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Who We Are

The Center of Excellence gathers the expertise and competences of faculty from many different schools at 鶹Ƶ, including: the School of International Service, the School of Public Affairs, the School of Education, the Washington College of Law, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Kogod Business School.

Co-Directors

Dr. Michelle Egan

MichelleEganis Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in the School of International Service, 鶹Ƶ where she focuses on comparative politics and political economy in relation to Europe, US and Canada. Her current work focuses on European trade, governance, transatlantic relations, Brexit, subnational politics, and rule of law issues. She has published two single authored monographs with Oxford University Press as well as three edited volumes. She is currently working on two books about federalism and trade and the European response to the changing global order.Michellehas been the recipient of a number of fellowships including: Council of Foreign Relations, Woodrow Wilson, Bosch, Jean Monnet, and German Marshall Fund for her research. She is also a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center. She has been on various media including BBC, CNN International, NPR Marketplace, NPR The World, as well as Canadian Public television among others.

Dr. Garret Martin

Dr. Garret J. Martin is a Senior Professorial Lecturer in the School of International Service. He has written widely on transatlantic relations and Europe, both in the field of history and contemporary affairs, and focuses in particular on security, US foreign policy, NATO, European politics, European foreign policy and defense, Europe, the European Union, France and the UK. He is a frequent media commentator, providing analysis and interviews, among others, to NPR, the BBC, CNN, Voice of America, USA Today, WUSA, ABC News Australia and France 24.

Affiliated Faculty

Korneliya Bachiyska Professorial Lecturer SPA | Government

Korneliya Bachiyska is the Director of the European Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute and a professorial lecturer at the Department of Government, where she teaches Comparative Politics, Political

bachiys@american.edu

(202) 885-2034

Laura Beers Professor CAS | History

Professor Beers's research focuses on modern Britain. She is particularly interested in the ways in which politics both influences and is shaped by cultural and social life, and in the role of the mas

beers@american.edu

(202) 885-6379

Ernesto Castaneda Director, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies CAS | Sociology

Kimberly Cowell-Meyers Associate Professor SPA | Government

Kimberly Cowell-Meyers is an Associate Professor of Government and affiliated faculty with the Women & Politics Institute at 鶹Ƶ. Her work focuses on how representative democracy funct

kcowell@american.edu

(202) 885-6223

Bill Davies Associate Professor and Department Chair, Justice Law & Criminology SPA | Justice, Law & Criminology

Dr. Davies is a historian of the European Union's constitutional and legal system. Dr. Davies teaches courses such as JLC-110 Western Legal Traditions and JLC-411 Great Trials in Legal History.

davies@american.edu

(202) 885-2319

Priya Doshi Associate Dean for Faculty and Inclusive Excellence DOF | Deputy Provost & Dean of Faculty Office

Priya Lothe Doshi is Associate Dean of Faculty and Inclusive Excellence in 鶹Ƶ's Office of the Provost. Working with the Dean of Faculty, Professor Doshi supports faculty affairs polic

doshi@american.edu

(202) 885-2017

Lia Epperson Professor WCL | General Academics & Research

Lia Epperson, Professor of Law at 鶹Ƶ Washington College of Law, is a nationally recognized expert in the areas of constitutional law, civil rights, and education policy. Published

epperson@american.edu

(202) 274-4431

Doga Eralp Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations

Dr Eralp is a scholar-practitioner of international conflict resolution with more than a decade of experience in international dialogue facilitation. His work focuses on social media and peace process

ueralp@american.edu

Carolyn Gallaher Professor SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations

I do research in two distinct areas—organized violence by non-state actors and urban politicsIn the first area, on which I have spent more time, I examine the politics, internal dynamics, and patterns

caroleg@american.edu

Karin Johnston Adjunct Professorial Lect

Dr. Karin L. Johnston is an Adjunct Professor at the School of International Service specializing in international politics, US-European relations, and German foreign and security policy. She has work

klj@american.edu

David Lublin Professor and Department Chair, Government SPA | Government

David Lublin is Professor and Chair of the Department of Government in the School of Public Affairs at 鶹Ƶ. He serves as Treasurer of the American Political Science Association and Co-

dlublin@american.edu

(202) 885-2913

Robin Lumsdaine Professor KSB | Finance/Real Estate

Robin Lumsdaine joined the Kogod School of Business at 鶹Ƶ as the Crown Prince of Bahrain Chair in International Finance. She was previously an Associate Director in the Division of Ba

robin.lumsdaine@american.edu

(202) 885-1964

Saul Newman Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Chair, Department of the Washington Semester Program SPA | Government

Saul Newman is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the School of Public Affairs at 鶹Ƶ in Washington, DC. He received his PhD in 1989 from the Department of Politics, Pri

snewman@american.edu

(202) 885-6240

Fernanda Nicola Professor WCL | General Academics & Research

Fernanda G. Nicola is Professor of Law at the Washington College of Law, 鶹Ƶ and she is the Director of the Program on International Organizations Law and Development. Her research

fnicola@american.edu

Tazreena Sajjad Senior Professorial Lecturer SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations

Tazreena Sajjad currently serves as Senior Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Peace, Human Rights and Cultural Relations (PHRCR) in the School of International Service (SIS) at American Univer

sajjad@american.edu

(202) 885-6572

Cathy Lisa Schneider Professor Emerita

Professor Schneider teaches and writes on democracy, dictatorship and resistance; comparative social movements; collective violence; racial profiling, police violence and racial and ethnic discriminat

cschnei@american.edu

(202) 885-1666

Jerome Sheridan Academic Director Brussels Semester 鶹ƵA | 鶹Ƶ Abroad

Dr. Jerome (Jerry ) Sheridan is the Director of 鶹Ƶ’s Brussels Center and a Professor of International Relations. Since coming to Brussels in 1991, he has developed, directed, and taug

sheridn@american.edu

Stephen Silvia Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics

Dr. Stephen Silvia teaches international economics, international relations and comparative politics. He researches comparative labor employment relations, and comparative economic policy, with a focu

ssilvia@american.edu

(202) 885-2462

Earl Anthony Wayne Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer and Distinguished Diplomat in Residence SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security

In addition to his role at 鶹Ƶ, Wayne is a Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Co-Chair of its Mexico Institute Advisory Board. He is a member of the Board

eawayne@american.edu

Elizabeth A. Worden Director, International Training and Education Program and Associate Professor SOE | General Academics & Research

Dr. Elizabeth Anderson Worden is a comparative and international education scholar who examines how governments foster identities and belonging through education during social and political transition

eaworden@american.edu

(202) 885-3723

External Affiliates

Dr. Federiga Bindi

Prof. Federiga Bindi holds the Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, where she also was the founding director of the , and is the Director of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the Institute for Women Policy Research (IWPR) in Washington, DC. At IWPR, she leads an EU-funded research network on and one on .

Prof. Bindi holds a Ph.D. for the European University Institute and has published eight books including (2019) (2010 & 2012); (2011); (2011), (2012).

Dr. Kolja Raube

Dr. Kolja Raube is Assistant Professor for European Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences at KU Leuven and Senior Researcher at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies at KU Leuven. He isprogramme coordinator at KU Leuven’s “Master of European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives”. He is adjunct professor at 鶹Ƶ.

Kolja Raubehas published widely on European Union external policies, the European Parliament,interparliamentary cooperation in the European Union and global governance, as well as European Union security policies, legitimacyand coherence. His articles and chapters have appeared with the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Global Affairs,Cambridge Review of International Affairs,Journal of European Integration, Politique Européenne,European Foreign Affairs Review, Hague Journal of Diplomacy, International Spectator, Asia-Europe Journal as well as with Oxford University Press, Palgrave, Routledge, E. Elgar, Springer, Hart, Campus and Nomos.

Martin Caudron

Martin Caudron currently serves as Communications Officer in the Global Partnerships Division of the International Monetary Fund, focusing on capacity development and partnerships communications. He joined the IMF in December 2020 from the Delegation of the European Union to the United States in Washington DC, which he had joined in April 2015 as Senior Communications Officer. Prior to that, he worked for the French General Secretariat for European Affairs (Prime minister's office dealing with the EU and the OECD)in Paris, France from 2011 to 2015. He helped coordinate the French interagency dialogue on the annual EU budget, the multiannual financial framework, investment plans, and several other EU-funding issues. He was involved in several EU negotiations.

Martin started his career in Brussels, Belgium as a consultant in EU affairs. He holds two Masters of Art, one from the College of Europe (European Political and Administrative Studies) in Bruges, Belgium, and one from Lille Institute of Political Studies in France (Public Administration).

Tim Rivera

Tim Rivera is a freelance consultant and expert working in transatlantic relations, international education & exchanges, public diplomacy, and diversity, equity, & inclusion. He is currently a Security Fellow at the TrumanNational Security Project and a Member of theForeign Policy for America’s NextGen Initiative. He served for five years as a Program Manager at the EU Delegation to the US, overseeing a portfolio of public diplomacy and policy outreach initiatives spanning the transatlantic agenda, including trade, security, climate change, the digital economy, gender equality, and educational exchange. He previously worked for the British Council, contributing to programs on religion and international affairs, intercultural dialogue, and common European cultural relations initiatives. He received his master's degree in international relations from King's College London and a bachelor's degree in political science from Yale University.

With the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union