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Jean Accius

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Jean Accius is an expert in aging, Medicaid and long-term care issues. He is a Senior Strategic Poli... [More]

Lynn Addington

Lynn Addington

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Associate Professor

Professor Addington’s research interests include the nature of violent crime and its impact on victi... [More]

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Suzanne Agha

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Susannah Ali

Susannah Ali

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Adjunct Instructor

Susannah Bruns Ali (BA, University of Maryland – College Park; MPP, American University) is a third-... [More]

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Anna Amirkhanyan

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Associate Professor

Professor Amirkhanyan’s research and teaching focuses on public and nonprofit management, public sec... [More]

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(202) 885-6289
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Rene W. Aubourg

Rene W. Aubourg

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Assistant Professor

Dr. Aubourg is a quantitative policy analyst with fifteen years of experience in macroeconomic polic... [More]

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(202) 885-2372
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
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Richard Axelrod

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Senior Adjunct Professorial Lecture

Dick Axelrod is among the world’s top OD practitioners, specializing in whole-system change. The “Co... [More]

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Karen Baehler

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Scholar in Residence

Dr. Karen Baehler holds a Ph.D. in Policy Sciences from the University of Maryland (1999), where she... [More]

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(202) 885-6072
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Carl Barnes

Carl Barnes

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Professorial Lecturer

Carl Barnes is a lawyer with a background in philosophy. His research interests focus on criminal la... [More]

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(202) 885-6470
SPA - Justice, Law and Society
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Chana Barron

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Assistant Professor

A lawyer and social scientist, Prof. Barron received her Master’s degree from the Department Of Just... [More]

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(202) 885-2315
SPA - Justice, Law and Society
Brad Bartholomew

Brad Bartholomew

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Professorial Lecturer

Dr. Bartholomew received his doctoral degree from the University of Maryland in 2012. His research f... [More]

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Scott A. Bass

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Professor

Scott A. Bass is the Provost at AU and Professor of Public Administration and Policy. A Fellow of th... [More]

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(202) 885-2127
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Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett

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Professor

Professor Bennett's research interests include comparative criminology, comparative criminal justice... [More]

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(202) 885-2956
SPA - Justice, Law and Society
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John Bennett

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Adjunct Associate Professor

John Bennett, PhD is a practitioner, academic, and educator who earned his MA and PhD in Human and O... [More]

Heather Berthoud

Heather Berthoud

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

With over 25 years of experience as an OD practitioner, Heather Berthoud specializes in nonprofit an... [More]

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Kamal Beyoghlow

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Adjunct Associate Professor

Kamal Beyoghlow is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Government at American University but a full Pr... [More]

Julian Bond

Julian Bond

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Distinguished Adjunct Professor

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Michael Bouchard

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Mike Bouchard is the President of Security Dynamics Group LLC. Under contract, he also serves as th... [More]

Andrew Brannegan

Andrew Brannegan

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Adjunct Instructor

Andrew Brannegan is presently a third-year PhD Public Administration and Policy student at American ... [More]

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Javier Bronfman

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Adjunct Instructor

Javier Bronfman is presently a third-year PhD candidate in the Department of Public Administration a... [More]

Anastasia Bukashe

Anastasia Bukashe

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Dr. Anastasia Bukashe, Executive Director of the Wilgespruit Fellowship Centre outside Johannesburg,... [More]

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William Chadick

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Adjunct Associate Professor

Dante Chinni

Dante Chinni

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Practitioner in Residence

Dante Chinni is the director of the American Communities project, a collaboration including The Wall... [More]

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Robert Cleary

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Professor Emeritus

Caroline Cooper

Caroline Cooper

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Director, Justice Programs Office

Caroline Cooper has been involved with the provision of technical assistance, evaluation, and traini... [More]

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Kimberly Cowell-Meyers

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Assistant Professor

Kimberly Cowell-Meyers is Assistant Professor of Government. An AU alumna, she has taught at AU, St.... [More]

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(202) 885-6223
SPA - Government

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Billy Davies

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Assistant Professor

Dr. Bill Davies is a historian of the transnational aspect of legal ideas and systems. His particula... [More]

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(202) 885-2319
SPA - Justice, Law and Society
Christine DeGregorio

Christine DeGregorio

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Associate Professor

Professor DeGregorio's research and teaching focuses on Congress, interest groups and political comm... [More]

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(202) 885-2343
SPA - Government
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Gary Dennis

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Adjunct Associate Professor

Professor Dennis is presently the Senior Policy Advisor for Corrections in the Department of Justice... [More]

Erik Devereux

Erik Devereux

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Senior Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Erik Devereux has worked for over 20 years in the public policy and management field, including teac... [More]

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Peter Digiammarino

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Peter DiGiammarino brings powerful practitioner credentials to students in the course he developed f... [More]

Daniel Dreisbach

Daniel Dreisbach

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Professor

Professor Dreisbach's principal research interests include American constitutional law and history, ... [More]

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John Driessnack

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Robert Durant

Robert Durant

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Professor

Professor Durant’s teaching and research focus is executive branch politics, public management, poli... [More]

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SPA - Public Admin and Policy

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Chris Edelson

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Assistant Professor

Chris Edelson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government. His teaching and research i... [More]

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(202) 885-6218
SPA - Government
Todd Eisenstadt

Todd Eisenstadt

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Professor

Professor Eisenstadt's research focuses on the intersection of formal institutions and laws with inf... [More]

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(202) 885-6493
SPA - Government

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David Fagelson

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Associate Professor

Professor Fagelson's research interests include global ethics, constitutional rights, law and develo... [More]

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(202) 885-2397
SPA - Justice, Law and Society
Denise Fantone

Denise Fantone

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Ms. Fantone began her federal government career at the Department of Justice in the charter class of... [More]

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Katherine Farquhar

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Associate Professor

Katherine Farquhar (Director of the MSOD program) has a PhD in Social Psychology from Boston Univers... [More]

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(202) 885-6206
SPA - AU MSOD
Lewis Faulk

Lewis Faulk

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Assistant Professor

Lewis Faulk’s research spans the topics of foundation grant-making, competition in the nonprofit sec... [More]

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(202) 885-6384
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
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Elizabeth Finne

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Adjunct Instructor

Daniel Fiorino

Daniel Fiorino

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Executive in Residence

Daniel J. Fiorino is the Director of the Center for Environmental Policy and Executive in Residence ... [More]

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John Firman

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

John R. Firman is the Director of the Research Division of the International Association of Chiefs o... [More]

Jeff Fishel

Jeff Fishel

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Professor Emeritus

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G. Borden Flanagan

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Assistant Professor

Borden Flanagan’s area of expertise is the history of Western political philosophy. His teaching and... [More]

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(202) 885-6258
SPA - Government
Brian Forst

Brian Forst

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Professor

Brian Forst joined the American University faculty in 1992, following three years on the George Wash... [More]

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(202) 885-6270
SPA - Justice, Law and Society
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Catherine Fox

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Adjunct Instructor

Joshua Franzel

Joshua Franzel

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

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SPA - Public Administration
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Darya Funches

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Dr. Darya Funches is a seasoned scholar-practitioner who is known for creative and cutting edge appr... [More]

Odelia Funke

Odelia Funke

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Executive-in-Residence

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Seth Gershenson

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Assistant Professor

Dr. Seth Gershenson holds a PhD from Michigan State University in Economics with a primary focus on ... [More]

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(202) 885-2687
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Edward Girovasi

Edward Girovasi

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Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Ed Girovasi is a Senior Consultant with the Financial, Acquisition and Resource Management Group of ... [More]

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Susan Glover

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Assistant Professor

Professor Glover teaches and does research in the field of comparative politics, with a concentratio... [More]

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(202) 885-2674
SPA - Government
Deirdre Golash

Deirdre Golash

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Associate Professor

Professor Golash's research interests center on the philosophy of law, particularly the moral justif... [More]

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(202) 885-2955
SPA - Justice, Law and Society
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Jon Gould

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Professor

A lawyer and social scientist, Professor Gould combines empirical research with policy advocacy to a... [More]

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(202) 885-6535
SPA - Justice, Law and Society
Jennifer Gumbrewicz

Jennifer Gumbrewicz

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Professorial Lecturer

Jennifer Gumbrewicz is a successful attorney, experienced professor, and proven leader with a long c... [More]

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