Faculty

Elliott School faculty include internationally recognized authorities in defense, foreign policy, and national security. A partial list of faculty at GW who teach courses in the Security Policy Studies program includes:

Joanna Spear (Ph.D., University of Southampton) Associate Professor of International Affairs; Director, Security Policy Studies Program

Paul D. Williams (Ph.D., University of Wales, Aberystwyth) Associate Professor of International Affairs; Associate Director, Security Policy Studies Program

Spike Bowman (LL.M., The George Washington University) Professorial Lecturer

Randy Cheek, Lecturer

Emily Cole-Bayer (Ph.D., Indiana University) Assistant Professorial Lecturer

Peter Faber

Heather Felton (Ph D., University of Chicago)

George Fidas (M.A., University of Rhode Island) Adjunct Professor of Practice of International Affairs

Martha Finnemore (Ph.D., Stanford University) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs; Director of Graduate Studies, Political Science Department

Adina Friedman (Ph.D., George Mason University) Assistant Professor of International Affairs

Leon Fuerth (MPA, Harvard University) Research Professor of International Affairs

Henry H. Gaffney, Jr. (Ph.D., Columbia University) Professorial Lecturer

James M. Goldgeier (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs.
Expertise: American foreign policy, international security politics, transatlantic relations

LTC James Gavrilis

James G. Hershberg (Ph.D., Tufts University) Associate Professor of History and International Affairs

Karl F. Inderfurth (M.A., Princeton University) John O. Rankin Professor of the Practice of International Affairs; Director, Graduate Program in International Affairs

Stuart E. Johnson (Ph.D., M.I.T.) Adjunct Professor

James A. Lewis (Ph.D., University of Chicago) Professorial Lecturer

John M. Logsdon (Ph.D., New York University) Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs

Henry R. Nau (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University) Professor of Political Science and International Affairs; Director, U.S-Japan-South Korea Legislative Exchange Program

Jerrold M. Post (M.D., Yale University) Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology and International Affairs; Director, Political Psychology Program

Bruce Powers Adjunct Professor of Practice of International Affairs

Brad Roberts (Ph.D., Erasmus University, Rotterdam) Adjunct Professor of Practice of International Affairs

James N. Rosenau (Ph.D., Princeton University) University Professor of International Affairs

Rhea Siers (M.S. London School of Economics and Political Science) Professorial Lecturer

Ronald H. Spector (Ph.D., Yale University) Professor of History and International Affairs

Samuel Spiwak (M.A., University of Denver; M.A., The George Washington University) Adjunct Professor

Capt. Sam Tangredi Associate Professorial Lecturer

Col. William Wise (M.A. University of Hawaii) Adjunct Professor of Practice of International Affairs

Robert O. Work (M.S., USC; M.S., Naval Postgraduate School; M.I.P.P., Johns Hopkins University) Assistant Professorial Lecturer

Judith S. Yaphe (Ph.D., University of Illinois) Adjunct Professor of Practice of International Affairs

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