Faculty Directory
Our distinguished faculty comprises leading scholars and policy practitioners who bring an impressive range of expertise and experience to the study and practice of international affairs. Use this directory to search for an Elliott School faculty member.
Professor of International Affairs, International Business, and Public Policy & Public Administration
Dr. Brinkerhoff specializes in development management, institutional reform, public-private partnership, state-society relations, NGOs, diaspora & development.
Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs; Director of University and External Relations for the GWU Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology
Dr. Brooks specializes in paleolithic archaeology, physical anthropology, paleoanthropology, ethnoarchaeology, geochronology, and politics of cultural heritage.
Professor of International Affairs and Political Science; Interim Director of the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies
Dr. Brown specializes in international security, conflict and conflict resolution, gender and international security, U.S. foreign and defense policy.
Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies; Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Dr. Brown specializes in comparative politics of the Middle East, democratization and authoritarianism, Islam & politics, & constitutionalism in the Arab world.
Professorial Lecturer
Dr. Burchard specializes in African politics, election violence, and defense and security.
Professorial Lecturer
Dr. Büyüktanir Karacan specializes in science diplomacy in emerging economies.
Professor of Chemistry and International Affairs
Dr. Cahill specializes in science and technology policy and solid-state and materials chemistry with a particular emphasis on X-ray crystallography.
Professorial Lecturer
Dr. Canuto specializes in international economics and development economics.
Associate Professor of Latin American Film and Literature and International Affairs
Dr. Captain specializes in Africa and its diaspora, Latin America, film industries of Latin America & Africa, and south-south relations.
Professor of Economics and International Affairs
Dr. Carrillo specializes in the intersection between real estate, urban economics, public economics and econometrics.
Professor of Geography and International Affairs
Dr. Chacko specializes in immigration, urban geography, development, medical geography, and South Asia.
Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Literature
Liana Chen is Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Literature in the Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures.
Professor of Economics and International Affairs
Dr. Chen specializes in international trade, foreign direct investment, and regionalism.
Professor of Economics and International Affairs
Dr. Chiswick specializes in labor market adjustment & economic impact of immigration policy and human capital & labor market behavior of demographic groups.
Associate Professor of Honors, History, and International Affairs
Dr. Christov specializes in early modern and modern political theory, intellectual history, history of int'l thought, and Classical theories of int'l relations.
Lecturer; Assistant Director of Orientation, Class Year & Families Programs, GW Division for Student Affairs
Kraemer Clayton specializes in student affairs, event/ program planning and management.
Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs
Dr. Click specializes in international corporate finance.
Lecturer
Dr. Colaço specializes in international development program design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, learning, adaptive management, and research.
Director, Institute for African Studies; Director, Master of International Policy and Practice Program; Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs
Dr. Cooke specializes in U.S. policy toward Africa and transnational security threats in Africa.
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Dr. Cooperman specializes in local and global challenges in water politics and policy, political economy of development, civil society and accountability.
Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Public Administration, and International Affairs; Co-Director of the GWU Regulatory Studies Center
Dr. Cordes specializes in public finance, taxation, and corporation financial policy.
Lecturer
Michaelle Cormier specializes in post-conflict development, resilience building, humanitarian response, and new business development.
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Dr. Creppell specializes in early modern and modern political thought, theories of conflict and identity, and the origins of toleration and liberalism.