College of Law and
Public Service

College of Law and Public Service - Faculty

Mr. Laith Al Any

Associate Faculty

Dr. Esmaeil Atashpaz-Gargari

Assistant Professor

Dr. Kentaya Beeler

Assistant Professor

Dr. Debra Bowen

Assistant Professor

Dr. Beverley Brownell

Associate Professor

Dr. Pradip Dey

Professor

Dr. Joyce Ellis

Associate Professor

Dirk Epperson

Associate Faculty

Mr. Thomas Francl

Associate Faculty

Dr. Peilin Fu

Professor

Dr. Nancy Golden

Associate Faculty

Dr. Jack Hamlin

Professor

Dr. Bryan Hance

Professor

Nicole Higgins

Assistant Professor

Dr. James Jaurez

Associate Professor

Dr. Shatha Jawad

Associate Professor

Dr. Nancy Jones

Associate Faculty

Dr. Sara Kelly

Professor

Mr. Saul Lankster

Associate Faculty

Jessica Lira

Associate Faculty

Dr. Damon Martin

Assistant Professor

Dr. Wali Mondal

Professor

Dr. Ponzio Oliverio

Associate Professor

Dr. Michael Pickett

Associate Professor

William Reid

Instructor

Dr. Steven Walker

Associate Professor

Dr. Lu Zhang

Professor

National 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 Freedom
The 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.