2026 Faculty Bios

Matthew Caulfield

Matthew Caulfield is an incoming Assistant Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy in the McDonough School of Business. He received his PhD from the Wharton School, where he was a Platt Fellow in Business Ethics.

Matthew’s main research interests are in philosophical business ethics and nonmarket strategy. He has published on topics in market ethics, corporate social responsibility, rights theory, and corrective justice in journals such as Academy of Management Review, Business Ethics Quarterly, and Journal of Business Ethics. He was previously the Media Director for the Society for Business Ethics and a Representative-at-Large for the International Association for Business & Society. He currently serves on the editorial review boards of Academy of Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics, and Business & Society.

He has also done some work on voting technology markets, which was profiled by Politico. Outside of work, Matthew is a classically-trained singer and enjoys practicing oratorio and cantata works.

Vanessa Corcoran

 Dr. Vanessa Corcoran is the Director of the Catholic Studies Program and Assistant Teaching Professor at Georgetown University. She has expertise in medieval religious history, devotional practices in the Catholic Church, and the religious and cultural influence of the Virgin Mary. Among her publications, Dr. Corcoran has written “The Keys to Two Marys: Popes and the Women of Scripture” for The Cambridge History of the Papacy (2025), and her writing has also been featured in The Guardian, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, America Magazine, Commonweal Magazine, and The National Catholic Reporter. She holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s Degree in Medieval History from the Catholic University of America, and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the College of the Holy Cross. Prior to her appointment as Director of Catholic Studies, Dr. Corcoran was an advising dean in the College of Arts & Sciences at Georgetown from 2018 to 2026. 

Nives Dolsak

Nives Dolšak holds a Joint Ph.D. from the School of Public & Environmental Affairs and the Department of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington. Prior to joining Georgetown University, she served as the Stan and Alta Barer Professor in Sustainability Science and the Director of the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle. 

Her research examines institutional challenges in governing common pool resources at multiple levels of aggregation. In collaboration with Professor Elinor Ostrom, she has published two books: The Drama of the Commons (The National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council’s Committee on Human Dimensions of Global Change), and The Commons in the New Millennium: Challenges and Adaptation (the MIT Press). She has published in leading journals of environmental studies, public policy, and nonprofits. From 2019 through 2025, with Aseem Prakash, she maintained a byline in Forbes.com and contributed over 150 commentaries.

At University of Washington, she taught courses in Environmental Policy, Climate Governance, International Organizations and Ocean Management, Economic Development and the Environment, Research Design, and Policy Analysis. Between 2012 and 2018, she also served as a visiting professor at the School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.  

Professor Dolšak served on the Washington Coastal Marine Advisory Council and on the Science Panel of the Puget Sound Partnership. She is the recipient of the University of Washington’s College of the Environment Outstanding Community Impact (2018) and the Outstanding Teaching Faculty (2013) awards. 

Salomé Loera

Dr. Salomé Loera is an Assistant Professor at the Georgetown University School of Nursing and an Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist with more than a decade of experience in acute and critical care nursing. She maintains clinical practice at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, a Level I Trauma Center, where she supports system-wide quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and nursing excellence initiatives across a large integrated health system.

Dr. Loera’s clinical expertise spans critical care, neuroscience, cardiovascular care, and acute care nursing. Throughout her career, she has led multidisciplinary initiatives focused on improving patient outcomes, advancing quality and safety, supporting nurse development, and translating evidence into practice. Her work has contributed to improvements in the care of patients with complex acute and critical illnesses and has been recognized through honors including the Virginia Nurses Foundation 40 Under 40 Award and the Iams Memorial Quality Leadership Award.

As a nurse educator, Dr. Loera is committed to preparing future nurses to provide compassionate, evidence-based care while developing the clinical judgment, ethical foundation, and leadership skills necessary to address the complex healthcare needs of individuals and communities. She has taught undergraduate and graduate nursing courses and has contributed to curriculum development, competency-based education, and innovative teaching strategies that promote active learning and professional formation.

Dr. Loera is published in peer-reviewed journals and has presented nationally and regionally on topics including critical care nursing, neuroscience nursing, quality improvement, evidence-based practice, nurse well-being, and healthcare innovation. Her scholarship reflects a commitment to advancing nursing practice and improving outcomes for patients, families, and healthcare systems.

She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Northern Michigan University and her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Johns Hopkins University, where she specialized as an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Bryan Norton

Bryan Norton is a Jesuit priest and incoming assistant professor in the Department of Classics. He met the Jesuits at St. Ignatius High School in  Cleveland, OH. He entered the Order after completing his undergraduate studies at Williams College. As a Jesuit, he has taught at Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH) and studied theology abroad (Paris, France). He then earned his Ph.D. in Classics from Washington University in St. Louis. In his academic research, Bryan works on archaic Greek poetry, with a particular interest in epic and lyric verse. He explores how these traditions of song respond to the problem of death through the construction of memory. In his free time, Bryan enjoys baseball, cribbage, and guitar.  

Aseem Prakash

McCourt Chair at the McCourt School of Public Policy

Aseem  Prakash studies environmental policy, climate governance, NGOs and nonprofits, and voluntary/private regulation. He secured B.A. (Hons) in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi and MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Then he worked as a manager in the marketing department at Procter & Gamble India. After completing a Joint Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), Indiana University, Bloomington, he joined the faculty of the School of Business at The George Washington University. From 2002 to 2026, he served on the faculty of the Department of Political Science at University of Washington, Seattle.

Professor Prakash founded the Environmental Politics and Governance (EPG) network . He is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and elected member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences . He has served as International Research Fellow at the Center for Corporate Reputation, University of Oxford and on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Board on Environmental Change and Society.

His awards include:

The American Political Science Association: (1) 2025 John Gaus Award for “lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration,” (2) 2024 Public Policy Section’s Excellence in Mentoring Award, (3) 2020 Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award in recognition of “lifetime contribution to the study of science, technology, and environmental politics;

The International Studies Association: (1) 2023 Environmental Studies Section’s Distinguished Scholar Award which “recognizes outstanding scholars whose long history of excellent research and teaching has had a substantial impact on fields associated with international relations and environmental issues,” (2) 2019 Distinguished International Political Economy Scholar Award that recognizes “outstanding senior scholars whose influence and path-breaking intellectual work will continue to impact the field for years to come,” as well its (3) 2018 James N. Rosenau Award for “scholar who has made the most important contributions to globalization studies.”

The European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on Regulatory Governance: 2018 Regulatory Studies Development Award that recognizes a senior scholar who has made notable “contributions to the field of regulatory governance.”

In a recent ranking by Research.com of the best researchers in each discipline (political science), Professor Prakash was ranked 34rd in the United States and 61st in the world.

With Nives Dolsak, he maintained a byline in Forbes.com (2019-2025), and contributed over 150 commentaries.

Guided by Georgetown’s Jesuit tradition and the principle of cura personalis, Dr. Loera strives to foster learning environments that honor the dignity, potential, and unique experiences of every student. Her teaching philosophy emphasizes clinical excellence, reflective practice, service, and the development of nurse leaders who are committed to advancing health and caring for others with competence, compassion, and integrity.

Seok Wun Au Yong

Seok Wun (Shiila) Au Yong (she/they) is an incoming Assistant Teaching Professor with a joint appointment in the Disability Studies Program and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Georgetown University.

Their scholarship sits at the intersections of feminist disability studies, transnational feminism, queer theory, and critical refugee studies. Their work explores how disability, race, language, gender, and migration shape experiences of belonging and freedom, particularly in Southeast Asia. Their teaching is grounded in principles of disability justice, emphasizing personal, inclusive, and empowering learning environments that recognize students as knowledge producers and value multiple forms of participation and expression.

Dr. Au Yong earned their Ph.D. in Cultural Foundations of Education and Certificate of Advanced Study in Women’s and Gender Studies from Syracuse University. They also hold an MFA in Film as a Fulbright Scholar. Outside of work, they enjoy biking and chasing sunsets with a camera in hand.