A seasoned faculty and cadre of adjunct professors and speakers direct from the political arena work together to offer students both an innovative academic approach and hands-on experience. Our connections to the world of Washington, D.C. mean that our students not only learn in the classroom but also in the campaign offices, legislative suites, lobby shops, consultancies and news bureaus that shape the political realm both here and abroad.
Administration
The Hon. Mark Kennedy; M.B.A., University of Michigan; Director and Professor, The Graduate School of Political Management.
Steven E. Billet; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame; Director, Legislative Affairs Master's Degree and PAC Management Graduate Certificate.
Michael Cornfield; Ph.D., Harvard University; B.A., Pomona College; Acting Director, Political Management Master's Degree.
Lawrence J. Parnell; B.S., Boston University; M.B.A., University of New Haven; Director, Strategic Public Relations Master's Degree and Public Relations Graduate Certificate.
Legislative Affairs
Douglass Bellis; J.D., Duke University Law School; B.A., Cornell University.
Michael Bocchini
Bryan Cunningham; J.D., Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law; B.A., Utah State University.
Charles B. Cushman; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Brendan Dunn; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center; Ph.D., Notre Dame.
David Ettinger; Ph.D., Columbia University; M.A., Rutgers University.
Kevin Fandl; J.D., American University College of Law; M.A., American University; B.A., Lock Haven University.
Colby Jenkins; M.A.,The George Washington University, The Graduate School of Political Management; U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Dennis W. Johnson; Ph.D., Duke University.
Charles Konigsberg; J.D., Case Western Reserve School of Law.
John J. Kornacki; Ph.D., Michigan State University; M.A., Michigan State University; B.S., Marquette University.
Lea Ann McNee
Bandele McQueen; J.D., William & Mary School of Law; B.A., University of Virginia.
Gary Nordlinger; J.D., The George Washington University National Law Center; M.A., Georgetown University; B.A., American University.
Rebecca Patterson; Ph.D., The George Washington University; M.E.M., University of Missouri-Rolla; B.S., The United States Military Academy.
Brian Pomper; J.D., Cornell University; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
James Spurlock
Mark Strand; M.A., The George Washington University, The Graduate School of Political Management; M.B.A., University of Pheonix; B.S., Excelsior College of the University of New York.
Connie Veillette; Ph.D., The George Washington University; M.A., The George Washington University; B.A., Ohio University.
Jeffrey A. Weinberg; J.D., The George Washington University.
Rodney Whitlock; Ph.D., University of Georgia; Master's Appalachian State University; B.A., Roanoke College.
Susan Wiley; Ph.D., University of Maryland; B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology.
Political Management
F. Christopher Arterton; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.A., American University; B.A., Trinity College.
Daniel Benaim
Nancy Bocskor; B.A., Otterbein College.
Mark Braden; J.D., Washington and Lee University.
David Cantor; Ph.D., University of Maryland.
James Dillon; M.B.A. University of Chicago; M.A. The George Washington University, The Graduate School of Political Management.
Brett Di Resta; University of Michigan
Michael D. Edwards; M.A., The George Washington University; M.I.P.P., The Johns Hopkins University.
David Ettinger; Ph.D., Columbia University; M.A., Rutgers University.
Ron Faucheux; Ph.D., University of New Orleans.
Peter Fenn; M.A., University of Southern California.
Robert Fullinwider; Ph.D., Purdue University; B.A., University of Kentucky.
Sean Gagen; M.P.S., University of the State of New York, The Graduate School of Political Management; B.A., Westminster College.
Carrie Giddins; M.A., The George Washington University, The Graduate School of Political Management; M.S., Columbia University; B.A., Skidmore College.
Dan Glickman; J.D., The George Washington University Law School; B.A., University of Michigan
William I. Greener, III; B.A., Washington and Lee University.
Edward A. Grefe; B.A., The Catholic University of America; Director, Community Advocacy Graduate Certificate.
Sharon Grosfeld; J.D., Antioch School of Law; M.A., New York University.
Jonathan Halls; M.Ed., University of Technology, Sydney; B.Ed., University of Technology, Sydney.
Julius W. Hobson, Jr.; M.A., The George Washington University, The Graduate School of Political Management; B.A., Howard University.
Roberto Izurieta; M.A., Southern Illinois University; M.A., The George Washington University, The Graduate School of Political Management.
Cheryl Jacobus; B.A., Journalism, West Virginia University.
Alan Kelly; M.A., Stanford University; B.A., University of Southern California.
Gregory Lebel; M.A., University of Maryland, M.P.A., University of New Hampshire; Director, Semester in Washington Program.
Jason Linde; M.A., The George Washington University, The Graduate School of Political Management.
Rick Johnson; B.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Luis Raul Matos; M.A. Universidad Simón Bolívar; IESA-University of Georgia; B.S., University of Miami.
Mark Meissner; M.A., American University; B.A., Indiana University.
Daniel McGroarty; M.A., Boston College.
Jay M. Parker; Ph.D., Columbia University; M.A., Arizona State University.
Lawrence J. Purpuro; J.D., Seton Hall University Law School.
Ari Rabin Havt
David K. Rehr; Ph.D., George Mason University; M.A., George Mason University; B.A., Saint John's University.
Christopher Shank; M.A., The George Washington University, The Graduate School of Political Management; B.A., Johns Hopkins University.
Jessica Townsend Teague; M.S.O.D., American University; B.S., University of Kansas, Lawrence.
Evan Tracey; M.A., George Mason University; B.A., West Virginia Wesleyan College.
Robert Traynham; M.A., George Mason University; B.A., Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Susan Wiley; Ph.D., University of Maryland; B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology.
Matthew Zablud; M.A., The George Washington University, The Graduate School of Political Management
Strategic Public Relations
Forrest Anderson; M.B.A., Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University; B.S., University of New Mexico.
Myron Belkind; M.S., Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism; B.S., Ohio State University.
Mitch Derman; M.B.A., The George Washington University; B.S., University of Maryland.
Nina Bronk Kellner; M.B.A.,Georgetown University; B.B.A., University of Georgia.
Ann Collier; M.B.A., The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania; B.A., University of South Carolina.
Matthew Gonring; M.S., American University; B.S., University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Suzanne Holroyd; Ph.D., University of Southern California; M.A., The George Washington University; B.A., The University of Missouri-Columbia.
Marjorie Kline; M.P.A., Harvard University; B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Wilhelm "Bill" Meierling; M.A., The George Washington University, The Graduate School of Political Management; B.A., Hampton-Sydney College.
Tracy Shario-Johnson; M.A., Ohio University; B.A., Ohio State University.
James Spellman; M.Phil., Oxford University, St. Catherine's College; B.A., The American University.
Ben Zingman; Ph.D., Rutgers University; M.A., Rutgers University; B.A., Brooklyn College.
