the graduate faculty

The SMPA faculty includes respected scholars who have collectively published dozens of books and thousands of journal articles, policy reports, and op-ed pieces on the intersections of politics, public affairs and communication. They are engaged scholars and global citizens. SMPA faculty have lectured and advised government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and news media on every continent. They have given invited lectures at universities and other venues from England, Holland and Denmark, to Mexico, Spain, Italy, Israel, and Kuwait, to Nepal, Lesotho, Hong Kong, Korea and Indonesia. In recent years, faculty members have received several prestigious awards and fellowships including two who have been awarded distinguished scholarly achievement awards. The faculty biographies offer details.

Our faculty also includes many with distinguished professional backgrounds in the communication industry. Among them are women and men who have served as reporters, Washington bureau chiefs, directors, producers, publishers and editors for such distinguished organizations as CNN, AP, the Atlanta Constitution, the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times. Our faculty have won many of the most important awards in journalism and remain active contributors to public discourse.


The Graduate Curriculum
The Graduate Faculty
The University and its Location
The Joint Master’s with the Elliott School of International Affairs
Application Process