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…
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Brittany Blizzard
Brittany Blizzard is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests include U.S. immigration policy, program evaluation, and mixed methods.
Christopher Burks Adjunct Instructor
Chris is a Charles Levine Doctoral Research Fellow in public administration and policy at American University’s School of Public Affairs. His research addresses social equity in urban policy and metro…
Michelle Castleberry
Neko Michelle Castleberry is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests include Reproductive and Sexual Health, HIV/AIDS, Women’s Healthcare, and …
Tianyu Chen
Tianyu is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration & Policy. His research interests include nonprofit management, international development, and decentralization and localization. He i…
Sarah Chung
Sarah Chung is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of environmental, health, and education policy…
Kari Dalane
Kari Dalane is a PhD candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interest is education policy. Prior to enrolling at American University, Kari worked in schools for f…
Anita Dhillon Adjunct Instructor
Anita is a doctoral student and Charles Levine Fellow in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. She is interested in researching organizational behavior questions and social equity outcom…
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Katherine Engel
Katie is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration & Policy. Her research interests include health equity and food policy. Prior to her doctoral studies, Katie worked as Director of Pro…
Kathryn Grossman
Kathryn is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests include public and nonprofit management and education policy. She is a qualitative research …
Jessica Horst
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…
Ene Ikpebe
Ene Ikpebe is a PhD candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests are mainly in women’s human capital development policy in sub-Saharan Africa, with an emphas…
Alberto Jacinto Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Alberto Jacinto is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. His research interests include education policy, race/ethnicity and equity, and pu…
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.
Minjung Kim Adjunct Instructor
Minjung Kim is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include public and nonprofit management, civic engagement, phil…
Aeric Koerner Adjunct Instructor
Aeric Koerner is a doctoral candidate in American University’s Department of Public Administration and Policy. His research interests include public management, health policy, and contracting and priv…
Austin McCrea Adjunct Instructor
Austin McCrea is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. He is a member of the Graduate Student Advisory Board for International Public Management Journal and recipie…
Laura McMahon Fulford
Laura is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests include how agencies are impacted by external influences, bureaucratic discretion, state & loc…
Sarah Nielsen
Sarah is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy and a Charles Levine Doctoral Research Fellow. Her research interests include cross-sector collaboration, refugee and immig…
Alexandra Rakus
Alexandra Rakus is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests are the intersection of inequalities and health outcomes, as well as substance use d…
Fei Roberts Adjunct Instructor
Fei Roberts is a PhD candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include public-private comparisons, theories of motivation, governme…
Wallis Romzek
Wallis Romzek is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests include the economic, social, and administrative implications of smart city initiatives, pa…
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…
Long Tran
Long Tran is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. He also teaches a Math Boot Camp for incoming Master's students and gives guest lectures on…
Rui Wang Adjunct Instructor
Rui Wang is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. His research interests include public management, education policy, program evaluation, and …
Carley Weted Adjunct Instructor
Carley Weted is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include investigations of environmental factors with effects on …
Xiaoyang Xu Adjunct Instructor
Xiaoyang Xu is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include representative bureaucracy, public management, and gender…
Political Science PhD Students
Le Bao Adjunct Instructor
Le Bao is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Government, with concentrations in Political Methodology and Comparative Politics. His substantive research focuses on comparative political behavior and…
Emily Bello-Pardo
Emily D. Bello-Pardo is currently pursuing a doctorate in Political Science at American University, and specializes in American and Comparative Politics. Her research interests are political behavior,…
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…
Michael Heseltine
Michael Heseltine is a doctoral student in Political Science at American University's School of Public Affairs, where he specializes in American Politics. His research focuses on Congressional electio…
Simon Heuberger Adjunct Instructor SPA - Government
Simon is a fourth-year PhD student with concentrations in American Government and Quantitative Methods. His research focuses on the psychological underpinnings of public opinion, the advancement of su…
Danielle Higgins Adjunct Instructor
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…
William Jorgeson
Will Jorgeson is a PhD student in the Department of Government. Originally from Clinton, Mississippi, before coming to American University, he received BA degrees in Philosophy and Economics from Miss…
Luciano Melo
Luciano Melo is a doctoral candidate researching autocratization processes and the survival of more democratic regions in countries that are becoming increasingly autocratic, especially in Venezuela a…
Ifeoluwa Olawole
Ifeoluwa Olawole is a doctoral student in the Department of Government, with concentrations in Comparative Politics and International Relations. She is an ardent student of African politics. Her broad…
Barbara Soares Lima Dos Santos
Barbara dos Santos is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Government studying Comparative and Environmental Politics. Her research is focused on the influence of interest groups in climate polic…
Mark Tenenbaum
Mark is a first year PhD student at American University. He studies American politics, with concentrations in religion and politics, racial and ethnic politics, and political behavior. His research in…
Justice, Law & Criminology PhD Students
Rachel Bowman
Rachel Bowman is currently a PhD student in Justice, Law, and Criminology. Her primary research interest is the influence of race in criminal justice decision-making. She's currently interested in pro…
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 …
Avi-Yona Israel Adjunct Instructor
Avi-Yona is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology. Her research interests include philosophy of law, international law, human rights, global ethics, justice and the rule…
Bethany Leap
Bethany Leap is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology, focusing on her research interests of radicalization, extremist behavior, and quantitative methodology. Her current …
Esther Matthews Adjunct Instructor
Esther Matthews is a doctoral candidate in the Justice, Law and Criminology PhD program. She holds a Master of Science in Justice, Law and Criminology, from American University, and a Bachelor of Scie…
Alyssa Purdy Adjunct Instructor
Alyssa Purdy, originally from West Michigan, is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in Justice, Law & Criminology from American University. In December of 2013, she graduated with honors fro…
Victoria Smiegocki
Victoria Smiegocki is a fifth year PhD student in the Department of Justice, Law & Criminology. Her primary areas of interest include courtroom decision making, social justice, school safety initiativ…
Jennifer Tilley
Jennifer Tilley is a Ph.D. student in the department of Justice, Law and Criminology. Her primary research interests include institutional and community corrections, capital punishment, parole and pri…
Kristian Warpinski
Kristian Warpinski is a first year PhD student in the Department of Justice, Law and Criminology. Her primary research interests include political violence and (counter)terrorism, the recruitment and …
Gabe Whitbread Adjunct Instructor
Gabe Whitbread is a doctoral candidate in Justice, Law and Criminology at American University. Her primary research interests are comparative punishment policy and political philosophy. She specialize…