Michele Aquino
Michele is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration & Policy. He focuses on policy analysis, especially related to the natural environment. Primary research interests include the polit…
Public Administration PhD Students
Christopher Burks Adjunct Instructor
Christopher Tyler Burks (he/him) is a visiting assistant professor of political science at Samford University. At American University Burks is a Charles Levine Doctoral Research Fellow in public admin…
Chris Campbell
Chris Campbell is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy and a Research Assistant at the Metropolitan Policy Center. His research interests include how national and local …
Michelle Castleberry
Neko Michelle Castleberry is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include policies regarding sexual and reproductiv…
Tianyu Chen Adjunct Instructor
Tianyu is a PhD candidate in the Department of Public Administration & Policy and a fellow at the Center for Data Science of the School of Public Affairs. His research interests include public and non…
Katherine Engel
Katie is a PhD candidate in the Department of Public Administration & Policy. Her research interests include socioeconomic disparities in wellbeing and the role of the social safety net in their reduc…
Kathryn Grossman Adjunct Instructor
Kathryn is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests include public and nonprofit management and education policy. She is a qualitative researc…
Jessica Horst Adjunct Instructor
Jessica is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests include early childhood education (ECE), ECE labor markets, and education policy. Prior to her do…
Kathryn Johnson
Kathryn is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include environmental, health, and technology policy.
Grant Mobley
Grant Mobley (he/him) is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. His research interests include public management, bureaucratic discretion, and orga…
Alvaro Munguia
Alvaro Munguia is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Alvaro's research interests include immigration policy and education policy. His current research is focused…
William Prince
Will is a PhD student and Charles Levine Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Public Administration and Policy in the School of Public Affairs. His research interests revolve around public ma…
Tingli Qu
Tingli Qu is a current PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include public finance, fiscal performance, fiscal transparency …
Alexandra Rakus Adjunct Instructor
Alexandra Rakus is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy with a concentration in public policy. Her research interests are within health policy broadly and include o…
Ashley Scott
Ashley Scott (she/her) is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy with a concentration in public policy. Her research interests include equitable community and spatial deve…
Lilli Shaffer Adjunct Instructor
Lilliandra's primary area of study is in nonprofit organizations, specifically foundations. She is also interested in public administration theory and philosophy. Prior to attending American Universit…
Sarah Solomon
Sarah Solomon (she/her) is a Ph.D. student and Charles Levine Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the American University School of Public Affairs. Her re…
Samantha Strong
Samantha is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy with a concentration in public policy. Her research interests include gender equity, health policy, and the use of …
Political Science PhD Students
Ali Amini
Ali is a Ph.D. student concentrating in political methodology and the comparative politics of the Middle East. Methodologically, he is interested in causal inference, political data science, and the e…
Evyn Anderson
Evyn is a PhD student at American University with a concentration in American Politics. She is interested in gender equity and specifically how gender equity at home impacts parity in larger social, …
Abdullah Atalan
Abdullah is a PhD student at American University. He studies comparative politics, political methodology with concentrations in civil-military relations and regime-types in the Middle East. Abdullah w…
Ryan Detamble Adjunct Instructor
Ryan M. DeTamble is a Ph.D. student in American Politics. His research focuses on questions of American political behavior, especially those related to public opinion, voting, partisanship, and polari…
Danielle Higgins
Danielle Higgins is a doctoral student in Political Science at American University's School of Public Affairs. She specializes in Comparative Politics, with a secondary field in American Politics. Her…
Marcus Johnson
Marcus is a 4th year PhD student at American University. His research focuses on racial competition, political behavior, and social identity in American politics. Some of Marcus' current research proj…
Ellen Kamalyan
Ellen Kamalyan is a 2nd year Ph.D. student at American University. She studies Comparative Politics and American Politics with research focuses on religious and ethnic violence and intergroup contact …
Megan Kurten Adjunct Instructor
Megan Kurten is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Government and a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Politics. Her research domain is political violence, particularly the relationships and intera…
Joseph Lavicka
Joe Lavicka is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government, with concentrations in Political Methodology and Comparative Politics. His research interests include ethnic conflict, ethnic voting, …
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer is a PhD student at American University. She studies American politics with a concentration in racial and ethnic politics, specifically the political behavior of Latinos in the United States.…
Kristen Munnelly
Kristen is a first year doctoral student in the political science program. She is interested in how philanthropy affects policy in the United States and beyond, as well as media coverage of this and r…
Keun Young Oh
Keun Young Oh is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government at American University. His research interests include climate change, political methodology, foreign aid, and energy conservation po…
Cindy Ragab
Cindy Ragab is a PhD student at American University. She studies comparative politics with a focus on the nexus of governance, the political economy of development, climate and conflict resolution. Ci…
Wali Reheman
Wali Reheman is a doctoral student in the Department of Government at American University. He studies comparative politics and political methodology with a concentration on ethnic politics, political …
Daniel Steiman Adjunct Instructor
Daniel Steiman is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Government, with concentrations in Comparative Politics and International Relations. His interests include political violence and civil wars, wi…
Dakota Strode
Dakota is a PhD student at American University. He studies American and comparative politics with concentrations in LGBTQ politics, political behavior, public opinion, and campaigns and elections.Dako…
Mark Tenenbaum
Mark is a third year PhD student at American University. He studies American politics, with interests in religion and politics, racial and ethnic politics, and political behavior. Some of Mark’s curre…
Karl Vonzabern
Karl VonZabern is a Ph.D. student in the political science department with a specialty in comparative politics and methods. His research focuses on the politics of climate change adaptation and mitiga…
Selim Yaman
Selim is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government, with concentrations in political methodology and comparative politics. His research interests include natural language processing with a foc…
Xinyuan Yang
Xinyuan is a PhD student in Political Science. She studies political methodology and comparative politics. Her research interests include using Bayesian method to study public opinion and political be…
Justice, Law & Criminology PhD Students
Michael Becker
Michael H. Becker is a doctoral student in the Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology in the School of Public Affairs. His research interests include the individual and group correlates of suppor…
Elizabeth Carlisle
Elizabeth C. Carlisle is a doctoral student in the Department of Justice, Law & Criminology in the School of Public Affairs. In 2020, she received three Bachelor of Arts degrees in Criminology, Law & …
Natalie Chwalisz Adjunct Instructor
Natalie Chwalisz is a PhD candidate at the School of Public Affairs, in the Justice, Law and Criminology Department. She focuses in on human smuggling, mixed migration and forced displacement.In her f…
Sara Harmouch
Sara Harmouch is a Ph.D. Candidate at the School of Public Affairs. Her research focuses on a wide array of subjects within the realm of political conflict and security. These interests include asymme…
Melissa Kilmer
Melissa is a Ph.D. student in American University’s Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology. She received her B.A. in psychology and criminal justice from the University of Delaware in 2022. Her p…
Bethany Leap
Bethany Leap is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology, focusing on her research interests of radicalization, extremist behavior, and quantitative methodology. Her curren…
Charlotte Lopez-Jauffret Adjunct Instructor
Charlotte Lopez-Jauffret is pursuing a doctoral degree in Justice, Law & Criminology from American University. In 2015, she received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Colorado …
Marcus McGhee
Mr. McGhee is an Ethics & Compliance Attorney. His research focuses on judicial ethics, misconduct proceedings, and the impact both have on society and due process doctrine. Before relocating to D.C. …
Alyssa Purdy Adjunct Instructor
Alyssa Purdy is currently pursuing a PhD in Justice, Law & Criminology with a secondary focus in Public Policy. She received her Master of Science degree in Justice, Law & Criminology from American Un…
Moriah Sharpe
Moriah Sharpe is a doctoral student in Justice, Law, and Criminology. She is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of North Carolina and…
Candace Strickland
Candace M. Strickland is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina. She is a doctoral student in the Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology in the School of Public Affairs.Her research interests includ…
Alex Swanty
Alex Swanty is a doctoral student in the Justice, Law and Criminology program. She has received her B.A. and M.A. in Criminology/Criminal Justice from the University of Northern Colorado. Her research…
Jennifer West
JJ West (she/her) is a doctoral student at American University in the Department of Justice, Law & Criminology. Her research interests include incels, right-wing extremism, male supremacy, and support…