History | Affiliate Faculty

Patricia Aufderheide

Patricia Aufderheide

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University Professor

Patricia Aufderheide is a full-time professor of Communication Studies in the School of Communication at American University in Washington, D.C., and co-director with Matthew Nisbet of the Center for Social Media. Her books include Reclaiming Fair Us... [More]

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202-885-2069
SOC - CSM


Philip Brenner

Philip Brenner

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Professor

Dr. Philip Brenner has published widely on U.S./Cuba relations, on contemporary U.S. foreign policy, and on the Cuban Missile Crisis. His most recent book is A Contemporary Cuba Reader: Reinventing the Revolution.

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202-885-1605
SIS - School of International Service


Billy Davies

Billy Davies

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Assistant Professor

Dr. Bill Davies is a historian of the transnational aspect of legal ideas and systems. His particular field of expertise lies in the evolution of a constitutional practice of law in the European Union. His work examines the consolidation of the Europ... [More]

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202-885-2319
SPA - Justice, Law and Society


Richard Dent

Richard Dent

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Department Chair, Anthropology

Prof. Dent is the author of Chesapeake Prehistory: Old Traditions, New Directions and a significant number of other publications on the archaeology of the Chesapeake and Middle Atlantic regions. He maintains interests in both prehistoric and historic... [More]

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202-885-1848
CAS - Anthropology


Michelle Egan

Michelle Egan

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Associate Professor

Professor Michelle Egan teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses including: The European Union, Relations of West European Nations, International Relations of Europe, Comparative European Politics, Economics, and Society, Transatlantic... [More]

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202-885-1764
SIS - School of International Service


Douglas Klusmeyer

Douglas Klusmeyer

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Associate Professor

Currently, I am Assistant Professor of Justice, Law and Society at American University. I have both a PhD in modern European history and a JD in law from Stanford University. My approach to issues of law and policy reflects this inter-disciplinary ba... [More]

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202-885-2995
SPA - Justice, Law and Society


Helen Langa

Helen Langa

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Associate Professor

Professor Helen Langa teaches Art. The Historical Experience, Modern Art, American Art, and Contemporary Art, with an emphasis on issues related to politics, race, gender, and cultural studies. After two years as Chair of the Art Department (Art Hist... [More]

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202-885-1682
CAS - Art


Adrea Lawrence

Adrea Lawrence

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Associate Professor

As a policy historian and the social studies specialist in the teacher education program at American University, Dr. Lawrence’s research interests extend from American Indian education to historical and qualitative research methodologies, to discipli... [More]

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202-885-2713
CAS - Education/Teaching/Health


Leonard Steinhorn

Leonard Steinhorn

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Professor

Leonard Steinhorn is a full-time professor of Public Communication. His expertise includes American politics, culture and media, strategic communication, the presidency, and recent American history. He is author of The Greater Generation: In Defense ... [More]

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202-885-2031
SOC - School of Communication


Rodger Streitmatter

Rodger Streitmatter

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Professor

Rodger Streitmatter is a full-time professor of Journalism. A cultural historian, he is a leader in exploring how the media have helped to shape the way Americans think and act. The most recent of his eight books is Outlaw Marriages ~ The Hidden Hist... [More]

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202-885-2057
SOC - School of Communication


Quansheng Zhao

Quansheng Zhao

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Professor

Dr. Quansheng Zhao is Professor of international relations and Director of Center for Asian Studies at American University; serving as Director of the Division of Comparative and Regional Studies for three terms (1999-2008). Zhao received his B.A. fr... [More]

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202-885-1662
SIS - School of International Service


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Lewis Grossman 

James May