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  • Anastasia Snelling professor and chair, Health Studies Department

    College of Arts and Sciences
    BS, University of Connecticut; MS in health fitness management, American University; PhD in counseling and development, American University
  • Jason Snyder Senior Professorial Lecturer, School of Education

    College of Arts and Sciences
    JD, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall)  MEd, University of California, Los Angeles  AB, Public Policy, Stanford University
  • Rachel Louise Snyder associate professor of literature

    College of Arts and Sciences
    BA, North Central College; MFA, Emerson College
  • Sarah Snyder Professor, School of International Service

    School of International Service
  • Aparna Soni Assistant Professor

    School of Public Affairs
  • Jeffrey Sosland assistant professor

    School of Professional & Extended Studies
    PhD Georgetown University, B.A. Harvard University
  • Peter Starr Provost; professor of literature

    College of Arts and Sciences
    AB, Stanford University; MA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
  • Jennifer Steele associate professor, School of Education

    College of Arts and Sciences
    Ed.D., Administration, Planning, and Social Policy, Harvard University
  • Leonard Steinhorn Professor of public communication; affiliate professor of history

    School of Communication
    BA, Vassar College; MA, Johns Hopkins University
  • Maggie Stogner Associate professor of film and media arts; Executive Director, AU’s Center For Environmental Filmmaking; Fellow, AU’s Center For Media & Social Impact

    School of Communication
    BA, San Francisco State University; MA, communication, Stanford University
  • Catherine Stoodley associate professor of psychology; director, developmental neuroscience lab

    College of Arts and Sciences
    BSc, Tufts University; MSc and DPhil, University of Oxford (UK). Postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Oxford and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
  • Rachel Sullivan Robinson Associate Professor

    School of International Service
  • Margot Susca Assistant Professor

    School of Communication
    Ph.D. Mass Communication, Florida State University; M.S. Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; B.A. Journalism and Political Science, UMass Amherst
  • Patricia Sykes associate professor of government

    School of Public Affairs
    BA, Boston College; MA, PhD, Yale University
  • Scott Talan assistant professor of Public & Strategic Communication

    School of Communication
    Talan received his Master in Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, studied broadcast journalism at Stanford, and completed his BA at the University of California at Davis in Political Science and Economics.
  • Jordan Tama associate professor, School of International Service; research fellow, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies

    School of International Service
    MPA, PhD, Princeton University
  • Stephen Tankel assistant professor School of International Service

    School of International Service
    BS, Cornell University; MSc, London School of Economic; PhD, King's College London
  • Steven Taylor associate professor of government

    School of Public Affairs
    BS, College at Buffalo–State University of New York; MEd, Florida A&M University; MA, PhD, University of Minnesota
  • Jorhena Thomas Adjunct professor

    School of International Service
  • James Thurber Distinguished Professor, School of Public Affairs

    School of Public Affairs
    PhD, Indiana University

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