Study of Rulemaking and is the author of Rulemaking: How Government Agencies Write Law and Make Policy and co-author of How Washington Works: The Executive’s Guide to Government. Dr. Kerwin is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration; a former president of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration; and founding chair of the Section on Public Law and Administration of the American Society for Public Administration. He received degrees from American University (BA), the University of Rhode Island (MA in political science), and Johns Hopkins University (PhD in political science).
Dr. Neil Kerwin President, American University Dr. Cornelius M. Kerwin became American University’s 14th president in September 2007. He leads an institution of about 13,000 students, 1,300 faculty, and 2,000 staff in the nation’s capital; oversees a $548 million budget and $434 million endowment; and led the $200 million capital campaign to a successful conclusion of more than $213 million raised. Dr. Kerwin joined AU in 1975 and holds a faculty appointment in the School of Public Affairs, Department of Public Administration. He was dean of the School of Public Affairs from 1988 to 1997; provost from 1997 to 2005; and acting—then interim—president of American University from 2005 to 2007. A nationally recognized specialist in public policy and the regulatory process, Dr. Kerwin is actively engaged in research and regularly teaches courses in administrative process, policy implementation, and American government. He founded AU’s Center for the
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Dr. Kerwin is a member of the board of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and was named a 2009 Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian magazine in its January 2010 issue. He was also named to the inaugural Irish Education 100 List, comprised of the 100 most influential Irish educators at colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and Canada and compiled by the Irish Voice. In 2011, he received the Educator of the Year Award from the World Affairs Council. Dr. Kerwin and his wife, Ann (BA 1971), reside in Bethesda, Maryland. Before retiring in 2007, Ann Kerwin was the director of Human Resources at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, one of the nation’s oldest museums.
President Kerwin particpates in the net cutting ceremony following the men’s basketball team’s 2008 Patriot League Championship