Catherine Bampoky
Catherine Bampoky is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her interests include global health governance and health policy-making in developing countries, specifically …
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Public Administration PhD Students
Zachary Bauer
Zachary Bauer is a PhD student and the Charles Levine Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. His research interests include collaborativ…
Kari Dalane
Kari Dalane is a PhD student 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…
Jourdan Davis
Jourdan Davis is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include long-term care, aging-related policy, and public engage…
Meghan Doughty
Meghan Doughty is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Public Administration at the School of Public Affairs at American University and a former Research Assistant at the National Institute of Ju…
James Ellis Director, Student Success & Assessment Provost, Office of the
Jimmy Ellis (he/him/his) is the Director of Student Success and Assessment for the Office of Undergraduate Education. He joined AU in 2011 and leads programmatic, administrative, and curricular assess…
James Gordon Adjunct Instructor
James Gordon is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. His research interests include environmental economics and policy, health and human capital, and public finance. Ja…
Michael Hatch
Michael Hatch is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. His research interests concern health and social policy, particularly the intersection of food insecurity an…
Beth Hawks
Beth Hawks is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her interests include health care policy, with a focus on Medicare and long-term care policy. Before her studie…
Ene Ikpebe
Ene Ikpebe is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her interests include the development and implementation of primary and higher education policy, especiall…
Alberto Jacinto
Alberto Jacinto is a first year phd student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. His research interests include education and health policy, race/ethnicity and…
Mariam Khan
Mariam Khan is currently a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration & Policy. Her research interests are in the areas of labor, education, workforce development, and health. While p…
Minjung Kim
Minjung Kim is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include public administration, public and nonprofit management, e…
Aeric Koerner
Aeric Koerner is a current doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. His Interests include health policy, contracting and privatization, and social…
Brandon Ranallo-Benavidez Adjunct Instructor
Brandon Ranallo-Benavidez is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Brandon’s research agenda is animated by the questions: “How does using non-g…
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…
Lilliandra 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…
Richard Takacs
Rich Takacs is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. His research interests center on urban policy issues including affordable housing,…
Long Tran
Long H. Tran is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. He also teaches the Math and Statistics Boot Camp for incoming MPP/MPA students. His resea…
Rui Wang
Rui Wang is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. His research interests include public administration, policy analysis, and international devel…
Fei Wang
Fei Wang is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include privatization, collaborative governance, contract management, and…
Carley Weted
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 …
Political Science PhD Students
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, as well as in Methodology. Her research intere…
Samantha Guthrie Adjunct Instructor
Samantha Guthrie is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Government studying American Politics. Her research interests include, executive and legislative relationships, state politics, the presid…
Simon Heuberger
Simon is a third-year PhD student with concentrations in American Government and Quantitative Methods. His research focuses on the psychological underpinnings of public opinion, the advancement of sur…
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 democratic enclaves in autocratizing countries, especially in Latin America and Russia Prior to coming to the U.S. he was was an instructor in Negotia…
Scott Patrick Student Wages
Scott Patrick is a first-year doctoral student in Government with Comparative Politics as his primary field. After growing up in Oklahoma and the United Arab Emirates, he attended the University of Tu…
Barbara Soares Lima Dos Santos
Barbara dos Santos is a doctoral student in the Department of Government studying Comparative and Environmental Politics. Her research is focused on the influence of environmental interest groups in e…
Daniela Stevens Adjunct Instructor
Daniela Stevens is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science in the School of Public Affairs and a recipient of the 2014 Tinker Field Research Grant, which supported her doctoral dissertation research ti…
Sasa Tang
Sasa Tang is a doctoral student in the Department of Government. She studies Comparative Politics with a regional focus on Middle East North Africa, and a secondary field in International Relations. H…
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
Natalie Chwalisz is a first year PhD student at the School of Public Affairs, in the Justice, Law and Criminology Department. She focuses in on forced displacement, especially of youth, resilience and…
Alexander Clayton
Alex Clayton is currently a PhD student in Justice, Law & Criminology with concentrations in Law & Society and Political Violence & Nonviolence. He holds a master's degree from American University in …
Jason Fritz
Jason Fritz is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Justice, Law and Criminology. His research interests are on the intersection of political violence and the politics of policing. Prior to matricul…
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…
Esther Matthews
Esther Matthews is a doctoral student in the Justice, Law and Criminology PhD program. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Oregon State University. Her research focuses on identi…
Hillary Mellinger Adjunct Instructor
Hillary Mellinger is a PhD student in the Department of Justice, Law and Criminology. Her academic interests include comparative asylum / refugee law and policy, states’ migration control mechanisms, …
Alyssa Purdy
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 fr…
Victoria Smiegocki
Victoria Smiegocki is a PhD student in the Department of Justice, Law & Criminology with a secondary major in Public Policy. Alongside her PhD, she is also completing a certificate program in Applied …
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 pr…
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 …