College of Law and
Public Service
College of Law and Public Service - Faculty
Mr. Laith Al Any
Associate Faculty
Dr. Nelson Altamirano
Professor
Dr. Mohammad Amin
Professor
Dr. Esmaeil Atashpaz-Gargari
Assistant Professor
Dr. Hassan Badkoobehi
Professor
Harkirat Bal
Assistant Professor
Dr. Bernadette Baum
Professor
Dr. Kentaya Beeler
Assistant Professor
Dr. Irene Benliro
Associate Faculty
Jonathan Berndt
Associate Faculty
Dr. Ritika Bhawal
Associate Professor
Dr. Debra Bowen
Assistant Professor
Dr. Beverley Brownell
Associate Professor
Dr. Michelle Browning
Professor
Dr. Julia Buchanan
Professor
Mr. Scott Campbell
Professor
Dr. Gurdeep Chawla
Professor
Dr. Kenneth Christopher
Professor
Dr. Sara Cook
Associate Professor
Ms. Melodie Daniels
Associate Faculty
Dr. Tracy Dawes
Associate Professor
Dr. Pradip Dey
Professor
Dr. Alba Diaz
Associate Professor
Dr. Susan Drummond
Professor
Jennifer Du Bois
Associate Faculty
Jeanette Duran-Arnn
Assistant Professor
Dr. Brandon Eggleston
Professor
Dr. Joyce Ellis
Associate Professor
Brooks Ensign
Associate Faculty
Dirk Epperson
Associate Faculty
Mrs. Jaime Estrada
Associate Faculty
Dr. Consolacion Fajardo
Professor
Dr. Alireza Farahani
Professor
Mr. Thomas Francl
Associate Faculty
Sara Franco
Assistant Professor
Dr. Peilin Fu
Professor
Dr. Nancy Golden
Associate Faculty
Dr. James Guffey
Professor
Khadija Hamisi
Assistant Professor
Dr. Jack Hamlin
Professor
Dr. Bryan Hance
Professor
Dr. Joann Harper
Professor
Marcia Harris-Luna
Associate Faculty
Nicole Higgins
Assistant Professor
Julie Hinchey
Associate Faculty
Mrs. Jennifer Holt
Associate Faculty
Angela James
Assistant Professor
Dr. James Jaurez
Associate Professor
Dr. Shatha Jawad
Associate Professor
Dr. Lettica Johnson-Highsmith
Assistant Professor
Dr. Lockford Jones
Associate Professor
Sylvia Jones
Assistant Professor
Dr. Nancy Jones
Associate Faculty
Jesse Kaestner
Associate Faculty
Dr. Ellen Kaye Gehrke
Professor
Dr. Sara Kelly
Professor
Dr. Chandrika Kelso
Professor
Dr. Eric Kramer
Associate Faculty
Katarzyna LaLicata
Associate Professor
Mr. Saul Lankster
Associate Faculty
Dr. James Larson
Professor
Kita Lastrape
Assistant Professor
Dr. Deborah Le Blanc
Professor
Jessica Lira
Associate Faculty
Mrs. Kelli Lofoco
Associate Faculty
Dr. Michael MacKinnon
Associate Professor
Ms. Linda Macomber
Assistant Professor
Dr. Damon Martin
Assistant Professor
Dr. Joseph Martin
Associate Professor
Dr. Mariamma Mathai
Professor
Dr. Mary McHugh
Professor
Dr. Kamlesh Mehta
Professor
Kristi Milostan
Associate Faculty
Dr. Wali Mondal
Professor
Dr. Michael Myers
Professor
Mrs. Maniphanh Noraky
Associate Faculty
Dr. Ponzio Oliverio
Associate Professor
Dr. Patrick Olson
Professor
Dr. Ricardo Parker
Associate Professor
Mr. Shannon Patrick
Assistant Professor
Dr. Gina Piane
Professor
Dr. Michael Pickett
Associate Professor
Dr. Gabriel Pineda
Associate Professor
Dr. Margaret Price
Professor
Bangalore Radhakrishnan
Instructor
Lee Ranalli
Associate Faculty
Dr. Peggy Ranke
Associate Professor
William Reid
Instructor
Ms. Nancy Richmond
Associate Faculty
Joseph Rodriguez
Associate Faculty
Dr. Patric Schiltz
Professor
Maureen Sigafoos
Assistant Professor
Dr. Susan Silverstone
Professor
Dr. Brian Simpson
Professor
Mr. Christopher Simpson
Instructor
Dr. Bhaskar Raj Sinha
Professor
Dr. Alan Smith
Associate Faculty
Dr. Tyler Smith
Professor
Dr. Linda Takvorian
Assistant Professor
Dr. Steven Walker
Associate Professor
Mrs. Donalee Waschak
Assistant Professor
Dr. Mudasser Wyne
Professor
Mrs. Cheryl Young
Assistant Professor
Dr. Lu Zhang
Professor
Dr. Tara Zolnikov
Associate ProfessorNational University Statement of Academic Freedom
The National University Faculty Handbook, approved by the National University Board of Trustees on July 29, 2022, defines Academic Freedom in Section 1.4 as follows:
1.4 Academic FreedomThe University supports academic freedom as a right and a responsibility within the academy. As a right, academic freedom ensures the freedom of thought and expression as it applies to the artfulness of teaching, as well as discipline / subject content publication, oral presentation, and extramural activities. Academic freedom as a responsibility includes specific, intentional, learning-science based strategies and andragogical interventions, which will be designed collaboratively across academic stakeholders. While faculty members have the right to choose and use external, third-party materials (for example “textbook”) that they deem appropriate to program or course outcomes in their classes, those materials, syllabi and all content must adhere to the design standards as outlined by the president and provost office. Academic freedom grants faculty members the liberty to teach, pursue, discuss knowledge, do research, and publish the research results. In the classroom, faculty have the right to teach and say what they believe to be pertinent to the subject at hand.