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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Paulo Macedo
Paulo Macedo received his Ph.D. in Economics from New York University, his M.A. in Economics from the Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He has worked on a variety of economic policy issues at the Center for Development and Regional Planning (Cedeplar), the World Bank, and Yale University. He currently teaches IAFF 338, Economic Integration of the Americas.

Katherine Marshall: Professorial Lecturer
Katherine Marshall works in the field of international development, with a focus on issues for the world's poorest countries. She is a senior officer of the World Bank, where she has worked since 1971. She is currently responsible for a broad range of issues turning around ethics, values, rights and faith in development work, and serves as Counselor to the President of the World Bank. Until September 2000 she was Director for Social Policy and Governance in the East Asia and Pacific Region, where she helped to lead and coordinate the World Bank's work across the social sectors during the East Asia crisis years, striving to keep the focus on the fight against poverty, and against corruption. Ms. Marshall also served as Country Director in the World Bank's Africa region, focusing on the Sahel region, and on Southern Africa, and had assignments also working on Eastern Africa and Latin America. Ms. Marshall is a graduate of Wellesley College and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University (MPA 69). She serves on the Boards of several NGOs, and most prominently was engaged in the creation and development of the World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD). She may be contacted at kmarshall@worldbank.org

Bill Marsteller: Lecturer
He may be contacted at william.marsteller@exim.gov.

Nadia Martinez: Lecturer
Nadia Martinez is an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. As a scholar-activist, she has worked for over a decade to promote sustainable development policies in Latin America. As co-director of the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network, she has supported local civil society groups, including environmental, development, human rights, and indigenous organizations in their efforts to stop public financing for oil, gas and mining projects in the developing world.

Ms. Martinez holds an M.A. in International Affairs from the American University in Washington D.C. She was born and raised in Panama. She previously worked at the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress in San José, Costa Rica.

Ms. Martinez has written extensively on Latin American politics and economics. She has authored numerous reports, articles and op-eds, which have appeared in publications such as The Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Long-Worth Star Telegram, the Detroit Free Press, the New Internationalist, Red Pepper Magazine, YES! and others. She appears regularly on radio and television.

She can be reached at nadiamar@gmail.com.

Curtis Masiello: Assistant Professorial Lecturer
Dr. Masiello received his Ph.D. in political science from Johns Hopkins University in 1994. He served for twenty years in the United States Army and retired at the rank of lieutenant colonel in 2002. Dr. Masiello taught at the United States Military Academy and co-edited American Politics: The Pluralist Tradition (Kendall Publishing, 1993). His military assignments also include the position of antiterrorism policy and assessments division chief for the United States European Command and special assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Dr. Masiello works for Northrop Grumman and provides support to the Director's Staff Group of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. He can be reached at cmasiel@cox.net.

Tarek Farouk Maassarani: Professorial Lecturer
Tarek Farouk Maassarani has worked as an international human rights litigator, a government accountability investigator, legal services attorney, primary school conflict resolution educator, and community mediator in Washington DC. Internationally, he has worked on gender and peace-building, documentary film-making, educational, and community development projects in Africa and the Middle East. He has published extensively, including articles developing the idea of Human Rights Impact Assessments. Mr. Maassarani holds a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University's School for International and Public Affairs, a J.D. from Georgetown University, as well as a B.S. in Environmental Studies and B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Robert McCreight
Dr. McCreight has over 35 years experience in the State Department working on global security, arms control, intelligence operations, biowarfare, nuclear weaponry, counter-terrorism, emergency humanitarian missions and POLMIL affairs with accomplishments in treaty verification, negotiations, foreign affairs analysis, humanitarian assistance deployments and program management. He also served 27 years concurrently in the U.S. military working in intelligence, PSYOPS, civil affairs and logistics. Project work includes development of asymmetric warfare curricula for DoD, technical assistance on biosecurity issues, strategies for agrosecurity and two years of consulting with the Battelle Memorial Institute. His teaching areas of expertise include counter-terrorism analysis, homeland security, regional security and treaty verification. He holds a doctorate from George Mason University with an M.A. from George Washington University along with a baccalaureate from West Chester University. He has published several articles on homeland security and national defense subjects and teaches as an adjunct professor in the graduate programs of Georgetown and George Washington Universities. He lives in Virginia. His on campus email is mccr8@gwu.edu.

Phillip McLean: Lecturer
A senior associate at CSIS, Phillip McLean served more than three decades in the U.S. Foreign Service with overseas assignments in Latin America and Europe. After retirement from government service in 1994, he was appointed assistant secretary for management at the Organization of American States (OAS) and served as an adviser to OAS secretary Cesar Gaviria until 1997. McLean's Foreign Service postings included Brasilia and Edinburgh. He also specialized in Panama Canal negotiations and served in the U.S. embassy in Panama. Subsequently, he was involved in U.S. economic relations with Europe, and was consul in Milan, Italy. His first experience with the Andean countries was in Bolivia in the mid-1970s. In the mid-1980s, he led the Department of State's Office of Andean Affairs just as the United States intensified its counter-narcotics activities in the region. He later served in the U.S. embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, and as deputy assistant secretary with responsibility for South America during a period of increased U.S. engagement. McLean is a graduate of the National War College and the Foreign Service Institute's intensive economic program. He received a master's degree in Latin American studies from Indiana University. His languages are Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. He can be reached at pmclean@csis.org

Thomas E. McNamara: Adjunct Professor of Practice of International Affairs
Ambassador McNamara was asked to return to the Department of State following the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 to assume the duties of Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary. His career has included service as Assistant Secretary of State, Special Negotiator for Panama, Ambassador-at-Large for Counter Terrorism, Special Assistant to the President for National Security, Ambassador to Colombia, NSC Director, and other senior positions. From 1998 to 2001 Ambassador McNamara was President and CEO of the Americas Society and of the Council of the Americas; two non-profit organizations dedicated to educating the American public on the politics, economics, and cultures of the Western Hemisphere and promoting close relations, democracy, economic integration, and the rule of law throughout the hemisphere. He has had extensive experience in political-military affairs, counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics, Latin American, Middle Eastern, African, European and Soviet affairs. His postings overseas includes Colombia, Russia, Congo, and France. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in history and political science. He can be reached at tmcnamar@gwu.edu.

Stephanie McNulty
Dr. McNulty completed her Ph.D. in Political Science at The George Washington University in 2006 and is currently advising undergraduates and teaching comparative politics courses at the same university. Her research focuses on the effect that decentralization reforms have on democratic governance. She also researches participatory institutions that are set up as part of decentralization reforms. Presently, she is working on a comparative project exploring Peru and Bolivia's efforts to increase citizen participation at the subnational level. Dr. McNulty has extensive work experience in international development, therefore her research is grounded in concrete policy issues. She has presented her research at several conferences and is currently completing a manuscript on Peru's decentralization reform. She may be contacted smcnulty@gwu.edu.

Jack Mendelsohn: Adjunct Professor of International Affairs
Mr. Mendelsohn received his MA from the University of Chicago and his area studies certificate from the Institute on East Central Europe at Columbia University. He is the former Deputy Director of the Arms Control Association and Vice President and Executive Director of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security (LAWS). Mr. Mendelsohn may be contacted at acajack@aol.com.

Gregory Michaelidis: Assistant Professorial Lecturer
Gregory Michaelidis is Senior Associate for Outreach and Policy at the Center for Global Development where he is responsible for a wide variety of Center initiatives aimed at engaging the public and the development policy community. Previously, he coordinated European policy issues for Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign, served as a senior researcher in the foreign policy studies program at the Brookings Institution, and was an editorial associate on A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict (St. Martin's, 2000). He has held research and teaching fellowships, respectively, at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Euro-Balkan Institute in Skopje, Macedonia. His commentary on U.S. foreign policy, immigration, and the Balkans has appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, and Philadelphia Inquirer, among other publications. Michaelidis holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Maryland, College Park, and B.A. and M.A. degrees in History from the State University of New York, University at Buffalo. He may be contacted at GMichaelidis@CGDEV.ORG.

John Milam: Assistant Professorial Lecturer
Mr. Milam received his MA from the George Washington University. Mr. Milam has had a long career as a strategic analyst for the Director of the Office of Net Assessment in OSD. Mr. Milam is presently Corporate Vice President of STAC, a professional and technical services firm providing analysis and technical support throughout the national security community. Mr. Milam may be contacted at jmilam@bridgeborn.com.

Alistair Millar: Lecturer
Alistair Millar is vice president and director of the Washington, D.C. office of the Fourth Freedom Forum, an independent research organization that sponsors scholarly conferences and research fellowships to promote awareness of global security issues. Millar has published widely on issues related to international counter-terrorism efforts, sanction regimes, and preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction — including an edited volume on Tactical Nuclear Weapons Proliferation (Brassey's 2003). Mr. Millar has also served as a consultant to several governments on nuclear proliferation and counter-terrorism issues. He earned a Masters degree in International Studies from the University of Leeds and is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom. He may be contacted at amillar@fourthfreedom.org.

R. Garrett Mitchell: Lecturer
Garry Mitchell is the editor and publisher of The Mitchell Report, a commentary on domestic and global politics, public policy issues, and social trends. Mitchell is a communications strategy consultant to chief executive officers and boards of directors of national nonprofit and policy organizations. He also has senior management and policy experience in the public sector, having served in the cabinet of Colorado Governor Lamm, and as a policy and political adviser to Colorado congressional members. He was a candidate for Mayor of Denver.

Mitchell has been president and CEO of four organizations in the private and nonprofit sectors: Yosemite National Institutes, Burston-Marsteller/West, Tracy-Locke/BBDO-Colorado, a division of The Omnicom Group; and Colorado Ski Country USA. He began his business career with BBDO Worldwide and J. Walter Thompson, and was Vice President of Marketing and a member of the founding management group of Colorado's Copper Mountain Resort. He is an alumnus of Haverford College and the University of Colorado with a degree in American Studies. He may be contacted at rgmrgmrgm@aol.com.

Rene Molenkamp
Prof. Molenkamp is currently External Consultant at the Copenhagen Business School, MBA program; Senior Feloow and Direcctor of the Center for Consultation and Training, The James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland; External Consultant, Leadership Programs, International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne, Switzerland; Co-Founder and President, The Alexander Institute International for Psychotherapy and Consultation, District of Columbia. He may be contacted at: renemolenkamp@gmail.com.

George E. Moose: Adjunct Professor of Practice of International Affairs
Ambassador George Moose recently completed a 30 plus-year career in the foreign service. His most recent overseas assignment, from 1998 to 2001, was as a U.S. Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva. His diplomatic service has included assignments as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Alternate Representative to the United Nations Security Council, and Ambassador to both the Republic of Senegal and the Republic of Benin. During the 2001-2002 academic year, he was Senior Fellow at the Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center at Howard University. In April 2002, the U.S. Senate confirmed his promotion to the rank of Career Ambassador. He was appointed to the Board of the U.S. Institute of Peace in 2007. Ambassador Moose was born in New York City and grew up in Denver, Colorado. He received a B.A. in American Studies from Grinnell College, Iowa, which also granted him an Honorary Doctorate of Laws in 1990. Email: gmoose9161@aol.com

Dan Morrow: Professorial Lecturer
Prof. Morrow received his PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in 1981. His career has focused on international development. From 1979 through 2001, he held various positions in the World Bank, including lead adviser on poverty reduction strategies, chief of country operations for the Andean countries, and economist on Indonesia. During 1997-98 he was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, studying the politics of economic reform. His professional experience before joining the World Bank included positions in the US government and The Brookings Institution. Prof. Morrow may be contacted at dmorrow@gwu.edu.

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