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
Ernesto Castaneda-Tinoco
Associate Professor
CAS - Sociology
Ernesto Castañeda conducts research on migration, urban issues, health disparities, vulnerable populations, and social movements. He compares immigrant integration and ethnic political mobilization in…
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(202) 885-2412
Maria De Jesus
Associate Professor
SIS - School of International Service
Dr. Maria De Jesus brings to AU a wealth of research and teaching experiences in the area of health inequalities, a critical area of focus in interstate and transnational relations. Her research exami…
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dejesus@american.edu
Daniel Esser
Associate Professor
SIS - School of International Service
Professor Esser is the 2019 Distinguished Service Awardee of the AAG's Asian Geography Specialty Group and the 2015 SIS Scholar-Teacher of the Year. The director of SIS's Olson Scholars program and a …
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(202) 885-1892
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
Carolyn Gallaher
Senior Associate Dean
SIS - School of International Service
I do research in two distinct areas—organized violence by non-state actors and urban politics
In the first area, on which I have spent more time, I examine the politics, internal dynamics, and patter…
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caroleg@american.edu
Sonya Grier
Professor
KSB - Marketing
Professor Grier is an interdisciplinary scholar with diverse expertise across private, government, and non-profit sectors. Her research examines marketplace topics related to race, with a focus on enh…
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griers@american.edu
(202) 885-1971
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
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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johnsonl@american.edu
(202) 885-6551
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
Daniel Kerr
Associate Professor
CAS - History
Daniel Kerr is the director of American University's Humanities Truck program and the associate director of its public history program. He is the president-elect of the Oral History Association.
Ke…
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kerr@american.edu
(202) 885-2161
Jordanna Matlon
Assistant Professor
SIS - School of International Service
Dr. Matlon is an urban sociologist interested in questions of race and belonging in Africa and the African diaspora, and the ways “Blackness” as a signifier – and in its intersection with gender, clas…
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jcmatlon@american.edu
(202) 885-6720
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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(202) 885-6323
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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jpalmer@american.edu
(202) 885-3118
David Pike
Professor
CAS - Literature
Professor Pike is Chair of the Department of Literature (June 2016-May 2022). His most recent book is Canadian Cinema since the 1980s: At the Heart of the World (U of Toronto P, 2012). He is the autho…
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dpike@american.edu
(202) 885-2996
Malini Ranganathan
Associate Professor
SIS - School of International Service
Dr Ranganathan serves as the Interim Faculty Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center and is an associate professor in the School of International Service at American University. An urban…
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malini@american.edu
Brenda Smith
Professor
WCL - Washington College of Law
Brenda V. Smith is the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and professor at the Washington College of Law, where she is the Co-Director of the Community Economic Development Law Cli…
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bvsmith@american.edu
(202) 274-4261
Benjamin Stokes
Assistant Professor
SOC - School of Communication
Benjamin Stokes is a civic media scholar, game designer, and director of The Playful City Lab. He is also an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication, and at the AU Game Lab. Previously, he …
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bstokes@american.edu
(202) 885-2066