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Paul Manuel Adjunct Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer Department of Government

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Paul Manuel
SPA | General Academics & Research
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Degrees
Ph.D., Government, Georgetown University

Favorite Spot on Campus
The cafe in the School of Public Affairs
Bio
Paul Manuel served as the director of the SPA Leadership Program from 2015-2022. Previously, he served as the founding director of the Institute for Leadership at Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland (2010-2015). Before that, he was the co-founder and executive director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, where he was also the chair of the Department of Politics (1993-2008). Manuel was a tenured full professor of politics at both institutions.

Manuel is the author or co-author of ten books and numerous peer-reviewed articles. His research addresses issues related to comparative democratization, comparative public policy, and the relationship between religion and politics, with an emphasis on Portugal. He holds a research fellow appointment at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University. He is also a local affiliate at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University, where he co-chaired the Iberian Studies Group. He serves on the executive committee of the New England Political Science Association. He divides his time between Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts.
See Also
SPA Department of Public Administration and Policy
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