College of Law and
Public Service
College of Law and Public Service - Faculty
Mr. Laith Al Any
Associate FacultyDr. Nelson Altamirano
ProfessorDr. Mohammad Amin
ProfessorDr. Esmaeil Atashpaz-Gargari
Assistant ProfessorDr. Hassan Badkoobehi
ProfessorDr. Bernadette Baum
ProfessorDr. Kentaya Beeler
Assistant ProfessorDr. Debra Bowen
Assistant ProfessorDr. Beverley Brownell
Associate ProfessorDr. Michelle Browning
ProfessorDr. Julia Buchanan
ProfessorMr. Scott Campbell
ProfessorDr. Gurdeep Chawla
ProfessorDr. Kenneth Christopher
ProfessorDr. Pradip Dey
ProfessorDr. Joyce Ellis
Associate ProfessorDirk Epperson
Associate FacultyDr. Consolacion Fajardo
ProfessorDr. Alireza Farahani
ProfessorMr. Thomas Francl
Associate FacultyDr. Peilin Fu
ProfessorDr. Nancy Golden
Associate FacultyDr. James Guffey
ProfessorDr. Jack Hamlin
ProfessorDr. Bryan Hance
ProfessorNicole Higgins
Assistant ProfessorDr. James Jaurez
Associate ProfessorDr. Shatha Jawad
Associate ProfessorDr. Nancy Jones
Associate FacultyDr. Ellen Kaye Gehrke
ProfessorDr. Sara Kelly
ProfessorDr. Chandrika Kelso
ProfessorMr. Saul Lankster
Associate FacultyDr. James Larson
ProfessorDr. Deborah Le Blanc
ProfessorJessica Lira
Associate FacultyDr. Damon Martin
Assistant ProfessorDr. Kamlesh Mehta
ProfessorDr. Wali Mondal
ProfessorDr. Ponzio Oliverio
Associate ProfessorDr. Patrick Olson
ProfessorDr. Michael Pickett
Associate ProfessorDr. Margaret Price
ProfessorBangalore Radhakrishnan
InstructorWilliam Reid
InstructorDr. Susan Silverstone
ProfessorMr. Christopher Simpson
InstructorDr. Brian Simpson
ProfessorDr. Bhaskar Raj Sinha
ProfessorDr. Steven Walker
Associate ProfessorDr. Mudasser Wyne
ProfessorDr. Lu Zhang
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.