Assistant Professor

Kimberly Cowell-Meyers is Assistant Professor of Government. An AU alumna, she has taught at AU, St. Mary's College of Maryland and Christopher Newport University in Newport News, VA. She is the author of Religion and Politics in the Nineteenth Centu... [More]

Associate Professor

Professor DeGregorio's research and teaching focuses on Congress, interest groups and political communications. In her recent book, Networks of Champions: Leadership, Access, and Advocacy, she examines the partnerships that form among officeholders, ... [More]

Assistant Professor

Chris Edelson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government. His teaching and research interests focus on constitutional interpretation, presidential power, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to joining the AU faculty, Professor Edelson pr... [More]

Department Chair, Government

Professor Eisenstadt is chair of the Government Department, 2011-2012. Co-editor of Latin America's Multicultural Movements and the Struggle Between Communitarianism, Autonomy, and Human Rights (Oxford University Press forthcoming), he authored Polit... [More]

Assistant Professor

Borden Flanagan’s area of expertise is the history of Western political philosophy. His teaching and research interests include ancient, renaissance, modern and postmodern political philosophy, the theoretical principles of American government, and t... [More]

Assistant Professor

Professor Glover teaches and does research in the field of comparative politics, with a concentration on Africa. Her past work has focused on democratic transition and consolidation in multi-ethnic states. She has lived and worked in southern Africa,... [More]

Assistant Professor

Danny Hayes is an assistant professor of Government in the School of Public Affairs. His research focuses on political communication and political behavior in American politics. A former journalist, he is interested in how information from the media ... [More]

Director, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies

Eric Hershberg is Director of the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies and Professor of Government at American University. From 2007-2009 he was Professor of Political Science and Director of Latin American Studies at Simon Fraser University,... [More]

Professor

Gregg Ivers is Professor of Government in the School of Public Affairs at American University. Professor Ivers is the author or editor of six books, including To Build a Wall: American Jews and the Separation of Church and State, Creating Constitutio... [More]

Associate Professor

Professor Lane's research and teaching interests focus on Comparative Politics, Research Methodology; and include Computer Modeling and Cognitive Science. She is the author of the recently published The Art of Comparative Politics and Political Scien... [More]

Associate Professor

Jennifer L. Lawless graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, with a B.A. in political science. She went on to receive an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University. A nationally recognized expert on women's involvement... [More]

Assistant Professor

Adrienne LeBas (Ph.D., Columbia University) joined the Department of Government in the fall of 2009. Prior to joining AU, LeBas was a Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, and Assistant Professor of Political Science and Af... [More]

Professor

Jan E. Leighley's research and teaching interests focus on American political behavior, voter turnout, media and politics, and racial/ethnic political behavior. She has published in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Polit... [More]

Dean, School of Public Affairs

Dean of the School of Public Affairs and a specialist in Latin American politics and U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America, Professor LeoGrande has been a frequent adviser to government and private sector agencies. He has written five books, inclu... [More]

Director, Political Theory Institute and Associate Professor

Alan M. Levine is an Associate Professor of political theory in the Department of Government and an Affiliate Associate Professor in AU’s Department of Philosophy. He has held fellowships at Princeton’s James Madison Program; the Hoover Institution a... [More]

Assistant Professor

Dr. Lu studies local governance, the political economy of institutional change, public opinion and political participation. He works extensively with standardized sampling survey data and qualitative evidence compiled following the anthropological tr... [More]

Professor

Since receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard, David Lublin has authored two books, The Paradox of Representation: Racial Gerrymandering and Minority Interests in Congress and The Republican South: Democratization and Partisan Change. He has published artic... [More]

Assistant Professor

Thomas W. Merrill is an assistant professor in the Department of Government in the School of Public Affairs at American University. His research and teaching interests include political philosophy, especially early modern political philosophy, bioeth... [More]

Associate Professor

Candice J. Nelson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government. She is an expert on presidential and congressional elections, and also studies voting behavior, campaign finance, and campaign finance reform.

Associate Professor

Saul Newman is an associate professor in the Department of Government in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, DC. He received his Ph.D. in 1989 from the Department of Politics, Princeton University. Since then he has tau... [More]

Jonathan N. Helfat Distinguished Professor of Political Science

Karen O’Connor is the Jonathan N. Helfat Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Founder and Director Emerita of the Women & Politics Institute at American University. Before coming to American University, Karen taught political science... [More]

Assistant Professor

Professor Reed specializes in parties and interest groups, campaigns and elections, and election and campaign finance law. Currently, Professor Reed is researching the voter mobilization strategies of parties, interest groups, and candidate campaigns... [More]

Assistant Professor

Professor Sherman brings over two decades of teaching, research and administrative experience to her classes in American Politics. As founding director of the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston, D... [More]

Associate Professor

Dr. Singerman is an Associate Professor and comparativist whose research interests focus on political change from below, particularly in the Middle East, and more specifically Egypt. Her work examines the formal and informal side of politics, gender,... [More]

Instructor

Associate Professor

Professor Sykes focuses on the U.S. presidency, comparative executive leadership, political parties, democratic theory, and political development. She's the sole author of two scholarly books – Presidents and Prime Ministers: Conviction Politics in t... [More]

Associate Professor

Professor Taylor's teaching and research focus on urban politics, the politics of race and ethnicity, civil rights and liberties, and political culture both in the U.S. and West Africa. His published works include the book "Desegregation in Boston a... [More]

Distinguished Professor

James A. Thurber is University Distinguished Professor of Government and Founder (1979) and Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies (american.edu/spa/ccps) at American University, Washington, D.C. Under his direction, CCPS o... [More]

Assistant Professor

Professor Wright has taught courses on American politics, public opinion, political psychology, immigration, and political methodology. In his research, he has explored numerous topics relevant to American politics and comparative politics more gener... [More]

Assistant Professor

Professor Yoshinaka's research examines how institutions and the preferences of political actors influence political outcomes. Some of his recent work on congressional redistricting, for instance, shows that partisan mapmakers are strategic in alloc... [More]

Adjunct Associate Professor

Dr. Robert F. Abbey, Jr., is an Associate Professor of Public Administration at Troy University specializing in quantitative analysis, program evaluation, research methods, and policy analysis. Prior to 2002, Dr. Abbey served for 30 years in the fede... [More]

Adjunct Instructor

Richard Benedetto is an adjunct professor of Journalism. He is a retired White House correspondent and columnist for USA Today and political columnist for Gannett News Service. He began teaching at AU in 2006. He reported on local, state and national... [More]

Adjunct Associate Professor

Kamal Beyoghlow is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Government at American University but a full Professor of Strategy, the Middle East, N. Africa, and Islamic Studies at the US National War College.

Distinguished Adjunct Professor

Adjunct Instructor

Dante Chinni is the director of the Patchwork Nation project, a Knight Foundation-funded collaboration including the PBS NewsHour and WNYC radio that studies politics, socio-economics and culture in a time of change. Patchwork Nation, a project of th... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Mark Croatti teaches American Government and foreign policy-related courses at the American University, the George Washington University, the University of Maryland (College Park and Baltimore County) and the United States Naval Academy. He also cove... [More]

Instructor

Adjunct Instructor

Don Fulsom is a freelance writer/editor/researcher who was a White House correspondent during the Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton presidencies—and a UPI bureau chief in Washington for seven years. He is the political correspondent for the We... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

R. Sam Garrett holds a Ph.D. in political science, M.P.A. and B.A. (summa cum laude), all from American University’s School of Public Affairs. He serves as Specialist in American National Government at the Congressional Research Service, Library of C... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Dr. Patrick J. Griffin teaches a graduate seminar on the legislative process and is the academic director of the Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute for CCPS. In addition, he is working on the AU/Pew Charitable Trusts "Improving Campaign Conduct" r... [More]

Adjunct Instructor

Matthew Herrmann is a proud alumnus of American University. He currently serves as Legislative Director for Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo (Guam) with oversight for the Congresswoman's work on the House Armed Services Committee, as well as trans... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Mark Kahan is an attorney and businessman. Beginning in 1972, he worked to reform energy and communications regulation at the New York Public Service Commission. In 1977, he moved to the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C. to deregulate the a... [More]

Adjunct Associate Professor

Victor Kamber is an adjunct professor of Public Communication. He has been associated with American University since 1966--attending the law school and serving as an adjunct professor in the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and presently. Victor is a prodigious wri... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Matt Mandel currently serves as a Vice-President at the Glover Park Group, an independent, strategic communications and government affairs consulting firm. Previously, Matt spent ten years working on Capitol Hill, most recently as Legislative Direct... [More]

Adjunct Professor

Walter J. Oleszek is senior specialist in American national government at the Congressional Research Service. In 1993, he served as policy director of the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress. He is an adjunct professor of political scienc... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Jim Quirk teaches a wide range of comparative politics and international relations courses. He has taught at Loyola University Maryland and The Catholic University of America, and at the Varna [Bulgaria] University of Economics through the Soros Foun... [More]

Adjunct Instructor

Bill Shields is Vice President of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the nation's leading public policy organization dedicated to assuring that people with the lowest incomes have affordable and decent homes. In this role, he is responsible f... [More]

Adjunct Professor

Michael Siegel is a Senior Training Specialist in the Division of Education, The Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C. He organizes, conducts, and evaluates education and training programs for federal court personnel in the areas of change manage... [More]

Executive in Residence

Mrs. McBride has a long and distinguished career in American politics and government. Most recently, she served as Assistant to President George W. Bush and Chief of Staff to First Lady Laura Bush from January 2005 to January 2009. As a CCPS Fellow, ... [More]

Ambassador in Residence

Connie Morella served as U.S. ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris from 2003 to 2007. She represented Maryland’s 8th district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 2003. While in Congres... [More]

Professor Emeritus

Professor Emerita