Andrea Artero Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Andrea Artero is a law enforcement professional and an Adjunct Faculty member teaching the Intelligence Analysis class for the Department of Justice, Law and Criminology at the American University in …
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Bryan Arva Professorial Lecturer SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Dr. Bryan Arva is currently the Director of the Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Master's program. Additionally, he is a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology …
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Yvette Bourcicot Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Yvette Bourcicot is an Associate Deputy General Counsel in the Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Defense. In that capacity, she provides legal advice to the Secretary of Defense, The Department o…
Kevin Boyle Professorial Lecturer SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Kevin Boyle has been teaching in the Justice, Law, and Criminology Department since 2016. Mr. Boyle is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps. During his 26 year career he…
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Alex Clayton
Alex Clayton is an Adjunct Instructor 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, mitigate…
Matthew Collinson Adjunct Instructor SPA - School of Public Affairs
Matt Collinson is an adjunct professor in the School of Public Affairs’ department of Justice Law and Criminology, where he teaches an undergraduate class on the history and purpose of the legal syste…
Jonathan Crock Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Jonathan Crock (pronouns: he, him, his) is an expert in democracy and human rights law. He researches the human right to democratic decision-making, including new developments in rights of direct poli…
Suat Cubukcu Adjunct Professorial Lect SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Suat Cubukcu, Ph.D., is a Professorial Lecturer in Justice, Law, and Criminology Department at American University, specializing in the area of terrorism and methodological issues in terrorism researc…
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Christiaan De Waal Adjunct Instructor
- Investigator-in-Charge/Director of Investigations
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John Firman Adjunct Professorial Lect SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
John R. Firman is a Professor of Practice at American University, in the School of Public Affairs, Department of Justice, Law and Criminology. …
Jason Fritz Adjunct Instructor
Jason Fritz, Ph.D., is a researcher and consultant on peacebuilding, fragile and conflict states, the intersection of security and development, the politics of policing, and political violence. Prior …
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Gregory Hunt Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SPA - Justice, Law and Society
Gregory A. Hunt, a member of the adjunct faculty of the Department of Justice, Law and Criminology, works in the conduct and development of research and training programs in the field of community cor…
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Bev-Freda Jackson Adjunct Professorial Lect
Bev-Freda holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and English with a minor in African American studies from Gettysburg College. She is an alum of American University’s Department of Government …
Steven Jansen Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Mr. Steven Jansen is the Director of Prosecutors against Gun Violence (PAGV). PAGV is a non-partisan membership advancing prosecutorial and policy solutions to the public health and safety crisis of g…
Jayme Johnson Adjunct Instructor
Jayme Johnson was a police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service for ten years. He focused on community policing, public order, and the investigation of domestic violence and sexual offenses…
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Lester Kaplan Adjunct Professor SPA - JPO/JLC
Les Kaplan is a clinical supervisor and consultant in the treatment of trauma and post traumatic stress disorder. He currently maintains a practice in psychotherapy concentrating on anxiety and mood d…
Erin Kearns Adjunct Instructor
Erin Kearns is a PhD student in Justice, Law and Criminology at American University, with a minor in Public Policy. Her primary research seeks to understand the relationship among terrorism, counterte…
Bruce Kimble Adjunct Associate Professor
Professor Kimble’s interests include comparative legal practice, judicial decision making, legal reasoning, and principles of local government law.For 42 years, he practiced law with private law firms…
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Trace Lasley Adjunct Professorial Lect
Dr. Trace Lasley is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology in American University’s School of Public Affairs. His research focuses on illicit organization behavior …
Aaron Lucas Adjunct Professorial Lect
Aaron J. Lucas, III started his criminal justice career in the federal probation system at the Washington, D.C., United States District Court probation office in 1973. During the first 17 years in the…
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Peter Maida Adj Sr Prof Lecturer SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Patricia Mitchell Adjunct Professorial Lect
Judge Patti Mitchell is a member of the Montgomery County, Maryland bench. She is an AU alumna (SPA ’76) and has been an adjunct Justice, Law and Criminolog…
Anthony Musa Adjunct Instructor
Anthony Musa serves as a Sanctions Investigator at the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. At OFAC, Musa works in the Counterterrorism division.His academi…
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Matthew Pascocello Adjunct Professorial Lect WCL - Washington College of Law
Matthew Pascocello is an Adjunct Professor at both American University’s School of Public Affairs and at the Washington College of Law, where he serves as the Director of Alumni Professional Developme…
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Frank Rangoussis Adjunct Professorial Lect
Frank Rangoussis has been an adjunct professor with Justice, Law and Criminology since 1998. Mr. Rangoussis is currently a Senior Trial Attorney with the Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section …
Rainey Ransom Adjunct Assoc Prof
Rainey Ransom has been an Adjunct Professor at American University within the Department of Justice, Law and Society since 1991. Dr. Ransom was a full-time professor in the Department of Justice, Law …
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Beatrix Siman-Zakhari Assistant Prof Emerita
Dr. Beatrix Siman Zakhari has taught the Justice Program in Washington Semester for the past 21 years. She has also created a Law Enforcement Program within the Washington Semester and has taught the …
Tiffany Simmons Adjunct Professorial Lect WCL - Career and Prof Devel
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Karen Telis Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Professor Telis, an Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, has taught law related courses in JLS since 2008, including Introduction to Law, Western Legal Traditions (a course she helped found and develop) and…
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Carley Weted Adjunct Instructor
Carley Weted is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include investigations of environmental factors with effects on …
Zuberi Williams Adjunct Professorial Lect
Zuberi Bakari Williams is an associate judge of the District Court of Maryland, District VI - Montgomery County. He was appointed by former Governor Martin O'Malley in December 2014. He was later con…