Criminology ·
Mixed Signals, Mixed Outcomes: How Offense, Record and Flight Risk Shape Pretrial Choices
Mixed Signals, Mixed Outcomes: How Offense, Record and Flight Risk Shape Pretrial Choices
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Policy Analysis ·
The Future of Public Administration under Political Dysfunction
SPA Policy Brief: SPA Professor Ken Meier provides practical steps for policymakers and agency leaders looking to minimize systemic fallout.
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Health Policy & Management ·
Prenatal Industrial Pollution and Lifelong Economic Harm
SPA Policy Brief: new research by SPA Professor Claudia Persico explores the risks of prenatal industrial pollution.
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Political Science ·
Blood at the Ballot Box
SPA professor links post-Reconstruction electoral shocks to spikes in lynching across the Deep South.
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Announcement ·
Alison Jacknowitz Named Dean of AU’s Top-Ranked School of Public Affairs
The interim leader and long-serving public administration and policy professor will step into the permanent role on June 1.
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Alumni ·
AU Honors 2026 Alumni Award Recipients
The AU Alumni Association's highest honors go to four remarkable Eagles.
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Alumni ·
To the Class of 2026, You Don't Walk This Path Alone
AU Alumni Board President Patty Caballero's Commencement Address
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Communications ·
Uncovering Coded Antisemitism Online Takes Both Human Expertise and AI Automation
The Unmasking Antisemitism project at American University uses artificial intelligence, qualitative analysis and survey experiments to develop studies and tools to detect overt and coded hate speech.
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In the Community ·
Abracadabra: This Magician is an AU Adjunct
How leadership consultant and SPA adjunct professorial lecturer Andrew Bennett uses the art of illusion to transform the classroom and the boardroom
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Achievements ·
Ambition, Empathy, and Authenticity: Distinguished Speakers Inspire Class of 2026
Nearly 2,700 graduates embraced the charge to lead with curiosity and find meaning in service during American University’s 151st commencement in Bender Arena
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