View faculty by department:
Government | Justice, Law & Society | Public Administration & Policy
Government | Justice, Law & Society | Public Administration & Policy
Jean Accius is an expert in aging, Medicaid and long-term care issues. He is a Senior Strategic Poli... [More]
Professor Addington’s research interests include the nature of violent crime and its impact on victi... [More]
Susannah Bruns Ali (BA, University of Maryland – College Park; MPP, American University) is a third-... [More]
Professor Amirkhanyan’s research and teaching focuses on public and nonprofit management, public sec... [More]
Dr. Aubourg is a quantitative policy analyst with fifteen years of experience in macroeconomic polic... [More]
Dick Axelrod is among the world’s top OD practitioners, specializing in whole-system change. The “Co... [More]
Dr. Karen Baehler holds a Ph.D. in Policy Sciences from the University of Maryland (1999), where she... [More]
Carl Barnes is a lawyer with a background in philosophy. His research interests focus on criminal la... [More]
A lawyer and social scientist, Prof. Barron received her Master’s degree from the Department Of Just... [More]
Dr. Bartholomew received his doctoral degree from the University of Maryland in 2012. His research f... [More]
Scott A. Bass is the Provost at AU and Professor of Public Administration and Policy. A Fellow of th... [More]
Professor Bennett's research interests include comparative criminology, comparative criminal justice... [More]
John Bennett, PhD is a practitioner, academic, and educator who earned his MA and PhD in Human and O... [More]
With over 25 years of experience as an OD practitioner, Heather Berthoud specializes in nonprofit an... [More]
Kamal Beyoghlow is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Government at American University but a full Pr... [More]
Mike Bouchard is the President of Security Dynamics Group LLC. Under contract, he also serves as th... [More]
Andrew Brannegan is presently a third-year PhD Public Administration and Policy student at American ... [More]
Javier Bronfman is presently a third-year PhD candidate in the Department of Public Administration a... [More]
Dr. Anastasia Bukashe, Executive Director of the Wilgespruit Fellowship Centre outside Johannesburg,... [More]
Dante Chinni is the director of the American Communities project, a collaboration including The Wall... [More]
Caroline Cooper has been involved with the provision of technical assistance, evaluation, and traini... [More]
Kimberly Cowell-Meyers is Assistant Professor of Government. An AU alumna, she has taught at AU, St.... [More]
Dr. Bill Davies is a historian of the transnational aspect of legal ideas and systems. His particula... [More]
Professor DeGregorio's research and teaching focuses on Congress, interest groups and political comm... [More]
Professor Dennis is presently the Senior Policy Advisor for Corrections in the Department of Justice... [More]
Erik Devereux has worked for over 20 years in the public policy and management field, including teac... [More]
Peter DiGiammarino brings powerful practitioner credentials to students in the course he developed f... [More]
Professor Dreisbach's principal research interests include American constitutional law and history, ... [More]
Professor Durant’s teaching and research focus is executive branch politics, public management, poli... [More]
Chris Edelson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government. His teaching and research i... [More]
Professor Eisenstadt's research focuses on the intersection of formal institutions and laws with inf... [More]
Professor Fagelson's research interests include global ethics, constitutional rights, law and develo... [More]
Ms. Fantone began her federal government career at the Department of Justice in the charter class of... [More]
Katherine Farquhar (Director of the MSOD program) has a PhD in Social Psychology from Boston Univers... [More]
Lewis Faulk’s research spans the topics of foundation grant-making, competition in the nonprofit sec... [More]
Daniel J. Fiorino is the Director of the Center for Environmental Policy and Executive in Residence ... [More]
John R. Firman is the Director of the Research Division of the International Association of Chiefs o... [More]
Borden Flanagan’s area of expertise is the history of Western political philosophy. His teaching and... [More]
Brian Forst joined the American University faculty in 1992, following three years on the George Wash... [More]
Dr. Darya Funches is a seasoned scholar-practitioner who is known for creative and cutting edge appr... [More]
Dr. Seth Gershenson holds a PhD from Michigan State University in Economics with a primary focus on ... [More]
Ed Girovasi is a Senior Consultant with the Financial, Acquisition and Resource Management Group of ... [More]
Professor Glover teaches and does research in the field of comparative politics, with a concentratio... [More]
Professor Golash's research interests center on the philosophy of law, particularly the moral justif... [More]
Jennifer Gumbrewicz is a successful attorney, experienced professor, and proven leader with a long c... [More]