Faculty Directory

  Mark J. Rozell
  Dean
  Ruth D. and John T. Hazel Chair in Public Policy
  Schar School of Policy and Government
  George Mason University
  mrozell@gmu.edu
  Biography

You can browse the full-time Schar School faculty directory on this page. To jump to full-time faculty members grouped by last name, please click below. To jump to Adjunct Faculty, please click here. To jump to Emeritus/Emerita Faculty, please click here. To view Faculty In Memoriam, please click here. 

Interested in a particular area of study? Browse our faculty areas of research. 

A | B | C – D | E – F | G | H – J | K | L | M | N – O | P – R | S | T – U | V | W – Z

A

Alan J. Abramson
Professor and Director, Center for Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy, and Policy
aabramso@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy, Public Administration, Public Management, Social Entrepreneurship, Third-party (Collaborative) Governance

Zoltan Acs
Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy; University Professor
zacs@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Global & Domestic Business Environment, Managerial Economics & Public Policy, New Venture Creation, Technology Management, The Global Economy 

Mark Addleson
Associate Professor of Public Policy
maddleso@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Change Management, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Work, Organizations, Paradigms/World Views, Interpretive Social Theory

Katrin B. Anacker
Associate Professor of Public Policy
kanacker@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Race and Ethnicity, Urban Policy, Housing

Philip Auerswald
Associate Professor
pauerswa@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Economic Development, Economic Policy, Energy Policy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Industrial Organization, International Development,  Microeconomics, Regional Development, Science and Technology Policy

Kevin Avruch
Affiilate Professor and Senior Fellow, Program on Peacekeeping Policy. Dean, School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
kavruch@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Nationalist and Ethnoreligious Social Movements, Politics and Society in Contemporary Israel 

B

Peter J. Balint
Professor
pbalint@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Community-based Conservation, Environmental Policy, Natural Resource Management, Wicked Environmental Problems

Sonia Ben Ouagrham-Gormley
Associate Professor
sbenouag@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Biodefense, Ethics and Weapons Development, Former Soviet States, Health and Security, Illicit Trade, International Security, Knowledge Management, Qualitative Methods, Science and Technology Studies, Weapons of Mass Destruction

Rex V. Brown 
Affiliate Professor and a Distinguished Senior Fellow 
rbrown@gmu.edu

James N. Burroughs
Associate Professor; Director, Masters of Public Administration Program
jburroug@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Public Management, Public Administration Ethics, Administrative Law, Judicial Process, and Organization Theory

Jo-Marie Burt
Associate Professor; Director, Latin American Studies
jmburt@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Comparative Politics, Conflict Studies, Democratization, Gender, Latin America, Historical Memory, Human Rights, Qualitative Methods, State-Society Relations, Transitional Justice

Ahsan Butt
Assistant Professor
abutt4@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Ethnicity and Nationalism, International Relations, International Relations Theory, International Security, and South Asia

Kenneth J. Button
University Professor
kbutton@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Economics of Privatization and Regulation, Environmental Economics, Regional Economics, Transport Planning, Transportation Economics, Urban Economics  

C-D

James K. Conant
Professor
jconant@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Environmental Policy, Environmental Protection, Executive Branch Organization and Management, Federalism/State and Local Government, Leadership, Organizations, Public Administration, Public Budgeting, Public Law, Transportation Security, and United States

Terry Clower
Northern Virginia Chair in Local Government; Professor of Public Policy; Director, Center for Regional Analysis
tclower@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Economic Development, Economic Policy, Quantitative Methods, Regional Development, Transportation Policy, Regional Economic Performance, Economic Forecasting, Economic and Fiscal Impacts

Timothy J. Conlan
University Professor
tconlan@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Federalism, Federal Policy Making, Intergovernmental Relations, Public Administration, U.S. and Comparative Federalism, U.S. Politics

Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera
Associate Professor
gcorreac@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Mexico-U.S. Relations, Latin American Politics, Organized Crime, Immigration, Border Security, Human Trafficking, Latin America, Comparative Politics, Gender, International Migration, International Security, Qualitative Methods, Democratization, Energy Policy, Security Policy

Delton T. Daigle
Assistant Professor
ddaigle@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Research Methods, Political Psychology, American and Canadian Government

Judith Deane
Senior Policy Fellow, TraCCC
jdeane@gmu.edu

Robert L. Deitz
Professor of Public Policy
rdeitz@gmu.edu

Desmond Dinan
Professor of Public Policy and Ad personam Jean Monnet Professor
ddinan@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: European Union Governance and Institutions, Global Governance

Robert L. Dudley
Professor
rdudley@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Judicial Behavior, American elections

Colin Dueck
Professor
cdueck@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Foreign Policy, International Relations, International Security, U.S. Politics and Institutions

E-F

John S. Earle
Professor
earle@gmu.edu

Website: earle.gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Economic Development; Economic Policy; Entrepreneurship; Labor Policy; Microeconomics; Organizations; Political Economy; Quantitative Methods;  Small Business Programs, Growth, and Innovation; Firm and Industry Dynamics; Comparative, Institutional, and Transition Economics

Sheldon M. Edner
Term Professor
sedner@gmu.edu

Areas of Reseaerch: Ethics and Administration, Third Party Governance, Intergovernmental Relations, Interagency Coordination and Communication

Heba F. El-Shazli
Assistant Professor
helshazl@gmu.edu

Maria Figueroa-Armijos
Senior Fellow
mfiguer4@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development; Regional Development; Rural-Urban Interdependence; Entrepreneurial Finance, including Crowdfunding; Environmental Entrepreneurship; Policy Analysis

Stephen Fuller
University Professor of Public Policy; Dwight C. Schar Endowed Faculty Chair
sfuller2@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Economic and Fiscal Impact Analyses, Economic Development in Developing Countries, Employment, Forecasting-population, Housing Policy, Income, Labor Force, Real Estate Development, Regional Analysis and Economic Development

G

Justin Gest
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
jgest@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Comparative Politics, Diversity, Europe, Immigration Policy, International Migration, Islam, Middle East, Minority Politics, Muslim Politics, Qualitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, United States

Jonathan L. Gifford
Professor
jgifford@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Civil Engineering, Development and Delivery, Federalism/State and Local Government, Fiscal Policy and Budgeting, Infrastructure Finance, Public-private Partnerships, Regional Development, Transportation Policy, Urban Policy

Jack A. Goldstone
Virginia E. and John T. Hazel, Jr. Professor; Director, Center for Global Policy
jgoldsto@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Comparative Politics, Democratization, East Asia, Economic Development, Middle East, Population Policy, Social Protest and Revolutions

H-J

Bassam S. Haddad
Associate Professor; Director, Middle East and Islamic Studies
bhaddad@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Political Economy of Development, Violence and Terrorism and US foreign policy, The Triangular Crisis Area in the Middle East

David M. Hart
Professor; Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
dhart@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Energy Policy, Innovation Policy, Manufacturing Policy, Science and Technology Policy, U.S. Politics

Michael V. Hayden
Distinguished Visiting Professor; Founder, Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security
mhayden4@gmu.edu

Anne Holton
Visiting Professor of Public Policy and Education; Senior Fellow, Center for Education Policy and Evaluation
aholton2@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Education Policy, Social Welfare Policy, Urban Policy

Andrew Hughes Hallett
University Professor; Co-Director, Center for Emerging Market Policy
ahughesh@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Economic Policy, Europe, International Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy, Quantitative Methods, Federalism and Decentralization of Economic Policies, Economic Development

Michael Hunzeker
Assistant Professor
mhunzeke@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: International Security, Military Innovation, Honor and Conflict Termination 

K

Mark N. Katz
Professor
mkatz@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Europe, Foreign Policy, International Relations, International Security Policy, Middle East, Russian Foreign Policy, Transnational Revolutionary  Movements, War on Terror

Richard Kauzlarich
Co-Director, Center for Energy Science and Policy (CESP); Distinguished Visiting Professor
rkauzlar@gmu.edu

Stuart Kewley
Study Abroad In-Country Director: Oxford
stuart.kewley@the-eurasia-consortium.com

Younsung Kim
University Affiliate Faculty, Department of Environmental Science and Policy
ykih@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Environmental Policy

Gregory Koblentz
Associate Professor; Director, Biodefense Graduate Programs
gkoblent@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Biodefense, Foreign Policy, Global Health Security, International Relations, International Security, Middle East, Security Policy, South Asia, Terrorism

Naoru Koizumi
Director of Research, Associate Professor, Associate Director of Center for the Study of International Medical Policies and Practices
nkoizumi@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Biostatistics, GIS and Spatial Statistics, Health Care Services and Policy, Chronic Diseases and Organ Transplants

L

Ellen Laipson
Professor, International Security Program Manager, Director for the Center of Security Policy Studies
elaipson@gmu.edu

Todd M. La Porte
Associate Professor
tlaporte@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Energy Policy, Environmental Policy, Public Administration, Science and Technology Policy, Climate Change Adaptation, Energy and Climate Policy

Andrew Light
University Professor; and Director, Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy
alight1@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: International Climate Change Policy, Environmental Ethics and Policy, Normative Dimensions of Emerging Technologies

Siona Robin Listokin-Smith
Associate Professor; Director, Master of Public Policy Program
slistoki@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Federalism/State and Local Government, Microeconomics, Political Economy, Quantitative Methods, Regulatory Policy, Private Regulation, Corporate Governance, Public Finance

Mariely Lopez-Santana
Associate Professor
mlopezs1@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Comparative Politics, Europe, Federalism/State and Local Government, Qualitative Methods, Social Welfare Policy, Comparative Welfare States, European Union, Governance 

M

Stuart Malawer
Distinguished Service Professor of Law & International Trade
stuartmalawer@msn.com

Areas of Research: Economic Development, Foreign Policy, International Security Policy, Public Law, Trade Policy, World Trade Organization, International Trade Law, National Security Law

Michal McElwain Malur
Director of External Programs
mmcelwai@gmu.edu

Peter Mandaville
Professor of Government and Politics
pmandavi@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Democratization, Foreign Policy, International Development, International Relations, Middle East, Political Islam, Information Technology & Social  Change, Emerging Powers and World Order

Frank T. Manheim
Affiliate Professor
fmanhei1@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Education, Environmental Laws & Policy – Comparative Study of U.S. & EU, Renewable Energy, Science Policy – History, U.S. Envirnomental and Natural Resource Policy

Terri Snow Markwart
Adjunct Professor
tmarkwar@gmu.edu

John Marvel
Assistant Professor
jmarvel@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Organizations, Public Administration, Public Management, Quantitative Methods

Jeremy Mayer
Associate Professor
jmayer4@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: American Government and Politics, Elections, Foreign Policy, Media Politics, Public Opinion, Racial Politics, Statistical Methods, U.S. Foreign Policy

Eric McGlinchey
Associate Professor
emcglinc@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Central Asia, Comparative Politics, Democratization, Foreign Policy, International Development, International Migration, International Relations, Political Violence, Qualitative Methods

Robert J. McGrath
Assistant Professor
rmcgrat2@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Federalism/State and Local Government, Health Policy, Legislatures, Presidency and Executive Branch, Quantitative Methods

Connie L. McNeely
Professor of Public Policy; Co-Director, Center for Science and Technology Policy
cmcneely@gmu.edu

Char R. Miller
Associate Professor
cmillerd@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Political Theory, Public Law, Political Culture

John G Milliken
Senior Fellow in Residence
jmillik3@gmu.edu 

Char Mollison
Senior Fellow for Executive Education
Email: cmolliso@gmu.edu

N-O

Tonya T. Neaves
Research Instructor; Managing Director, Centers on the Public Service
tneaves@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Communal Resiliency, Emergency Management, Law Enforcement, Organizational Behavior, Performance Management, Rural Mortality, Survey  Methodology, Traffic Safety

Arnauld Nicogossian
Distinguished Research Professor; Director, Center for the Study of International Medical Policies and Practices
anicogos@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Aerospace Medicine, Global Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Health Policy, Internal Medicine, Program/Project Management, Public Health  Policy, Strategic Planning and Execution of Research and Development

Jim Olds
University Professor of Neuroscience, Policy and Government
jolds@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Science Policy; Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Life Sciences; Team Science; Crisis Management in Science Agency Administration

P-R

John N. Paden
Clarence Robinson Professor of International Studies
jpaden@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Relations between Muslim sub-cultures in Nigeria

Jean Paelinck
Distinguished Service Professor

Steven Pearlstein
Robinson Professor of Public Affairs
spearls2@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Economic Principles, Political Economy, Economic Policy, Morality of Modern Capitalism

James Pfiffner
University Professor
pfiffner@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Presidency and Executive Branch, Public Administration, Public Management, National Security Policy Process, White House – Cabinet Relations,  Political Appointee – Civil Service Relations

Anh Pham
Assistant Professor
apham16@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Taxation, Public Economics, Development Economics

Priscilla M. Regan
Professor
pregan@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Information and Communication Privacy Policy, Digital Government, Public Policy Process

Kenneth A. Reinert
Professor of Public Policy; Director, International Commerce and Policy Program
kreinert@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Economic Development, Economic Policy, International Development, International Economics, Latin America, Microeconomics, Political Economy,  Trade Policy, Applied Trade Policy Analysis, Globalization, Basic Goods Provision

Edward Rhodes
Professor
edrhodes@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Diplomatic History, Foreign Policy, Identity, International Relations, International Security, Naval Power and Strategy, Security Policy, United States, U.S. Politics and Institutions

Chuck Robb
Affiliate Professor
scharweb@gmu.edu

Stephen Ruth
Professor
ruth@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Education Policy, Science and Technology Policy, Technology Interventions in Postsecondary Education, Public Policy and Abrahamic Faith Traditions

S

Mark Sagoff
Affiliate Professor
msagoff@gmu.edu

Matthew Scherer
Associate Professor
mschere2@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Democratization, Political Theory, United States, Religion, Secularism, Constitutionalism

Laurie Schintler
Associate Professor of Public Policy; Director, Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics, Masters Program; Associate Director of Center for the Study of International Medical Policies and Practices
lschintl@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Gender, Quantitative Methods, Regional Development, Science and Technology Policy, Transportation Policy, Social Media, “Big Data,” Information  Technology

Bill Schneider
Professor of Public Policy and Public and International Affairs
bschneid@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Elections, Mass Media, Political Communication, Public Opinion, U.S. Politics

Maxi Schoeman
Study Abroad In-Country Program Director: South Africa
maxi.schoeman@up.ac.za

Frank H. Shafroth
Instructor/Director, Center for State and Local Government Leadership
fshafrot@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Federalism/State and Local Government, Leadership, Public Administration, Regional Development, Transportation Policy, Urban Policy, Municipal Bankruptcy, The Disruptive Economy, Ethics

Alan R. Shark
Associate Professor
ashark@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Technology Leadership in Government, Civic Media and Digital Service Delivery, IT Governance, Cyber Security Policy and Governance

Louise I. Shelley
Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Professor of Public Policy; University Professor; and Director, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center
lshelley@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Corruption, Human Trafficking, Illicit Trade, Soviet Successor States, Terrorism, Transnational Crime

JP Singh - On leave until Fall 2018
Professor
jsingh19@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Global Political Economy, Cultural Economics, Global Governance and Development, Socio-economic Impact of Information Technologies, Global Diplomacy and Deliberations

Sita Nataraj Slavov
Professor of Public Policy; Director, Doctoral Program in Public Policy
sslavov@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Economic Policy, Microeconomics, Economics of Aging, Political Economy, Public Finance, Quantitative Methods

Hugh T. Sockett
Professor
hsockett@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Education Policy, Political Theory, Philosophy of Education, Epistemology

Rainer Sommer
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Enterprise Engineering
rsommer@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Business Process Analysis, Change Management, Enterprise Engineering, Enterprise Resource Planning, Industrial Organization, Transportation Policy

Jessica Srikantia
Associate Professor
jhpieper@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Leadership; Organizations; International Development; Democratization; Education Policy; Globalization, Structural Violence, and De-Globalization; Critical Management Studies; Peace and Justice Studies

Bonnie Stabile
Research Assistant Professor; Director, Masters of Public Policy Program
bstabile@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Gender, Health Policy, Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation, Bioethics, and Ethics in Public Policy

T-U

Jessica Terman
Assistant Professor
jterman@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Energy Policy, Federalism/State and Local Government, Public Administration, Public Management, Regulatory Policy, Third-party Governance, Contracting-out, Rules and Governance Institutions

A. Trevor Thrall
Associate Professor
athrall@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: International Security, Political Communication, Public Attitudes Toward Foreign Policy and War

Stefan Toepler
Associate Professor
stoepler@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Europe, International Development, Nonprofit Management, Philanthropy, Public Administration, Nonprofit/Government Relations in Russia, Global Civil Society, Cultural Policy

Toni-Michelle C. Travis
Professor
ttravis@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Race and Gender Politics, Urban Issues, U.S. Politics, Virginia Government

V

Jennifer N. Victor
Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Programs
jvictor3@gmu.edu

Areas of Research: Campaign Finance, Elections, Interest Groups, Legislatures, Quantitative Methods, Social Network Analysis, U.S. Politics

W-Z

Laura Walker
Associate Professor
lwalker1@gmu.edu