The TEI faculty boasts leaders in the field, from world-renowned theorists to rising stars.
All TEI faculty bring with them a wealth of practical knowledge grounded in years of field experience and research. Follow the links below to learn more about all our TEI instructors.

Leona Ba, EdD
Associate Professor at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

John Bryson, PhD
McKnight Presidential Professor Emeritus, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Doreen Cavanaugh, PhD
Research Professor, Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University

Joseph Cordes, PhD
Associate Director, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, George Washington University

J. Bradley Cousins, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Evaluation at the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa

Stewart I. Donaldson, PhD
Executive Director, Claremont Evaluation Center, Claremont Graduate University

Gary T. Henry, PhD
Patricia and H. Rodes Hart Chair, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University

Kathryn Newcomer, PhD
Director, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, George Washington University

Theodore H. Poister, PhD
Professor of Public Management and Policy, Georgia State University

Patricia Rogers, PhD
Professor, Public Sector Evaluation, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Jolene D. Smyth, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Emily E. Tanner-Smith, PhD
Thomson Professor, Counseling Psychology and Human Services Department, University of Oregon

Jennifer Brown Urban, PhD
Professor, Department of Family Science and Human Development, Montclair State University

David Wilson, PhD
University Professor and Chair, Department of Criminology, Law & Society, George Mason University