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Meet the Faculty

Meet the faculty who are communicating across countries and cultures.

Department Chair

Research interests

  • Internal dynamics of insurgent and paramilitary groups
  • DDR
  • Dynamics of post-conflict violence

Department Director of Graduate Studies

Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod Professorial Lecturer and Department Chair, Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations

  kuraduse@american.edu

Research interests

  • Human rights
  • Social movements
  • Genocide

Core Faculty

Research interests

  • Intercultural relations
  • Transnational migration
  • Southeast Asian studies

Research interests

  • Accessible global governance
  • Global information and communication technology
  • Geographically distributed collaboration

Research interests

  • International education
  • Global media
  • Public diplomacy
  • Multiculturalism and pluralism

Research interests

  • Health communication
  • Communication and social change
  • Diasporas and communication

Research interests

  • Technology
  • Culture and development
  • Social entrepreneurship
  • Internet governance

Research interests

  • Global racialization
  • Migration
  • Education
  • Geopolitics of war

Research interests

  • Political economy of globalization
  • Human and global security
  • Global politics of race
  • American hegemony

Research interests

  • Public and cultural diplomacy
  • Intercultural communication 
  • Non-state actors and political change
  • Global citizenship

Affiliated Faculty

Akbar Ahmed Distinguished Professor and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies SIS | Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations

  akbar@american.edu