Directory of Schar School Research Center Faculty

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Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! (ACE!)

Director

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Faye S. Taxman
University Professor, Director of the Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence!
ftaxman@gmu.edu

Staff

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Kendra Clark
Senior Research Associate, Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! (ACE!)
kclark45@gmu.edu

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Benjamin Mackey
Senior Research Associate, Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! (ACE!)
bmackey2@gmu.edu

Amy Murphy
Senior Research Associate, Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! (ACE!)
amurph10@gmu.edu

Lindsay Smith
Research Associate, Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! (ACE!)
lsmith67@gmu.edu

Teneshia Thurman
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! (ACE!)
tthurman@gmu.edu

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Angela Warren
Senior Research Administrator
awarre3@gmu.edu

Judith A. Wilde
Research Professor, Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! (ACE!)
jwilde2@gmu.edu

Afsaneh Ziaee
Grant Administrator, Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! (ACE!)
aziaee@gmu.edu

Center for Biomedical Science and Policy (CBSP)

Directors

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Naoru Koizumi
Associate Dean of Research and Grants, Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Endowed Chair; Co-Director, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC); Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Science and Policy
nkoizumi@gmu.edu

Jim Olds
University Professor of Neuroscience, Policy and Government; Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Science and Policy
jolds@gmu.edu

Staff

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Meng-Hao Li
Managing Director, Center for Biomedical Science and Policy (CBSP)
mli11@gmu.edu

Center for Business Civic Engagement (CBCE)

Director

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David K. Rehr
Professor of Public Policy; Director, Center for Business Civic Engagement
drehr@gmu.edu

Center for Infrastructure Public-Private Partnership Policy

Director

Jonathan L. Gifford
Professor; Director, Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy
jgifford@gmu.edu

Center for Regional Analysis

Directors

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Terry Clower
Northern Virginia Chair in Local Government; Professor of Public Policy; Director, Center for Regional Analysis; Director, Stephen S. Fuller Institute
tclower@gmu.edu

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Keith Waters
Assistant Director, Center for Regional Analysis; Assistant Director, Stephen S. Fuller Institute
kwaters2@gmu.edu

Center for Security Policy Studies

Directors

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Ellen Laipson
Professor, International Security Program Manager, Director for the Center of Security Policy Studies
elaipson@gmu.edu

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Michael Hunzeker
Associate Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government; Director, Government and International Affairs Program Faculty
mhunzeke@gmu.edu

Center for the Study of Social Change, Institutions, and Policy (SCIP)

Director

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Jack A. Goldstone
Virginia E. and John T. Hazel, Jr., Professor; Director, Center for the Study of Social Change, Institutions, and Policy (SCIP)
jgoldsto@gmu.edu

Center on Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Social Enterprise

Director

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Alan J. Abramson
Professor; Director, Center on Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Social Enterprise
aabramso@gmu.edu

Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security

Director

Larry Pfeiffer
Director of Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security
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lpfeiff@gmu.edu

Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC)

Directors

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Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera
Professor; Co-Director, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC)
gcorreac@gmu.edu

Naoru Koizumi
Associate Dean of Research and Grants, Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Endowed Chair; Co-Director, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC); Co-Director, Center for Biomedical Science and Policy
nkoizumi@gmu.edu

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Janine R. Wedel
Distinguished University Professor; Co-Director, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC)
jwedel@gmu.edu

Staff

Mahmut Cengiz
Research Associate Professor, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC)
mcengiz@gmu.edu

Judith Deane
Senior Policy Fellow, Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC)
jdeane@gmu.edu

Stephen S. Fuller Institute

Directors

Terry Clower
Northern Virginia Chair in Local Government; Professor of Public Policy; Director, Center for Regional Analysis; Director, Stephen S. Fuller Institute
tclower@gmu.edu

Keith Waters
Assistant Director, Center for Regional Analysis; Assistant Director, Stephen S. Fuller Institute
kwaters2@gmu.edu