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Selected Profiles of Recent SPA Undergraduate Alumni
At the School of Public Affairs, you will join students from across the country and around the world. You’ll be guided on your journey by faculty members devoted to their areas of expertise and to helping you succeed in the classroom and beyond.
Take a moment to meet recent graduates of the School of Public Affairs and learn what they are doing with their American University degrees.
Julia Buckmaster
B.A. in Law & Society, 2004
Julia graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, with University Honors. Julia’s honors thesis was entitled, “Paradox of Athenian Greatness.” She studied the record of the tragedy of ancient Athens through the works of Herodotus and Thucydides, trying to understand the tensions that existed within Athenian society and politics that were intensified by the pressures of war.
read more |  | Alexis Clowney
B.A. in Law & Society, B.A. in Philosophy, 2005
Alexis graduated with University Honors and was the AU Frederick Douglass Scholar. While at AU Alexis took advantage of the AU Abroad program and studied in London (summer 2003) and Rome (spring semester 2004). In London she interned with a firm of solicitors, J.A. Forrest & Co. She also interned as an investigator with the Public Defender Service of Washington, DC and served as an assistant in the Office of Multicutural Affairs of AU, organizing a 7-week program for 40 incoming students (STEP).
read more |  | Darryl Franklin
B.A. Justice, Law and Society, 1996
After graduation from the School of Public Affairs in 1996, Darryl attended William & Mary Law School. Upon graduation from law school he practiced labor & employment law with a law firm in Washington, D.C. for approximately five and a half years. Currently, he is employed as Corporate Counsel in Marriott International, Inc.'s In-House Legal Department.
read more |  | Elizabeth Frederick
B.A. in Political Science, 2005
Elizabeth Frederick graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa and with University Honors. Elizabeth’s honors capstone project was on "Militant Democracy in Germany: Examining the Process of Banning Extreme Right-Wing Political Parties and Organizations." Her paper, which expanded on her major studies and her academic experiences studying abroad in Berlin, Germany at the Freie Universität, analyzed specific provisions in the German constitution, known as the Basic Law, that allow the government to declare extremist political parties and organizations unconstitutional.
read more |  | Matthew Herrmann
B.A. in Political Science, 2003, Master of Public Administration, 2004
Matt completed his undergraduate degree magna cum laude and also received his MPA cum laude. He was very active with AU’s college Democrats, serving as their president from April 2002 to April 2003. He was a delegate to the Massachusetts State Democratic Convention and was also a co-founder of the organization, Kerry for Montgomery County, Maryland.
read more |  | Chris Malagisi
B.A. in Political Science & C.L.E.G., 2003
Chris graduated with a double major in Political Science and Communications, Legal Institutions, Economics, and Government (CLEG). He was Student Government president for his class during his freshman, sophomore, and junior years and president of the SPA Undergraduate Council his senior year. In addition he was a four-year participant in the SPA Leadership Program and also served as a program teaching assistant. He was a Resident Assistant and also served as a group leader for the Freshman Service Experience.
read more |  | Bob Nardo
B.A. in Political Science, 2004
Bob graduated summa cum laude. He received the 2004 AU Fletcher Scholar Award for citizenship and scholarly achievements. Bob’s undergraduate honors capstone project was, “An Education for Liberty: The Public Mission of Education and the Imperative of School Choice.”
read more |  | Michelle Salomon
B.A. in Justice, 2005
Michelle graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. Michelle’s undergraduate honors capstone project was “World Systems of Lay Participation,” in the adjudicatory process. She researched the use of lay participants selected from their communities to sit at trials and decide legal cases, focusing on the use of the jury, the mixed court, and the lay assessor court around the world.
read more |  | Nicholas Terzulli
B.A. in Political Science, 2005
Nick was President of the AU Student Government from 2003 to 2004, managing a budget of $600,000 for student programming and policy initiatives. He supervised 40 students, advocated for student rights, and initiated a community service project that raised more than $10,000 for the National Children’s Hospital.
read more | | Rachel Weiner
B.A. in C.L.E.G., 2005
Rachel graduated summa cum laude and was the Commencement speaker for the SPA graduation ceremony. She received the 2005 AU Stafford H. Cassell Award (for total, selfless dedication to the university, profound energy, and reliability as well as intellectual curiosity, friendliness, and helpfulness). She was also nominated for American University’s highest undergraduate honor, The President’s Award.
read more |  | Paola Zalkind
B.A. Justice, Law and Society, 2003
Paola graduated summa cum laude , Phi Beta Kappa. Her undergraduate honors thesis was published in 2004, Global Perspectives on Social Issues: Juvenile Justice Systems (co-authored with Professor Rita Simon in the Department of Justice, Law and Society).
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