ACADEMICS

FACULTY

POLITICAL SCIENCE FACULTY

Michael J. Collins: Professor of English, Georgetown University

Michael Collins began his tenure at Georgetown University in August, 1981, as Dean of the School for Summer and Continuing Education. As Dean, Dr. Collins was responsible for administering the graduate and undergraduate courses offered each summer at Georgetown and at locations abroad. He also oversaw a variety of continuing education courses and programs throughout the year, including the graduate and undergraduate degree programs in liberal studies, the Alumni College, and a variety of non-credit courses and certificate programs for the personal and professional development of adults. He was also responsible for the various academic and residential programs at Villa Le Balze, Georgetown's study center in Fiesole, Italy, and, for several years, the Office of International Programs.

In 2003, Dr. Collins was appointed Distinguished Professor in the Department of English and Dean Emeritus. He teaches courses on such subjects such as Shakespeare, the American Idea, and Modern British Theater in Georgetown College and the Liberal Studies Program, and he continues his involvment with the Villa Le Balze. He lectures frequently in American studies and on Shakespeare in performance, and he co-directs the annual alumni study tour to Florence and Assisi. He is on the faculty of the Bryce Harlow Institute of Business and Government Affairs and the International Institute for Political and Economic Systems in Greece. He has published many articles on Shakespeare, modern poetry, and teaching and has edited two collections of essays: Text and Teaching (with Francis J. Ambrosio) and Shakespeare’s Sweet Thunder: Essays on the EarlyComedies. Collins earned a Ph.D. (1973) and M.A. (1964) from New York University and a B.S. degree from Fordham College (1963). He served as a Captain in the United States Army from 1965 to 1968.

Dr. Collins was awarded the Edmund J. Bunn Award for Outstanding Teaching at Georgetown in 2007.

HISTORY and INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FACULTY

Dr. Antony T. Sullivan, Associate, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, The University of Michigan; Senior Fellow for Mediterranean and Near East Programs, The Fund for American Studies

Dr. Sullivan is the author of or contributor to five books and some 100 book chapters, journal articles and academic reviews focusing on Arab and Islamic history and relations between the West and the Muslim world. He has lectured at some seventy universities and public policy institutes in the United States and overseas.  From 1962-1967, Dr. Sullivan served as Instrucor of History at International College in Beirut, Lebanon and Professor of History at Hillsdale College, Michigan. Currently, Dr. Sullivan is a senior officer of TerraBuilt Corporation International, a company based in Middleburg, Virginia and active in Iraq and a number of other Arab countries. He also is President of Near East Support Services, an international consulting firm. Dr. Sullivan serves as Vice Chair of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (Washington, D.C.), is a board member of the Minaret of Freedom (Bethesda, Maryland). Interestingly, he continues his own study of advanced Arabic at the Islamic Center of Minnesota located in Fridley, Minnesota.

From 1970-2000, Dr Sullivan was associated with the Earhart Foundation, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He served variously as Assistant to the Program Officer (1970-1971), Program Officer (1971-1978), Corporate Secretary and Program Officer (1978-1990) and Corporate Secretary and Director of Program (1991-2000). The Earhart Foundation makes grants for advanced scholarship (pre and post doctoral) in the related disciplines of international affairs, political science, economics, and history as well as for research in selected fields in the humanities.

Dr. Sullivan received his B.A. degree from Yale University, his M.A. from Columbia University, and his Ph.D. in European and Middle Eastern history from the University of Michigan. He speaks French as well as Arabic and travels frequently to Europe and the Middle East.

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT FACULTY

Dr. Faten Ghosn, Assistant Professor, School of Government and Public Policy; Faculty of Near Eastern Studies and Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Arizona-IIPES 1998

Faten Ghosn received her BA and MA from the American University of Beirut, and her Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University. Her research focuses on the interaction of adversaries, be they conflictual or cooperative. Her publications include: Getting to the Table and Getting to Yes: An Analysis of International Negotiations, forthcoming in International Studies Quarterly; Israel and Lebanon: A Precarious Relationship, in The Middle East: Peace byPiece: The Quest for a Solution to the Arab-Israeli Conflict edited by Hassan Barari; The MID 3 Data Set, 1993-2001: Procedures, Coding Rules, and Description, in Conflict Management and Peace Science; and Negotiations, Guns and Money: Do Constrained Leaders Do Better, in Causes and Consequences of International Conflict: Data, Methods and Theory edited by Glenn Palmer."

POLITICAL ECONOMY FACULTY

Sam Potolicchio- AIPES/IIPES Faculty Member
Visiting Assistant Professor, Georgetown University
Sam Potolicchio is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgetown University where he teaches American Politics and Public Affairs and Research Methods for the Semester in Washington Program. At Georgetown, Potolicchio has taught courses on Presidential Rhetoric, Religion and Politics, Constitutional Law, and the United States Political System. He is a decorated teacher, winning three "Teacher of the Year" awards at Georgetown and the K. Patricia Cross Award from the American Association of Colleges and Universities as one of the future leaders of American higher education. He is the lecturer on American Federalism for the Open World Leadership program at the Library of Congress, where he speaks weekly to visiting dignitaries from the post-Soviet republics. Potolicchio's book chapters on Religion and Politics have been published in volumes by Congressional Quarterly Press and Oxford University Press. He has delivered keynote lectures internationally at 23 different universities in the Czech Republic, Jordan, Lebanon, Greece, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Moldova, Georgia and Bulgaria.
In addition to his doctoral work at Georgetown, Potolicchio holds a B.A. from Georgetown University in Government and in Psychology, an M.A. from Georgetown University in Government, and a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard University. During his teaching career, Potolicchio has taught at every age-level of the educational system as an elementary school Latin teacher, a middle school basketball coach in Washington DC (6 undefeated championship seasons), and a history teacher in the Boston public schools. He also currently serves as Assistant Director of Admissions at Landon School.

Program Staff

Matthew Kwasiborski : European Institutes Director

Matthew Kwasiborski joined The Fund for American Studies in the February of 2005. He is entering his sixth summer directing our AIPES Institute and second summer directing our IIPES Instiute. Matt earned his BA in history from Loyola University New Orleans and received his MA in Executive Leadership from the Thierry Graduate School of Leadership located in Belgium. He has experience teaching ESL in Hungary where he wrote and directed the play, “A Dawn of a New Era,” created and recommended ESL curriculum, and served as a tutor for the citizens of Fonyod. He was an administrator for the "Summer in Switzerland" program located at the Leysin American School that served international high school students. He has taught world religions, Christian vocations, morality, computers, and also served as a basketball coach for Mount Carmel Academy in New Orleans, LA. From 2001-2004 he has served as the Director of the Loyola University Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America program in New Orleans and worked directly for the President of Loyola University. Matt was a 2004 nominee for the Leon J. Obermayer Award given to an outstanding alumnus or alumna of the School District of Philadelphia.