Paul Christopher Manuel

Paul Manuel is an affiliated professor in the government department and also at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. He is the author, co-author, or editor of twelve books and numerous scholarly articles. His research examines issues related to comparative democratization and religion and politics, with an emphasis on Portugal.

His 2019 book, "Voices of the Revolution: Revisiting the Portuguese Revolution of 25 April 1974 -- Interviews and Insights" was published in the Portuguese Studies Review Monograph Series, No. 4 (2019). It was translated into Portuguese as "VOZES DA REVOLUÇÃO: REVISITANDO O 25 DE ABRIL DE 1974. ENTREVISTAS E ESTUDOS" by Tinta da China publishing, as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the April 25, 1974 revolution

Manuel also holds a research fellow appointment at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University, and is a local affiliate at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University, where he co-chaired the Iberian Studies Group. Manuel currently divides his time between Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts.

Previously, Manuel was the director of the leadership program at the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C., where he enjoyed appointments as the Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer and Distinguished Scholar in Residence. He also served terms as the executive director and the research director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) at Saint Anselm College in Manchester. He chaired the campus-wide committee that founded the NHIOP. He also chaired the Department of Politics at Saint Anselm College for fifteen years. Later, Manuel was the founding director of the Institute for Leadership at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He was a tenured professor of politics at both Saint Anselm College and Mount St. Mary's University.

Manuel has received Fulbright and National Endowment for the Humanities research grants. He has served on the National Selection Committee for the graduate Fulbright program in Spain and Portugal, on Middle States Commission on Higher Education Visiting Reaccreditation Teams, and on the Executive Council of the New England Political Science Association. Manuel received the Saint Anselm College President's Award in 2006.

A Massachusetts native, Manuel holds a Ph.D. in government from Georgetown University, an M.T.S. from the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, an M.A. in International Relations from Boston University, and a B.A. in Political Science from Boston University. He has also studied in France at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and the Institute Catholique de Paris, and in Portugal at the University of Coimbra and the University of Lisbon.