Alexander Clayton Academic Counselor Department of Justice, Law & Criminology
- Additional Positions at AU
- Instructor, Dept. of Justice, Law & Criminology
- PhD Candidate, Dept. of Justice, Law & Criminology
- Faculty/Staff Advisor, Students for a Just Society (SJS)
- Degrees
- M.S. Justice, Law & Society, American University
B.A. Politics & Government, Western State College
- Favorite Spot on Campus
- The comic book (graphic novel) section in Bender Library
- Favorite Place in Washington DC
- Adams Morgan neighborhood
- Bio
- Alex Clayton is an Academic Counselor, Instructor, and PhD candidate in the Department of Justice, Law & Criminology. His research focuses on the nexus of law and civil conflict, specifically how the rule of law motivates, mitigates, and changes violent and nonviolent conflicts. Other research interests include issues related to domestic terrorism and the social construction of terrorism, examining gun violence and mass shootings as a form of terrorism, and the causes and effects of foreign fighter participation in transnational conflicts. In 2015-2016, Alex was an inaugural fellow with the Peace & Violence Research Lab at American University. He has also spent time as a member of the editorial staff at the the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), as a paralegal, and as a legislative affairs intern in the U.S. Senate.
Teaching
Summer 2020
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JLC-496 Selected Topics:Non-Recurring: Policing Terrorism
Fall 2020
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JLC-104 Intro to Systems of Justice
Spring 2021
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JLC-496 Selected Topics:Non-Recurring: Rethinking Criminal Justice