I am pleased to recognize the faculty members who have reached milestones ranging from 25 to 50 years of service, as well as recent and upcoming retirees. These distinguished colleagues have shaped American University in many significant ways.

Years of Service Honorees

Adjunct Faculty – 25+ Years of Service
Paul F. Albergo, Journalism, School of Communication
Hon. Michael J. Algeo, Washington College of Law
Jonathan Baumgarten, Performing Arts, College of Arts and Sciences
Olivia Foster, Film and Media Arts, School of Communication
Heidi F. Gertner, Washington College of Law
Jessie Ginsburg, Washington College of Law
Margarita B. Marin-Dale, Philosophy and Religion & World Languages and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences
William P. Shields Jr., Government, School of Public Affairs
Timothy Titus, Government, School of Public Affairs
Hon. Patrick L. Woodward, Washington College of Law

25 Years of Service
Esther Ibáñez-Holtermann, World Languages and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences
Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, Global Inquiry, School of International Service
Kelly Joyner, Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Diane Lowenthal, Government, School of Public Affairs

30 Years of Service
Cynthia Bair Van Dam, Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Walter A. Effross, Washington College of Law
Michelle Egan, Politics, Governance and Economics, School of International Service
Randall Henning, Politics, Governance and Economics, School of International Service
Sarah Irvine Belson, School of Education
Glenn Moomau, Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Karen O'Connor, Government, School of Public Affairs
David Pike, Literature, College of Arts and Sciences

35 Years of Service
Anusree Mitra, Marketing, Kogod School of Business
Candice J. Nelson, Government, School of Public Affairs
Stephen J. Silvia, Politics, Governance and Economics, School of International Service
Rhonda S. Zaharna, Public Communication, School of Communication

40 Years of Service
Robert A. Blecker, Economics, College of Arts and Sciences
Louis W. Goodman, Environment, Development and Health, School of International Service
Tomasz Mroczkowski, Management, Kogod School of Business
Edward A. Wasil, Information Technology and Analytics, Kogod School of Business

45 Years of Service
Nanette S. Levinson, Environment, Development and Health, School of International Service

50 Years of Service
H. Kent Baker, Finance and Real Estate, Kogod School of Business
President Emeritus Cornelius M. Kerwin, Public Administration and Policy, School of Public Affairs

Retiring Faculty
Francis J. Armour, Information Technology and Analytics, Kogod School of Business
Laura Trasher Bernhofen, Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences
Robert A. Blecker, Economics, College of Arts and Sciences
Colleen Callahan, Economics, College of Arts and Sciences
Ranieri Moore Cavaceppi, World Languages and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences
Kenneth L. Conca, Environment, Development and Health, School of International Service
Angela J. Davis, Washington College of Law
Frank L. DuBois, Information Technology and Analytics, Kogod School of Business
Amy J. Eisman, Journalism, School of Communication
Ellen K. Feder, Philosophy and Religion, College of Arts and Sciences
Bill Gentile, Film and Media Arts, School of Communication
Ludy Grandas, World Languages and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences
Stephanie Grant, Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Manoj Hastak, Marketing, Kogod School of Business
David B. Hunter, Washington College of Law
Esther Ibáñez-Holtermann, World Languages and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences
Robert Johnson, Justice, Law and Criminology, School of Public Affairs
Robert C. Karch, Health Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Alan M. Kraut, History, College of Arts and Sciences
Gerald S. Martin, Finance and Real Estate, Kogod School of Business
Michael A. Mass, Accounting, Kogod School of Business
Stacy L. Merida, Management, Kogod School of Business
Glenn Moomau, Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Tomasz Mroczkowski, Management, Kogod School of Business
Mohamed Nimer, Washington Semester Program, School of Public Affairs
Diane F. Orentlicher, Washington College of Law
Deborah C. Payne, Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Andrea Pearson, Art, College of Arts and Sciences
Zehra Peynircioglu, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Peter Starr, Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
John Sullivan, Journalism, School of Communication
Patricia Lee Sykes, Government, School of Public Affairs
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
David Vine, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences
Barbara J. Wien, Peace, Human Rights and Cultural Relations, School of International Service
Lacey T. Wootton, Literature, College of Arts and Sciences
Brian T. Yates, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

Please join me in thanking these community members for their dedicated service!