Tim Doud Professor CAS - Art
Tim Doud’s paintings and drawings address two seemingly distinct bodies of work, one figurative and one abstract. These bodies of works serve as a backdrop to broader discussions around constructed id…
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Faculty Affiliates
Our work is divided into eight areas of specialization that bring together ARPC's faculty affiliates from different disciplines. Please browse our faculty affiliates by thematic area.
- Arts and Literature
- Immigration and US Empire
- Civil Rights and Resistance Movements
- Criminal Justice
- Educational Policy and Pedagogy
- Health and Environment
- Global Inequality & Borders
- Markets and Media
Arts and Literature
Neisha-Anne Green Director, Academic Student Services Writing Center CAS - Literature
Academic Interests: Social Justice Pedagogy, Writing Center Theory and Practice, Writing Center Tutor EducationWhat began as volunteer work has blossomed into passion for Neisha-Anne. Outside of her g…
Keith Leonard Assoc Professor CAS - Literature
Keith D Leonard is the author of Fettered Genius: The African American Bardic Poet from Slavery to Civil Rights. His publications, presentations, and courses have revolved around his study of…
Juliana Martinez Assoc Professor CAS - World Languages and Cultures
Professor Martínez focuses on the intersection of violence and body politics in Latin America. Her two main areas of research are: representation of historical violence recent cultural production; and…
Dolen Perkins-Valdez Assoc Professor CAS - Literature
Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the New York Times bestselling author of two novels: Wench and Balm. *USA Today* called Wench "deeply moving" and "beautifully written." *People* called it "a devastatingly bea…
Sarah Trembath Professorial Lecturer CAS - Literature
Sarah Trembath is an editor, writer, and educator. She has been teaching since 1998 and joined the AU faculty in 2014. Her written work has appeared in Radical Teacher, the Santa Fe Writer’s Project Q…
Ximena Varela Assoc Professor CAS - Performing Arts
Ximena Varela is a researcher, educator, and consultant with more than 25 years of experience in arts management curricular design (both on campus and online), museum management, international cultura…
David Vazquez Associate Professor Literature and CRGC, Program Director of Latinx Studies CAS - Critical RGC Studies
David J. Vázquez is Associate Professor of Literature and Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies. He teaches courses on comparative Latina/o/x literature, comparative ethnic American literature, c…
Nuria Vilanova Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor CAS - World Languages and Cultures
Núria Vilanova teaches Latin American Culture, Literature and Cinema. Her research is devoted to the impact of social change and migration on cultural production. She works on textual and cinematic na…
Quynh Vo Professorial Lecturer CAS - Critical RGC Studies
Dr. Quynh Vo is a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies and a faculty affiliate of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. Her…
Sybil Williams Director of African American and African Diaspora Studies CAS - Critical RGC Studies
Sybil R. Williams has spent the past twelve years cultivating her craft as a playwright and dramaturg. Her work has been professionally produced by Chicago’s ETA Creative Arts Theatre; New York’s Nati…
Li (Lily) Wong Assoc Professor CAS - Literature
Lily Wong is an Associate Professor in the departments of Literature (LIT) and Critical Race Gender & Culture Studies (CRGC) at American University. She also serves as an Associate Director of Faculty…
Immigration and US Empire
Horace Bartilow Professor SIS - School of International Service
Horace A. Bartilow is Professor of International Political Economy and American Foreign Policy. He is a Jamaican born social scientist who received his Ph.D. in 1994 from the State University of New Y…
Marcelo Bohrt Asst Professor SIS - School of International Service
Marcelo Bohrt is a sociologist interested in racial politics and statecraft in the Americas. His primary area of research investigates the role of racial ideas and racial politics in the making and tr…
Ernesto Castaneda-Tinoco Assoc Professor CAS - Sociology
Ernesto Castañeda conducts research on migration, urban issues, health disparities, vulnerable populations, and social movements. He compares immigrant integration and ethnic political mobilization in…
Eileen Findlay Professor and Department Chair, Critical RGC Studies CAS - Critical RGC Studies
Eileen Findlay graduated from Oberlin College and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she held a Jacob Javits fellowship. Both her books, 'We Are Left Without a Father Here': Masculinity, …
Anthony Fontes Asst Professor SIS - School of International Service
Anthony W. Fontes, geographer and ethnographer, writes and teaches about violence, migration and forced displacement, transnational illicit economies, mass incarceration, and the politics of security …
Janice Iwama Asst Professor SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Professor Iwama’s research primarily focuses on examining local conditions and social processes that influence hate crimes and racial profiling, particularly against Latino and immigrant populations. …
Christina Juhasz-Wood Professorial Lecturer CAS - Critical RGC Studies
Christina Juhász-Wood is a Professorial Lecturer in the American Studies Program where she teaches courses on American culture and history, poverty, and critical refugee studies. Her work focuses on s…
Randolph Persaud Professor SIS - School of International Service
Randolph B. Persaud is Associate Professor of International Relations at American University in Washington D.C. He specializes in the areas of race and international relations, globalization, human se…
Tazreena Sajjad Sr Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Tazreena Sajjad currently serves as Senior Professorial Lecturer in the Global Governance, Politics and Security (GGPS) Program in the School of International Service (SIS) at American University in W…
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz Assoc Professor CAS - Sociology
Dr. Vidal-Ortiz's scholarship cuts across racialization, sexuality, gender, migration and religion, and is interdisciplinary. He coedited two award winning books: …
Thespina Yamanis Assoc Professor SIS - School of International Service
Dr. Thespina (Nina) Yamanis’ professional interests are in identifying the mechanisms that link social and structural conditions to health disparities and in designing community-based interventions to…
Civil Rights and Resistance Movements
Marcelo Bohrt Asst Professor SIS - School of International Service
Marcelo Bohrt is a sociologist interested in racial politics and statecraft in the Americas. His primary area of research investigates the role of racial ideas and racial politics in the making and tr…
Orisanmi Burton Asst Professor CAS - Anthropology
As a social anthropologist working in the United States, my research examines the imbrication of grassroots resistance and state repression. Within this broad area of inquiry, my present work explores…
Omekongo Dibinga Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Dr. Omékongo Dibinga is the UPstander. His life’s mission is to inspire all across the globe to take a stand when they witness an injustice, no matter how small or large. He is a motivational speaker,…
N. Jeremi Duru Professor WCL - Washington College of Law
Professor N. Jeremi Duru teaches sports law, civil procedure, and employment discrimination, and he is among the nation’s foremost sports law authorities. He is a co-author of one of the field’s premi…
Lia Epperson Senior Associate Dean for Faculty & Academic Affairs WCL - Academic Affairs
Lia Epperson, Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law, is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of civil rights, constitutional law, and education policy, her scholarsh…
Johnathan Flowers Professorial Lecturer CAS - Philosophy and Religion
Johnathan Flowers is a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy & Religion at American University. Flowers’ research areas include African American intellectual history, Japanese Aestheti…
Llezlie Green Professor WCL - Clinical Program
Llezlie L. Green is a Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law. She is currently the Director of the Civil Advocacy Clinic and teaches Critical Race Theory. She has also taugh…
Manissa Maharawal Asst Professor CAS - Anthropology
I am a cultural anthropologist and critical geographer whose work focuses on eviction, race, displacement and the spatial and temporal dynamics of contemporary urban social movements from Occupy Wall …
Gautham Rao Assoc Professor CAS - History
Gautham Rao is a legal historian of revolutionary America and the Early American Republic. He completed his undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Chicago. He has been a postdoctoral fel…
Mubbashir Rizvi Professorial Lecturer CAS - Anthropology
My research and teaching interests span social movements, political ecology, racial capitalism in South Asia and its diasporas. My book, The Ethics of Staying: Social Movements and Land Rights in Paki…
Elizabeth Rule Asst 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 issues…
Brenda Smith Professor WCL - Washington College of Law
Brenda V. Smith is the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and professor at the Washington College of Law…
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz Assoc Professor CAS - Sociology
Dr. Vidal-Ortiz's scholarship cuts across racialization, sexuality, gender, migration and religion, and is interdisciplinary. He coedited two award winning books: …
Perry Zurn Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Philosophy CAS - Philosophy and Religion
Perry Zurn is Associate Professor of Philosophy at American University, and affiliate faculty in the Department of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies. He researches primarily in political phil…
Criminal Justice
Raychelle Burks Assoc Professor CAS - Chemistry
After working in a crime lab, Dr. Burks returned to academia, teaching, and forensic science research. An analytical chemist, she enjoys the challenge developing detection methods for a wide-variety o…
Orisanmi Burton Asst Professor CAS - Anthropology
As a social anthropologist working in the United States, my research examines the imbrication of grassroots resistance and state repression. Within this broad area of inquiry, my present work explores…
TaLisa Carter Asst Professor SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
TaLisa J. Carter, Ph.D. is a native of Long Island, New York, dedicated to understanding the interactions of deviance, social organizations, and race. Dr. Carter is an Assistant Professor in the Depar…
Angela Davis Distinguished Professor WCL - Washington College of Law
Angela J. Davis, Distinguished Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law, is an expert in criminal law and procedure with a specific focus on prosecutorial power and racism in …
Lallen T. Johnson Assoc Professor SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Professor Johnson explores how processes of urban gentrification influence social control. He is specifically interested in the ways by which neighborhood upscaling amplifies the risk of police contac…
Kareem Jordan Assoc Professor SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Dr. Kareem L. Jordan is the Director of Diversity and Inclusion in the School of Public Affairs and Associate Professor in the Department of Justice, Law an…
Jane Palmer Assoc Professor SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Dr. Jane Palmer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Justice, Law & Criminology.
Palmer’s research interests are barriers to help-seeking, transformative justice and anti-carceral …
Brenda Smith Professor WCL - Washington College of Law
Brenda V. Smith is the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and professor at the Washington College of Law…
Perry Zurn Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Philosophy CAS - Philosophy and Religion
Perry Zurn is Associate Professor of Philosophy at American University, and affiliate faculty in the Department of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies. He researches primarily in political phil…
Educational Policy and Pedagogy
Raychelle Burks Assoc Professor CAS - Chemistry
After working in a crime lab, Dr. Burks returned to academia, teaching, and forensic science research. An analytical chemist, she enjoys the challenge developing detection methods for a wide-variety o…
Irene Calis Director, Arab World Studies CAS - Critical RGC Studies
Irene Calis is a decolonial scholar, educator, and organizer. Her research focuses on emancipatory politics from the perspective of those living their struggle, aiming to move beyond critique and the …
Amaarah DeCuir Sr Prof Lecturer, CTRL Senior Inclusive Pedagogy Fellow and AUx Faculty Fellow SOE - School of Education
Amaarah DeCuir, EdD, educator, researcher, and inclusive pedagogy fellow, is a faculty member at American University in the School of Education and an Executive Board member at the Center for Islam in…
Tim Doud Professor CAS - Art
Tim Doud’s paintings and drawings address two seemingly distinct bodies of work, one figurative and one abstract. These bodies of works serve as a backdrop to broader discussions around constructed id…
Neisha-Anne Green Director, Academic Student Services Writing Center CAS - Literature
Academic Interests: Social Justice Pedagogy, Writing Center Theory and Practice, Writing Center Tutor EducationWhat began as volunteer work has blossomed into passion for Neisha-Anne. Outside of her g…
Amanda Taylor Asst. VP of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Campus Life
Dr. Taylor's research and teaching focus on the intersection of culture, power, and education in domestic and international contexts. She earned her doctorate of education and her master's in educatio…
Sarah Trembath Professorial Lecturer CAS - Literature
Sarah Trembath is an editor, writer, and educator. She has been teaching since 1998 and joined the AU faculty in 2014. Her written work has appeared in Radical Teacher, the Santa Fe Writer’s Project Q…
Ximena Varela Assoc Professor CAS - Performing Arts
Ximena Varela is a researcher, educator, and consultant with more than 25 years of experience in arts management curricular design (both on campus and online), museum management, international cultura…
Health and Environment
Raychelle Burks Assoc Professor CAS - Chemistry
After working in a crime lab, Dr. Burks returned to academia, teaching, and forensic science research. An analytical chemist, she enjoys the challenge developing detection methods for a wide-variety o…
Garrett Graddy-Lovelace Provost Assoc Professor SIS - School of International Service
Garrett Graddy-Lovelace researches and teaches agricultural policy and agrarian politics. A critical geographer, she draws upon political ecology and decolonial studies to research agricultural biodiv…
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…
Nabina Liebow Director of CAS Leadership Program and Professorial Lecturer CAS - Philosophy and Religion
Nabina Liebow (she/her) is the College of Arts and Sciences Leadership and Ethical Development Program Director (CAS LEAD) and a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religion. Her…
Jessica Owens-Young Asst Professor CAS - Health Studies
Jessica Young is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Studies at American University. Her work broadly focuses on health in economically distressed and under-resourced communities. Dr. Y…
Malini Ranganathan Assoc Professor SIS - School of International Service
Malini Ranganathan is Associate Professor in the School of International Service at American University and a political ecologist and geographer by training. Dr. Ranganathan researches …
David Vazquez Associate Professor Literature and CRGC, Program Director of Latinx Studies CAS - Critical RGC Studies
David J. Vázquez is Associate Professor of Literature and Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies. He teaches courses on comparative Latina/o/x literature, comparative ethnic American literature, c…
Thespina Yamanis Assoc Professor SIS - School of International Service
Dr. Thespina (Nina) Yamanis’ professional interests are in identifying the mechanisms that link social and structural conditions to health disparities and in designing community-based interventions to…
Global Inequality and Borders
Irene Calis Director, Arab World Studies CAS - Critical RGC Studies
Irene Calis is a decolonial scholar, educator, and organizer. Her research focuses on emancipatory politics from the perspective of those living their struggle, aiming to move beyond critique and the …
Garrett Graddy-Lovelace Provost Assoc Professor SIS - School of International Service
Garrett Graddy-Lovelace researches and teaches agricultural policy and agrarian politics. A critical geographer, she draws upon political ecology and decolonial studies to research agricultural biodiv…
Jordanna Matlon Asst Professor SIS - School of International Service
Dr. Matlon is an urban sociologist interested in questions of race and belonging in Africa and the African diaspora, and the ways “Blackness” operates as a signifier, intersects with gender norms, man…
Randolph Persaud Professor SIS - School of International Service
Randolph B. Persaud is Associate Professor of International Relations at American University in Washington D.C. He specializes in the areas of race and international relations, globalization, human se…
Malini Ranganathan Assoc Professor SIS - School of International Service
Malini Ranganathan is Associate Professor in the School of International Service at American University and a political ecologist and geographer by training. Dr. Ranganathan researches …
Mubbashir Rizvi Professorial Lecturer CAS - Anthropology
My research and teaching interests span social movements, political ecology, racial capitalism in South Asia and its diasporas. My book, The Ethics of Staying: Social Movements and Land Rights in Paki…
Tazreena Sajjad Sr Professorial Lecturer SIS - School of International Service
Tazreena Sajjad currently serves as Senior Professorial Lecturer in the Global Governance, Politics and Security (GGPS) Program in the School of International Service (SIS) at American University in W…
Sybil Williams Director of African American and African Diaspora Studies CAS - Critical RGC Studies
Sybil R. Williams has spent the past twelve years cultivating her craft as a playwright and dramaturg. Her work has been professionally produced by Chicago’s ETA Creative Arts Theatre; New York’s Nati…
Li (Lily) Wong Assoc Professor CAS - Literature
Lily Wong is an Associate Professor in the departments of Literature (LIT) and Critical Race Gender & Culture Studies (CRGC) at American University. She also serves as an Associate Director of Faculty…
Markets and Media
Ernesto Castaneda-Tinoco Assoc Professor CAS - Sociology
Ernesto Castañeda conducts research on migration, urban issues, health disparities, vulnerable populations, and social movements. He compares immigrant integration and ethnic political mobilization in…
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…
Adrienne Massanari Assoc Professor SOC - School of Communication
Dr. Adrienne L. Massanari is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication at American University. Prior to joining AU she was Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and affili…
Jordanna Matlon Asst Professor SIS - School of International Service
Dr. Matlon is an urban sociologist interested in questions of race and belonging in Africa and the African diaspora, and the ways “Blackness” operates as a signifier, intersects with gender norms, man…
Sherri Williams Asst Professor SOC - School of Communication
At the intersection of social media, social justice, reality television, mass media and how people of color use and are represented by these mediums is where you'll find Dr. Sherri Williams. Williams …