Achievements ·
A Year of Momentum: Donors Fuel SPA's Mission to Serve the Public Good
American University's School of Public Affairs closed out fiscal year 2026 with new philanthropic strength.
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Achievements ·
Philanthropy Activates Campus-Wide Opportunities
Alumni and donors enabled AU to exceed its goal and raise over $61 million in FY26 for vital student support, faculty excellence, and campus initiatives.
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Achievements ·
Bound for Berlin: Two Recent Grads Land Prestigious Appointments
Selected from a national pool of applicants, Jocelyn Parker, SIS/BA ’26, and Griffin Cook, SPA-SIS/BA ’26, are among just 65 Americans named to the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals program.
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Professional News ·
AU in the News: Week of August 7
Your weekly roundup of faculty expertise, student achievements, leadership perspectives, and top campus initiatives.
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Achievements ·
Tom Kahn Named Director of AU SPA’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies
Longtime Capitol Hill budget leader to guide CCPS following a successful year as Acting Director
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Criminology ·
Mixed Signals, Mixed Outcomes: How Offense, Record and Flight Risk Shape Pretrial Choices
Mixed Signals, Mixed Outcomes: How Offense, Record and Flight Risk Shape Pretrial Choices
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Policy Analysis ·
The Future of Public Administration under Political Dysfunction
SPA Policy Brief: SPA Professor Ken Meier provides practical steps for policymakers and agency leaders looking to minimize systemic fallout.
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Political Science ·
Blood at the Ballot Box
SPA professor links post-Reconstruction electoral shocks to spikes in lynching across the Deep South.
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Health Policy & Management ·
Prenatal Industrial Pollution and Lifelong Economic Harm
SPA Policy Brief: new research by SPA Professor Claudia Persico explores the risks of prenatal industrial pollution.
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Announcement ·
Alison Jacknowitz Named Dean of AU’s Top-Ranked School of Public Affairs
The interim leader and long-serving public administration and policy professor will step into the permanent role on June 1.
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