Meet the Faculty

The GGPS faculty includes researchers and practitioners across academic fields and from around the globe. Our professors are known for their expertise, experience, and dedication to students in and out of the classroom. 

Department Chair

Research interests

  • Comparative democratization
  • Political and economic institutions
  • Authoritarianism in Africa

Department Director of Graduate Studies

Research interests

  • Social movements
  • Discursive framing

Core Faculty


Affiliated Faculty

Akbar Ahmed Distinguished Professor and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations

  akbar@american.edu