Faculty Favorites

Faculty Favorites is a periodic feature on Hobnob Blog wherein our faculty and authors share some of their favorite places to visit, things to do, and places to eat in our nation’s capital, as well as their favorite books and movies. Also see our Visiting Washington, DC pages and our Political and Government Classics page.

Jack Schenendorf (bio) shares his “Dining and Places” favorites.

Al Swift (bio), a former member of Congress, shares his “Dining and Places” favorites.

Jim Capretta (bio) shares his “Dining and Places” favorites.

Claudia Thurber (bio), a veteran of over twenty-two years of federal government service, shares her dining and places favorites and her favorite books and movies set in DC.

Bryan Hubbard (bio) shares his “Dining and Places” favorites.

Steve Roberts (bio), a journalist, political commentator, and the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University, shares his favorites.

Bill Noxon (bio), a public relations practitioner, shares his dining and visiting favorites and favorite book and movie.

Dave Grimaldi (bio), senior counsel at The Raben Group, shares his favorites.

Chuck Cushman (bio), an associate professor and director of the Master of Arts in Legislative Affairs program at The George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management, shares his favorites.

Jill Kamp Melton (bio) shares her favorite places in DC and her favorite books and movies.

Deanna Gelak (bio), faculty for “How to Work the Hill Like a Pro Audio Course on CD,” shares her favorites.

Peggy Garvin (bio), the author of Real World Research Skills: An Introduction to Factual, International, Judicial, Legislative, and Regulatory Research, shares her favorites.

Gebe Martinez (bio), a reporter covering Congress and politics for The Houston Chronicle, shares her favorites.

Brad Fitch (bio), author of the Media Relations Handbook, shares his favorites.

Frank Burk (bio), former Legislative Counsel of the United States Senate, shares his favorites.

Jim Bayless (bio), a veteran legislative and regulatory attorney who has lived in Washington for more than 25 years, shares his dining and places favorites and his favorite books and movies set in Washington.

Mike Koempel (bio), co-author of the Congressional Deskbook, shares his favorite restaurants and places to go and his favorite book and movie about Washington.

Paul Powell (bio) shares his favorites.

Dan Parks (bio), an editor at Congressional Quarterly, shares his favorites.

Judy Schneider (bio), co-author of the Congressional Deskbook, shares her favorites.

Ron Faucheux (bio), former Chief of Staff for Senator Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana), shares his favorites.

Bob Healy (bio), a senior editor at Congressional Quarterly, shares his favorites.

Peter Loge (bio), a Principal with Milo Public Affairs, shares his dining and places favorites and his favorite books and movies set in DC.

Bob Gee (bio), Chief of Public Services for the Law Library of Congress, shares his favorites.