Full Time Lecturers

Full Time Lecturers


Fernand Amandi

Lecturer

f.amandi@miami.edu

(305) 284-2401
Fernand R. Amandi is the managing partner of Bendixen &Amandi, the nation’s leading multilingual and multiethnic public opinion research and strategic communications consulting firm. Over the last 25 years, Bendixen & Amandi (B&A) has conducted large-scale projects for numerous corporations, multinational institutions,...

Marcia A Beck

Lecturer

m.beck3@miami.edu

(305) 284-1663
Dr. Marcia A. Beck (Ph.D. University of Notre Dame) specializes in organizational dynamics and management in the MPA Program and in Russian politics and administration in UM’s undergraduate program.  She developed the MPA Program’s online core course, Organizational Dynamics and Management, and has taught the online...

Jorge M. Gonzalez

Lecturer

j.gonzalez52@miami.edu

(305) 284-2401


Katrin Fraser Katz

Professor Prof. Practice

kfk41@miami.edu

Dr. Katrin Fraser Katz is a Scholar-in-Residence in the Master of Arts in International Administration (MAIA) program at the University of Miami. She is also an Adjunct Fellow (Non-resident) in the Office of the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC and the Van Fleet Nonresident Senior Fellow...

Bradford R McGuinn

Senior Lecturer
Director of MAIA Program

bmcguinn@miami.edu

(305) 284-4015
Dr. McGuinn is a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Political Science and Director of the MAIA program. He holds a PhD in International Studies, with concentration in Middle Eastern studies, from the University of Miami. His fields of research and teaching include international security, Middle Eastern studies, civil-military relations and...


Arthur Marshall Simon

Senior Lecturer

asimon@miami.edu

(305) 284-4013
Arthur M. Simon holds business and law degrees from the University of Miami, a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a Ph.D. in public administration from Florida State University.  His resume includes professional experience as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, an appellate attorney in Miami, a...

Sylvia A Thompson

Lecturer

sthompson@miami.edu

(305) 284-3497
Dr. Thompson has been a Lecturer in the University of Miami Political Science Department for over 25 years.  She specializes in multiple areas of American Government -- and brings practical experience with government, politics, media and interest groups into the classroom. She was Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union...

Ellen S. Venzer

Lecturer: Judge in Residence

e.venzer@miami.edu

(305) 284-3111