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===Faculty=== {{Main|List of Georgetown University faculty}}{{As of|2017}}, Georgetown University employed 1,414 full-time and 1,196 part-time faculty members across its three Washington, D.C. campuses,<ref name=factsheet2017/> with additional staff at [[Georgetown University in Qatar]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Blazey|first=Elizabeth|date=October 3, 2008|title=Student Life Begins to Boom in SFS-Q's Infant Years|work=[[The Hoya]]|url=http://www.thehoya.com/student-life-begins-to-boom-in-sfs-q-s-infant-years-1.1893649|url-status=live|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119061229/http://www.thehoya.com/student-life-begins-to-boom-in-sfs-q-s-infant-years-1.1893649|archive-date=January 19, 2012}}</ref> The faculty comprises leading academics and notable political and business leaders, and are predominantly male by a two-to-one margin.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sahrmann|first=Marie|date=October 17, 2008|title=Faculty Gender Ratio Favors Males|work=[[The Hoya]]|url=http://www.thehoya.com/faculty-gender-ratio-favors-males-1.1893741|url-status=live|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119094252/http://www.thehoya.com/faculty-gender-ratio-favors-males-1.1893741|archive-date=January 19, 2012}}</ref> Georgetown University's faculty members give more support to liberal candidates, and while their donation patterns are generally consistent with those of other American university faculties, they gave more than average to [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Heberle|first=Robert|date=September 21, 2004|title=Faculty Funds Favor Kerry|work=[[The Hoya]]|url=http://www.thehoya.com/faculty-funds-favor-kerry-1.1887619|url-status=live|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119045919/http://www.thehoya.com/faculty-funds-favor-kerry-1.1887619|archive-date=January 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hu|first=Dawn|date=November 21, 2008|title=GU Faculty Among Highest Donors to Obama Campaign|work=[[The Hoya]]|url=http://www.thehoya.com/gu-faculty-among-highest-donors-to-obama-campaign-1.1894080|url-status=live|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118194020/http://www.thehoya.com/gu-faculty-among-highest-donors-to-obama-campaign-1.1894080|archive-date=January 18, 2012}}</ref> The faculty includes former [[Society for Classical Studies]] president [[James J. O'Donnell]], theologian [[John Haught]], social activistd [[Chai Feldblum]], [[List of Nobel laureates|Nobel laureate]] [[George Akerlof]], writer and human rights advocate [[Carolyn Forché]], award-winning literary critic [[Maureen Corrigan]], linguist [[Deborah Tannen]], business philosopher [[Jason Brennan]], and hip hop scholar [[Michael Eric Dyson]].<ref name="faculty2">{{cite web|year=2007|title=List all faculty experts|url=http://experts.georgetown.edu/index.cfm?Action=List|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904101211/http://experts.georgetown.edu/index.cfm?Action=List|archive-date=September 4, 2015|access-date=July 14, 2007|website=Georgetown University – Faculty Experts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|year=2009|title=Faculty and Administration|url=http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116154019/http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/|archive-date=January 16, 2010|access-date=November 23, 2009|work=[[Georgetown University Law Center]]}}</ref><ref name="wsj2">{{cite news|title=George Akerlof (aka Mr. Janet Yellen) Heads to Georgetown – Real Time Economics – WSJ|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=September 23, 2014|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/09/23/george-akerlof-aka-mr-janet-yellen-heads-to-georgetown/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007224324/http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/09/23/george-akerlof-aka-mr-janet-yellen-heads-to-georgetown/|archive-date=October 7, 2014|access-date=October 25, 2014|publisher=blogs.wsj.com|last1=Reddy|first1=Sudeep}}</ref> [[File:Secretary Blinken Meets with Georgetown Faculty Before Commencement Ceremonies (52090082673).jpg|thumb|[[Antony Blinken]], the [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]], meets with Georgetown faculty before commencement ceremonies]] Many former politicians choose to teach at Georgetown, including former Secretaries of State [[Madeleine Albright]] and [[Henry Kissinger]], former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]], [[United States Agency for International Development|U.S. Agency for International Development]] administrator [[Andrew Natsios]], National Security Advisor [[Anthony Lake]], and CIA director [[George Tenet]]. Former [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court Justices]] [[William J. Brennan, Jr.]], [[Antonin Scalia]], and [[John Roberts]] have each taught at the university. Former Solicitor General of the United States [[Paul Clement]] has been a member of the law faculty since leaving public office in 2008.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Paul D. Clement |url=https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/paul-d-clement/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |language=en-US}}</ref> Internationally, the school attracts former ambassadors and heads of state, including former Prime Minister of Spain [[José María Aznar]], Saudi Ambassador Prince [[Turki Al-Faisal]], [[President of Costa Rica|President]] [[Laura Chinchilla]] of [[Costa Rica]], and President of [[Colombia]] [[Álvaro Uribe]].<ref>{{cite web|date=September 8, 2010|title=Colombia Reports|url=http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/11743-georgetown-protest-uribe.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813052409/http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/11743-georgetown-protest-uribe.html|archive-date=August 13, 2011|access-date=September 8, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sarubbi|first=Andrea E.|date=March 7, 2006|title=Former President of Poland Joins Georgetown Faculty as Distinguished Scholar|url=http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=13237|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324030833/http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=13237|archive-date=March 24, 2007|access-date=February 15, 2009|work=Georgetown University Department of Communications}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Heller|first=Chris|date=August 11, 2010|title=Former Colombian President to teach at Georgetown|work=[[The Georgetown Voice]]|url=http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2010/08/11/former-colombian-president-to-teach-at-georgetown/|access-date=August 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004220749/http://blog.georgetownvoice.com/2010/08/11/former-colombian-president-to-teach-at-georgetown/|archive-date=October 4, 2011}}</ref>
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