Geoffrey Whitebread

Dr. Geoffrey Whitebread has been teaching at Gallaudet University since 2006. He served as a coordinator and lecturer in the Honors Program from 2006 - 2019, supporting a total of 118 student Honors capstone projects! He has served as the Director of the Master in Public Administration (MPA) program since 2020. 

Dr. Whitebread graduated with his Ph.D. in Political Science with a concentration in research methods in 2018. Dr. Whitebread’s dissertation was titled “Intersectionality in Political Science: How Race/Ethnicity and Gender Affect Political Preferences.” Dr. Whitebread does research in a variety of academic fields. Dr. Whitebread’s multidisciplinary research agenda advances knowledge of pedagogy, intersectionality, social equity, data equity, the changing marijuana landscape, Deaf people in public administration, and the inclusion of people with disabilities in the public sector. Dr. Whitebread is currently developing databases of deaf-serving nonprofits and deaf public sector leaders in the United States. 

Dr. Whitebread’s teaching emphasizes student engagement, creativity, and innovative teaching methods. Dr. Whitebread teaches both undergraduate and graduate students in the Government program, Honors Program, Disaster and Emergency Preparedness program, the MPA Program. He has created more than 25 unique courses over his career with a wide range of topics designed to keep students interested and engaged! These topics include Public Leadership, Deaf Leadership, Research Methods (statistics), Understanding Genocide, Insurrections in Democracies, Racism and Sexism, Social Equity, Organizational Culture, Employee Engagement, Artificial Intelligence, and the Past and Future of Public Administration.