Graduate Bulletin

FACULTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY

Program in Public Administration

Distinguished Service Professor

David F. Andersen, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Public Management and Government Information Management

Distinguished Teaching Professor

David P. McCaffrey, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Organizational Theory and Regulation of Economic Activity

Professors

Abdo I. Baaklini, Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY
Public Management and Government Information Management

Sue R. Faerman, Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY
Organizational Behavior, Managerial and Leadership Effectiveness

Irene Lurie, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Economics and Public Finance

Jeryl L. Mumpower, Ph.D., University of Colorado
Social and Quantitative Psychology

George P. Richardson, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computer Modeling for Policy Analysis and Group Decision Support, Public Management

John Rohrbaugh, Ph.D., University of Colorado
Managerial Decision Making and Administrative Behavior

Frank J. Thompson, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Politics and Administration, Health Policy, Human Resources Management

Associate Professors

Mitchell Y. Abolafia, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Organizational Theory and Behavior

Thomas A. Birkland, Ph.D., University of Washington
Public Policy

Sharon Dawes, Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY
Government Information Management, Information Policy, Public/Private Management

Helen Desfosses, Ph.D., Boston University, Collins Fellow
Comparative Politics and Public Policy

James W. Fossett, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Health Care Access to Low Income Groups

Judith Saidel, Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY
Non-Profit Management

Holly Sims, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
International Politics and Administration, Global Environmental Policy

James H. Wyckoff, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Public Sector Economics

Julian Zelizer, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
History and Public Policy

Assistant Professors

Gerald Marschke, Ph.D., The University of Chicago
Economics of organizations, labor economics, and technology policy

R. Karl Rethemeyer, Ph.D., Harvard University
Information Management, Organizational Theory, and Research Methods

Research Professors

Terrence A. Maxwell, Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY
Information Resource Management

Theresa Pardo, Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY
Information Technology Innovation in the Public Sector

Thomas Stewart, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Professional Judgment and Decision Making

Lecturer

Sydney Gatto-Cresswell, M.S., University at Albany, SUNY

Program in Public Policy

Distinguished Professors

Richard Alba, Ph.D., Columbia University
Urban Policy

John G. Gunnell, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Political Theory, Philosophy and History of Social Science

John R. Logan, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Urban Policy

Richard P. Nathan, Ph.D., Harvard University
Public Management, Federalism and U.S. Domestic Policy

Distinguished Service Professor

David F. Andersen, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Public Management and Government Information Management

Distinguished Teaching Professors

Jan L. Hagen, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Income Support Programs and Socail Welfare History

David P. McCaffrey, Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook
Organizational Theory and Regulation of Economic Activity

Professors

Ray Bromley, Ph.D., Cambridge University
Metropolitan and Regional Development Strategies, Micro-Enterprise, Planning History, Latin America

David O. Carpenter, M.D. Harvard Medical College
Electrophysiology of Synaptic Transmission, Neurotoxicology of Metals, PCBs and Endogenous Biochemicals

Thomas Church, Ph.D., Cornell University
Public Law, Public Policy

Thomas L. Daniels, Ph.D., Oregon State University
Rural and Small Town Planning, Farmland Preservation, Growth Management on the Metropolitan
Fringe, Local Economic Development

John Kekes, Ph.D., Australian National University
Philosophy and Policy

Irene Lurie, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Economics and Public Finance

David L. Markell (Albany Law School), J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
Administrative and Environmental Law

Jeryl Mumpower, Ph.D., University of Colorado
Social and Quantitative Psychology

Robert T. Nakamura, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Public Policy and American Government

George P. Richardson, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Computer Modeling for Policy Analysis and Group Decision Support, Public Management

John Rohrbaugh, Ph.D., University of Colorado
Managerial Decision Making and Administrative Behavior

Bonnie Steinbock, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Women and Policy

Frank J. Thompson, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Politics and Administration, Health Policy, Human Resources Management

Alan Wagner, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Education Governance, Financing Learning, School Effectiveness and Improvement
Diversity in Schools and Teacher Policies

Associate Professors

Thomas A. Birkland, Ph.D., University of Washington
Public Policy

Sharon Dawes, Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY
Government Information Management, Information Policy, Public/Private Management

Helen Desfosses, Ph.D., Boston University, Collins Fellow
Comparative Politics and Public Policy

James W. Fossett, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Health Care Access to Low Income Groups

Sally Friedman, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Research Methods and American Government

Richard Hamm, Ph.D., University of Virginia
History and Politics

Hamilton Lankford, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Econometrics and Public Economics

Paul Miesing, D.B.A., University of Colorado
Management and Policy, Strategic Management and Business Ethics

William D. Roth, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Policies Concerning Persons with Disabilities

Judith Saidel, Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY
Non-Profit Management

Holly Sims, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
International Politics and Administration, Global Environmental Policy

Robert E. Worden, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Crime and Justice Policy

James H. Wyckoff, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Public Sector Economics

Julian Zelizer, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, University
History and Public Policy

Assistant Professors

Jennifer Jensen, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
American Politics

Catharine T. Lawson, Ph.D., Portland State University
Travel Behavior, Freight, Archived Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Data
Community Development and Housing Issues, Land Use and Transportation Planning
Spatial Analysis/Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications

Gerald Marschke, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Economics of Organizations, Labor Economics, and Technology Policy

Kathryn S. Schiller, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Sociology of Education, Organizational and Policy Analysis, Quantitative Methodology

Gilbert A. Valverde, Ph.D., University of Chicago
Cross-National Study of Curriculum Governance Policies

Sandra Vergari, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Education Reform Politics and Policy

Public Service Professors

Frank Mauro, M.P.A., Syracuse University

James Ruhl, Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY

Research Professors

Thomas Gais, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Welfare Policy, Urban Policy