Our People
Faculty and Staff
Carly Jordan
WLP Director;
Program Coordinator for the Science, Health, and Medicine Cohort
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Logan Puck
Program Coordinator for the International Politics Cohort
logan [dot] puckemail [dot] gwu [dot] edu (logan[dot]puck[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Bella Varela
Program Coordinator for the International Arts and Culture Cohort
Qi Chen
Program Coordinator for the Globalization, Economics, and Business Cohort
Elisa Hovander
Program Coordinator for the Globalization, Economics, and Business Cohort
On Leave 2025-26
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Julie Donovan
Associate Professor in University Writing and the Women's Leadership Program
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Caroline Smith
Associate Professor in University Writing
cjsmith7email [dot] gwu [dot] edu (cjsmith7[at]gwu[dot]edu)
Mary Buckley
Emeritus Faculty;
Program Coordinator for the International Arts and Culture Cohort, 1999 - 2024
Lise Shiroma
Administrative Assistant
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Office of the Provost
Jeffrey Brand
Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs and Special Programs
Associate Professor of Philosophy
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Graduate Assistants
Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Globalization, Economics, and Business Cohort
Lauren
McCutcheon
Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Science, Health and Medicine Cohort
Former Directors
Nina Mikhalevsky
Program Director, 1999-2003
Rachelle Heller
Program Director, 2003-2014 & 2015-2016
Mary Buckley
Program Director, 2014-2015 & 2016-2022