Elizabeth Amory, J.D., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in International Law. Attorney-adviser at the Department of State in the Office of Human Rights and Refugees. Previously served in the department's Employment Law and the Ethics and Management divisions, where her work included advising on consolidation and management of overseas and domestic financial operations. Research interests focus on international human rights and finance laws. Received her J.D. from University of Virginia.

Cristino Arroyo, Ph.D., SAIS Adjunct Associate Professor of International Economics. Has taught economics at SAIS since 1996 and received the Excellence in Teaching Award in 2003. Previously served as assistant professor of economics at University of Florida. Has consulted for FTSE, Standard & Poor’s and Ruesch International, Inc. Research interests include exchange rates, international monetary economics and international financial markets. Author of “On the Robustness of Forward Market Efficiency in Consumption-Based Models of Exchange Rates” in International Economic Journal. Received his Ph.D. in economics from Rice University.

Deborah Bleviss, B.S., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in International Policy. Consultant in sustainable energy and transportation solutions. Served as director of the Sustainable Markets for Sustainable Energy Program at the Inter-American Development Bank. Founding member of the International Institute for Energy Conservation. Author of The New Oil Crisis and Fuel Economy Technologies: Preparing the Light Transportation Industry for the 1990s. Received her B.S. in physics from University of California, Los Angeles.

Tillman Bruett, M.A., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in International Development. Founding partner of Alternative Credit Technologies, LLC, where he provides consulting services in microfinance and microenterprise development. Previously worked at FINCA International and Chemical Bank's International Financial Institutions Group. Co-authored  multiple manuals and papers on MFI management and financial performance. Received his M.A. in international relations from SAIS.

Li-Chuang Chi, M.S., SAIS Coordinator and Professorial Lecturer in the Chinese Program. Taught Mandarin Chinese at all levels in a number of leading American universities, including Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, and The Johns Hopkins University. Author of SAIS Advanced Chinese Readers in International Affairs and Chinese Odyssey: Innovative Language Courseware. Received her M.S. in education from The Johns Hopkins University.

Mark Cohen, Ph.D., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in International Development. Research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute. Leads research projects on gender and rural development, the impact of food aid on well-being in developing countries, global humanitarian aid policy, conflict and food security, and the right to food. Author of “Food Security: Underfed or Overfed?” in From Resource Scarcity to Ecological Security: Exploring New Limits to Growth and “Conflict, Food Insecurity and Globalization" in Food, Culture and Society. Received his Ph.D. in political science from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Kevin Croke, M.A., SAIS Instructor in International Development. Pursuing a Ph.D. in international development at SAIS. Also consults for the Results for Development Institute. Previously worked with Management Sciences for Health in Tanzania and with the Inter-American Development Bank in Peru. Served as a volunteer teacher in Kenya and foreign policy fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute. Received his M.A. in international relations from SAIS.

John Davies, Ph.D., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in Conflict Management. Senior research associate with the Center for International Development and Conflict Management at University of Maryland. Has mediated between conflicting parties in more than 25 countries and has held research and teaching positions at Harvard University, University of New England and Murdoch University in Australia. Areas of expertise include conflict management, conflict and crisis prevention, and democratization and development. Co-author of Second Track/Citizens' Diplomacy: Concepts and Techniques for Conflict Transformation and Preventive Measures: Building Risk Assessment and Crisis Early Warning Systems. Received his Ph.D. in political psychology from Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa.

Marius Deeb, Ph.D., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in Middle East Studies. Taught at American University of Beirut, Georgetown University and George Washington University. Served as a senior associate member of St. Anthony’s College at Oxford University. Frequent broadcast and print media commentator. Author of Syria’s Terrorist War on Lebanon and the Peace Process and Militant Islamic Movements in Lebanon: Origins, Social Basis and Ideology. Received his Ph.D. in politics from Oxford University.

Hazel Denton, Ph.D., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in International Development. Consultant in population and health issues and an instructor at Georgetown University. Career spans industry, academia and government service. Worked 20 years at the World Bank on issues related to Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, with a particular focus on health and population. Received her Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.

Mohamed Derbi, M.A., SAIS Coordinator and Professorial Lecturer in the Arabic Program. Taught at the Foreign Service Institute School of Language Studies and at American University. Served as an analyst and translator for the Department of Public Affairs at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, research assistant in the economics department at Colorado State University and program administrator for the Center for Arabic Language Abroad. Received his M.A. in economics and econometrics from University of Colorado.

Daniel Erikson, M.P.P., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in Latin American Studies. Senior associate at Inter-American Dialogue, where he has directed programs in areas such as U.S.-Latin American relations, China-Latin American Relations, and Cuba and the Caribbean. Co-editor of Transforming Socialist Economies: Lessons for Cuba and Beyond. Contributed to books including Looking Forward: Comparative Perspectives on Cuba's Transition and Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Latin America. Author or co-author of more than 50 articles in numerous publications. Received his M.P.P. from Harvard University.

Scott Featherston, M.Eng.Sc., M.I.S., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in International Economics. Investment officer with the International Finance Corporation. Previously served as a consultant at the World Bank and FINCA International and as director of global corporate finance at Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen. Research interests include economic development, international history, and U.S. and Australian politics. Author of “Foreign Exchange Rate Risk in Microfinance: What Is It and How Can It Be Managed?” in Consultative Group to Assist the Poor’s Focus Notes. Received his M.Eng.Sc. from University of Melbourne and his M.I.S. in international studies from University of Sydney.

Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D., SAIS Coordinator and Professorial Lecturer in the Hindi-Urdu Program. Taught Hindi-Urdu at various levels at University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Washington University in St. Louis. Research interests include languages and national security, sociolinguistics, language endangerment and rare South Asian languages. Taught Rajasthani, Gujarati, Punjabi, Pashto, Dari and Balochi to professionals. Received his Ph.D. in linguistics from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.

Muhiuddin Haider, Ph.D., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in International Development. Associate professor of global health at University of Maryland. Previously served as associate Professor at George Washington University and as country representative for Nepal at The Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs. Held senior positions at The Futures Group International and The Centre for Development and Population Activities. Areas of expertise include international health communications, infrastructure development and health care reform. Author of Global Public Health Communication: Challenges, Perspectives and Strategies. Received his Ph.D. in population education and communication from University of Michigan.

John Karaagac, Ph.D., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in American Foreign Policy. Teaches international relations at Indiana University. Research interests include American foreign policy and politics in relation to the more traditional wing of international relations theory. Author of four books addressing the intersection of American politics, the presidency and foreign policy, including The Bush Paradox: A Study in Contemporary Politics. Received his Ph.D. in international relations from SAIS.

Jaime Marquez, Ph.D., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in International Economics. Senior economist in the International Financial Transactions Section of the Federal Reserve's Division of International Finance. Managing editor of the Springer Series on Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics and associate editor of Journal of Economics and Finance. Served as a professorial lecturer at Georgetown University and University of Maryland. Received his Ph.D. in economics from University of Pennsylvania. 

Matthias Matthijs, Ph.D., SAIS Assistant Adjunct Professor of Political Economy. Serves as a consultant to the Foreign Investment Advisory Service of the World Bank, focusing on private sector development and investment climate issues in post-conflict countries. Received fellowships from the King Baudouin Foundation and the Belgian American Educational Foundation. Research interests include globalization, political economy, macroeconomic policy, postwar Britain and the welfare state. Author of articles published in De Standaard, the World Bank Policy Research Paper Series and SAISPHERE. Received his Ph.D. in international relations from SAIS.

Paul Miller, M.A., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in International Development. Africa team leader and policy advisor at Catholic Relief Services’ headquarters. More than 20 years of experience in international relief, development and human rights work, including 16 years with CRS. Has managed aid programs from emergency relief and microenterprise in Africa to human rights in Bosnia and Brazil with such agencies as USAID and the U.N. Received his M.A. in international relations from SAIS.

Camille Pecastaing, Ph.D., SAIS Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies. Works on the cognitive and emotive foundations of xenophobic political cultures and ethnoreligious violence, using the Muslim world and its European and Asian peripheries as a case study. Areas of expertise include historical sociology, evolutionary social psychology and political economy. Author of "Immigration, Civic Culture & Liberal Order" in The American Interest. Received his Ph.D. in international relations from SAIS.

Natasha Simes, M.A., SAIS Coordinator and Professorial Lecturer in the Russian Program. Founded the Political Russian Summer Language Program at SAIS and created the “political Russian” teaching approach in the United States. Author of several Russian language textbooks for international affairs specialists, including Years of Change: Reading the Russian Press and Russian Reader and co-author of Political Russian. Received her M.A. in linguistics and methodology of teaching foreign languages from Moscow Institute of Foreign Languages.

Wendy Takacs, Ph.D., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in International Economics. Professor of economics at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Served as co-director of the joint U.N. Development Programme-World Bank Trade Expansion Program and worked on international economic issues at the Federal Reserve and the IMF. Former president of the International Trade and Finance Association. Areas of expertise include the world trading system, analysis of non-tariff trade barriers and trade policy reform in developing and transitional economies. Received her Ph.D. in economics from The Johns Hopkins University.

Tracy Vancura, M.A., SAIS Coordinator and Professorial Lecturer in the Summer ESL Program. Co-convener of the fourth annual American Studies in Central Asia symposium. Served as a Fulbright Scholar, teaching American studies and conducting research on student-centered teaching methods for Central Asian universities. Former fellow at the American Association of University Women and the AFL-CIO. Research interests include Kyrgyz political and cultural identity, American material culture and cross-cultural communications. Received her M.A. in American studies and museum studies from George Washington University.

Peter Veit, M.S., SAIS Professorial Lecturer in International Development. Senior associate and regional director for Africa in the Institutions and Governance Program at World Resources Institute. Taught at University of California, Santa Cruz and Davis campuses. Served as a Fulbright Scholar in Sierra Leone. Areas of expertise include poverty reduction and environmental governance. Author of “Legal Distortions: Government Policy and the Distribution of Environmental Benefits” in South African Journal of International Affairs and editor of Africa's Valuable Assets: A Reader in Natural Resource Management. Received his M.S. in ecology from University of California, Santa Cruz.

Hiroko Wagner, M.S., SAIS Coordinator and Professorial Lecturer in the Japanese Program. Worked as consultant for the American Council on Education and the Center for Applied Linguistics. Commentator for Japanese television on listening comprehension for TOEFL, discourse strategies and analyses, communication, linguistic and socio-linguistic elements and interpretation of English idioms and rhetoric. Author of "Review of P.D.s in Depth" in LaTESOL Newsletter and "Extending the Scope of ESL Software for Advanced Students" in Cross Currents, A Journal of Language Teaching and Cross-Cultural Communication. Co-author of SAIS Japanese Reader in International Affairs. Received her M.S. in curriculum and instruction from Kansas State University. 

William Wise, M.A., SAIS Professorial Lecturer and Associate Director of the Southeast Asia Studies Program. Served as deputy national security adviser to Vice President Al Gore. Former chief of policy at the U.S. Pacific Command and deputy director for policy planning of the East Asia and Pacific Region in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Held positions in the U.S. intelligence community and in the U.S. Air Force. Areas of expertise include terrorism, security and Southeast Asia. Author of Indonesia's War on Terror and “Reforming the Intelligence Community” in Divided Diplomacy and the Next Administration: Conservative and Liberal Alternatives. Received his M.A. in American studies from University of Hawaii.