Khaldoun AbouAssi
Associate Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Khaldoun AbouAssi holds a PhD in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University. From 2012-2015, Dr. AbouAssi was an Assistant Professor at the …
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abouassi@american.edu
(202) 885-2509
Anna Amirkhanyan
Associate Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Professor Amirkhanyan’s research focuses on public and nonprofit management, organizational performance, public-private differences, and citizen participation. Her articles have been published in vari…
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amirkhan@american.edu
(202) 885-6289
Michael Bader
Associate Professor
CAS - Sociology
Michael Bader studies how cities and neighborhoods have evolved since the height of the Civil Rights Movement. He links long-term patterns of neighborhood racial change to the ways that race and class…
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bader@american.edu
(202) 885-2433
Karen Baehler
Associate Dean of Faculty & Scholar in Residence
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Professor Karen Baehler holds a Ph.D. in Policy Sciences from the University of Maryland (1999), where she also earned a Master of Public Policy (1991). Her B.A. is from St. Olaf College (1981), where…
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baehler@american.edu
(202) 885-6072
Scott A. Bass
Professor and Provost Emeritus
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Dr. Scott A. Bass is Provost Emeritus and Professor of Public Administration and Policy in the School of Public Affairs at American University (AU). Since his arrival at AU in 2008, Dr. Bass has focus…
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scott.bass@american.edu
(202) 885-6305
Lewis Faulk
Associate Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Lewis Faulk is an Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy in the School of Public Affairs at American University. Dr. Faulk is a Fellow of the Metropolitan Policy Center at American Un…
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faulk@american.edu
(202) 885-6384
Nathan Favero
Assistant Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Nathan Favero is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. He received a PhD in political science from Texas A&M University in 2016. His research focuses on interna…
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favero@american.edu
(202) 885-6362
Daniel Fiorino
Director, Center for Environmental Policy
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Daniel J. Fiorino is the founding Director of the Center for Environmental Policy and Distinguished Executive in Residence in the School of Public Affairs at American University. A faculty member in t…
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dfiorino@american.edu
(202) 885-3864
Michael R. Fisher Jr.
Postdoctoral Fellow
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Michael R. Fisher Jr. is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Public Administration and Policy and an Affiliate Scholar at the Metropolitan Policy Center in the School of Public Affairs. He is a…
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(202) 885-6210
Carla Flink
Assistant Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Carla Flink is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. She earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from Texas A&M University in 2014. Professor Flink’s research int…
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Seth Gershenson
Associate Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Seth Gershenson holds a PhD from Michigan State University in Economics with a primary focus on education policy. While at Michigan State, he taught several courses and received an Outstanding Teachin…
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seth.gershenson@american.edu
(202) 885-2687
Bradley Hardy
Associate Professor and Chair, DPAP
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Bradley Hardy is an Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy at American University, where he also serves as department chair. He is a nonresident senior fellow in Economic Studies at t…
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hardy@american.edu
(202) 885-3881
Derek Hyra
Associate Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Derek Hyra is an associate professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy within the School of Public Affairs at American University. His research focuses on processes of neighborhood…
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hyra@american.edu
(202) 885-2440
Alison Jacknowitz
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Alison Jacknowitz is the Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the School of Public Affairs (SPA) at American University and a Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy.…
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jacknowi@american.edu
(202) 885-2137
Jocelyn Johnston
Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Professor Johnston’s current research focuses on government contracting, public management, and intergovernmental programs and policy. Her publications can be seen in such scholarly journals as the Jo…
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johnston@american.edu
(202) 885-2608
Laura Langbein
Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Professor Langbein teaches quantitative methods, program evaluation, policy analysis, and public choice. Her research fields include: theories of bureaucratic discretion, productivity, principal-agent…
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langbei@american.edu
(202) 885-6233
Patrick Malone
IR Professorial Lecturer
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Professor Malone is an Executive-in-Residence in the Department of Public Administration and Policy, where he teaches courses in public sector leadership, executive problem solving, organizational ana…
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pmalone@american.edu
(202) 885-6271
Dave Marcotte
Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Dave E. Marcotte is Professor in the Dept. of Public Administration and Policy and Director of the Washington Institute for Public Affairs Research. His recent research focuses on determinants of achi…
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marcotte@american.edu
(202) 885-3108
Howard McCurdy
Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Dr. Howard McCurdy is professor of public affairs in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University in Washington, D.C. Public management, organization theory, science polic…
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mccurdy@american.edu
(202) 885-6236
Marquise McGraw
Professorial Lecturer
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Marquise J. McGraw joined the Department of Public Administration and Policy in 2019 as a professorial lecturer. In this role, he teaches courses in statistics, public finance, and cost-benefit analys…
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mcgrawm@american.edu
(202) 885-1485
Kenneth Meier
IR Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Professor Meier’s research in public policy and administration is characterized by a multi-disciplinary approach that combines both empirical and normative questions. He uses institutional theories of…
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Taryn Morrissey
Associate Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Dr. Morrissey is an SPA Dean's Scholar Associate Professor. Her work centers on examining and improving public policies for vulnerable children. Ongoing research examines early care and education poli…
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morrisse@american.edu
(202) 885-6323
Claudia Persico
Assistant Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Claudia Persico is an applied policy scholar whose research focuses on environmental policy, inequality, health and education policy using causal inference methods. Persico is also an IZA Institute of…
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cpersico@american.edu
(202) 885-2719
Barbara Romzek
Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Dr. Barbara Romzek is Professor of Public Administration and Policy. She served as Dean of the School of Public Affairs at American University from 2012-2017. Prior to her time at American University …
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bromzek@american.edu
(202) 885-6444
David Rosenbloom
Distinguished Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Distinguished Professor of Public Administration, Rosenbloom specializes in constitutional-administrative law, administrative theory, history, reform, and personnel management. A major contributor to …
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rbloom@american.edu
(202) 885-2361
Aparna Soni
Assistant Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Aparna Soni is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. She studies the impacts of public programs and policies on individuals’ health. Two …
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asoni@american.edu
(202) 885-3777
Erdal Tekin
Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Professor Tekin is an economist with primary research interests in the fields of health economics and demographic economics. Within these fields, the main theme of his research is the economic analysi…
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tekin@american.edu
(202) 885-6361
Robert Tobias
IR Hurst Sr Professorial
SPA - Key Leadership Program
Robert Tobias teaches courses in public sector leadership in the Key Executive Leadership Programs. He also teaches facilitation and team development, conflict management and alternative dispute resol…
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rtobias@american.edu
Sonja Walti
Assistant Professor
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Dr. Walti is an international scholar in public policy. Her fields of specialization include comparative public policy and public administration, policy analysis, comparative federalism, and environme…
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walti@american.edu
(202) 885-3738
Reginald Wells
IR Professorial Lecturer
SPA - School of Public Affairs
Reginald F. Wells was named Deputy Commissioner of the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Office of Human Resources effective July 15, 2002 after serving short tenures as Deputy Associate Commissi…
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Vicky Wilkins
Dean, School of Public Affairs
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Vicky M. Wilkins is the Dean of the School of Public Affairs and Professor of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her primary research interests include representative bureaucracy…
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vwilkins@american.edu
(202) 885-6443
Rebecca Yurman
Professorial Lecturer
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Rebecca Yurman is a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests include regulatory policy, contract management, federalism, and food safety poli…
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ry4395a@american.edu
Ruth Zaplin
IR Sr Professorial Lectur
SPA - Key Leadership Program
Dr. Ruth Zaplin is an Executive-in-Residence, School of Public Affairs, Department of Public Administration & Policy and Director of International Programs, Key Executive Leadership Programs at Americ…
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zaplin@american.edu