Catherine Bampoky
Catherine Bampoky is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her interests include global health governance and health policy-making in developing countries, specifically …
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Public Administration PhD Students
Zachary Bauer Adjunct Instructor
Zachary Bauer is a PhD candidate and the Charles Levine Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. His research specializes in collaborative…
Brittany Blizzard
Brittany Blizzard is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests include U.S. immigration policy, human capital, and program evaluation.
Christopher Burks
Chris is a Founders’ Fellow for the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and a doctoral researcher of public administration and policy at American University’s School of Public Affairs. H…
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 …
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
Kari Dalane is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interest is education policy. Prior to enrolling at American University, Kari worked in schools for fiv…
Jourdan Davis
Jourdan Davis is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include long-term care, aging-related policy, and public engage…
Anita Dhillon
Anita began her doctoral studies at the Department of Public Administration and Policy in 2018. Her research interests include collaborative governance, network management, international development, …
James Ellis Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Education Provost, Office of the
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…
James Gordon Adjunct Instructor
James Gordon is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. His research interests include environmental economics and policy, health and human capital, and public finance. Ja…
Ene Ikpebe
Ene Ikpebe is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests include the design and implementation of policies that address child marriage and its impacts …
Alberto Jacinto
Alberto Jacinto is a first year phd student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. His research interests include education and health policy, race/ethnicity and…
Mariam Khan
Mariam Khan is currently a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration & Policy. Her research interests are in the areas of labor, education, workforce development, and health. While p…
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, citizen satisfaction, …
Aeric Koerner Adjunct Instructor
Aeric Koerner is a doctoral student in American University’s Department of Public Administration and Policy. His research interests include public management, health policy, and contracting and privat…
Austin McCrea
Austin McCrea is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. His substantive interests include public management, organizational performance, and the relationship between…
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…
Richard Takacs
Rich Takacs is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. His research interests center on urban policy issues including affordable housing, food avail…
Long Tran
Long Tran is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. He also teaches a Math Boot Camp for incoming Master's students and gives guest lectures on…
Fei Wang Adjunct Instructor
Fei Wang is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include privatization, public-private comparison, contract management, an…
Rui Wang
Rui Wang is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. His research interests include public administration, policy analysis, and international devel…
Carley Weted
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
Xiaoyang Xu is a doctoral student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include representative bureaucracy, public management, and social…
Political Science PhD Students
Le Bao
Le Bao is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Government, with concentrations in Comparative Politics and Political Methodology. His research focuses on public opinion and political communication, de…
Emily Bello-Pardo
Emily D. Bello-Pardo is currently pursuing a doctorate in Political Science at American University, and specializes in American and Comparative Politics, as well as in Methodology. Her research intere…
Ryan Detamble
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
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
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…
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…
Ranu Nath
Ranu is a doctoral student in the Department of Government. She studies Comparative Politics with a regional focus on South Asia. Her secondary field is Policy. Her research interest include inequalit…
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
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 environmental interest groups in…
Justice, Law & Criminology PhD Students
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 …
Jason Fritz
Jason Fritz is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Justice, Law and Criminology. His research interests are on the intersection of political violence and the politics of policing. Prior to matricul…
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…
Esther Matthews
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…
Hillary Mellinger Instructor SPA - Justice, Law and Criminology
Hillary Mellinger is a PhD candidate and Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Justice, Law and Criminology. Her academic interests include comparative asylum / refugee law and policy, the criminali…
Daisy Muibu Adjunct Instructor
Daisy Muibu is a third year PhD Candidate at American University's Justice, Law and Criminology Department. Her research examines local police responses to terrorism, how police legitimacy and the pe…
Alyssa Purdy Adjunct Instructor
Alyssa Purdy, originally from West Michigan, is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in Justice, Law & Criminology from American University. In December of 2013, she graduated with honors fro…
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
Gabe Whitbread is a doctoral candidate in Justice, Law and Criminology at American University. Her primary research interests are comparative punishment policy and political philosophy. She specialize…