IAfS FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Moses Kansanga, Ph.D. .
Moses Kansanga is Assistant Professor of Geography and International Affairs. He joined GW after completing his PhD at the University of Western Ontario. His research explores questions at the intersection of sustainable agriculture and natural resource management using community-based and participatory approaches. In the past decade, Dr. Kansanga’s research has focused on integrating traditional knowledge systems and modern science to generate contextually appropriate solutions to complex socioecological issues such as food insecurity and climate change. He has worked with small-holder farmers in a number of countries in Africa and published in a wide-array of peer-reviewed journals. He teaches courses on agriculture and sustainable food security; society and the environment; and the geography of Africa.
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Sarah Baird, Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor of Global Health and Economics, Department of Global Health
Michael N. Barnett, Ph.D.
Professor of International Affairs and Political Science
Jeffrey Bingenheimer, Ph.D., MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health
David R. Braun
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Columbian College of Arts & Science
Jennifer Brinkerhoff
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Special Initiatives; Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs
Naomi R. Cahn
Harold H. Greene Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
Yvonne Captain
Associate Professor of Latin American Film and Literature and International Affairs
Reid W. Click
Director of the GW Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER); Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs
Jennifer Cooke
Professor of Practice in International Affairs; Director of the Institute for African Studies
Mark Edberg, Ph.D., M.A.
Associate Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health
Scott Edwards
Part-time Professor/Development Practitioner; Managing Director of Crisis Prevention and Response with Amnesty International
W. Douglas Evans
Director of the Public Health Communication and Marketing Program; Professor of Prevention and Community Health
James E. Foster, Ph.D.
Oliver T. Carr Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics
Seble L Frehywot, MD, MHSA
Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health
Dr. Roy Richard Grinker
Former Inaugural Director of the Institute for African Studies; Professor of Anthropology, International Affairs & Human Sciences
Dr. Lakeisha R. Harrison, Ph.D.
Professional Lecturer; Area of Expertise: Law, Public Policy, Religion, Gender, International Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Energy; Elliott School of International Affairs
Jennifer James, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English; Director, Africana Studies Program
Moses Kansanga, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Geography and International Affairs
Samuel T. Ledermann, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practice in International Affairs; Director, Elliott School Global Capstone Program
Matthew Levinger, Ph.D.
Research Professor of International Affairs; Director, National Security Studies Program; Program Director, Master of International Policy and Practice
Steven Livingston, Ph.D.
Professor of Media & Public Affairs & International Affairs
Stephen C. Lubkemann, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology & International Affairs
Melani McAlister, Ph.D.
Professor of American Studies, International Affairs & Media & Public Affairs
Ambassador Liberata Mulamula
Visiting Scholar & Associate Director, Institute for African Studies
Khadidiatou Ndiaye, MA, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health
Ernest Ogbozor, Ph.D.
Professorial Lecturer – Conflict Resolution, International Development, Humanitarian Action, and Peacebuilding
Liesl Riddle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of International Business and International Affairs; Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, GW School of Business; Co-Director, GW Diaspora Program
Ambassador David Shinn
Former Ambassador to Burkina Faso and Ethiopia; Adjunct Professor of International Affairs
Stephen Smith, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics and International Affairs; Director, Institute for International Economic Policy
Jennifer Spencer, Ph.D.
Professor of International Business and International Affairs
Daniel Whitman
Professorial Lecturer in African Studies – Foreign Policy and Foreign Affairs, Comparative Cultural Studies, Basics of College Research, Oral History, International Conflict Management
Paul Williams
Director Security Policy Studies M.A.; Associate Professor of International Affairs