John Harrington, Ph.D., SAIS Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professorial Lecturer in International Economics. Has taught at SAIS for 28 years, including throughout his 20-year government career at the Department of State where he directed economics education for foreign affairs professionals at the Foreign Service Institute. Subsequently directed the Office of Regional Economic Policy in the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs. Continued his work dealing with economic policy through his association with Caribbean/Latin American Action, the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce and the Greater American Business Coalition. Has been the director of the SAIS Pre-Term Program since 1998. Received the 1999 Excellence in Teaching Award by SAIS students. Created video courses on pre-calculus and basic calculus for economists that offer a high technology approach to education. Received his Ph.D. in economics from Georgetown University. Gay Washburn, Ph.D., Coordinator and Professorial Lecturer in the English Program; Director of the SAIS Writing Center. Taught English as a Second and Foreign Language at Syracuse University, University of Pennsylvania, City University of New York, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras and universities in Kunming, China; interested in materials for the acquisition of pragmatic language, the development of language skills at advanced levels and the development of writing skills at the graduate level; Ph.D., educational linguistics, University of Pennsylvania Brita Johanson Caminiti, M.A., SAIS Pre-Term ESL Coordinator and Coordinator and Lecturer in the Italian Program. Since 2005 has taught and developed materials for Listening and Speaking ESL courses in SAIS’ English Program. Also taught ESL at College of Notre Dame and Phillips Andover Academy, and led EFL courses in Italy at Accademia Americana. Has also been teaching Italian at SAIS since 2001, and has served as an Italian lecturer at Tufts University and teaching assistant at Harvard University. Research interests include comparative literature and sociolinguistics. Received her M.A. degrees in Italian and Italian literature from The Johns Hopkins University and Middlebury College.
Matthias Matthijs, Ph.D., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in International Economics. Assistant Professor in International Politics and International Economic Relations at American University's School of International Service in Washington, DC. Served as a consultant to the Foreign Investment Advisory Service of the World Bank, focusing on private sector development, industry value chain analysis, and investment climate issues. Also served as a lecturer in economics at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County. Author of Ideas and Economic Crises in Britain from Attlee to Blair (1945-2005). Received his Ph.D. in international relations from SAIS. Çiğdem Akın, Ph.D., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in International Economics. Research assistant and summer intern at the Research Department of International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C.(2005-2008); research associate, Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo-Japan (2000-2001); George Washington University Teaching Fellowship and Graduate Teaching Assistantship (2001-2006); Monbusho Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports Scholarship (1998-2000); Boğaziçi University Alumni Association Scholarship (1994-1998); German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) Scholarship (1998); University of Vienna Scholarship (1996).
Cris Arroyo, Ph.D., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in International Economics. Has taught international monetary theory and international monetary systems at SAIS since 1996 and received the Excellence in Teaching Award in 2003; previously was assistant professor of economics at the University of Florida; consulted for private-sector financial corporations, notably FTSE, Standard & Poor's and Ruesch International, Inc.; areas of interest include exchange rates, international monetary economics, international financial markets, particularly stock market indices, and applications of value-at-risk principles to firm and household financial behavior. Received his Ph.D. in economics from Rice University. | 
