In the Master of International Development Policy program, you learn directly from leading scholars researching and actively shaping global development.
Whether McCourt’s world-class faculty or highly-experienced professionals from like-minded organizations, MIDP students have direct access to an array of highly experienced development faculty. When a program course is taught by one of our highly-experienced adjunct faculty members, students receive the same quality teaching while gaining valuable exposure to external real-world development institutions.
Although the McCourt School cannot state with certainty who will be teaching any future course, the MIDP Program has had considerable stability in teaching assignments in previous years which we expect to continue. Learn more about McCourt’s faculty transforming education into career-defining preparation.
Professor Jacobus Cilliers is Associate Teaching Professor. Formerly, Dr. Cilliers was a consultant to the Education Global Practice at The World Bank. He holds a Ph.D in economics from Oxford University.
Professor Cilliers teaches the two-seminar “Client Capstone” course.
Professor Jishnu Das is Distinguished Professor in Public Policy at the McCourt School of Public Policy and Walsh School of Foreign Service. His research focuses on health and education in low and middle-income countries. He holds degrees in economics from St. Stephen’s College (Delhi), University of Cambridge (U.K.) and Harvard University (USA).
Professor Das teaches “Public Finance in Developing Countries“ and “Impact Evaluation for Development” (Quant III).
Professor Nada Eissa is Associate Professor in Public Policy and Economics. Formerly, Dr. Eissa worked at the International Monetary Fund and the US Department of Treasury and holds a PhD in economics from Harvard University.
Professor Eissa teaches “Intermediate Microeconomics for Development”.
Professor James P. Habyarimana is Distinguished Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy. His research is focused on identifying low-cost strategies to address barriers to better health and education outcomes in developing countries. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.
Professor Habyarimana teaches “Regression Methods for Development Policy“ (Quant II).
Professor Dan Honig is Associate Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy. His research focuses on the relationship between management practice, organizational structure, and performance in delivering welfare-improving services. He holds a Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Professor Honig teaches “Management and Implementation in Developing Countries“.
Professor Karen Huang is Assistant Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy. Her current research draws primarily from science and technology studies (STS) and political theory, and builds upon her prior technical expertise in the cognitive and behavioral sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Harvard University.
Professor Huang teaches “Ethical Issues in Development“.
For the 2024-2025 academic year, Professor Huang is on leave.
Professor Andreas T. Kern is Teaching Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy. His research concentrates on the political economy of macroeconomic and financial governance with a special focus on central banks, credit market dynamics, and financial crises. He holds a Ph.D. in political economy from Freie Universität Berlin.
Professor Kern teaches ” Intermediate Microeconomics“, “International Political Economy“, “Finance in Development“, and the Thesis Workshop.
Professor Bhumi Purohit is Assistant Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy. Her work draws from comparative politics, political economy and political psychology to study institutional biases against women in politics, bureaucratic effectiveness and public service delivery. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from University of California, Berkeley. w
Professor Purohit teaches “Management and Leadership in Developing Countries”.
Professor Jen Tobin is Associate Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy. Her research interests are in the political economy of development, specifically focusing on international investment, trade, development assistance aid and investor state dispute resolution. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University.
Professor Tobin teaches “Political Economy in Developing Countries”.
Professor Franck Wiebe is Faculty Director of the MIDP Program and the former Chief Economist of the Millennium Challenge Corporation and The Asia Foundation. Franck holds a PhD in development economics from Stanford University.
Professor Wiebe teaches “Sustainable Development” and “Statistically Methods for Development Policy” (Quant I).
Professor Andrew Zeitlin is Associate Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy. His research uses field and lab experimental methods to study how individual decision-making shapes state effectiveness, through the design of transfer programs, incentives in public-service provision, and tax policy and administration. He holds a Ph.D. in economics for Oxford University.
Professor Zeitlin teaches “Social and Economic Development Policy“.
