Richard Axelrod
Sr Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Dick Axelrod is among the world’s top OD practitioners, specializing in whole-system change. The “Conference Model” that he and his partner Emily developed is used worldwide to engage organizations in…
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John Bennett
Adjunct Professor
John Bennett, PhD is a practitioner, academic, and educator who earned his MA and PhD in Human and Organizational Systems at Fielding Graduate University as well as his MPA at the University of NC-Gre…
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Anastasia Bukashe
Sr Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Dr. Anastasia Bukashe, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, has recently joined our faculty to take the lead in the International Fieldwork course. Dr. Bukashe is known worldwide for her work on peace…
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Jacob de Jong
Sr Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Joep C. de Jong is an experienced international OD scholar-practitioner. He is currently Founder, Managing Director and principal shareholder of JLS International BV, an organization that provides hig…
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Harry Hertz
Adjunct Associate Professor
Dr. Harry Hertz has had extensive experience in analyzing organizational performance and strategy. He has been responsible for interpreting “the leading edge of validated management practice” from 199…
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Deatrus LaCour
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Dr. LaCour is Industrial-Organizational Psychologist and faculty member at the MSOD program at American University. He also holds an appointment as an Adjunct Professor for the Graduate program in Hum…
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Robert Marshak
Distinguished Scholar in Residence
Dr. Marshak has taught organization dynamics and change leadership in SPA since 1977. His areas of expertise include: organizational change and development, dialogic organization development, organiza…
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Matt Minahan
Adjunct Associate Professor
Public Admin SPA
Matt Minahan, Ed. D., is president of MM & Associates, an international consulting firm specializing in strategy, structure, leadership development, and communications.
Matt's clients are in the priv…
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Patricia Parham
Adjunct Associate Professor
Based in Dallas, Dr. Patricia Parham has worked as both an internal and external OD practitioner at top levels of client systems. Her career as a consultant spans private, nonprofit and government org…
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John Vogelsang
Adjunct Associate Professor
John D. Vogelsang has been working for over thirty-eight years in the areas of board development, strategic planning, organizational transitions and restructuring, conflict transformation, participato…
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Ruth Wagner
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Dr. Ruth Wagner is a graduate of the AU MSOD program and a very active OD scholar-practitioner. After an early career in software engineering, Ruth led a change management practice of 50 consultants i…
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Enrique Zaldivar
Sr Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Originally from Mexico, Enrique J. Zaldivar is co-founder partner at a top-tier international OD consulting, leadership development and executive coaching firm. He is lead faculty for the Diversity an…
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