The International Communication program faculty members are among the leaders in the field, emphasizing the importance of research, teaching, and public dialogue. Faculty work closely with students, at both the master's and doctoral levels, to advance research and promote professional development through publications, professional associations, and a variety of academic conferences.
Dr. Chin’s research and teaching interests are in the political economy of transnational migration, Southeast Asian studies and intercultural relations. She is the author of In Service and Servitude: Foreign Female Domestic Workers and the Malaysian ... [More]
Derrick Cogburn is Associate Professor of International Relations at the School of International Service at American University. His research and teaching includes: global information and communication technology and socio-economic development; insti... [More]
Dr. Maria De Jesus brings to AU a wealth of research and teaching experiences in the area of health inequalities, with a particular focus on cross-cultural communication and health promotion. While serving as a Yerby post-doctoral fellow at the Harva... [More]
Professor Groen teaches cross-cultural communication at American University since 2006, prior to which he served as a management consultant in global business management, human resource management and cross-cultural effectiveness for nearly thirty ye... [More]
Dr. Craig Hayden is an assistant professor in the International Communication Program at American University’s School of International Service. His current research focuses on the discourse of public diplomacy, the rhetoric of foreign policy related ... [More]
John Robert Kelley is an Assistant Professor at the School of International Service. He received his PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2007. His dissertation titled "From Monologue to Dialogue: U.S. Public Diplomacy in ... [More]
Nanette S. Levinson is Academic Director of the SIS/Sciences-Po Exchange and Editor of the International Communication Section, The International Studies Compendium Project. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. She served as Associate Dean from 1988-2005. ... [More]
Dr. Nam’s research and teaching interests include intercultural communication, maximizing study/work abroad, interaction between international faculty and U.S. students, expatriate intercultural training, and global leadership development. Dr. Nam ha... [More]
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]
Each year, Dr. Gary Weaver gives over 100 keynote addresses, lectures, training seminars, and workshops to various universities, nonprofit groups, government agencies, professional organizations and business groups in the U.S. and abroad. His topics ... [More]
Dr. Wanda Wigfall-Williams has negotiated with terrorists, facilitated dialogues and focus groups with paramilitary groups, and worked to develop anti-human trafficking campaigns in Eastern Europe and Asia.She has taught at George Mason University in... [More]
Rob Albro
Ben Alexander (IMI)
Fanta Aw
David Bachner (IMI)
Elizabeth Fox
Dean Foster (IMI)
Luis Gallegos (IDPP)
Terra Gargano
Michelle Lebaron (IMI)
Ray Leki (IMI)
Abbas Malek
Sherry Mueller
Eric Novotny
Josef Olmert
Jared Ordway (IMI)
Jill A. Schuker
Amanda Taylor
Gabriel Weimann
Gary Wright (IMI)
Robert K. Yin
Susan Zimicki
Ambassador Akbar Ahmed is the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington, D.C. and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is a Visiting Professor and was First Distinguished Chair of Middle East & Is... [More]
Patricia Aufderheide is a full-time professor of Communication Studies in the School of Communication at American University in Washington, D.C., and co-director with Matthew Nisbet of the Center for Social Media. Her books include Reclaiming Fair Us... [More]
Professor Carmel teaches information technology (IT). His research area is the globalization of technology work: global software teams, offshoring of IT, and emerging software industries.His recent book, 2011, is “I'm Working While They're Sleeping: ... [More]
Carolyn Gallaher is a broadly trained political geographer. Her work blends insights from political economy and cultural studies and is focused on two substantive areas of inquiry—the role of paramilitaries in irregular warfare and the influence of t... [More]
Dr. Loubna Skalli-Hanna is Assistant Professor in the International Development Program. She joined the American University in 2004 after teaching for 15 years at Moroccan Universities and Higher Institutes of Leaning (1987-2003). Dr. Skalli-Hanna’s ... [More]
Dr. Clarence Lusane is the program director for Comparative and Regional Studies. He teaches courses in comparative race relations, modern social movements, comparative politics of the Americas and Europe and jazz and international relations. He is a... [More]
Shoon Murray is Director of the US Foreign Policy Master’s Program, an SIS International Policy Research Scholar, and an Associate Professor. She teaches classes on American Foreign Policy, decision-making theory, and the role of public opinion, the ... [More]
Ambassador Anthony Quainton is the Diplomat-in-Residence and a professor of U.S. Foreign Policy, having previously served in the United States Foreign Service and held ambassadorships to the Central African Republic, Nicaragua, Kuwait, and Peru.
Dr. Vidya Samarasinghe has conducted field surveys on tea plantation women in Sri Lanka, income inequalities among farming communities, and female adolescent food allocation patterns in Sri Lanka.
Rhonda Zaharna is a full-time professor of Public Communication. She specializes in intercultural and international strategic communication, with an emphasis on culture and communication in the Arab and Islamic regions. In addition to teaching strate... [More]
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IMI provides customized training for effective communication, negotiation and leadership across cultures.
COTELCO specializes in research, development, and education in globally distributed cross-cultural collaboration.
The IDPP, led by COTELCO, promotes an inclusive and barrier-free global society. It offers a Master's in Disability Policy, AU's first all-online degree.
| Coming Soon | Date |
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| Waterworks | 05/25/13 |
| Spring 2013 Exhibitions: Lee Haner, Painting Borges, and Saturation Point | 05/25/13 |
| Spring 2013 Exhibitions: Timothy App | 05/25/13 |
