PhD Program in Public Policy
Faculty/Staff Contact Information
Department and Affiliated Faculty
Departmental Faculty and Their Areas of Expertise
Public Management/Public Organizational Theory, E-Government/E-Democracy, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, International Comparative Public Administration, and Information Technology in the Public Sector.
Connie S. Chan, PhD
Associate Dean, McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies
Mental Health Policy, Ethics,and Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
Donna Haig Friedman, PhD
Family Welfare Policy, Social Policy, Homelessness and Homelessness Prevention, Role of Non-Profits and Organizational Learning, Outcome Measurement, and Qualitative Research Design.
Billie Gastic, PhD
Violence and Safety in Schools and Communities; Educational Policy; Latino Youth; Quantitative Research Methodologies
Michael P. Johnson, PhD
Graduate Program Director, Public Policy PhD Program
Chair, Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs
Management Science Planning Models for public-sector facility location and service delivery, with applications to Assisted Housing and Senior Services.
Heather MacIndoe, PhD
Nonprofit Organizations, Philanthropy, Organizational Theory
Gary N. Siperstein, PhD
Social Relationships and Social Development of Children with Disabilities
Amy Smith, PhD
Public Administration and Policy, Social Networks in Organizational Settings, Quantitative Methods, and Scholarship and Inventive Activity
Christian Weller, PhD
Private Pensions, Social Security, Retirement Income Security, Macroeconomics, Financial Markets and International Finance
PhD Program in Public Policy Affiliated Faculty and Their Areas of Expertise
Randy Albelda, PhD (Department of Economics)
Political Economy, Women's Economic Status, Family Policies, and Poverty.
Elizabeth Bussiere, PhD (Department of Political Science)
Welfare Policy, Issues of Constitutional Law and Equality, and the Historical Roots of the American Legal System.
Thomas Ferguson, PhD (Department of Political Science)
Political Parties, the Formation of Public Opinion, and Interest Group Politics.
Winston Langley, PhD (Department of Political Science)
Human Rights, Alternative Models of World Order, and Religion and Politics.
David Levy, DBA (Department of Management)
Organizational Theory, International Business, and International Political Economy.
Catherine Lynde, PhD (Department of Economics)
Macroeconomic Policy, Productivity Growth, Quantitative Methods, and Health Economics.
David Matz, JD (Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution)
Conflict Resolution, Negotiation and US Policies about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Robert Moran, MBA (adjunct faculty)
Health Care Finance and Public Sector Management and Budgeting.
Erin O'Brien, PhD (Department of Political Science)
Public Policy, Politics of Poverty and US Social Welfare Policy; Stratification, Politics and Policy; Political Behavior; Urban Politics and Policy; Research Methods and Epistemology, Theoretical Approaches to Public Policy; American Politics.
Mary Huff Stevenson, PhD (Department of Economics)
Urban Economics, Labor Economics, and Economics of Gender.
Peter Taylor, PhD (Graduate Program in Critical and Creative Thinking)
Science and Technology, Social Analysis of Environmental and Health Research, and Reflective Practice.
David Terkla, PhD (Department of Economics)
Environmental and Marine Resource Economics, Regional Economic Development, and Public Finance.
Miren Uriarte, PhD (College of Public and Community Service)
Applied Sociology, and Race and Ethnic Relations.
Eben Weitzman, PhD (Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution)
Intra-group Conflict in Mediation, Cross-cultural Conflict on Campus, Cultural Differences in Attitudes toward Conflict, Effects of Cooperation and Competition on Small Group Processes, Conflict Resolution in the Labor Movement, and Computer-aided Data Analysis in Qualitative Research.
Ann Withorn, PhD (Graduate Program in Human Service)
Social Welfare Policy, Non-Profit Organizations, Social Movements, Women in Poverty, and Higher Education Policy and Organizing.
PhD Program in Public Policy Staff
Karen Means is our Departmental Administrative Assistant.
Email address: karen.means@umb.edu
Telephone: 617-287-6938
Office:McCormack Hall on the third floor, rooms 425
Michael MacPhee is our Graduate Program Administrator for both the Public Policy PhD Program and our sister MSPA program.
Email address: michael.macphee@umb.edu or public.policy@umb.edu
Telephone: 617-287-5543
Office: McCormack Hall on the third floor, room 437
Learning to Build an Equitable Society
Contact us at public.policy@umb.edu for more information on the PhD Program in Public Policy or see our PhD Program contact page for additional ways to contact us.
TESTIMONIALS ABOUT OUR
PhD PROGRAM IN PUBLIC POLICY FACULTY
Simply stated, the faculty is outstanding. I am confident that they were as dedicated to my learning as I was."
-- Alumna Jennifer Shea, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Affairs
San Francisco State University
"The faculty in the Public Policy program is uncategorically outstanding. Without their key help, advice, and encouragement all along the way, I never would have completed my dissertation."
-- Alumna Edie Mas, Ph.D
President,
Tannery Wildlife Refuge, VT .
OUR DEPARTMENT IS GROWING
Two new faculty members join our department this fall: Michael Ahn, PhD. and Amy Smith, PhD.
Check out their profiles!