The Center for Public Policy & Administration

CPPA has a set of core faculty that are joint hires with other departments and teach that MPPA courses and electives, participate in the Center's research and outreach activities, and advise CPPA students. In addition to its core faculty, CPPA has faculty associates from across the UMass campus. Faculty associates are faculty who are affiliated with the Center, who teach policy-related class and/or are available for research and collaboration.

Michael Ash, Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Center for Public Policy and Administration / Economics 814 Thompson Hall (413) 545-6329 mash @ econs.umass.edu Ph.D. in Economics: University of California, Berkeley, 1999 labor; environmental justice & policy; healthcare workers; health disparities More...

Lee Badgett, Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Center for Public Policy and Administration / Economics 102 Gordon Hall (413) 545-3162 lbadgett @ pubpol.umass.edu Ph.D. in Economics: University of California, Berkeley, 1990 labor economics; employment discrimination; economics of sexual orientation; same-sex marriage More...

Steven Boutcher, Assistant Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Center for Public Policy and Administration / Sociology 702 Thompson Hall (413) 545-3622 boutcher @ soc.umass.edu Ph.D. in Sociology: University of California, Irvine, 2010 social movements; sociology of law; sociology of the professions; organizations and institutions More...

Sylvia Brandt, Associate Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Center for Public Policy and Administration / Resource Economics 221 Stockbridge Hall (413) 545-5722 brandt @ resecon.umass.edu Ph.D. in Economics: University of California, Berkeley, 2001 health economics; effects of environmental regulations on health More... / Resource Economics Website

Brenda Bushouse, Associate Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Center for Public Policy and Administration / Political Science 340 Thompson Hall (413) 545-1453 bushouse @ polsci.umass.edu Ph.D. in Public Policy: Indiana University, 1999 nonprofit organizations; child care policy; urban policy More... / SBS Profile

Nancy Folbre, Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Economics 836 Thompson Hall (413) 545-1007 folbre @ econs.umass.edu Ph.D.: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1979 feminist theory and political economy; care labor and other non-market work More... / Personal Website

Jane Fountain, Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Center for Public Policy and Administration / Political Science 406 Thompson Hall / 202 Gordon Hall (413) 545-3283 fountain @ polsci.umass.edu Ph.D. in Political Science and Organizational Behavior: Yale, 1990 institutions, global information, and communication technologies; governance More... / Personal Website

Martha Fuentes-Bautista, Assistant Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Center for Public Policy and Administration / Communication 308 Machmer Hall (413) 545-3455 mfuentes @ comm.umass.edu Ph.D.: University of Texas, Austin, 2007 telecommunication and community media policy; technology and inequality; global communications; social movements and new media technologies More... / Communication Website

Krista Harper, Associate Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Center for Public Policy and Administration / Anthropology 214 Machmer Hall (413) 545-0661 kharper @ anthro.umass.edu Ph.D. in Anthropology: University of California, Santa Cruz, 1999 post-socialist societies; environmentalism; social movements More...

Carol Heim, Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Economics 906 Thompson Hall (413) 545-0854 cheim @ econs.umass.edu Ph.D. in Economics: Yale University, 1982 urban growth, property development, and land use policy in U.S. cities; municipal fiscal policy More...

John Hird, Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Center for Public Policy and Administration / Political Science 314 Thompson Hall (413) 545-6184 jhird @ pubpol.umass.edu Ph.D. in Public Policy: University of California, Berkeley, 1988 policy expertise and advising; the use of information in policymaking; policy analysis; environmental policy More... / Personal Website

Kathryn McDermott, Associate Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Center for Public Policy and Administration / School of Education 258 Hills South (413) 545-3562 mcdermott @ educ.umass.edu Ph.D. in Political Science: Yale University, 1997 state and federal education policy; Educational equity; Policy implementation More... / Education Website

David Mednicoff, Assistant Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Center for Public Policy and Administration/Middle Eastern Studies 120 Gordon Hall (413) 545-3536 mednic @ legal.umass.edu J.D., M.A., Ph.D. in Political Science: Harvard University Middle Eastern politics, international and comparative law and politics, human rights and globalization theory More... / Personal Website

Joya Misra, Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Center for Public Policy and Administration / Sociology W33E Machmer Hall (413) 545-5969 misra @ soc.umass.edu Ph.D. in Sociology: Emory University, 1994 social policy, gender/race/class inequality, welfare More... / Personal Website

Marta Murray-Close, Assistant Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Economics 1018 Thompson Hall (413) 545-3412 martam @ soc.umass.edu Ph.D. in Economics: University of Michigan, 2011 labor economics, work and family, economics of gender and sexual orientation, economic demography More...

ELLEN PADER, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning 212 Arnold Hall (413) 545-6620 pader@larp.umass.edu Ph.D. in Anthropology: Cambridge University, 1981 cultural, social and political facets of housing policy and design; relation among nutrition, food security, mental and physical health and social participation More...

Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Sociology 608 Tobin Hall (413) 545-0258 mpj @ psych.umass.edu Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies: Pennsylvania State University, 1988 work-family issues, FMLA, child care, family-friendly workplace initiatives More... / Psychology Website

Dean E. Robinson, Associate Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Political Science 214 Thompson Hall (413) 545-0406 deanr @ polsci.umass.edu Ph.D. in Political Science: Yale University, 1995 race and class disparities in health outcomes; comparative health policies More... / Political Science Website

Frederic Rose, Lecturer
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Center for Public Policy and Administration 116 Gordon Hall (413) 545-6574 frose @ pubpol.umass.edu Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning: Cornell University, 1993 More...

Charles Schweik, Associate Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Center for Public Policy and Administration / Environmental Conservation 217 Holdsworth Hall (413) 545-1824 cschweik @ pubpol.umass.edu Ph.D. in Public Policy: Indiana University, 1998; M.P.A.: Syracuse University, 1991 environmental policy and management, public information technology and digital government More... / Personal Website

Marta Vicarelli, Assistant Professor
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Center for Public Policy and Administration / Economics 940 Thompson mvicarelli @ econs.umass.edu Ph.D.: Ph.D. in Sustainable Development: Columbia University, 2011 environmental economics, development economics, applied microeconomics and climatology More...

LAWRENCE ZACHARIAS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Isenberg School of Management Isenberg 348 (413) 545-5683 lsz@isenberg.umass.edu M. Phil.: Columbia University, 1974; J.D., Columbia University, 1973 Public policy and economic regulation; history of business, law and technology; organization theory; corporate governance; and history of business, culture and film More...

Emeritus Faculty

CPPA's distinguished professors emeriti are an invaluable asset to the Center, bringing both experience and a wealth of resources to our students.

Eric Einhorn, Professor Emeritus
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Political Science Thompson Hall (413) 545-2438 einhorn @ polsci.umass.edu Ph.D.: Harvard University comparative politics and policy; Western Europe; Scandinavia More...

Rud Platt, Professor Emeritus
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Geosciences 132 Morrill II (413) 545-2499 platt @ geo.umass.edu J.D. and Ph.D. in Geography: University of Chicago, 1972 land and water resource management, natural hazards and urban planning More... / The Humane Metropolis

George Sulzner, Professor Emeritus
	department \| office \| phone \| email \| education \| interests \| other \|	Political Science 324 Arnold House (413) 545-2761 sulzner @ polsci.umass.edu Ph.D. in Political Science: University of Michigan, 1967 American politics, public personnel administration, Canadian politics More...

Faculty Associates

CPPA attracts faculty from many departments across campus who are interested in contributing to its research and teaching activities.

DEPARTMENTS
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | L | N | P | R | S | T

A
Anthropology Julie Hemment Elizabeth Krause Lynette Leidy Sievert

B
Biology Peter Alpert Biostatistics and Epidemiology Philip Nasca

C
Civil and Environmental Engineering Paul Shuldiner Communication Mari Castañeda Paula Chakravarty Leda Cooks Jarice Hanson Michael Morgan Erica Scharrer Community Health Studies Michael Begay David Buchanan Dan Gerber Computer Science David Jensen

D
Donahue Institute Lynn Griesemer

E
Economics James Boyce Gerald Epstein Rus Janis Fidan Kurtulus Leonce Ndikumana Lisa Saunders Education Policy and Resource Administration Andy Effrat Preston Green Kysa Nygreen David Schimmel Environmental Conservation Guy Lanza

F
Food Sciences Fergus Clydesdale

G
Geosciences Eve Vogel

H
History David Glassberg Carl Nightingale

I
Isenberg School of Management Robert Nakosteen Lawrence Zacharias

J
Journalism Barbara J. Roche

L
Labor Studies Tom Juravich Eve Weinbaum Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning John Ahern Meir Gross Elisabeth Hamin Ellen Pader Legal Studies Stephen Arons Jerry Levinksy Janet Rifkin Nina Siulc

N
Natural Resources Conservation Curtice Griffin

P
Physics and Astronomy Mike Kreisler Political Science Peter Haas Ray LaRaja Polymer Science Richard Stein Provost's Office Bryan Harvey Psychology David Arnold Kyle Cave Linda Tropp

R
Resource Economics Musaddak Alhabeeb Geoffrey Allen Julie Caswell Barry Field Sheila Mammen Thomas Stevens

S
School of Education Mary Boscardin Sociology Doug Anderton Michelle Budig Naomi Gerstel Randall Stokes Richard Tessler Melissa Wooten Robert Zussman Spanish and Portuguese Languages Juan Zamora Sport Studies Jay Gladden

T
The Environmental Institute Rick Taupier