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 Adjunct Instructor
Brittany Blizzard is a doctoral candidate 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
Christopher Tyler Burks (he/him) is a PhD candidate and Charles Levine Doctoral Research Fellow in public administration and policy at American University. Chris serves as an Adjunct Instructor of pub…
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 public and nonprofit management, decentralization and localization, and data science and mac…
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 Adjunct Instructor
Kari Dalane is a PhD candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research focuses on equity in K-12 education. Prior to enrolling at American University, Kari worked in school…
Anita Dhillon Adjunct Instructor
Anita is a PhD Candidate and Charles Levine Fellow in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. She researches organizational behavior and its relationship with social equity outcomes in pub…
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Jimmy Ellis (he/him/his) is the Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education. He joined AU in 2011 and leads programmatic, administrative, and curricular assessment for the department, including the livi…
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…
Victoria Gibney
Victoria Hunter Gibney is a doctoral student in American University's Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests include social policy, social safety net/financial assistan…
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…
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…
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…
William Prince
Will is a PhD student and Charles Levine Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the American University School of Public Affairs. His research interests incl…
Alexandra Rakus
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…
Fei Roberts 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…
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 …
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 candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include representative bureaucracy, public management, and gend…
Political Science PhD Students
Le Bao Adjunct Instructor
Le Bao is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government, with concentrations in Political Methodology and Comparative Politics. He's also affiliated with the Center for Data Science at AU as a gra…
Emily Bello-Pardo
E.D. Bello-Pardo is a doctoral candidate in Political Science at American University, concentrating on American politics and comparative politics with substantive interests in political communication,…
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 Adjunct Instructor
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…
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer is a PhD student at American University. She studies American politics and comparative politics with concentrations in racial and ethnic politics, elections in Latin America, and environmenta…
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 Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
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…
Dakota Strode
Dakota is a PhD student at American University. He studies American politics and comparative politics with concentrations in LGBTQ politics, Irish politics, women in politics, and political behavior.D…
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…
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…
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 f…
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 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…
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
Dr. Whitbread is an adjunct instructor, teaching courses in the department of Government and the department of Justice, Law and Criminology. Her primary research interests are comparative punishment p…