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Adam Tamashasky

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Writing Instructor

Adam has been with the College Writing Program since 2004. He graduated from the University of Dayto... [More]

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(202) 885-8933
CAS - Literature
Stacie Tate

Stacie Tate

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Assistant Professor

Stacie Tate holds a doctorate in language, literacy and urban education from Michigan State Universi... [More]

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(202) 885-3723
CAS - Education/Teaching/Health
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Sue Taylor

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Public Anthropologist in Residence

Taylor had extensive experience in nursing administration and clinical practice when she pursued a c... [More]

Abebayehu Tegene

Abebayehu Tegene

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Adjunct Associate Professor

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David Thelen

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Public Historian in Residence

Alison Thomas

Alison Thomas

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Writing Instructor

Alison Thomas earned a BA in English and Spanish from Cornell University. She completed her MFA in c... [More]

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CAS - Literature
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Andrea Tschemplik

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Associate Professor

I came to American University in 2001 and have been teaching a variety of courses in the History of ... [More]

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(202) 885-2921
CAS - Philosophy and Religion
Jonathan Tubman

Jonathan Tubman

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Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Research

Dr. Tubman works with departments and Colleges to develop new graduate programs and to ensure excell... [More]

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(202) 885-3778
Provost, Office of the
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Christopher Tudge

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Associate Professor

Dr. Tudge is primarily a reproductive biologist with particular interests in the reproductive biolog... [More]

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(202) 885-2033
CAS - Biology

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Jessica Uscinski

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Assistant Professor

Jessica Uscinski recently joined the Physics Department at American University as an Assistant Profe... [More]

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(202) 885-3505
CAS - Physics

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Frances Van Dyke

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Associate Professor

Before moving to Washington DC in 2000, Professor Van Dyke lived in New Haven, Connecticut for 16 ye... [More]

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(202) 885-3130
Matthew Van Hoose

Matthew Van Hoose

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Musician in Residence

Hailed by the Baltimore Sun for his “spirited and polished playing,” Matthew Van Hoose has establish... [More]

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Ximena Varela

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Associate Professor

Ximena Varela's research interests include culturally sustainable development, arts and social inclu... [More]

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(202) 885-3883
CAS - Performing Arts
Vivian Vasquez

Vivian Vasquez

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Professor

Dr. Vasquez is a Professor of Education at American University. Her research interests are in critic... [More]

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(202) 885-3719
CAS - Education/Teaching/Health
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Stephen Vassallo

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Assistant Professor

In his teaching and scholarship, Vassallo works to merge perspectives to critically explore issues r... [More]

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(202) 885-3048
CAS - Education/Teaching/Health
Katharina Vester

Katharina Vester

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Director of American Studies

Katharina Vester is Assistant Professor of History and Director of the American Studies Program at A... [More]

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(202) 885-2409
CAS - History
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Salvador Vidal-Ortiz

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Associate Professor

Dr. Vidal-Ortiz's scholarship cuts across racialization, sexuality, gender, and religion, and is int... [More]

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(202) 885-2443
CAS - Sociology
Nuria Vilanova

Nuria Vilanova

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Assistant Professor

Núria Vilanova has devoted her research to Latin American Literature and Cultural Studies, in... [More]

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(202) 885-2393
CAS - Language and Foreign Studies
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David Vine

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Assistant Professor

Author of Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia (Princeton, ... [More]

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(202) 885-2923
CAS - Anthropology
Polina Vinogradova

Polina Vinogradova

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Director of TESOL Program

Dr. Vinogradova is an applied linguist interested in the use of digital technology in language educa... [More]

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(202) 885-1446
CAS - Language and Foreign Studies
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Linda Voris

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Assistant Professor

Professor Voris’s teaching and research interests include twentieth-century American and British lit... [More]

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(202) 885-2984
CAS - Literature

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Rachel Watkins

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Associate Professor

My research focuses on the biological and social history of African Americans living in the 19th and... [More]

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(202) 885-1663
CAS - Anthropology
Lauren Weis

Lauren Weis

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Assistant Professor

I joined the American University faculty in 2008, and have been teaching courses in the history of p... [More]

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(202) 885-2926
CAS - Philosophy and Religion
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Carol Weissbrod

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Associate Professor

Current Research Interests:Affect, Motivation and Identity in Child and Adolescent Athletes, Gender ... [More]

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(202) 885-1726
CAS - Psychology
Michael Wenthe

Michael Wenthe

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Assistant Professor

Michael Wenthe was trained in medieval literature at Duke, Harvard, Oxford, and Yale. His primary re... [More]

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(202) 885-2683
CAS - Literature
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Brenda Werth

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Associate Professor

Professor Werth specializes in contemporary Latin American Theatre and Southern Cone Studies. Her ar... [More]

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(202) 885-1449
CAS - Language and Foreign Studies
John Westley

John Westley

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Adjunct Associate Professor

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Peter Whitney

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Economist in Residence

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(202) 885-2573
CAS - Economics
Marit Widman

Marit Widman

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Scholar in Residence

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Michael Wilkerson

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Assistant Professor

Michael Wilkerson has worked as a university administrator, freelance writer, director of two multid... [More]

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(202) 885-3438
CAS - Performing Arts
Brett Williams

Brett Williams

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Professor

Brett Williams began her work as an anthropologist working among migrant farm workers in Illinois, e... [More]

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(202) 885-1836
CAS - Anthropology
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Noriko Williams

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Assistant Professor

Noriko Kurosawa Williams, born and educated in Japan, has been engaged studying and teaching the Jap... [More]

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(202) 885-6337
CAS - Language and Foreign Studies
John Willoughby

John Willoughby

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Professor

Professor Willoughby has recently returned from a two-year stay in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates whe... [More]

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(202) 885-3759
CAS - Economics
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Katherine Wilson

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Writing Instructor

Kate holds Master’s degrees in English and Medieval Studies from the Catholic University of America,... [More]

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(202) 885-3917
CAS - Literature
Paul Winters

Paul Winters

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Associate Professor

Professor Winters’ research interests include impact evaluation of development projects, rural pover... [More]

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(202) 885-3792
CAS - Economics
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Jon Wisman

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Professor

Professor Wisman teaching interests are: History of Economic Thought, Methodology, History, Introduc... [More]

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(202) 885-3158
CAS - Economics
Joshua Woodfork

Joshua Woodfork

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Assistant Professor

A Massachusetts native, Dr. Woodfork joined American University's Department of Anthropology in 2010... [More]

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(202) 885-6378
CAS - Anthropology
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Lacey Wootton

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Writing Instructor

Lacey Wootton completed her MA in Literature at AU in 1999 and has taught in the College Writing Pro... [More]

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(202) 885-2982
CAS - Literature
Elizabeth A. Worden

Elizabeth A. Worden

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Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Anderson Worden joined American University as an assistant professor in the fall of 2007 a... [More]

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(202) 885-6209
CAS - Education/Teaching/Health
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Angela Wu

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Professor

Angela Wu received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland at College Park in ... [More]

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(202) 885-1476
CAS - Computer Science

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Chenyang Xiao

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Assistant Professor

Dr. Xiao earned his MA at University of Toledo, OH, and PhD at Washington State University. His main... [More]

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(202) 885-2426
CAS - Sociology
Svetlana Xu

Svetlana Xu

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Instructor

Dr. Xu has an extensive background as a linguist in both Chinese and Russian, with an emphasis in th... [More]

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(202) 885-2293
CAS - Language and Foreign Studies

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Mahmud Yesuf

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Assistant Professor

Professor Yesuf’s research interests include poverty, environment and development issues in low inco... [More]

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(202) 885-3689
CAS - Economics
Melissa Young

Melissa Young

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Writing Instructor

Melissa Scholes Young holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale ... [More]

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(202) 885-6523
CAS - Literature
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Gloria Young

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Director, Women's and Gender Studies

Gloria A. (Gay) Young has a longstanding focus on gender and development which has led her to study ... [More]

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(202) 885-2254
CAS - Sociology

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Mauro Zammarano

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Research Assistant Professor

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(202) 885-1750
CAS - Chemistry
Edward Zech

Edward Zech

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Physician in Residence

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Xiaoli Zhang

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Instructor

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(202) 885-2293
CAS - Language and Foreign Studies
Xiaoquan Zhang

Xiaoquan Zhang

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Assistant Professor

Xiaoquan Raphael Zhang received his PhD in Chinese and Comparative Literature from Washington Univer... [More]

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(202) 885-2376
CAS - Language and Foreign Studies
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Eric Zivot

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Adjunct Professor

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