Part-time and Adjunct Faculty

For biographies of part-time and adjunct faculty members, click the first letter of the faculty member's last name.

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Stergos Kaloudis: Lecturer

Merve Kavakci: Lecturer
Professor Kavakci is a former member of the Turkish Parliament. She holds a Ph.D in political science from Howard University, an MPA from Harvard University and a B.S. in software engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas. Her areas of expertise are the democratization of the Muslim world, contemporary Turkish politics, women in Islam, and Muslim women in politics. She is a columnist for daily Turkish newspaper Vakit (www.mervekavakci.net). Professor Kavakci can be reached at kavakci@gwu.edu.

Steven Keller: Assistant Professor of Media's Public Relations
Professor Keller is Assistant Professor of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University Professor Keller may be contacted at skeller@gwu.edu.

Charles E. Kiamie, III: Professorial Lecturer:
An ESIA alumnus, Charles E. Kiamie, III is a Foreign Affairs Officer in the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, and teaches politics and Middle Eastern Studies at GW. Previously, he has taught at Lockheed Martin Information Technology, Georgetown, and Pepperdine. Kiamie, who speaks Arabic, is an Arab-American and has spent considerable time living and researching abroad, including a year at Oxford University and two years in Amman, Jordan at the American Embassy and as a Fulbright Fellow. His research interests include political reform, nation-building, (de)liberalization, retraditionalization, and Islamism in the Middle East and Islamic world. Ph.D., Government, Georgetown University (2008); M.A., Arab Studies, Georgetown University (2004); B.A., Middle Eastern Studies, The George Washington University (2000). He may be contacted at ckiamie@gwu.edu.

Erik Kiefel: Lecturer
Mr. Kiefel is a Project Leader in the Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, located in Washington, D.C. Erik has worked for the Federal Reserve Board since 1998. He has been involved in several major projects, including international remittances and counter-terrorist financing issues, the restructuring and modernization of the Reserve Banks check operations and payments data communications systems, the Reserve Banks' product development and pricing efforts, and various Federal Reserve Board efforts to improve the payments system. Before joining the Federal Reserve Board, Mr. Kiefel worked for MasterCard International in Paris, France and taught American Government at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. He has served on a special appointment to the civil service as a Presidential Management Fellow with the Departments of Commerce, Defense, and State and with the Agency for International Development and the Office of Senator Frank Murkowski (R-AK). Mr. Kiefel graduated from Claremont McKenna College, holds an M.A. from The George Washington University and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. He may be contacted at edkiefel1@comcast.net.

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Kimberley Klein:
Ms. Kimberley Klein is a Senior Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton and the Program Manager for the current Booz Allen team that created and supports the Alternative Analysis program in the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). She supported the standup of the DHS Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection (IAIP) Business Office and the Competitive Analysis and Evaluation Office (CAEO) and helped transition CAEO into the Analytic Red Cell Program under I&A. Prior to her work at DHS, Ms. Klein led teams that supported the National Communications System, Department of Defense, the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom, Pacific Command, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Education. Before coming to Booz Allen Hamilton, Ms. Klein worked on domestic and international security policy issues at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and supported the Office of Presidential Personnel at the White House. Ms. Klein has a BA in Political Science from the Johns Hopkins University and an MA in International Affairs from The George Washington University.

Irene Klinger:
Irene Klinger, a Chilean economist, is the Director of the Department of External Relations at the Organization of American States (OAS). Dr. Klinger is responsible for advising and making recommendations to the Secretary General and the Organization's policy-making bodies on external relations. Klinger's responsibilities also cover relations with the OAS member states, permanent observers, UN system agencies, inter-American agencies, international finance institutions, private sector, civil society, and the US Congress; developing the Lecture Series of the Americas; and acting as technical Secretary of the OAS Resource Mobilization Committee. Prior to this appointment Dr. Klinger served as Executive Secretary with the OAS Summit of the Americas Secretariat. Before coming to the OAS, Klinger was Director of External Relations for the Washington-based Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). An international expert who is well-respected in Washington, Irene Klinger's expertise covers external relations, diplomacy, fundraising and project management. She is a University of Chile graduate and holds a graduate degree in economics from the University of Amsterdam.

James Klumpner: Lecturer
Between November 1993 and November 2007, served as Democratic Chief Economist at both the House and Senate Budget Committees, with two stints in the Senate and one in the House of Representatives. Before that, worked at both the Joint Economic Committee of Congress and the Chief Economist's Office of the Department of Commerce. Received a BA from Pomona College and an MPA at Princeton, as well as pursuing doctoral work in economics at Princeton (a proud ABD). Currently, teach at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School as well as at GWU. Founder and Director of Polyhymnia, an a cappella chamber choir that has delighted Washington-area audiences for 17 years.

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Franklin D. Kramer:
Franklin Kramer is an international, defense, and business consultant, active in the in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Mr. Kramer currently serves on the boards of directors and advisory committees in defense, e-commerce, energy, and international analysis and education arenas and provides strategic and management advice to companies and the government. Mr. Kramer has been a senior political appointee in two administrations, most recently as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for President Clinton, Secretary Perry and Secretary Cohen; and previously as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for President Carter and Secretary Brown.

Among his current activities, Mr. Kramer is engaged in a study on cyberpower and national security; an analysis of "Broadened Security for Success in Stability Operations;" an energy dialogue with China; an analysis of the use of information and information technology to support reconstruction and stability in Afghanistan; an energy initiative for the United States focusing on alternative energy, energy efficiency, and national security; the development of a rapid acquisition initiative for commercial information technology; and analysis and recommendations for the upcoming NATO summit.

Robert Krikorian: Professorial Lecturer
Robert Owen Krikorian earned a Ph.D. in History and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, where he was an associate of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Dr. Krikorian is currently a Caucasus and Central Asia analyst in the Office of Research at the Department of State. He has worked with a wide range of organizations, including Medecins sans Frontieres and USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, and continues to serve as an Armenian-language interpreter for the State Department's Office of Language Services. In addition to his training in history, Dr. Krikorian has an M.A. in political science from The George Washington University. Dr. Krikorian is widely published on the modern history and politics of Eurasia including the co-authored book, Armenia: At the Crossroads (Routledge, 1999). His articles and reviews have appeared in journals such as the International Journal of Middle East Studies, the Middle East Journal, the Journal of Cold War Studies, the Annual of the Society for the Study of Caucasia, and the Armenian Review. He can be reached at krikor@gwu.edu.

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