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Government Faculty

We’re especially proud of our faculty—prominent scholars and real-world professionals at the top of their fields who value mentoring students as much as they value excellence in the classroom. Through their teaching, scholarly achievements and first-hand experience, you’ll gain a special entry point to politics and governance.


Department Chair

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 ¹ú²úСßÏÅ®. He serves as Treasurer of the American Political Science Association and Co-…

Ìý dlublin@american.edu

Ìý (202) 885-2913

Graduate Program Director

Undergraduate Program Director

Full-Time Faculty

Tenured and Tenure-line Faculty

Term Faculty

Lara Schwartz Senior Professorial Lecturer SPA | Government

Adjunct Faculty

Emeriti Faculty

Eric Hershberg Professor Emeritus of Government and Latin American and Latino Studies