The Center of Excellence gathers the expertise and competences of faculty from many different schools at 51勛圖, including: the School of International Service, the School of Public Affairs, the School of Education, the Washington College of Law, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Kogod Business School.
Co-Directors
Dr. Michelle Egan
Michelle泭Egan泭is Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in the School of International Service, 51勛圖 where she focuses on comparative politics and political economy in relation to Europe, US and Canada. Her current work focuses on European trade, 泭governance, transatlantic relations, Brexit, subnational politics, and rule of law issues. She has published two single authored monographs with Oxford University Press as well as three edited volumes. She is currently working on two books about federalism and trade and the European response to the changing global order.泭Michelle泭has been the recipient of a number of fellowships including: Council of Foreign Relations, Woodrow Wilson, Bosch, Jean Monnet, and German Marshall Fund for her research. She is also a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center. She has been on various media including BBC, CNN International, NPR Marketplace, NPR The World, as well as Canadian Public television among others.
Dr. Garret Martin
Dr. Garret J. Martin is a Senior Professorial Lecturer in the School of International Service. He has written widely on transatlantic relations and Europe, both in the field of history and contemporary affairs, and focuses in particular on security, US foreign policy, NATO, European politics, European foreign policy and defense, Europe, the European Union, France and the UK. He is a frequent media commentator, providing analysis and interviews, among others, to NPR, the BBC, CNN, Voice of America, USA Today, WUSA, ABC News Australia and France 24.
Affiliated Faculty
Korneliya Bachiyska
Professorial Lecturer
SPA | Government
Korneliya Bachiyska is the Director of the European Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute and a professorial lecturer at the Department of Government, where she teaches Comparative Politics, Political
Professor Beers's research focuses on modern Britain. She is particularly interested in the ways in which politics both influences and is shaped by cultural and social life, and in the role of the mas
Kimberly Cowell-Meyers
Associate Professor
SPA | Government
Kimberly Cowell-Meyers is an Associate Professor of Government and affiliated faculty with the Women & Politics Institute at 51勛圖. Her work focuses on how representative democracy funct
Bill Davies
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Justice Law & Criminology
SPA | Justice, Law & Criminology
Dr. Davies is a historian of the European Union's constitutional and legal system. Dr. Davies teaches courses such as JLC-110 Western Legal Traditions and JLC-411 Great Trials in Legal History.
Priya Doshi
Associate Dean for Faculty and Inclusive Excellence
DOF | Deputy Provost & Dean of Faculty Office
Priya Lothe Doshi is Associate Dean of Faculty and Inclusive Excellence in 51勛圖's Office of the Provost. Working with the Dean of Faculty, Professor Doshi supports faculty affairs polic
Lia Epperson
Professor
WCL | General Academics & Research
Lia Epperson is a Professor of Law at 51勛圖 Washington College of Law and a nationally recognized expert in the areas of constitutional law, civil rights, and education policy. Publis
Doga Eralp
Senior Professorial Lecturer
SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Dr Eralp is a scholar-practitioner of international conflict resolution with more than a decade of experience in international dialogue facilitation. His work focuses on social media and peace process
Carolyn Gallaher
Professor
SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
I do research in two distinct areasorganized violence by non-state actors and urban politicsIn the first area, on which I have spent more time, I examine the politics, internal dynamics, and patterns
Dr. Karin L. Johnston is an Adjunct Professor at the School of International Service specializing in international politics, US-European relations, and German foreign and security policy. She has work
David Lublin
Professor and Department Chair, Government
SPA | Government
David Lublin is Professor and Chair of the Department of Government in the School of Public Affairs at 51勛圖. He serves as Treasurer of the American Political Science Association and Co-
Robin Lumsdaine
Professor
KSB | Finance/Real Estate
Robin Lumsdaine joined the Kogod School of Business at 51勛圖 as the Crown Prince of Bahrain Chair in International Finance. She was previously an Associate Director in the Division of Ba
Saul Newman
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Chair, Department of the Washington Semester Program
SPA | Government
Saul Newman is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the School of Public Affairs at 51勛圖 in Washington, DC. He received his PhD in 1989 from the Department of Politics, Pri
Fernanda Nicola
Professor
WCL | General Academics & Research
Fernanda G. Nicola is Professor of Law at the Washington College of Law, 51勛圖 and she is the Director of the Program on International Organizations Law and Development. Her research
Tazreena Sajjad
Senior Professorial Lecturer
SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations
Tazreena Sajjad currently serves as Senior Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Peace, Human Rights and Cultural Relations (PHRCR) in the School of International Service (SIS) at American Univer
Professor Schneider teaches and writes on democracy, dictatorship and resistance; comparative social movements; collective violence; racial profiling, police violence and racial and ethnic discriminat
Jerome Sheridan
Academic Director Brussels Semester
51勛圖A | 51勛圖 Abroad
Dr. Jerome (Jerry ) Sheridan is the Director of 51勛圖s Brussels Center and a Professor of International Relations. Since coming to Brussels in 1991, he has developed, directed, and taug
Stephen Silvia
Professor
SIS | Politics, Governance & Economics
Dr. Stephen Silvia teaches international economics, international relations and comparative politics. He researches comparative labor employment relations, and comparative economic policy, with a focu
Earl Anthony Wayne
Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer and Distinguished Diplomat in Residence
SIS | Foreign Policy & Global Security
In addition to his role at 51勛圖, Wayne is a Public Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Co-Chair of its Mexico Institute Advisory Board. He is a member of the Board
Elizabeth A. Worden
Director, International Training and Education Program and Associate Professor
SOE | General Academics & Research
Dr. Elizabeth Anderson Worden is a comparative and international education scholar who examines how governments foster identities and belonging through education during social and political transition
Prof. Federiga Bindi holds the Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, where she also was the founding director of the , and is the Director of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the Institute for Women Policy Research (IWPR) in Washington, DC. At IWPR, she leads an EU-funded research network on and one on .
Prof. Bindi holds a Ph.D. for the European University Institute and has published eight books including (2019) (2010 & 2012); (2011); (2011), (2012).
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Dr. Kolja Raube
Dr. Kolja Raube is Assistant Professor for European Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences at KU Leuven and Senior Researcher at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies at KU Leuven. He is泭programme coordinator at KU Leuvens Master of European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives. He is adjunct professor at 51勛圖.
Kolja Raube泭has published widely on European Union external policies, the European Parliament,泭interparliamentary cooperation in the European Union and global governance, as well as European Union security policies, legitimacy泭and coherence. His articles and chapters have appeared with the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Global Affairs,泭Cambridge Review of International Affairs,泭Journal of European Integration, Politique Europ矇enne,泭European Foreign Affairs Review, Hague Journal of Diplomacy, International Spectator, Asia-Europe Journal as well as with Oxford University Press, Palgrave, Routledge, E. Elgar, Springer, Hart, Campus and Nomos.
Martin Caudron
Martin Caudron currently serves as Communications Officer in the Global Partnerships Division of the International Monetary Fund, focusing on capacity development and partnerships communications. He joined the IMF in December 2020 from the Delegation of the European Union to the United States in Washington DC, which he had joined in April 2015 as Senior Communications Officer. Prior to that, he worked for the French General Secretariat for European Affairs (Prime minister's office dealing with the EU and the OECD)in Paris, France from 2011 to 2015. He helped coordinate the French interagency dialogue on the annual EU budget, the multiannual financial framework, investment plans, and several other EU-funding issues. He was involved in several EU negotiations.泭
Martin started his career in Brussels, Belgium as a consultant in EU affairs. He holds two Masters of Art, one from the College of Europe (European Political and Administrative Studies) in Bruges, Belgium, and one from Lille Institute of Political Studies in France (Public Administration).泭
Tim Rivera
Tim Rivera is a freelance consultant and expert working in transatlantic relations, international education & exchanges, public diplomacy, and diversity, equity, & inclusion. He is currently a Security Fellow at the Truman泭National Security Project and a Member of the泭Foreign Policy for Americas NextGen Initiative. He served for five years as a Program Manager at the EU Delegation to the US, overseeing a portfolio of public diplomacy and policy outreach initiatives spanning the transatlantic agenda, including trade, security, climate change, the digital economy, gender equality, and educational exchange. He previously worked for the British Council, contributing to programs on religion and international affairs, intercultural dialogue, and common European cultural relations initiatives. He received his master's degree in international relations from King's College London and a bachelor's degree in political science from Yale University.