- Assistant Professor of Human Rights and Cultural Relations, American University School of International Service
Nicholas R. Micinski is an Assistant Professor in the School of International Service at American University. Micinski's research focuses on the global governance of migration, the political economy of aid, development, climate displacement, the United Nations, the EU, and human rights. He is the author of three books: Delegating Responsibility: International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union (University of Michigan Press, 2022) and UN Global Compacts: Governing Migrants and Refugees (Routledge, 2021), and Aiding Autocrats: Migration Management, Governance and Repression in Africa, (co-authored with Kelsey Norman, Cambridge University Press, 2026). Previously, Micinski was an assistant professor at the University of Maine, postdoctoral fellow at Université Laval, ISA James N. Rosenau Postdoctoral Fellow, and visiting researcher at Boston University.
Experience
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2025–presentAssistant Professor, American University
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2021–2025Assistant Professor, University of Maine
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2020–2021Postdoctoral fellow, Université Laval
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2019–2020ISA James N. Rosenau Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston University
Education
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2019The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Ph.D.
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2017The Graduate Center, City University of New York, M.Phil.
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2016The Graduate Center, City University of New York, M.A.
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2008Michigan State University, B.A.
Publications
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2026Aiding Autocrats: Migration Management, Governance and Repression in Africa, Cambridge University Press
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2022Delegating Responsibility: International Cooperation on Migration in the European Union, University of Michigan Press
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2021UN Global Compacts: Governing Migrants and Refugees, Routledge
Professional Memberships
- International Studies Association
- American Political Science Association
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- Location: Washington, D.C., U.S.
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