Paul Manuel Adjunct Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer Government
- Degrees
- Ph.D., Government, Georgetown University
- Favorite Spot on Campus
- The cafe in the School of Public Affairs
- Bio
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Paul Manuel served as the director of the SPA Leadership Program from 2015-2022. Previously, he served as the founding director of the Institute for Leadership at Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland (2010-2015). Before that, he was the co-founder and executive director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, where he was also the chair of the Department of Politics (1993-2008). Manuel was a tenured full professor of politics at both institutions.
Manuel is the author or co-author of ten books and numerous peer-reviewed articles. His research addresses issues related to comparative democratization, comparative public policy, and the relationship between religion and politics, with an emphasis on Portugal. He holds a research fellow appointment at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University. He is also a local affiliate at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University, where he co-chaired the Iberian Studies Group. He serves on the executive committee of the New England Political Science Association. He divides his time between Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts.
- See Also
- SPA Department of Public Administration and Policy
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