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SPA's PhD curriculum is designed to provide doctoral students with the skills to effect immediate impact.

With expertise spanning public management, global health governance, regulatory policy and more, our PhD candidates bring the research competency and academic rigor to their respective fields and educate the next generation of public affairs leaders.

Public Administration PhD Students

Victoria Gibney Adjunct Instructor SPA | Public Administration

Victoria Hunter Gibney is a doctoral candidate and adjunct instructor in American University's Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests include material hardship and anti

  vg7211a@american.edu

Kathryn Grossman Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SPA | Public Administration

Kathryn is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Her research interests include public and nonprofit management and education policy. She is a qualitative researc

  kg0238a@american.edu

Kathryn Johnson

Kathryn is a PhD candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include environmental, health, and criminal justice policy.

  kj5677a@american.edu

William Prince Adjunct Instructor SPA | Public Administration

Will is an Adjunct Instructor and Charles Levine Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. His research interests include human resource management, leadership, c

  wp7117a@american.edu

Political Science PhD Students

Abdullah Atalan

Abdullah is a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and a faculty fellow in the Center for Data Science at American University. He completed his PhD in Poli

  aa7174a@american.edu

Justice, Law & Criminology PhD Students

Natalie Chwalisz Adjunct Instructor

Natalie Chwalisz received her PhD from  the School of Public Affairs, in the Justice, Law and Criminology Department. She focuses in on human smuggling, mixed migration and forced displacement.In her

  chwalisz@american.edu