Department of Public Administration & Policy Faculty

Adjunct Associate Professor

Dr. Robert F. Abbey, Jr., is an Associate Professor of Public Administration at Troy University specializing in quantitative analysis, program evaluation, research methods, and policy analysis. Prior to 2002, Dr. Abbey served for 30 years in the fede... [More]

Assistant Professor

Professor Amirkhanyan’s research and teaching focuses on public and nonprofit management, public sector reform, organizational performance, social policy, research methodology, and intellectual history of public administration. Amirkhanyan’s articles... [More]

Assistant Professor

Dr. Aubourg is a quantitative policy analyst with more than ten years of experience in economic growth and poverty alleviation, macroeconomic and fiscal policy management, cost benefit analysis, and project management. He has substantial managerial e... [More]

Professorial Lecturer

Benjamin Bolitzer is a Senior Economist in the Applied Research and Methods Group at the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). His areas of interest are program evaluation, applied econometrics, and labor economics. At the GAO he has participate... [More]

Executive in Residence

Robert Carroll is an executive-in-residence with American University’s School of Public Affairs and co-founder and co-director of the University’s Center for Public Finance Research. He is also the Tax Foundation’s Vice President for Economic Policy.... [More]

Adjunct Associate Professor

Phil Crewson specializes in research methods. He has several years of research, teaching, and management experience and has written and co-authored numerous publications. He manages the Office of Research and Planning for the Trustee Program at the D... [More]

Professor

Professor Durant’s teaching and research focus is executive branch politics, public management, policy implementation, environmental policy, and administrative reform. He is Associate Editor for Administrative Research for Public Administration Revie... [More]

Associate Professor

Katherine Farquhar (Director of the AU/NTL program) has a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Boston University. A tenured faculty member in American University’s School of Public Affairs, she has taught here since 1989. Her research focuses on “nonrouti... [More]

Executive in Residence

Daniel Fiorino’s teaching, research, and writing focus on environmental policy and politics, the executive branch, and the role of analysis and innovation in policy making. He joins the SPA faculty as an Executive-in-Residence following a more than t... [More]

Lecturer

Scholar in Residence

Dr. Guess has worked for more than 20 years providing technical assistance and training to strengthen and reform central and local government systems. From 2004-2007, he was Director of Research at the Open Society Institute's Local Government and Pu... [More]

Lecturer

Assistant Professor

Alison Jacknowitz (PhD, Policy Analysis) is an Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Policy and Director of the Masters of Public Policy (MPP) Program. She regularly teaches Methods of Problem Solving I, Social Policy and Programs, and Pub... [More]

Associate Professor

Professor Johnston’s current research focuses on government contracting, intergovernmental programs and policy, intergovernmental fiscal relations, and public management. Her recently completed funded research includes “Medicaid Sustainability: Budge... [More]

Professorial Lecturer

Jerrold Keilson has spent twenty-five years working in international affairs. He presently is Vice President, Operations, at America’s Development Foundation (ADF), an NGO that supports the international development of democracy. Previously, he worke... [More]

Professor

Professor Langbein teaches quantitative methods, program evaluation, policy analysis, and public choice. Her research fields include: theories of bureaucratic discretion, productivity, principal-agent models, social capital, and cooperation in the wo... [More]

Associate Professor Emeritus

An interest in the environment—its conservation and management—is the foundation for Professor Lieber’s teaching and research. He specializes in environmental management, planning and policy as well as public law and regulation. He has published a bo... [More]

Professorial Lecturer

Dr. Malone teaches courses in public administration, organizational analysis, public sector leadership, management, and health policy. His research interests include public service motivation, comparative leadership, and organizational dynamics. He i... [More]

Senior Scholar in Residence

Dr. Marshak has taught organization dynamics and change leadership in SPA since 1977. His areas of expertise include: organizational change and development, organizational discourse, and organization theory and behavior. Dr. Marshak has served on the... [More]

Department Chair, Public Administration and Policy

Dr. Howard McCurdy is professor of public affairs in the public administration and policy department at American University in Washington, D.C. Public management, organization theory, public policy, and financial management are the focus of Professor... [More]

Associate Professor

Professor Mullin's research has focused on fiscal reform and decentralization, intergovernmental fiscal systems, the effects of tax and expenditure limitations on state and local fiscal structure, the implications of demographic changes for state and... [More]

Assistant Professor

Stephanie P. Newbold is an Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Affairs specializing in the intellectual history of public administration, administrative ethics, the legal environment of public management, and organization theory. Her res... [More]

Assistant Professor

David Pitts is a public management and policy scholar with a primary focus on workforce diversity and representative bureaucracy. His research examines how diversity among public officials can alter policy design and implementation, particularly when... [More]

Scholar in Residence

Professor Radin’s specializations include public management, intergovernmental relations/federalism, administrative reform and public policy. Her  government service included an assignment as a Special Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Mana... [More]

Assistant Professor

Distinguished Professor

A major contributor to the field of public administration, Dr. Rosenbloom holds the rank of distinguished professor. His specializations include constitutional and administrative law, public administrative theory, history, reform, and personnel manag... [More]

Assistant Professor

Joe Sabia is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at American University. His fields of concentration include health economics, labor economics, economic demography, and applied microeconomics. Dr. Sabia’s research focuses on the human capital eff... [More]

Adjunct Associate Professor

Carl Shapiro has been an economist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for over 25 years. Currently, Dr. Shapiro is the Science Impact Program Coordinator. The Science Impact Program is a focused effort to increase the use and value of natural sci... [More]

Assistant Professor

Professor Stazyk’s research focuses on the application of organization theory and behavior to public management, public administration theory, and human resources issues. His primary interests are in the areas of organizational and individual perform... [More]

Adjunct Associate Professor

Dr. Toregas teaches courses in Public Private Partnerships and IT as Empowerment for Public Administrators. His research interests include Computer Security and Information Assurance (which he pursues as the Lead Research Scientist at George Washingt... [More]

Assistant Professor

Dr. Walti is an international scholar in public policy. Her fields of specialization include comparative public policy and public administration, policy analysis, comparative federalism, and environmental policy. She has conducted research related to... [More]

Lecturer

Professorial Lecturer

Dr. Jason Wolf is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. He is committed to developing the core management skills critical to becoming a high performing public leader, teaching graduate lev... [More]