Social Policy ·
Are LGBT Americans More Likely to Suffer Violent Crimes Than Their Cisgender Counterparts?
SPA Professor Uses New Data to Examine LGBT Crime Victimization
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Public Management and Leadership ·
SPA Professor Edits Handbook on Global Public Administration and Policy
SPA Scholar in Residence Karen Baehler, also AU Associate Dean of Faculty, served as senior editor of The Oxford Handbook of Governance and Public Management for Social Policy
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Social Policy ·
Is Representation Enough to Solve Educational Disparities?
SPA Researchers Find Limited Positive Effect of Minority Teacher Representation in Communities with Racial Bias
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Policy Analysis ·
Long Term Care Decisions Rely on Trust
SPA Scholars find that individuals making long-term care decisions do not show bias against government and trust public and nonprofit performance data
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Meet our Policy Analysis Faculty
Alison Jacknowitz Interim Dean, School of Public Affairs SPA | Finance & Personnel Administration
Brandyn Churchill Assistant Professor SPA | Public Administration
Claudia Persico Associate Professor SPA | Public Administration
Cornelius M. Kerwin Professor and President Emeritus SPA | Public Administration
Cynthia Miller-Idriss Professor, School of Public Affairs and School of Education
Dave Marcotte Professor SPA | Public Administration
David Fagelson Associate Professor SPA | Justice, Law & Criminology
Erdal Tekin Charles W. Fotis, Sr. and Dorothea G. Fotis Family Distinguished Professor of Health Policy SPA | Public Administration
Janice Iwama Associate Professor SPA | Justice, Law & Criminology
Jessica Waters Senior Scholar in Residence
Jocelyn Johnston Interim Senior Associate Dean SPA | Public Administration
Joe Young Adjunct Professor SPA | Justice, Law & Criminology
Kenneth Meier Distinguished Scholar in Residence SPA | Public Administration
Lewis Faulk Associate Professor SPA | Public Administration
Michelle Engert Senior Scholar in Residence SPA | Justice, Law & Criminology
Nathan Favero Provost Associate Professor SPA | Public Administration
Seth Gershenson Professor SPA | Public Administration
Stacie St. Louis Assistant Professor SPA | Justice, Law & Criminology
Taryn Morrissey Professor, DPAP Chair, and Associate Dean of Research SPA | Public Administration
Todd Eisenstadt Professor, Research Director of CEP SPA | Government
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