Department Chair
Research interests
- Humanitarian interventions
- Sustainable development
- Global health
Department Director of Graduate Studies

Judith Shapiro Director - Dual Degree in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Political and social dynamics of environmental degradation
- Prospects for sustainable development in China
Core Faculty

Patricia Agupusi Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Political economy
- Ethnicity, inequality, and development
- Sub-Saharan Africa

Adam Auerbach Assoc Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Political economy of development
- Local governance in South Asia

Research interests
- Economic globalization and development
- Environment and development
- Worker rights vs. corporate rights

Susanna Campbell Assoc Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Peacebuilding and peacekeeping
- Development
- Global governance
- War-to-peace transitions

C. Austin Davis Asst Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Development economics
- Labor markets and migration
- Agriculture
- Environmental economics

Stephanie Fischer Executive-In-Residence SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Social enterprise
- Nonprofit management

Research interests
- Governance and citizen participation
- Transparency and accountability
- Action-research

Scott Freeman Sr Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Bureaucracies of international aid projects
- Politics of conservation
- Haiti

Louis Goodman Professor and Dean Emeritus, SIS SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Governance and development
- Social change and politics
- Latin America

John Heath Adj Sr Prof Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Agriculture and rural development
- Monitoring and evaluation

Jordanna Matlon Assoc Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Gender, race, and identity in Africa
- The African diaspora
- African urbanism
- Politics of representation

Johanna Mendelson-Forman Adjunct Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Post-conflict democratization
- Security-sector reform
- Smart power and gastrodiplomacy

Ernest Ogbozor Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Conflict and Development
- Humanitarian Assistance
- Monitoring and Evaluation

A.R. Pashayan Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Extreme poverty reduction
- Cultural communication
- Women's empowerment
Jennifer Poole Assoc Professor SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- International trade
- Labor economics
- Development economics
Rachel Robinson Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Global health
- Reproductive health and HIV
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Sexual and gender minorities
Thespina Yamanis Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs SIS - School of International Service
Research interests
- Global health
- HIV prevention
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Social networks in health
Affiliated Faculty

Derrick L. Cogburn Professor SIS - School of International Service

Walter Flores Marroquin Research Professor SIS - School of International Service
