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.
HISTORY FACULTY
Dr. Antony 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 Historyat Hillsdale College, Michigan. Currently, 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), and is President of Near East Support Services (an international consulting Firm).
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. Currently, Dr. Sullivan serves as a consultant for Foxfire, a venture catalyst firm, and for Terrabuilt International Corporation. 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 both French and Arabic and travels frequently to Europe and the Middle East.
POLITICAL ECONOMY FACULTY
Senior Fellow and Director of Cato University; Vice President for International Programs at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation
Tom G. Palmer is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and director of Cato University, the Institute's educational arm. As vice president for international programs at the Atlas  Economic Research Foundation, and is responsible for establishing operating programs in 14 languages and managing programs for a worldwide network of think tanks. Before joining Cato he was an H. B. Earhart Fellow at Hertford College, Oxford University, and a vice president of the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University. He frequently lectures in North America, Europe, Eurasia, Africa, Latin America, China, and the Middle East on political science, public choice, civil society, and the moral, legal, and historical foundations of individual rights. He has published reviews and articles on politics and morality in scholarly journals such as the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Ethics, Critical Review, and Constitutional Political Economy, as well as in publications such as Slate, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Die Welt, the Washington Post, and The Spectator of London. He received his B.A. in liberal arts from St. Johns College in Annapolis, Maryland, his M.A. in philosophy from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and his doctorate in politics from Oxford University. He is the author of Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice, published in 2009.
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
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."
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.
Teaching Assistant 2010
Sam Potolicchio
Georgetown University
Sam Potolicchio is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgetown University where organizes the American politics program for the Semester in Washington program. His research focuses on religion and politics and political communication. He is the keynote lecturer at the Library of Congress for American Government, where he lectures to delegations from Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Armenia on electoral politics, constitutional law and federalism. Potolicchio was named Graduate Student teacher of the year at Georgetown for the 2007,2008 and 2009 academic years and his "Religion and Politics" course was featured on the famous Middle Eastern television show "On the Road in America". In December 2009, he gave two invited keynote lectures on Religion and Politics in the Balkans, at the University of Zagreb (Croatia) and the University of Belgrade (Serbia).
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. Potolicchio’s published work (with Clyde Wilcox) has appeared in the Congressional Quarterly Press and the Oxford University Press (forthcoming). 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, high school administrator and a history teacher in the Boston public schools. His basketball team the "Jelleff Hoyas" has had six undefeated city championship seasons.
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