Adjunct Faculty



Paul Albergo

Paul Albergo

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Adjunct Associate Professor

Paul Albergo is managing editor of Daily Report for Executives, published by BNA, a Washington-based news organization that publishes nearly 200 news and information services covering the law, business, economics, the environment, health care, taxati... [More]





Scott Albright

Scott Albright

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Professorial Lecturer





Omya Alston

Omya Alston

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Lecturer



Julia Ames

Julia Ames

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Lecturer



John Anderson

John Anderson

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Lecturer



Aman Battish

Aman Battish

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Lecturer







Jeffrey Bieber

Jeffrey Bieber

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Professorial Lecturer

Jeff Bieber is a veteran executive producer of public television documentaries, specials, news and cultural programs at WETA. He is responsible for creating and managing major primetime series’ for PBS, including , a 12-hour series about the Iraq War... [More]



Christopher Boesen

Christopher Boesen

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Professorial Lecturer

Christopher Boesen is the President of Tiber Creek Associates of Capitol Hill, a consulting firm he founded in 2005. Tiber Creek works with several national clients on public relations, strategic planning and government affairs. Chris’ experience i... [More]



Kelli Boyd

Kelli Boyd

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Lecturer

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301-520-1400


Jody Brannon

Jody Brannon

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Adjunct Associate Professor



Lisa Bream

Lisa Bream

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Professorial Lecturer

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202-885-2047
SOC - School of Communication


James Burch

James Burch

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Lecturer



Sandra Cannon-Brown

Sandra Cannon-Brown

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Professorial Lecturer

Sandy Cannon-Brown is an adjunct professor of Film and Media Arts. Students in her Environmental and Wildlife Production course produce a program that airs on Maryland Public Television (MPT) during Chesapeake Bay Week, a partnership developed throug... [More]



Lauren Cardillo

Lauren Cardillo

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Professorial Lecturer



Kavitha Cardoza

Kavitha Cardoza

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Lecturer

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202-885-1266
WAMU


Curtis Carey

Curtis Carey

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Professorial Lecturer

Dr. Curtis Carey teaches in the public communication program. As a national press officer in Washington, D.C. he has worked on issues ranging from energy policy to climate change and natural disaster preparedness and response. His academic research... [More]





Nicholas Clooney

Nicholas Clooney

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Distinguished Journalist in Residence

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202-885-2022
SOC - School of Communication


Caroline Comport

Caroline Comport

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Lecturer

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202-895-4916
Washington Semester


Tracy Compton

Tracy Compton

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Lecturer



Robert Connelly

Robert Connelly

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Professorial Lecturer



Bruce Cooke

Bruce Cooke

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Lecturer



John Dedakis

John Dedakis

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Lecturer



Richard Delaney

Richard Delaney

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Professorial Lecturer



Priya Doshi

Priya Doshi

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Lecturer



Amy Eisman

Amy Eisman

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Adjunct Associate Professor

Amy Eisman oversees SOC’s basic writing classes and the weekend graduate journalism programs. She teaches reporting and writing for convergent media. Eisman was an editor with Gannett for 17 years, first as a cover story editor at USA TODAY and later... [More]

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202-885-2106
SOC - School of Communication






Sarah Farhat

Sarah Farhat

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Lecturer



Wendy Feliz-Sefsaf

Wendy Feliz-Sefsaf

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Lecturer

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202-885-1259
Public Affairs-Wamu


Jeffrey Finn

Jeffrey Finn

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Adjunct Associate Professor

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301-273-3689
SOC


Olivia Foster

Olivia Foster

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Professorial Lecturer



Elliott Francis

Elliott Francis

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Lecturer

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SOC - School of Communication


Lester Friedman

Lester Friedman

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Adjunct Professor



Sam Fulwood

Sam Fulwood

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Lecturer



Meredith Geisler

Meredith Geisler

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Professorial Lecturer

Meredith Geisler teaches in the undergraduate SOC program.   She has been at the forefront of the sports public relations industry for more than 25 years, helping athletes, celebrities, sports authors, events, and corpor... [More]



Matt Glassman

Matt Glassman

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Professorial Lecturer

Matt Glassman (SOC '92) serves as coordinating producer of special projects for NBC4 News, NBC's owned and operated news station in Washington, DC. Matt joined News4 as an Assignment Editor nine ago.  In his current role, Matt produc... [More]

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Development, Office of


Carla Grantham

Carla Grantham

,

Professorial Lecturer



Gary Griffin

Gary Griffin

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Filmmaker in Residence

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SOC - School of Communication


Rose Gutfeld

Rose Gutfeld

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Lecturer

Rose Gutfeld teaches Writing for Mass Communication. She worked for 15 years as a reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal, where her beats included economics and environmental policy and legislation. Subsequently, she was an assistant managing... [More]





Peter Hanke

Peter Hanke

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Professorial Lecturer





Joshua Hatch

Joshua Hatch

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Lecturer



Gillie Haynes

Gillie Haynes

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Lecturer



Douglas Hecox

Douglas Hecox

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Professorial Lecturer



David Helfert

David Helfert

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Professorial Lecturer



Bagus Himawan

Bagus Himawan

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Professorial Lecturer

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202-885-2152
SOC - School of Communication


Rodney Huey

Rodney Huey

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Professorial Lecturer



Brent Hurd

Brent Hurd

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Lecturer





David Insley

David Insley

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Professorial Lecturer



Jacquie Jones

Jacquie Jones

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Scholar in Residence



Brian Judy

Brian Judy

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Lecturer



Victor Kamber

Victor Kamber

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Adjunct Associate Professor

Victor Kamber has been associated with American University since 1966--attending the law school and serving as an adjunct professor in the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and presently. Victor is a prodigious writer. He is the author of four books. His frequent ar... [More]



Anna Karavanov

Anna Karavanov

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Professorial Lecturer

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202-885-2668
SOC - School of Communication




Bob Kemper

Bob Kemper

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Lecturer





Michele Kimball

Michele Kimball

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Professorial Lecturer



Adam Konowe

Adam Konowe

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Professorial Lecturer

Adam Konowe is vice president of public relations at Sullivan Higdon & Sink, where he specializes in business-to-business and business-to-government communications, primarily for aviation, aerospace and defense companies. Since 1999, he has repre... [More]





Robert Lehrman

Robert Lehrman

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Adjunct Associate Professor





Laurence Levin

Laurence Levin

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Lecturer

Larry Levin teaches one section of Visual Literacy in the School of Communication.  He works as a photo editor, photographer, photo agent, and photo researcher. Working as a photo consultant he is doing photographic work for GEICO, USAID... [More]



David Lightman

David Lightman

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Adjunct Associate Professor



Alice Lucan

Alice Lucan

,

Professorial Lecturer





Donald Markus

Donald Markus

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Lecturer

Don Markus has taught in the SOC for four years. A sportswriter for the Baltimore Sun for the past 24 years, Markus was brought in to help teach Sports Journalism in the spring of 2005. He also started a Sportswriting class last fall. He has covered ... [More]



Dina Martinez

Dina Martinez

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Lecturer

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202-885-3412
SOC - School of Communication




Doe Mayer

Doe Mayer

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Adjunct Associate Professor



Stacy Mayuga

Stacy Mayuga

,

Lecturer



Jay McDonald

Jay McDonald

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Lecturer



Mark McDonald

Mark McDonald

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Journalist in Residence

Mark is the Broadcast Journalist in Residence in the School of Communication, where for seven years he has taught reporting, management and multi-media skills to undergraduates and graduate students. Mark is also the Program Director at WAMU 88.5 whi... [More]

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202-885-1257
WAMU


Kerry McNamara

Kerry McNamara

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Scholar in Residence



Matthew McNevin

Matthew McNevin

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Professorial Lecturer



Ashley Messenger

Ashley Messenger

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Professorial Lecturer



Michael Mills

Michael Mills

,

Professorial Lecturer



Susan Morrison

Susan Morrison

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Professorial Lecturer

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WSWCP


Erica Neufeld

Erica Neufeld

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Lecturer



Dara Padwo-Audick

Dara Padwo-Audick

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Lecturer

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703-204-9490




John Patrick

John Patrick

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Lecturer

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Mary Graydon - 330N


Grant Perry

Grant Perry

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Professorial Lecturer



Steve Piacente

Steve Piacente

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Adjunct Associate Professor



Kendra Plank

Kendra Plank

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Lecturer



Elaine Povich

Elaine Povich

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Professorial Lecturer



Pamela Prah

Pamela Prah

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Professorial Lecturer



Ann Ramsey

Ann Ramsey

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Lecturer



Julie Rasicot

Julie Rasicot

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Lecturer



Richard Reeve

Richard Reeve

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Lecturer



Ding Ren

Ding Ren

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Lecturer



John Rhea

John Rhea

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Lecturer





Rose Ann Robertson

Rose Ann Robertson

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Adjunct Associate Professor

Rose Ann Robertson was a newspaper reporter and wire service editor for 20 years, editing and directing coverage of plane crashes, natural disasters and national and state elections. She has been at AU since 1993. She is a former president of the Was... [More]

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202-885-2002
SOC - School of Communication


Lois Romano

Lois Romano

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Professorial Lecturer



Alan Rosenblatt

Alan Rosenblatt

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Professorial Lecturer



Bennett Roth

Bennett Roth

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Professorial Lecturer



Alison Schafer

Alison Schafer

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Adjunct Associate Professor

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202-885-2066
SOC - School of Communication


Janice Schaffer

Janice Schaffer

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Distinguished Journalist in Residence

Jan Schaffer, former Business Editor and a Pulitzer Prize winner for The Philadelphia Inquirer, is executive director of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism and one of the nation’s leading thinkers in the journalism reform movement. She l... [More]

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202-885-8100
SOC - J-Lab


Adele Schmidt

Adele Schmidt

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Professorial Lecturer

Adele Schmidt is a film & video director, producer and editor who has won numerous awards in both documentary and fiction films, including TIVA-DC's Peer Award, the U.S. International Film and Video Festival Award, and the Gabriel Award. She is co-fo... [More]



Eric Schnure

Eric Schnure

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Lecturer

A former speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore, who has been called one of Washington’s “most sought-after political humor writers,” Eric Schnure is a freelance writer and communications consultant. A graduate of Hobart College and the London Schoo... [More]



Steven Schupak

Steven Schupak

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Professorial Lecturer



Muhammad Shaikh

Muhammad Shaikh

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Faculty Fellow



Nina Shapiro-Perl

Nina Shapiro-Perl

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Filmmaker in Residence



Jube Shiver

Jube Shiver

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Lecturer

Jube Shiver, Jr. is president of the property management firm Shiver Management Group. Previously, he was a Los Angeles Times Washington correspondent and covered the federal government and the landmark Microsoft Corp. antitrust trial. During his 30 ... [More]



Jonathan Sichel

Jonathan Sichel

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Professorial Lecturer



Cecilia Simon

Cecilia Simon

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Lecturer





Greg Smith

Greg Smith

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Professorial Lecturer

Greg Smith is a producer, director, sound recordist and post-production mixer/editor and has worked on more than 60 feature films, documentaries and music videos for companies including IMAX, Lucasfilm, Paramount, Warner Bros. and National Geographic... [More]



Frank Smyth

Frank Smyth

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Professorial Lecturer



Matthew Swibel

Matthew Swibel

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Professorial Lecturer



Judith Tenney

Judith Tenney

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Professorial Lecturer

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202-358-2357


Jes Therkelsen

Jes Therkelsen

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Lecturer

Jes Therkelsen approaches media making as a means to explore and pay closer attention to the world around him. The powerful immediacy and influence of visual media, its artistic potential, and the capacity to elicit emotion often drive his projects. ... [More]



Desson Thomson

Desson Thomson

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Professorial Lecturer



Maura Ugarte

Maura Ugarte

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Lecturer

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202-885-3107
SOC - School of Communication




Danna Walker

Danna Walker

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Adjunct Associate Professor

Professor Walker is a communication researcher and academic who takes a critical and historical approach in studying media and their influence, with an emphasis on gender studies and media. Walker has had numerous articles in academic publications, o... [More]

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202-885-2668
SOC - School of Communication


Barbara Wall

Barbara Wall

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Professorial Lecturer

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703-854-6951


Scott Ward

Scott Ward

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Lecturer



Gilles Wheeler

Gilles Wheeler

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Screenwriter in Residence

Before selling his first screenplay, Gilles Wheeler worked for several studio heads and key producers, which gave him a rare insider’s view of the entertainment industry from the executive side. Combined with his film school education, this hands-on ... [More]







Jules Witcover

Jules Witcover

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Professorial Lecturer



Debra Witt

Debra Witt

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Professorial Lecturer



Andrew Wolvin

Andrew Wolvin

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Adjunct Professor



David Wright

David Wright

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Lecturer



Maria Yannopoulis

Maria Yannopoulis

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Professorial Lecturer



Corinna Zarek

Corinna Zarek

,

Professorial Lecturer



Jing Zeng

Jing Zeng

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Faculty Fellow




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