Khaldoun AbouAssi
Provost Associate Professor
SPA | Public Administration
Khaldoun AbouAssi is the Provost Associate Professor at the Department of Public Administration & Policy. He holds a PhD in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affa…
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abouassi@american.edu
(202) 885-2509
Lynn Addington
Professor
SPA | Justice, Law & Criminology
Professor Addington’s research interests include the nature of violent crime and its impact on victims, measurement of crime, and utilization of U.S. crime statistics. Her current work focuses on i…
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adding@american.edu
(202) 885-2902
Maria De Jesus
Professor
SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Dr. Maria De Jesus brings to AU a wealth of research and teaching experiences in the area of global health, a critical area of focus in interstate and transnational relations. Her research focuses on …
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dejesus@american.edu
Carolyn Gallaher
Professor
SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
I do research in two distinct areas—organized violence by non-state actors and urban politicsIn the first area, on which I have spent more time, I examine the politics, internal dynamics, and patterns…
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caroleg@american.edu
Sonya Grier
Professor
KSB | Marketing
Professor Grier is an interdisciplinary scholar with diverse expertise across private, government, and non-profit sectors. Her research examines marketplace topics related to race, with a focus on enh…
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sonya.grier@american.edu
(202) 885-1971
Jocelyn Johnston
Professor
SPA | Public Administration
Professor Johnston’s current research focuses on government contracting, public management, and intergovernmental programs and policy. Her publications can be seen in such scholarly journals as the Jo…
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johnston@american.edu
(202) 885-2608
Dan Kerr
Associate Professor
CAS | History
Daniel Kerr is the director of American University's Humanities Truck program and the associate director of its public history program. He is the president-elect of the Oral History Association. Kerr …
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kerr@american.edu
(202) 885-2161
Jordanna Matlon
Associate Professor
SIS | Global Inquiry
Dr. Matlon is an urban sociologist and scholar of race and colonial legacies in Africa and the African diaspora. Her scholarship interrogates the ways “Blackness” operates as a signifier, intersects w…
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jcmatlon@american.edu
(202) 885-6720
Taryn Morrissey
Professor, DPAP Chair, and Associate Dean of Research
SPA | Public Administration
Dr. Morrissey is Associate Dean of Research at the School of Public Affairs and Chair of the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her work centers on examining and improving public polic…
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morrisse@american.edu
(202) 885-6323
Jane Palmer
Associate Professor
SPA | Justice, Law & Criminology
Dr. Jane Palmer is an Associate Professor with a primary focus on community-based participatory research, help-seeking, community-based responses to harm, and ending gender-based violence.
Sh…
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(202) 885-3118
David Pike
Professor
CAS | Literature
Professor Pike has taught in the Department of Literature since 1995. His most recent book is After the End: Cold War Culture and Apocalyptic Imaginations in the 21st Century, forthcoming fro…
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dpike@american.edu
(202) 885-2996
Malini Ranganathan
Associate Professor
SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Malini Ranganathan is Associate Professor in the School of International Service at American University, and a political ecologist and geographer by training. She is a faculty affiliate of three un…
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Elizabeth Rule
Assistant Professor
CAS | Critical RGC Studies
Dr. Elizabeth Rule (enrolled citizen of the Chickasaw Nation) is an Assistant Professor of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies at American University in Washington, DC. Rule’s research on issue…
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David Schwegman
Assistant Professor
SPA | Public Administration
David J. Schwegman is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. He is also an Academic Affiliate with the Office of Evaluation Sciences (OES) in the General Service…
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schwegma@american.edu
Brenda Smith
Professor
WCL | General Academics & Research
Brenda V. Smith is professor of law at the American University Washington College of Law and Director of the Community Economic Development Law Clinic. From 2018-2020, Smith served as Senior Associ…
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(202) 274-4261
Jhacova Williams
Assistant Professor
SPA | Public Administration
Jhacova Williams is an applied microeconomist focusing primarily on economic history and cultural economics. Her previous work has examined Southern culture and the extent to which historical events h…
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jhacovaw@american.edu