Faculty A-C

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Susan Aaronson, Research Professor

Susan Ariel Aaronson (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University)

Research Professor of International Affairs

Director, Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub

GWU Cross-Disciplinary Fellow, Affiliate, Institute for International Economic Policy

Research Interests: International trade, WTO, digital trade, digital rights, data governance, anti-corruption, transparency, economic growth, human rights

Elliott School 403O
(202) 994-7974
saaronso@gwu.edu

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Martin Adelman (J.D., University of Michigan)

Theodore and James Pedas Family Professor Emeritus of Intellectual Property and Technology Law

Co-Director of the Intellectual Property Law Program

Co-Director of the Dean Dinwoodey Center for Intellectual Property Studies

Research Interests: Patent law; international patent law; India

200 H Street NW
(202) 994-7703
madelman@law.gwu.edu

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Attiya Ahmad (Ph.D., Duke University)

Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs

Interim Director, Institute for Middle East Studies

Research Interests: Transnational Islamic charity networks spanning South Asia and the Arabian/Persian Gulf; gender and feminist studies

Elliott School 512L
(202) 994-4251
ahmada@gwu.edu

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Nicholas Anderson (Ph.D., Yale University)

Assistant Professor of International Affairs

Associate Director, M.A. International Affairs

Research Interests: Great power politics; territorial conflict and expansion; conventional military operations; cybersecurity; East Asian international relations

Elliott School 501M
(202) 994-1506
nick_anderson@gwu.edu

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Celeste Arrington (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley)

Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Interim Director, Asian Studies Program

Research Interests: Comparative politics; South Korea; Japan; North Korea; state-society relations; law and society; media and politics; Northeast Asian security

Monroe Hall 440
(202) 994-6601
cla@gwu.edu

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Eyal Aviv (Ph.D., Harvard University)

Assistant Professor of Religion & Honors

Research Interests: Chinese intellectual history; religion and modernity; Buddhism; Buddhist philosophy

Ames Hall 201B
(202) 242-6049
aviv@gwu.edu

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Meghana Ayyagari (Ph.D., University of Maryland)

Professor of International Business and International Affairs; Professor of Finance (by courtesy)

Research Interests: Development economics; international finance; financial development and growth; theory of the firm; corporate governance

2201 G Street NW, Suite 401R
(202) 994-1292
ayyargari@gwu.edu

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Prabir Bagchi (Ph.D., University of Tennessee)

Professor Emeritus of Decision Sciences 

Research Interests: Logistics; supply chain management; production and operations management; South Asia

Funger Hall 415G
(202) 994-2197
bagchi@gwu.edu

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Steven J. Balla (Ph.D., Duke University)

Associate Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Administration, and International Affairs

Co-Director, George Washington Regulatory Studies Center

Research Interests: American politics; Chinese politics; regulation; technology and politics; government consultation and public participation in the policymaking process

Monroe Hall 475
(202) 994-4811
sball@gwu.edu

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Alasdair Bowie (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley)

Associate Professor of Political Science & International Affairs

Research Interests: Comparative political economy; development; Southeast Asia

Monroe Hall 440
(202) 994-7370
abowie@gwu.edu

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Gregg Brazinsky (Ph.D., Cornell University)

Research Interests: U.S.-East Asian relations; Korean history; East Asian history

On Sabbatical Academic Year 2023-2024

Elliott School 503J
(202) 994-0987
brazinsk@gwu.edu

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Wakana Cavanaugh, Lecturer of Japanese

Wakana K. Cavanaugh (M.S., University of Pennsylvania)

Lecturer of Japanese

Research Interests: Japanese language; teaching Japanese as a foreign language; teaching English as a foreign language

Rome Hall 466
(202) 994-6723
kikuchi@gwu.edu

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Jihae (Jay) Cha (Ed.D., Columbia University)

Assistant Professor of International Education

Research Interests: Gender and psychosocial well-being in education; education among refugee populations; urban refugee education; teacher professional development

2136 G Street NW
jihae.cha@gwu.edu

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Elizabeth Chacko (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles)

Professor of Geography & International Affairs

Associate Provost for Special Programs and the Mount Vernon Academic Experience

Research Interests: Immigration; urban geography; development; medical geography; South Asia

Ames Hall 101D
(202) 994-5328
echacko@gwu.edu

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Jonathan Chaves (Ph.D., Columbia University)

Professor of Chinese

Research Interests: Chinese poetry; relationships among poetry; painting and calligraphy in China; Chinese literature in Japan

Rome Hall 468
(202) 994-6474
jchaves@gwu.edu

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Liana Chen (Ph.D., Stanford University)

Associate Professor of Chinese Language & Literature

Director, Taiwan Education and Research Program

Research Interests: traditional and modern Chinese drama and theatre; performance studies; Chinese literature of the Ming and Qing dynasties; Taiwanese literature and film

Rome Hall 464
(202) 994-9277
liachen@gwu.edu

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Maggie Xiaoyang Chen (Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder)

Professor of Economics & International Affairs

Research Interests: International trade in Asia; foreign direct investment; trade agreements

Monroe Hall 367
(202) 994-0192
xchen@gwu.edu

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Patricia P. Chu (Ph.D., Cornell University)

Professor of English

Director,  Asian American Studies

Research Interests: Asian American and diasporic literature and film; Asian American cultural studies; women’s writing and autobiography; 20th and 21st century American literature; postcolonial theory

Phillips Hall 638
(202) 994-1405
pattychu@gwu.edu

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Donald C. Clarke (J.D., Harvard University)

Professor of Law and David A. Weaver Research Professor

Research Interests: Modern Chinese law; law and development; corporate law

Stuart Hall 316
(202) 994-2830
donaldclarke@gwu.edu

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