finance, emerging markets and Latin American economics. He previously taught at Columbia University, New York University, and Williams College, but is a late ... [More]
Christopher Rudolph
,Associate Professor
Christopher Rudolph has expertise in the areas of national security, international political economy, international migration, ethnic conflict, and international law. His work has appeared in the American Political Science Review, International Organ... [More]
Stephen Silvia
,Associate Professor
Dr. Stephen Silvia teaches international economics, international trade relations, and comparative politics.
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]
Manuel Suarez
,Economist-in-Residence
Throughout a professional career that spans over 35 years, Professor Suárez-Mier successively combined working in the financial system and Foreign Service of Mexico as well as for transnational financial institutions, with teaching economics at the T... [More]
Mamuka Tsereteli
,Scholar in Residence
Dr. Mamuka Tsereteli is a Director, Center for Black Sea-Caspian Studies at School of International Service at American University. He served as an Assistant Professor at School of International Service in 2007-2011. Dr. Tsereteli teaches classes on ... [More]
Krista Tuomi
,Assistant Professor
Krista Tuomi is an Assistant Professor in the International Economic Relations program. Prior to this post, she lectured at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where she focused on growth theory, game theory and macroeconomic policy. She also ... [More]
Shalini Venturelli
,Associate Professor
Dr. Shalini Venturelli is Associate Professor of International Communication and International Relations, in the School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC. Professor Venturelli is Director of the Global Public Media Resear... [More]


