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SPA's PhD curriculum is designed to provide doctoral students with the skills to effect immediate impact.

With expertise spanning public management, global health governance, regulatory policy and more, our PhD candidates bring the research competency and academic rigor to their respective fields and educate the next generation of public affairs leaders.

Public Administration PhD Students

Michelle Castleberry

Neko Michelle Castleberry is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include policies regarding sexual and reproductiv…

  mc0837a@american.edu

Sarah Chung

Sarah Chung is a PhD student in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of environmental, health, and education policy…

  sc9558a@american.edu

Joohyung Park Adjunct Instructor

Joohyung Park is a PhD candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. His research interests include bureaucracy and democracy, public management, bureaucratic…

  jp6878a@american.edu

Xiaoyang Xu Adjunct Instructor

Xiaoyang Xu is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. Her research interests include representative bureaucracy, public management, and gend…

  xx0266a@american.edu

Justice, Law & Criminology PhD Students

Natalie Chwalisz Adjunct Instructor

Natalie Chwalisz is a PhD candidate at the School of Public Affairs, in the Justice, Law and Criminology Department. She focuses in on human smuggling, mixed migration and forced displacement.In her f…

  chwalisz@american.edu

Recent PhD Job Placements

Le Bao (PhD Political Science) received a post-doc at Georgetown University.

Michael Heseltine (PhD Political Science) received a post-doc at the University of Amsterdam.

Em Bello-Pardo (PhD Political Science) became a Senior Political Analyst at YouGov.