Lynn Addington
Professor
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Professor Addington’s research interests include the nature of violent crime and its impact on victims, measurement of crime, and utilization of U.S. crime statistics. In addition to her work at AU, s…
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(202) 885-2902
Tricia Bacon
Associate Professor
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Tricia Bacon, PhD, is an Associate Professor at American University’s School of Public Affairs. She is the author of Why Terrorist Organizations Form International Alliances published with University …
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(202) 885-6556
Chana Barron
Assistant Professor
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
A lawyer and social scientist, Prof. Barron received her Master’s degree from the Department Of Justice, Law and Criminology at American University. She practiced criminal law as both defense counsel …
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(202) 885-2315
Brad Bartholomew
Sr Professorial Lecturer
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Dr. Bartholomew received his doctoral degree from the University of Maryland in 2012. His research focuses on issues related to the causes and consequences of terrorism and the impacts of state and lo…
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(202) 885-2367
Richard Bennett
Professor and Department Chair, Justice Law & Criminology
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Professor Bennett's research interests include comparative criminology, comparative criminal justice, and police organization and procedures. He has published extensively in the area of cross-national…
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(202) 885-2956
TaLisa Carter
Assistant Professor
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
TaLisa J. Carter, Ph.D. is a native of Long Island, New York, dedicated to understanding the interactions of deviance, social organizations, and race. Dr. Carter is an Assistant Professor in the Depar…
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(202) 885-3021
Alexander Clayton
Academic Counselor
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Alex Clayton is an Academic Counselor, Instructor, and PhD candidate in the Department of Justice, Law & Criminology. His research focuses on the nexus of law and civil conflict, specifically how the …
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(202) 885-6456
Suat Cubukcu
Professorial Lecturer
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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Billy Davies
Associate Professor
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Dr. Davies is approaching the study of the European Union legal system from a fresh perspective by critically examining the development of the constitutional practice of law in the EU from a historica…
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(202) 885-2319
Daniel Dreisbach
Professor
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Professor Dreisbach earned a doctor of philosophy degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia. His principal research…
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(202) 885-2380
Michelle Engert
Senior Scholar in Residence
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Michelle Engert joined JLC as a full-time faculty member of JLC after a diverse career as a trial attorney and as a policy advisor. Michelle began her legal career as a trial attorney with the New Mex…
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David Fagelson
Associate Professor
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Professor Fagelson's research interests include ethical issues in law, politics and international relations as well as jurisprudence and and political theory.
He has published one book on the natur…
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(202) 885-2397
Jon Gould
Professor
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Jon Gould is a professor in the School of Public Affairs and the Washington College of Law. He was inaugural director of the Washington Institute for Public Affairs Research, chair for the Department …
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(202) 885-6535
Claire Griggs
Professorial Lecturer
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Claire Griggs is a faculty member in the Department of Justice, Law and Criminology in the School of Public Affairs. Professor Griggs serves as the Director of the Politics, Policy and Law (PPL) Schol…
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(202) 885-6684
Jennifer Gumbrewicz
Professorial Lecturer
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Jennifer Gumbrewicz is currently the Director, M.S. in Counterterrorism and Homeland Security. She is a successful attorney, experienced professor, and proven leader with a long career in legal practi…
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(202) 885-2290
Janice Iwama
Assistant Professor
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Professor Iwama’s research primarily focuses on examining local conditions and social processes that influence hate crimes and racial profiling, particularly against Latino and immigrant populations. …
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(202) 885-3004
Lallen T. Johnson
Assistant Professor
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Lallen T. Johnson is a social scientist that studies how crime and justice outcomes vary across urban space. He is particularly concerned with how social structural and institutional processes facilit…
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(202) 885-6551
Kareem Jordan
Associate Professor
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Kareem Jordan is Graduate Program Director and Associate Professor in the Department of Justice, Law and Criminology at American University. He has written extensively about the role of race in crimin…
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(202) 885-1866
Douglas Klusmeyer
Associate Professor
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Currently, I am Assistant Professor of Justice, Law and Society at American University. I have both a PhD in modern European history and a JD in law from Stanford University. My approach to issues of …
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(202) 885-2995
David Malet
Associate Professor
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
David Malet teaches Justice, Law and Criminology at the School of Public Affairs at American University. Previously he served as director of the Security Policy Studies Program at the George Washingto…
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Sasha O'Connell
Executive in Residence & Director, THSP MS Program
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Sasha Cohen O’Connell, PhD is an Executive in Residence in the Department of Justice, Law & Criminology, School of Public Affairs (SPA), American University where she currently teaches cyber policy at…
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Jane Palmer
Professorial Lecturer
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Dr. Jane Palmer is the faculty director of the Community-Based Research Scholars program. In this role, she oversees a living-learning community of first year students who learn how to conduct communi…
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(202) 885-3118
Renee Souris
Professorial Lecturer
SPA - Government
Renee Nicole Souris, Ph.D. received her doctorate in Justice, Law and Society with a second field in Political Theory from AU's School of Public Affairs in May 2014. Broadly speaking, her research exa…
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(202) 885-6550
Jessica Waters
Dean of Undergraduate Education & Vice Provost for Academic Student Services
Provost, Office of the
Jessica Waters is the Dean for Undergraduate Education and a faculty member in the School of Public Affairs as well as an adjunct faculty member at the Washington College of Law. Her research focuses …
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(202) 885-2301
Joseph Young
Professor
SIS - School of International Service
Professor Young's interests relate to the cross-national causes and consequences of political violence. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles across academic disciplines, including politica…
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(202) 885-2618
Thomas Zeitzoff
Associate Professor
SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Thomas Zeitzoff (NYU PhD, 2013) is an associate professor in the School
of Public Affairs at American University. He was previously a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University. His research focuses…
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