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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]
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]
Dr. Karen Baehler holds a Ph.D. in Policy Sciences from the University of Maryland (1999), where she... [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]
Kamal Beyoghlow is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Government at American University but a full Pr... [More]
Dr. Jennifer Biddle is a post-doctoral fellow conducting research on collaborative environmental gov... [More]
Julia Carrano is the supervisor for the Preventing Wrongful Convictions Project, a federally funded,... [More]
Sarah Clayman is a doctoral candidate in the School of Public Affairs. Her concentrations are in com... [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]
Mark Croatti teaches American Government and foreign policy-related courses at the American Universi... [More]
Dr. Bill Davies is a legal historian, focusing on the transnational nature of legal ideas and system... [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]
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]
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 Director of the Center for Environmental Policy and Executive in Residence at S... [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]
A longtime Washington journalist and author, Don Fulsom is an adjunct professor of government at Ame... [More]
R. Sam Garrett holds a Ph.D. in political science, M.P.A. and B.A. (summa cum laude), all from Ameri... [More]
Dr. Seth Gershenson holds a PhD from Michigan State University in Economics with a primary focus on ... [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]
Dr. Patrick J. Griffin teaches a graduate seminar on the legislative process and is the academic dir... [More]
Dr. Guess has worked for more than 20 years providing technical assistance and training to strengthe... [More]
Jennifer Gumbrewicz is a successful attorney, experienced professor, and proven leader with a long c... [More]
Tamara Hafner’s primary field of research is global health policy with a focus on pharmaceutical inn... [More]
Bradley Hardy is an Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Policy. Prior to joining Americ... [More]
Matthew Herrmann is a proud alumnus of American University. He currently serves as Legislative Direc... [More]
Eric Hershberg is Director of the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies and Professor of Gove... [More]
Gregory A. Hunt, a member of the adjunct faculty of the Department of Justice, Law and Society, work... [More]
Gregg Ivers is Professor of Government in the School of Public Affairs at American University. Profe... [More]
Alison Jacknowitz (PhD, Policy Analysis) is an Associate Professor of Public Administration and Poli... [More]
Susan Jenkins currently works as a social science analyst with the US Department of Health and Huma... [More]
Professor Johnson's areas of expertise include the prison and other institutions of punishment and c... [More]
Professor Johnston’s current research focuses on government contracting, public management, and inte... [More]
Professor Kaplan has had extensive experience in the administration, management, and evaluation of p... [More]
Susan Longfield Karr received her Ph.D. in Early Modern European History from the University of Chic... [More]
Jerrold Keilson has spent thirty years working in international affairs. He is Vice President of Pla... [More]
Professor Kimble’s interests include comparative legal practice, judicial decision making, and princ... [More]
Currently, I am Assistant Professor of Justice, Law and Society at American University. I have both ... [More]
Kathryn (Katie) received her MA and is completing her PhD in Criminology & Criminal Justice from the... [More]
Professor Langbein teaches quantitative methods, program evaluation, policy analysis, and public cho... [More]
Jennifer L. Lawless graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, with a B.A. in political ... [More]
Adrienne LeBas (Ph.D., Columbia University) joined the Department of Government in the fall of 2009.... [More]
Jan E. Leighley's research and teaching interests focus on American political behavior, voter turnou... [More]
Professor of Government and a specialist in Latin American politics and U.S. foreign policy toward L... [More]
Alan M. Levine is Associate Professor of political theory in the Department of Government and the fo... [More]
Jiaqi Liang is a PhD candidate in Department of Public Administration & Policy, majoring in Public A... [More]
An interest in the environment—its conservation and management—is the foundation for Professor Liebe... [More]
Since receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard, David Lublin has authored two books, The Paradox of Represen... [More]
Aaron J. Lucas, III started his criminal justice career in the federal probation system at the Washi... [More]
Ed Maguire is Professor and Chair in the Department of Justice, Law & Society at American University... [More]
Christopher Malagisi is currently an Adjunct Professor at American University for the School of Publ... [More]
Dr Malone teaches courses in public sector leadership, leadership ethics, organizational analysis, a... [More]
Matt Mandel currently serves as a Vice-President at the Glover Park Group, an independent, strategic... [More]
Professor Marr, an Assistant Professor of Justice, Law and Society, was named Director of the SPA Le... [More]
Dr. Marshak has taught organization dynamics and change leadership in SPA since 1977. His areas of e... [More]
Mrs. McBride has a long and distinguished career in American politics and government. Most recently,... [More]
Dr. Howard McCurdy is professor of public affairs in the public administration and policy department... [More]
Thomas W. Merrill is an assistant professor in the Department of Government in the School of Public ... [More]
Judge Patti Mitchell is a member of the Montgomery County, Maryland bench. She is an AU alumna (SPA ... [More]
Connie Morella served as U.S. ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developme... [More]
Prior to joining the SPA faculty in fall 2010, Taryn Morrissey served as a Health Policy Advisor on ... [More]
Professor Mullin's research has focused on fiscal reform and decentralization, intergovernmental fis... [More]
Candice J. Nelson is a Professor in the Department of Government and the Academic Director of the Ca... [More]
Stephanie Newbold specializes in the intellectual history of public administration and the intersect... [More]
Saul Newman is an associate professor in the Department of Government in the School of Public Affair... [More]
Karen O’Connor is the Jonathan N. Helfat Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Founde... [More]
Walter J. Oleszek is senior specialist in American national government at the Congressional Research... [More]
Matthew Pascocello is an Adjunct Professor at both American University’s School of Public Affairs an... [More]
David Pitts is an associate professor in the Department of Public Administration & Policy. His resea... [More]
Jim Quirk teaches a wide range of comparative politics and international relations courses. He has t... [More]
Professor Reed specializes in parties and interest groups, campaigns and elections, and election and... [More]
Dean of the School of Public Affairs at American University, Dr. Barbara Romzek is recognized for he... [More]
Distinguished Professor of Public Administration, Rosenbloom specializes in constitutional-administr... [More]
Shanaysha Furlow Sauls is an assistant professor of political theory in the Department of Government... [More]
Professor Savage is interested in a variety of topics related to the causes of violent crime, includ... [More]
Professor Schaler’s work is focused on the “therapeutic state”—the union of medicine and state. He c... [More]
Dr. Michael Shelby is the Chief Economist in the Transportation and Climate Division of the Office o... [More]
Professor Sherman brings over two decades of teaching, research and administrative experience to her... [More]
Bill Shields is Vice President of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the nation's leading pu... [More]
Jeremy Shiffman is Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy at American University. A... [More]
Michael Siegel is a Senior Training Specialist in the Division of Education, The Federal Judicial Ce... [More]
Professor Simon's research interests and primary areas of concentration in academic work are law and... [More]
Dr. Singerman is an Associate Professor and comparativist whose research interests focus on politica... [More]
Professor Stazyk's research focuses on the application of organization theory and behavior to public... [More]
Professor Sykes focuses on the U.S. presidency, comparative executive leadership, political parties,... [More]
Stephen Tankel is an Assistant Professor at American University and a non-resident scholar in the So... [More]
Professor Taylor's teaching and research focus on urban politics, the politics of race and ethnicity... [More]
James A. Thurber is University Distinguished Professor of Government and Founder (1979) and Director... [More]
Robert Tobias teaches courses in public management, leadership, facilitation and team development, c... [More]
Dr. Toregas teaches courses in Public Private Partnerships and IT as Empowerment for Public Administ... [More]
Joseph Trotter, an attorney, is a Research Professor on the faculty of American University's School ... [More]
Brandon Turner is currently the 2012-13 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Political Theory Institute at Ame... [More]
Dr. Meredith Walker is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Public Administration and Policy.... [More]
Dr. Walti is an international scholar in public policy. Her fields of specialization include compara... [More]
C. Patrick Washington is currently a Senior Program Analyst at the Small Business Administration, Of... [More]
Jessica Waters is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Justice, Law and Society teaching Intr... [More]
Professor Ronald Weiner has taught at AU since 1972. He is an expert on violent sex offenders and is... [More]
Elizabeth Wilke (M. Phil) is a doctoral candidate at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. Her dissertati... [More]
Keith L. Williams has over 20 years of experience in private security and municipal law enforcement.... [More]
Dr. Jason Wolf is committed to developing the management skills critical to becoming a high performi... [More]
Professor Wright has taught courses on American politics, public opinion, political psychology, immi... [More]
Professor Yoshinaka's research examines how institutions and the preferences of political actors inf... [More]
Professor Young's interests relate to the cross-national causes and consequences of terrorism. He ha... [More]
Ruth Zaplin is an Executive-in-Residence, School of Public Affairs, Department of Public Administrat... [More]