Our Leadership

AYCGL Directors

  • Jann Adams, PhD

    Lead Director, Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership

    Director, Institute for International and Experiential Education

  • Sinead Younge, PhD

    Director, Institute for Social Justice Inquiry and Praxis

  • Amos Johnson, PhD

    Director, Leadership Studies Program

  • Marisela Martinez-Cola, JD/PhD

    Director, Institute for Social Justice Research and Policy

Higher Education in Prisons Program

  • Kipton Jensen, PhD

    Director, Higher Education in Prisons Program

  • Shari Mackinson, PhD

    Assistant Director, Higher Education in Prisons Program

  • Ms. Kennedy Nash

    AYC-HEP/AYCGL Administrative Assistant

Office of International Education

  • Ms. Jeanine D. White

    Assistant Director, Office of International Education

  • Ms. Nandi Musengwa

    Program Director, Academic Term Programs

  • Mr. Cameron Brown

    Program Coordinator, Office of International Education

  • Mr. Rodney Walker

    Visiting Assistant Professor, Leadership Studies Program

  • Janira Teague, PhD

    2025-26 AYCGL Social Justice Policy and Research Fellow