Michelle Egan Professor SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
- Additional Positions at AU
- Co-Director of Transatlantic Policy Center
- Jean Monnet Professor Ad personam
- Degrees
- PhD, University of Pittsburgh; MA, University of Pittsburgh; MA, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; BA, University of Warwick (UK)
- Bio
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Michelle Egan is a Professor and Jean Monnet Chair ad personam, and Co-Director of the Transatlantic Policy Center in the School of International Service, American University, and formerly a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center.
Michelle Egan specializes in European and American politics with a specific focus on political economy and comparative politics. She is currently working on several projects related to national security and trade, federalism and multi-level governance, single market integration, foreign economic policy, global governance, transatlantic relations, challenges to the liberal order and subnational politics. Her past research has included published work on Britain, Canada, EU, Spain, Belgium and the United States across a range of topics.
Professor Egan publications include five books: Contestation and Polarization in Global Governance: European Responses 2024 (co-edited with Kolja Raube, Julien Chaisse and Jan Wouters) Edward Elgar; Single Markets: Economic Integration in Europe and the United States Oxford University Press, 2015; Creating a Transatlantic Marketplace: Government Policies and Business Strategies Manchester University Press, 2005; Creating a Transatlantic Marketplace AICGS; Constructing a European Market: Standards, Regulation and Governance. Oxford University Press, 2001.
She has also authored numerous articles and policy reports; delivered talks in around two dozen countries at both universities and think-tanks and conducted many media interviews with both domestic and international news media. She has delivered three keynote lectures on public diplomacy, market integration, and transatlantic relations in Canada, the Netherlands and the United States. She speaks with different local and regional audiences including World Affairs and Foreign Policy groups.
Michelle Egan seeks to connect policy-relevant research to wider public audiences. She has given talks or been engaged with working groups at Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, USTR, National Intelligence Council, European Central Bank, European Parliament Liaison Office, European Commission, and State Department. She has been involved in briefings for Ambassador designates and Congressional staffers. She has also spoken to a variety of other business and civil society associations and think tanks including Aspen, Wilson Center, GMF, Atlantic Council, CEPS, IAI, and Chatham House. She is past Chair of the European Union Studies Association, and co-editor of the widely known award winning Palgrave Series on the European Union.
Her work has been supported by major fellowships and grants including the German Marshall Fund (US), the American German Institute Bosch Fellowship, a DAAD Transatlantic Fellowship (Germany/US), Aspen Institute (Germany), European University Institute Jean Monnet Fellowship (Italy), Center for European Policy Studies (Belgium), European Commission, Wilson Center Fellowship, Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) International Affairs Fellowship (Canada).
She has been part of large-scale network grants including the EU Studies Consortium (ACES) with local DC based universities including SAIS, GW and Georgetown, the EU-Renew Network to understand Europe’s role in an evolving global context with nineteen institutions, the Transworld Network Redefining the transatlantic relationship and its role in shaping global governance with IAI (Rome) among other grants. She has worked with Konrad Adenauer and TradeExperettes on professional development courses on trade and serves on the Executive Board of TradeExperettes.
Michelle Egan teaches a variety of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level including Global Governance, Contemporary Europe, First Year Seminar, European Foreign Policy, Secession and Independence Movements, European Integration, among others.
Within American University, Michelle Egan has been awarded a variety of teaching and research awards.
Michelle Egan received the Morton Bender Prize given to one associate professor annually for their research, teaching and service contributions.
SIS Outstanding Contributions to Fostering Collaborative Scholarship
Darrell Randall Award for Outstanding Service to the University Community
F. Gunther Eyck Award for dedication and devotion to teaching and students
Outstanding Teaching in a Full-Time Appointment
Career Center Internship Faculty Member of the Month
Websites
https://www.american.edu/sis/centers/transatlantic-
Trade Experettes https://www.tradeexperettes.org/queendom/michelle-egan
Media: Professor Egan has been interviewed on NPR The World, NPR Marketplace, BBC News International, CNN International, Wharton Business Podcast, Canada Public Television, Al Jazeera News, Inside US Trade, LA Times, Deutsche Welle as well as other news regional and international news outlets.
- See Also
- CFR (IAF) Fellow Canada
- Global Fellow Wilson Center
- Editor Palgrave Series on EU
- Prof. Egan's Recommendation Guidelines
- For the Media
- To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request. Explore all AU Faculty Experts in our media guide.
Teaching
Fall 2025
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SIS-899 Doctoral Dissertation
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SISU-106 First Year Seminar: From Empire to Brexit
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SISU-213 Contemporary Europe
Partnerships & Affiliations
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Palgrave
Series Editor, Palgrave Series in EU Studies -
European Union Studies Association
Vice President
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Selected Publications
- Research Agendas in EU Studies: Stalking the Elephant. (Ed. with Neill Nugent and William E. Paterson.) London, Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics.
- Constructing a European Market: Standards, Regulation and Governance, Oxford University Press.
- Creating a Transatlantic Marketplace: Government Policies and Business Strategies, Manchester University Press.
- Single Markets: Economic Integration in Europe and the United States, Oxford University Press.
Grants and Sponsored Research
- FP7 SSH Project: TRANSWORLD: “TRANSWORLD: Redefining the transatlantic relationship and its role in shaping global governance’, funded by the European Commission, coordinated by the Institute of International Affairs in Rome, Italy. Michelle Egan leads the AU research team. 2012-2015.