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Program Director

Research interests
- Development and democracy in Latin America
Core Faculty

Adam Auerbach Assistant Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Political economy of development and local governance in South Asia

Research interests
- Economic Globalization
- Trade, Investment, Aid, and Debt
- Social and Environmental Development
- Political Economy of Development

Susanna Campbell Assistant Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Peacebuilding and peacekeeping
- Development
- Global governance
- War-to-peace transitions
Lauren Carruth Assistant Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Humanitarian interventions
- Sustainable development
- Global health

Research interests
- International development

Research interests
- Monitoring
- Evaluation
Erin Collins Assistant Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Political economy and cultural politics of transformation in Southeast Asian cities
Marion Dixon Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Food system change
- Political instability
- Food insecurity

Daniel Esser Associate Professor SIS-School of Intl Service
Research interests
- Global development and effectiveness

Research interests
- Latin American politics
- Democratization
- Migration
Scott Freeman Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Bureaucracies of international aid projects
- Haiti

Research interests
- International development

Jordanna Matlon Assistant Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Race, class, gender, and identity in the African diaspora

Johanna Mendelson-Forman Adjunct Professor SIS - School of Intl Service
Research interests
- Food
- Conflict
Rachel Robinson Associate Professor SIS-School of Intl Service
Research interests
- Demography
- Africa
- HIV
- family planning
Vidyamali Samarasinghe Professor SIS-School of Intl Service
Research interests
- Gender and development
- Population
Thespina Yamanis Assistant Professor SIS-School of Intl Service
Research interests
- Global health
- Micropolitics of development
Affiliated Faculty

Mohammed Abu-Nimer Professor SIS-School of Intl Service

Amitav Acharya Distinguished Professor SIS-School of Intl Service


Jeffrey Bachman Professorial Lecturer SIS-School of Intl Service


Derrick L. Cogburn Associate Professor SIS-School of Intl Service
Maria De Jesus Associate Professor SIS-School of Intl Service


Stephanie Fischer Executive-In-Residence SIS-School of Intl Service

Carolyn Gallaher Associate Professor SIS-School of Intl Service
Agustina Giraudy Assistant Professor SIS-School of Intl Service
T. Garrett Graddy-Lovelace Assistant Professor SIS-School of Intl Service

Gerbrand Groen Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS-School of Intl Service

Austin Hart Assistant Professor SIS-School of Intl Service

Mohamed Alaa Abdel-Moneim Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SIS-School of Intl Service

Pek Koon Heng-Blackburn Assistant Professor SIS-School of Intl Service
Nanette Levinson Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs SIS-School of Intl Service
Jennifer Poole Assistant Professor SIS - School of International Service

Malini Ranganathan Assistant Professor SIS-School of Intl Service


Michael Schroeder Assistant Dean for MA Programs SIS-School of Intl Service

Susan Shepler Associate Professor SIS-School of Intl Service

Matthew M. Taylor Associate Professor SIS-School of Intl Service

Jessica Trisko Darden Assistant Professor SIS - School of International Service

