Academic Advising - Key Contacts
Each School or College has a team of academic advisors to provide assistance to students in planning their academic pursuits. The listing below provides key contacts in each school/college.
Registration and Advising
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Academic Advisors
Kogod School of Business
School of Communication
Jean Kinnahan McGee Senior Graduate Academic Advisor SOC - School of Communication
Jean McGee serves as the graduate advisor for all graduate students, full-time, part-time, and weekend, in the School of Communication. She has been working with the SOC graduate students since 2006. …
School of International Service
Marley Crutcher Director Graduate Academic Advising SIS - School of International Service
Mary Barton Academic Advisor SIS - School of International Service
SIS graduate students are among the most dynamic and dedicated people it has ever been my privilege to know. They are the central motivators for my career here which began in the SIS Dean's Office…
School of Public Affairs
Robert Briggs Senior Academic Counselor SPA - School of Public Affairs
Bob Briggs is the Academic Counselor to students in the MA programs within the Department of Government. He is, also, the Academic Counselor to students in any/all of the PhD programs within SPA.
Janet Nagler Part Time Staff SPA - Public Admin and Policy
Janet Nagler has been an Academic Counselor at American University since 1981, when she began advising adult and nondegree students, both graduate and undergraduate in the (former) Continuing Educatio…