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Susannah Bruns Ali (BA, University of Maryland – College Park; MPP, American University) is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. She worked as a Policy Analyst at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for P... [More]

Manjyot Bhan is a Ph.D. student at the School of Public Affairs at American University, Washington DC. Her policy field is U.S. environmental policy with a focus on collaborative environmental governance. She earned her M.S. in Sustainability from t... [More]

Chris Birdsall is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. His research interests include higher education policy, performance measurement and other issues relating to public management. Prior to his studies at American Un... [More]

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Andrew Brannegan is presently a third-year PhD Public Administration and Policy student at American University’s School of Public Affairs. He received his Master of Public Policy from American University in 2010. His areas of research include educati... [More]

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Javier Bronfman is presently a third-year PhD candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University’s School of Public Affairs. He received his Master of Public Administration from Wagner Graduate School of Public se... [More]

Michael Donovan is currently a Ph.D. student at the Department of Public Administration and Policy. He is focusing on bureaucratic decision-making and American Indian participation in environmental policy. Prior to arriving at American University, Mi... [More]

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Adjunct Instructor

Jiaqi Liang is a PhD candidate in Department of Public Administration & Policy, majoring in Public Administration and Comparative Politics. Her research interests include administrative politics, policy implementation, program evaluation, environment... [More]

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Sarah Pettijohn (BA, The University of Texas at Austin; MPA and graduate certificate in nonprofit management, The University of Texas at Dallas) is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research focuses o... [More]

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Jaclyn Schede Piatak is a PhD candidate in Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests include public and nonprofit management, volunteering, philanthropy, and social policy. Her dissertation, "The Changing Face of Public Service: Unders... [More]

For most of her professional career Kathryn has worked to promote evidence-based health policy, both domestically and globally. In this work she encountered a common frustration: political will to address women's health issues was often lacking, and... [More]

Current PhD Student in School of Public Affairs, Department of Public Administration and Policy Concentration in Public Human Resources Management, Gender and Family Policy

Adjunct Instructor

Marvin Ward Jr. is a Lecturer in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Concurrent with these responsibilities, he is also the National Program Administrator for the Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Program (PPIA Progra... [More]