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Dr. Farmbry is currently serving as a Research Professor in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University, where he is engaged in research related to community economic development, comparative entrepreneurial development, and challenges facing the higher education sector.
Since 1999, he has served in multiple roles in higher education, including as a college president, graduate school dean at a medium-sized public institution, and as a professor. In 2017-2018, he served as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow in South Africa, working with the University of Pretoria on it outreach strategies in the Mamelodi Township. In 2016, he served as a Fulbright Fellow in Malta, examining refugee integration strategies in the central Mediterranean. In February of 2009, he served as a Fulbright New Century Scholar in South Africa, examining youth entrepreneurial development strategies. Dr. Farmbry’s research and programmatic work have been supported by the Open Society Foundations, the South African Department of Higher Education and Training, the United States Fulbright Commission, the United States Embassy in South Africa, and the IBM Center for the Business of Government.
He has written or edited four books on a range of topics, ranging from diversity in public administration, migration, disasters and crises, and poverty. He is currently writing a book on the history and challenges of higher education. From 2014-2018, Dr. Farmbry served on the Board of Trustees of the George Washington University. In early November 2021, he was inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. In October 2023, he was elected to serve as a Trustee of the College Board.
Dr. Farmbry received his BA, MPA, and Ph.D. degrees from The George Washington University. He completed his J.D. degree at the Rutgers University School of Law.
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Dr. Martin-Howard is an Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Public Administration in the Department of Public Management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Before her role as Director, Dr. Martin-Howard served as John Jay’s Criminal Justice Management Program Coordinator. She holds a Ph.D. in Global Affairs from Rutgers University-Newark, a Master of Public Administration and a Master of Arts in International Relations from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, with a minor in Spanish from St. John’s University, magna cum laude.
Dr. Martin-Howard’s research interests primarily focus on the intersection of public health and criminal justice; maternal and child health; health and social equity; public administration and nonprofit service delivery; and correctional health.
She has published in Public Administration Review, Women & Criminal Justice, Crime & Delinquency, the Journal of Health and Human Services, the Journal of Public Management & Social Policy, and the Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs. Before joining academia, Dr. Martin-Howard worked for various health organizations on the federal, state, and local levels.
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Dr. Macklem is currently pursuing a Certificate in Budget and Public Finance at the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University (GWU). She has broad and evolving interests in cultural heritage and cultural policy, arts and humanities, higher education, and social and educational equity.
Before beginning her studies at GWU, Dr. Macklem served for more than twelve years as a Senior Program Officer in the Division of Research at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), a small federal agency established to support research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. At the NEH, she led fellowship programs for faculty at HBCUs, TCUs, and HSIs and served as the agency representative to the White House Initiative on HBCUs interagency working group.
Dr. Macklem holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania (Music) and a BA (with Distinction) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Music and Italian). She wrote a dissertation on eighteenth-century Italian opera and Baroque culture and previously served as a music faculty member at GWU, the University of Maryland-College Park, and the University of Central Florida.
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Dahsohm Kim is a Master’s of Public Health Candidate at The George Washington University, concentrating in Global Health Policy. Currently, she is an intern at Malaria No More, a global non-profit dedicated to eliminating malaria, where she supports the team’s U.S. and global communications efforts. Having held previous intern roles at Trust for America’s Health and Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, she grew her passion for advancing public health initiatives and promoting health equity through advocacy, communications, and policy research. In her academic and professional experiences, Dahsohm has developed a particular focus on the intersection of effective health communications and policy to drive healthcare access and improve health outcomes among vulnerable populations at local, national, and global levels.
Dahsohm earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Public Health from the George Washington University in May 2025. During her undergraduate experience, Dahsohm held student leadership roles, including serving as the Executive Director of No Lost Generation GWU, a refugee advocacy organization addressing displacement and humanitarian issues.