Don't miss a compelling discussion with Dr. David Ucko (NATO) on how insurgent behavior can shed light on the challenges & strategies of modern counterterrorism. Moderated by SPA Prof. @suleymanozeren.bsky.social. 🗓️ Wed, 11/12 🕑 1:30 - 2:30 PM📍Virtual 👉 RSVP: american-spa.swoogo.com/Insurgent

The Justice, Law & Criminology Speaker Series presents Prof. Kevin Revier, author of "Policing Pain: The Opioid Crisis, Abolition, and a New Ethic of Care." Join us on Wed, Nov. 12, at 1 PM to explore how rethinking justice and care can transform the opioid crisis. RSVP: https://t.co/ZMRGdYgx7V

Join @ccps.bsky.social Act. Dir. Tom Kahn & @brookings.edu "Democracy Playbook 2025" authors @normeisen.bsky.social & Jonathan Katz, for "The Struggle For Democracy: Challenges and Global Responses". 🗓️ 11/10 🕑 7 - 8 PM📍SIS Founders Room 👉 american-spa.swoogo.com/StruggleForDemocracy

Join one of SPA's long-standing traditions to give thanks together at the 2025 SPA Thanksgiving Dinner on 🗓️ Sunday, November 16 🕑 6 - 8 PM 📍Kerwin Hall Lobby Places are limited so please 👉 RSVP here: american-spa.swoogo.com/Thanksgiving2025

The Justice, Law & Criminology Speaker Series presents Prof. Kevin Revier, author of "Policing Pain: The Opioid Crisis, Abolition, and a New Ethic of Care." Join us on Wed, Nov. 12, at 1 PM to explore how rethinking justice and care can transform the opioid crisis. RSVP: https://bit.ly/435EKPY

The Justice, Law & Criminology Speaker Series presents Prof. Kevin Revier, author of "Policing Pain: The Opioid Crisis, Abolition, and a New Ethic of Care." Join us on Wed, Nov. 12, at 1 PM to explore how rethinking justice and care can transform the opioid crisis. RSVP: https://t.co/ZMRGdYgx7V

What can a 3,000-year-old story teach us about migration, identity, and belonging? Join author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn for The Odyssey and Its Migrations: Displacement, Wandering, Identity, a modern look at Homer’s timeless epic. 📅 Thurs, Nov. 6 | RSVP: https://t.co/ezxUrFM4iK

🚓 Navigate the New Normal of Policing in DC with insights from experts @JessicaLWaters.bsky.social, @TaLisaJCarterPhD.bsky.social, Jay Gruber, @RimaSifri, and Danielle Koon. Presented by SPA First Generation. 🗓️ Thur, 11/6 🕑 10- 11 AM📍Kerwin T6

🚓 Navigate the New Normal of Policing in DC with insights from experts @JessicaLWaters.bsky.social, @TaLisaJCarterPhD.bsky.social, Jay Gruber, @RimaSifri, and Danielle Koon. Presented by SPA First Generation. 🗓️ Thur, 11/6 🕑 10- 11 AM📍Kerwin T6

The Justice, Law & Criminology Speaker Series presents Prof. Kevin Revier, author of "Policing Pain: The Opioid Crisis, Abolition, and a New Ethic of Care." Join us on Wed, Nov. 12, at 1 PM to explore how rethinking justice and care can transform the opioid crisis. RSVP: https://bit.ly/435EKPY

What can a 3,000-year-old story teach us about migration, identity, and belonging? Join author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn for The Odyssey and Its Migrations: Displacement, Wandering, Identity, a modern look at Homer’s timeless epic. 📅 Thurs, Nov. 6 | RSVP: https://bit.ly/3X56mRw

SPA is proud to introduce AURORA –American University’s OSINT analysis publication on national security, hosted at SPA! 🔹 Gain applied analytic experience in national security 🔹 Learn open-source analysis techniques 🔹 Publish your work! 👉 Apply by 11/17: american.edu/spa/aurora

🤔 Thinking twice about a career in research? Check this out: 📊 By the end of Year 2 in SPA’s PhD programs… ✅ 93% present their work ✅ 87% publish or have a project under review ✅ 73% gain teaching experience 🎓 85% land research jobs within 6 months of graduation Learn more: https://bit.ly/3IJgHz2

The National Security Series presents "What Does the Insurgent’s Dilemma Tell Us About Counterterrorism?" with Dr. David H. Ucko, Head of Net Assessment at NATO and Senior Visiting Fellow at King’s College London on Wed, Nov. 12 at 1:30 PM ET. RSVP: https://bit.ly/4qIIlh2

🚓 Navigate the New Normal of Policing in DC with insights from experts @JessicaLWaters.bsky.social, @TaLisaJCarterPhD.bsky.social, Jay Gruber, @RimaSifri, and Danielle Koon. Presented by SPA First Generation. 🗓️ Thur, 11/6 🕑 10- 11 AM📍Kerwin T6

Can big law firms help defend democracy? Join @statsvitenskap.bsky.social Prof. @NinaReiners.bsky.social to explore how the ERC-funded PROBONO project examines the role of private law firms in protecting human rights & the rule of law. 🗓️ Tue, 11/4 🕑2:30📍Kerwin 301 👉 american-spa.swoogo.com/ProBrono

Can big law firms help defend democracy? Join @statsvitenskap.bsky.social Prof. @NinaReiners.bsky.social to explore how the ERC-funded PROBONO project examines the role of private law firms in protecting human rights & the rule of law. 🗓️ Tue, 11/4 🕑2:30📍Kerwin 301 👉 american-spa.swoogo.com/ProBrono

#ClassesWithoutQuizzes While the government shutdown paused much of the country’s federal work, we rolled up our sleeves at SPA and hosted 20+ sessions focused on learning, upskilling, & networking for federal employees & contractors. #PublicAffairs4Good

The Justice, Law & Criminology Speaker Series presents Prof. Kevin Revier, author of "Policing Pain: The Opioid Crisis, Abolition, and a New Ethic of Care." Join us on Wed, Nov. 12, at 1 PM to explore how rethinking justice and care can transform the opioid crisis. RSVP: https://bit.ly/435EKPY

What can a 3,000-year-old story teach us about migration, identity, and belonging? Join author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn for The Odyssey and Its Migrations: Displacement, Wandering, Identity, a modern look at Homer’s timeless epic. 📅 Thurs, Nov. 6 | RSVP: https://bit.ly/3X56mRw

What can a 3,000-year-old story teach us about migration, identity, and belonging? Join author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn for The Odyssey and Its Migrations: Displacement, Wandering, Identity, a modern look at Homer’s timeless epic. 📅 Thurs, Nov. 6 | RSVP: https://bit.ly/3X56mRw

Join SPA for the next Thurber Dialogues on Democracy featuring "Democracy Playbook 2025" co-editors Norm Eisen and Jonathon Katz of the Brookings Institution, in conversation w/ Tom Kahn, Acting Director of the Center for Congressional & Presidential Studies on Nov 10. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/e9eAxzBt

🚓 Navigate the New Normal of Policing in DC with insights from experts @JessicaLWaters.bsky.social, @TaLisaJCarterPhD.bsky.social, Jay Gruber, @RimaSifri, and Danielle Koon. Presented by SPA First Generation. 🗓️ Thur, 11/6 🕑 10- 11 AM📍Kerwin T6

Can big law firms help defend democracy? Join @statsvitenskap.bsky.social Prof. @NinaReiners.bsky.social to explore how the ERC-funded PROBONO project examines the role of private law firms in protecting human rights & the rule of law. 🗓️ Tue, 11/4 🕑2:30📍Kerwin 301 👉 american-spa.swoogo.com/ProBrono

#ClassesWithoutQuizzes While the government shutdown paused much of the country’s federal work, we rolled up our sleeves at SPA and hosted 20+ sessions focused on learning, upskilling, & networking for federal employees & contractors. #PublicAffairs4Good

SPA's Interim Dean Alison Jacknowitz and PMRA President Lael Keiser invite you to the Public Management Research Conference (PMRC) 2026 at AU SPA! Get ready for dynamic research, networking, and the energy of Washington, DC. 📢 Call for Proposals closes on Nov. 10. Details: american.edu/spa/pmrc2026

🤔 Thinking twice about a career in research? Check this out: 📊 By the end of Year 2 in SPA’s PhD programs… ✅ 93% present their work ✅ 87% publish or have a project under review ✅ 73% gain teaching experience 🎓 85% land research jobs within 6 months of graduation Learn more: https://bit.ly/3IJgHz2

Join SPA for the next Thurber Dialogues on Democracy featuring "Democracy Playbook 2025" co-editors Norm Eisen and Jonathon Katz of the Brookings Institution, in conversation w/ Tom Kahn, Acting Director of the Center for Congressional & Presidential Studies on Nov 10. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/e9eAxzBt

🚓 Navigate the New Normal of Policing in DC with insights from experts @JessicaLWaters.bsky.social, @TaLisaJCarterPhD.bsky.social, Jay Gruber, @RimaSifri, and Danielle Koon. Presented by SPA First Generation. 🗓️ Thur, 11/6 🕑 10- 11 AM📍Kerwin T6

🎃TOMORROW at 4 PM, get into the Halloween spirit👻: Come to Kerwin Hall in costume and get treats from your favorite professors and staff!🍭🍫🍬

Join JLC and Yasser Arafat Payne, Professor, and author of "Murder Town, USA," as we explore the Street PAR Project, where 15 Wilmington residents studied local policing and built new paths to education and employment. 🗓️ Wed, 10/29 🕑12:30 - 1:45 PM 📍Kerwin 301 👉american-spa.swoogo.com/unpacking

What happens when end-of-life wishes clash w/ pregnancy laws? 🤔 Read how advance directives can be nullified for pregnant individuals & why a new equal-protection argument proposed by SPA's @JessicaLWaters.bsky.social & Madelyn Adams may be key to restoring autonomy. https://bit.ly/4oqid9b

SPA is proud to introduce AURORA –American University’s OSINT analysis publication on national security, hosted at SPA! 🔹 Gain applied analytic experience in national security 🔹 Learn open-source analysis techniques 🔹 Publish your work! 👉 Apply by 11/17: american.edu/spa/aurora

Can big law firms help defend democracy? Join @statsvitenskap.bsky.social Prof. @NinaReiners.bsky.social to explore how the ERC-funded PROBONO project examines the role of private law firms in protecting human rights & the rule of law. 🗓️ Tue, 11/4 🕑2:30📍Kerwin 301 👉 american-spa.swoogo.com/ProBrono

On the topic of Trump’s presidential pardons pattern, WSP professor and expert in executive clemency powers Jeffrey Crouch told MSNBC, “Legally, he has a lot of flexibility to use the clemency power as he sees fit.” Read the full story – https://lnkd.in/gY_VFrDa

Can changing how we vote change politics for the better? 🎬 Join @au-wpi.bsky.social for a screening of "Majority Rules: What If Changing the Way We Vote Could Change Everything?" Stay for a panel w/ Melinda Arons, Lisa D. T. Rice, and Ruby Coleman. 🗓️ Wed, 10/29 🕑 2:30 PM📍SOC Theater 👉 bit.ly/3WlaCfG

#ICYMI Our sophomores make us #SPAProud! They came out in force tonight for our first trivia night, hosted by Prof. Jim Quirk. A great time was had by all, and we can’t wait for the next one!

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joins @au-wpi.bsky.social Exec. Director @betsyfischermartin.bsky.social to discuss her new book “Far From Home: An Alaskan Senator Faces the Extreme Climate of Washington, D.C.” Watch the discussion here: https://youtu.be/wr2KY04xT8w?si=aVMRjWbCXy3XfHvP

Join JLC and Yasser Arafat Payne, Professor, and author of "Murder Town, USA," as we explore the Street PAR Project, where 15 Wilmington residents studied local policing and built new paths to education and employment. 🗓️ Wed, 10/29 🕑12:30 - 1:45 PM 📍Kerwin 301 👉american-spa.swoogo.com/unpacking

Join @ccps.bsky.social Act. Dir. Tom Kahn & @brookings.edu "Democracy Playbook 2025" authors @normeisen.bsky.social & Jonathan Katz, for "The Struggle For Democracy: Challenges and Global Responses". 🗓️ 11/10 🕑 6:30PM📍SIS Founders Room 👉 american-spa.swoogo.com/StruggleForDemocracy

#ClassesWithoutQuizzes While the gov. shutdown paused much of the country’s federal work, we rolled up our sleeves at SPA & hosted 20+ sessions focused on learning, upskilling, & networking for federal employees. Hear from participants! #PublicAffairs4Good https://www.instagram.com/p/DQM1KLGiSC_/

Can changing how we vote change politics for the better? 🎬 Join @au-wpi.bsky.social for a screening of "Majority Rules: What If Changing the Way We Vote Could Change Everything?" Stay for a panel w/ Melinda Arons, Lisa D. T. Rice, and Ruby Coleman. 🗓️ Wed, 10/29 🕑 2:30 PM📍SOC Theater 👉 bit.ly/3WlaCfG

#ClassesWithoutQuizzes While the government shutdown paused much of the country’s federal work, we rolled up our sleeves at SPA and hosted 20+ sessions focused on learning, upskilling, & networking for federal employees & contractors. #PublicAffairs4Good

How will graduate students and parent borrowers be affected by new loan limits? Read SPA @peerresearch.bsky.social's new report, authored by @JdMatsudaira.bsky.social, @TiaCaldwell.bsky.social, Meredith Welch, and Maria Luisa Vasquez. https://bit.ly/3J2yAJz

#ICYMI: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joined @au-wpi.bsky.social Exec. Dir. @betsyfischermartin.bsky.social#ICYMIto discuss her new book “Far From Home: An Alaskan Senator Faces the Extreme Climate of Washington, D.C.”

🚓 Navigate the New Normal of Policing in DC with insights from experts @JessicaLWaters.bsky.social, @TaLisaJCarterPhD.bsky.social, Jay Gruber, @RimaSifri, and Danielle Koon. Presented by SPA First Generation. 🗓️ Thur, 11/6 🕑 10- 11 AM📍Kerwin T6

Can big law firms help defend democracy? Join @statsvitenskap.bsky.social Prof. @ninareiners.bsky.social to explore how the ERC-funded PROBONO project examines the role of private law firms in protecting human rights & the rule of law. 🗓️ Tue, 11/4 🕑2:30📍Kerwin 301 👉 american-spa.swoogo.com/ProBono

From silverback gorillas to running for office, read the latest @au-wpi.bsky.social #OnGender blog post on the late Jane Goodall's experience in male-dominated settings. Find the link below. https://bsky.app/profile/au-wpi.bsky.social/post/3m3plmm4czs2o

SPA is proud to introduce AURORA –American University’s OSINT analysis publication on national security, hosted at SPA! 🔹 Gain applied analytic experience in national security 🔹 Learn open-source analysis techniques 🔹 Publish your work! 👉 Apply by 11/17: american.edu/spa/aurora

🇮🇹Make your way to Italy next summer for the 15th Annual Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behavior with SPA's @erdaltekin.bsky.social! Submit your papers here before March 6, 2026: