Eric Langenbacher
Eric Langenbacher is the Academic Director for the American Politics and Public Affairs program. Professor Langenbacher brings a wealth of enthusiasm, experience and expertise to the program. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and the Director of the Honors Program at Georgetown University. Dr. Langenbacher studied at Carleton University and the University of Toronto in Canada before starting graduate work in the Government Department and Center for
German and European Studies at Georgetown in 1996. He was awarded a Fulbright grant in 1999-2000 and held the Ernst Reuter Fellowship at the
Free University of Berlin in 1999-2000, the Hopper Memorial Fellowship at Georgetown in 2000-2001. After finishing his PhD in 2002, he has been
a Visiting Assistant Professor at Georgetown University, and has also taught at George Washington University and the Universidad Nacional de
General San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has presented papers at conferences worldwide, including the American Political Science
Association Annual Meeting, the German Studies Association Annual Meeting and the European Consortium for Political Research Joint
Sessions. He has planned and run a variety of short programs about U.S. Government and Public Policy for partners from abroad including
Argentina, China, Hong Kong, Germany, Austria, Spain, Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa.
Clyde Wilcox
Clyde Wilcox is the Curriculum Advisor for the American Politics and Public Affairs Program.
Professor Wilcox is a professor in the Government Department at Georgetown University, where he has taught for 20 years. His research and teaching interests center on public opinion and electoral behavior, religion and politics, gender politics, the politics of social issues such as abortion, gay rights, and gun control, interest group politics, campaign finance, and science fiction and politics. Most of his research centers on American politics, but he also writes on comparative politics as well.
He has authored, coauthored, edited, or co-edited more than 30 books. His latest books include The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage, co-edited with Craig Rimmerman, from the University of Chicago Press, and The Values Campaign: The Christian Right in the 2004 Elections, co-edited with John Green and Mark Rozell.
Professor Wilcox meets with many international visitor groups and travels for the State Department; he has made recent visits to Uganda, Kenya, Russia, and Turkey.
David Beer
David Beer is returning for his second year as a Head Teaching Assistant for Summer and Special Programs. This year, David will lead the Summer Hoyas in two workshops, American Politics and Public Affairs and then National Security and CounterIntelligence. He brings a wealth of knowledge to each program about Georgetown University, the Washington area, and the political process. In 2007, David graduated from Georgetown University with Honors as a government major. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. in political theory at the The Catholic University of America also in Washington, DC.
