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John Mikhail

John Mikhail received his Ph.D. in Philosophy at Cornell University. He then joined MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, where he was a Lecturer and Research Affiliate and worked closely with leading cognitive scientists like Noam Chomsky, Steven Pinker, and Elizabeth Spelke. While in Cambridge, Mikhail also taught courses in government and public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and earned a Dean's Award for excellence in teaching.

Mikhail went next to Stanford Law School, where he became Senior Article Editor of the Stanford Law Review and the Senior Submissions Editor of the Stanford Journal of International Law. Upon graduation,he remained at Stanford as a Visiting Scholar and joined the Palo Alto office of Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett.

Before coming to Georgetown in 2004, Mikhail clerked for Judge Rosemary Barkett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Miami, Florida.