Abdullah Atalan
Abdullah is a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and a faculty fellow in the Center for Data Science at American University. He completed his PhD in Poli…
Faculty Fellows
Andrew Ballard Adjunct Assistant Professor SPA | General Academics & Research
Zois Boukouvalas Associate Professor CAS | Math and Statistics
Dr. Boukouvalas' research focuses on the development of interpretable machine learning models and algorithms for the analysis of big multi-modal data, by combining aspects from information geometry, m…
Toks Fashola Senior Professorial Lecturer SOE | General Academics & Research
Dr. Olatokunbo (Toks) Fashola is a Research Professor and the Faculty Coordinator for the Dual Enrollment Program at American University. Her current research interests include STEM among underreprese…
Silvia Kim Faculty Fellow SPA | Public Administration
Betty Malloy Professor and Director of the Data Science Programs CAS | Math and Statistics
I am an applied statistician with a primary focus in biostatistics. My main interest is in applications to occupational and environmental health settings, although I have had the privilege of working …
Ryan Moore Associate Professor SPA | Government
Ryan T. Moore is associate professor of Government in the School of Public Affairs. His research interests include statistical methods, especially for causal inference, American politics, and the poli…
Horace Bartilow Professor SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Horace A. Bartilow is Professor of International Political Economy and American Foreign Policy. He is a Jamaican born social scientist who received his Ph.D. in 1994 from the State University of New Y…
Le Bao Adjunct Instructor
Le Bao is a Postdoc Fellow at the Massive Data Institute (MDI) of Georgetown University. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Government at American University in 2022. He was also previously …
Tongtong Zhang Assistant Professor SPA | Government
Tongtong Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Government at American University. Her research examines authoritarian institutions (with a focus on participatory institutions and information control) and…
Patrick Wu Assistant Professor CAS | Computer Science
Prof. Patrick Wu's research focuses on developing AI/ML and natural language processing approaches to computational social science. These methods address research questions about topics such as politi…
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