American University has one of the largest concentrations of faculty, referred to as Scholar-Practitioners, focused on international development. The development faculty is distinguished by its scholarly reputation, its diversity, its combination of theory and field experience, its commitment to teaching, and its maintenance of a strong collegial relationship with the students in the program.
Dr. Hirschmann has written approximately 55 publications, with topics including Reengineering and Performance Measurement in USAID; Development Management/ Bureaucracy/ Administration, and Planning; Women and Development; Women and Political Particip... [More]
Professor Deborah Bräutigam's research focuses on China-Africa relations, foreign aid, industrialization, state-building, and development. She is the author of The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa(Oxford University Press, 2009) a... [More]
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]
Dr. Miguel Carter’s professional interests are in the areas of community development, social movements, civil society, religion and politics, transitions to democracy and electoral demography. His region of expertise is Latin America.
Dr. Daniel Esser is currently serving as one of three Directors of the Development Geographies Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers. A former international civil servant in the United Nations system, he was awarded a SPURS Resea... [More]
Louis Goodman carries out research on social change and politics in Latin America. His current research focuses on civil-military relations. He has published widely on that topic, on foreign investment in developing countries and on determinants of c... [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. 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.
Dr. Thespina (Nina) Yamanis’ professional interests are in identifying the mechanisms that link social and economic conditions to global health disparities and in designing community-based interventions to improve health among the most vulnerable gro... [More]
Eve Bratman is an assistant professor with the International Development Program at SIS. Dr. Bratman's research involves sustainable development politics in the Brazilian Amazon. Her long-term interests pertain to the ways in which attempts to improv... [More]
Dr. Lori Handrahan's Ph.D. is from London School of Economics' Sociology and Gender Institute. She holds over twenty years of practitioner work, in Central Asia, Asia, Africa and the Balkans, focused on gender-based violence, international human righ... [More]
Dr. Nathan A. Paxton studies international relations, organizational decisionmaking, global public health, and political theory, and he is a member of the International Development Program in SIS. His current research focuses on two areas: the effect... [More]
Professor Peter Redvers-Lee graduated from the Community Research and Action program, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. He has worked as a journalist, editor, and in the music business. His practitioner and academic interests are in community-d... [More]
Dr. Lee's work crosses disciplines to reflect the complex world we live in. His August 2009 book, "Climate Change and Armed Conflict: Hot and Cold Wars", is a ground breaking look at the nexus of social problems that will result from climate change. ... [More]
Jacqueline Bass - Emerging Markets Group
Peter Frampton - Accounting Comes Alive
Nancy Horn - Consultant
Patricia Morris - Women for Women International
Neal Ruiz - The Brookings Institution
Nancy Sachs - American University
Mario Gonzalez-American University
Coralie Bryant
Julie Feinsilver
Jacob Meerman
Joan Nelson
Teijia Reyes
Intensive three-day courses, training students in state-of-the-art international development techniques
Through the Irene Tinker-Millidge Walker Fellowship, students can receive financial support to offset the costs of including overseas field experience in their research, internship, or practicum.
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