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Master of International Policy and Practice
Faculty
Many of the same experts and respected scholars you see, hear, and read in the national and international news media will be teaching your classes. The following is a partial listing of GW faculty and staff who participate in Elliott School programs. Others not listed include many part-time faculty who work in the Washington policy community.
Hugh L. Agnew (Ph.D., Stanford University) Associate Professor of History and International Affairs. Central European History.
Catherine J. Allen (Ph.D., University of Illinois) Professor of Anthropology. Latin American Society.
Hossein Askari (Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Professor of International Finance. International business.
Muriel A. Atkin (Ph.D., Yale University) Professor of History. Russian and Central Asian History.
William H. Becker (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University) Professor of History. American business History, History of business/government relations.
Edward Berkowitz (Ph.D., Northwestern University) Professor of History. Social welfare policy, comparative Social policy.
Bryan L. Boulier (Ph.D., Princeton University) Professor of Economics. Economic demography, health and labor Economics.
Alasdair Bowie (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) Associate Professor of Political Science. Southeast Asian politics.
Michael D. Bradley (Ph.D., University of North Carolina) Professor of Economics. MacroEconomic theory and policy, applied Econometrics, comparative labor market analysis.
Nathan J. Brown (Ph.D., Princeton University) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. Comparative politics of the Middle East.
Yvonne Captain (Ph.D., Stanford University) Associate Professor of Spanish. Latin American and Caribbean literature.
Jonathan Chaves (Ph.D., Columbia University) Professor of Chinese. Chinese and Japanese civilization.
Joseph J. Cordes (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) Professor of Economics and International Affairs. International technology policy.
Bruce J. Dickson (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. Chinese politics, East Asian politics.
Robert M. Dunn, Jr. (Ph.D., Stanford University) Professor of Economics. International trade and finance.
Maurice A. East (Ph.D., Princeton University) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. International politics, comparative foreign policy.
Harvey B. Feigenbaum (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles) Professor of Political Science. European politics.
Martha Finnemore (Ph.D., Stanford University) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. International organizations.
James M. Goldgeier (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) Professor of Political Science. International security politics, Russian foreign policy.
David Gow (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) Baker Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs and Director of the International Development Studies Program. International development.
Roy Grinker (Ph.D., Harvard University) Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs. Modern Korea.
Shoko Hamano (Ph.D., University of Florida) Associate Professor of Japanese. Japanese language and linguistics; semantics, phonology, pragmatics.
James Hershberg (Ph.D., Harvard University) Associate Professor of History and International Affairs. Cold War History, U.S. foreign policy.
Robert Emmet Kennedy, Jr. (Ph.D., Brandeis University) Professor of European History. European History.
Dina Rizk Khoury (Ph.D., Georgetown University) Associate Professor of History. Middle East History.
Young-Key Kim-Renaud (Ph.D., University of Hawaii) Professor of Korean Language and Culture and International Affairs. Korean culture, Asian humanities.
Peter Klaren (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles) Professor of History and International Affairs. Latin American History.
Joel Kuipers (Ph.D., Yale University) Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs. Southeast Asian affairs.
James H. Lebovic (Ph.D., University of Southern California) Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. International politics.
Steven L. Livingston (Ph.D., University of Washington) Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs and International Affairs. U.S. foreign policy and political communication.
John M. Logsdon (Ph.D., New York University) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the Space Policy Institute. Space policy, international science and technology policy.
Cynthia McClintock (Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. Latin American politics.
Edward A. McCord (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Associate Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs and Associate Professor of History and International Affairs. Chinese History.
Shawn F. McHale (Ph.D., Cornell University) Associate Professor of History and International Affairs. Southeast Asian History.
Barbara Miller (Ph.D., Syracuse University) Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs. International health and development, cultural Anthropology.
Michael O. Moore (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin) Professor of Economics and International Affairs. International trade policy.
Henry R. Nau (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. International political Economy, U.S. foreign policy.
Joseph Pelzman (Ph.D., Boston College) Professor of Economics and International Affairs. European and Russian trade relations, Economies in transition.
Jerrold M. Post (M.D., Yale University) Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, of the Practice of Political Psychology and International Affairs, and of Engineering Management. Political psychology.
Marie D. Price (Ph.D., Syracuse University) Associate Professor of Geography and International Affairs and Director of the Latin American Studies Program. Political and cultural Geography of Latin America.
Scheherazade S. Rehman (Ph.D., George Washington University) Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs. International business and finance.
Bernard Reich (Ph.D., University of Virginia) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs. Middle East politics, U.S.-Israel relations, the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Leo P. Ribuffo (Ph.D., Yale University) Professor of History. Recent U.S. History.
Richard M. Robin (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Associate Professor of Russian and International Affairs. Russian language, linguistics, and methodology.
Fernando Robles (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University) Professor of International Marketing and International Affairs. International marketing.
Peter Rollberg (Ph.D., University of Leipzig, Germany) Associate Professor of Slavic Languages. Russian literature, cinema, and culture.
James N. Rosenau (Ph.D., Princeton University) University Professor of International Affairs. International politics.
Robert W. Rycroft (Ph.D., University of Oklahoma) Professor of International Science and Technology Policy and International Affairs. International science and technology policy.
Susan K. Sell (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) Associate Professor of Political Science. International political Economy.
David L. Shambaugh (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the China Policy Program. Chinese politics and foreign policy; international relations of the Asia--Pacific region.
Stephen C. Smith (Ph.D., Cornell University) Professor of Economics and International Affairs. Development Economics, Economics of organization.
Michael J. Sodaro (Ph.D., Columbia University) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the European Studies Program. European affairs.
Ronald H. Spector (Ph.D., Yale University) Professor of History and International Affairs. Military strategy and History.
Ralph Steinhardt (J.D., Harvard University) Professor of Law and International Affairs and Director of the International and Comparative Law Program. International law, human rights.
Steven M. Suranovic (Ph.D., Cornell University) Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs and Director of the International Trade and Investment Policy program. International trade policy.
Robert Sutter (Ph.D., Harvard University) Adjunct Professor of International Affairs. Politics and foreign policy of Taiwan, international politics of East Asia, U.S. - Asian relations.
Richard C. Thornton (Ph.D., University of Washington) Professor of History and International Affairs. U.S. foreign policy, Chinese--Russian relations.
Isabel Vergara (Ph.D., Cornell University) Associate Professor of Spanish. Spanish and Latin American literature.
Nicholas S. Vonortas (Ph.D., New York University) Professor of Economics and International Affairs, and Director of the Center for International Science and Technology Policy. International technology policy.
Daqing Yang (Ph.D., Harvard University) Associate Professor of History and International Affairs. Japanese History.
Anthony M. Yezer (Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Professor of Economics. Regional and urban economics, migration of labor and capital.
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