University of Massachusetts Boston
Public Policy Students & Graduates
Our students will change the face of public policy
Our graduates, their dissertation topics and current employment
Our Public Policy students have earned awards, fellowships and dissertation support grants from such prestigious organizations as:
- Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
- American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- American Political Science Association (APSA)
- Aspen Foundation
- Association for Institutional Research
- Bartlett Public Policy Center
- Center to Protect Workers’ Rights
- Economic Policy Institute
- Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt Foundation
- Health Care Financing Administration
- Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
- Massachusetts Federation of Business and Professional Women
- National Center for Educational Statistics
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE)
- Radcliffe Public Policy Institute
- United Nations Development Program’s Asia Pacific Academic Fellowship
- US Department of Health and Human Services
- US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Women’s Research and Educational Institute
- Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Current Students
NB: Students earn an en route master's degree in Public Policy after successful completion of core courses and two comprehensive exams.
Sample dissertation proposal abstracts are also included.
NICOLE AGUSTI
Education: Emerson College, BA, Film
University of Massachusetts Boston, Graduate Certificate, Women in Politics and Public Policy
Research Interests: Structural and symbolic violence, cultural capital
DALE ALLEN
Education: Springfield College, BS, Sports Biology
Springfield College, MEd, Physical Education/Athletic Administration
Springfield College, CAGS, Student Personnel Administration
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Approved Dissertation Topic: "The Economic Relationships between Institutions of Higher Education and Municipalities" (abstract)
CAROLYN ARCAND
Education: Syracuse University, BA, Accounting and Entrepreneurship
Research Interests: Women's issues, health care policy, environmental policy, and sustainable economic development
LYNDA BARROS
Education: Gonzaga University, BA, Sociology
Boston College, MSW, Macro Global Practice
Research Interests: Immigration, social inequalities, building institutional capacity at Latino/a non-profit organizations, and transitioning democracy in Eastern Europe
TALIA BERMAN-KISHONY
Education: Tel Aviv University, LLB, Law
University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, Dispute Resolution
Research Interests: Health policy, conflict resolution and law
MICHAEL BERNARDINO
Education: Georgetown University, BA, Education, Policy and Economics
Research interest: Economic development
HEIKE BOELTZIG Read Heike's profile
Education: University of Stirling (Scotland), BA, Japanese and Sociology
University of Stirling (Scotland), MS, Applied Social Research
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Approved Dissertation Topic: “Technology Adoption and Transformation of the Vocational Rehabilitation Process: A Case Study of Counselors within State VR Agencies” (abstract)
DRAGANA BOLCIC-JANKOVIC
Education: Belgrade University, BA, Sociology
University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, Applied Sociology
Research Interests: Public health, health services research, patient safety
SANDRA BLATCHFORD
Education: Clark University, BA, Psychology
University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, Applied Sociology
Approved Dissertation Topic: A Comparison of Plymouth County, Massachusetts’ and St. Louis County, Minnesota’s Response to Batterers through Programs, Systems and Policy. (propsoal abstract)
ELIZABETH BROWN
Education: William Smith College, BA, Third World Studies
University of North Carolina, MPH, Health Behavior and Health Education
Research Interests: Health policy and youth development
MORGAN CLARK
Education: Scripps College, BA, BLA, Political Science, International Relations
University of Ontario, MPA, Public Administration
Research Interest: Women's policies
JENNIFER COHEN
Education: Hunter College, BA, Hebrew and Health Education
Yeshiva University (Israel), MSW, Community Organizing
Research Interests: Poverty, non-profit sector and social change, participatory action research
CAROLINE L. COSCIA
Education: Regis College, BA, Political Science
Suffolk University, MPA, Public Administration
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Approved Dissertation Topic: “The role of civic associations in the conflict between universities and their surrounding neighborhoods”
SHAHID DAD
Education: University of Karachi (Pakistan), BA, War Studies
Peshwar University (Pakistan), BS, Aeronautics
Harvard University, MA, Government
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Research Interests: Social inequality and social welfare
Email address: shahiddad@comcast.net
ELAINE DONNELLY
Education: Boston College, BA, English and Art
Harvard University, Med, Education
University of Massachusetts Lowell, MS, Regional Economic and Social Development
Research Interests: Inequities in educational access
Email address: elaine.donnelly@uml.edu
JENNIFER DOUGLAS
Education: Wesleyan University, BA, American Studies
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Research Interests: Ways that public and private rights and responsibilities are demarcated; US social welfare policy and racial formation; social movements; the state and subjectivity; credit scores and consumer debt
RACHEL DREW
Education: Dartmouth College, BA, Economics
Research interests: Housing policies
BUNMI FATOYE-MATORY
Education: University of Ilfe (Nigeria), BA, English and Education
University of Ibadan (Nigeria), MEd, Sociology of Education
Harvard University, EdM, Language and Literacy
Research Interest: Dispute resolution
DANNY GARCIA
Education: Universidad de Antioqua, BS, Economics
McGill University , MS, Economics
Research Interest: Environmental policy
Email address: danny.garcia@umb.edu
MARCELIA GARCIA
Education: DeManila University, MBA
University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, Dispute Resolution
Harvard University, MEd, Art Education
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Research Interest: Disability policy
MONICA GARLICK
Education: Smith College, BA, Biological Sciences
Research interests: Health policy and economic development
S. LESLIE GLEASON
Education: Yale University, BA, Biology
Episcopal Divinity School, MA, Theology
Research Interests: Housing, career development, education and health policy
ALMA HALLULLI
Education: University of Tirana, BA, Albanian Language and Literature
University of Tirana, MPA, Public Administration
University of Sussex, MA, European Studies
Research Interest: Immigration policy
BARBARA HAMILTON
Education: University of Massachusetts Boston, BA, Economics
Northeastern University, MS, Economic Policy and Planning
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Research Interests: Labor market policy; environmental policy; quantitative policy analysis
AMY HELBURN
Education: Ohio State, BA, Social and Cultural Anthropology
Tulane University, MPH, Community Health Education and Maternal & Child Health
Research Interests: inequities in non-wage income (benefit bundles) as they relate to health outcomes/status
e-mail address: abhelburn@juno.com
SARAH HOGUE
Education: Text Wesleyan, BS, Christian Education
Texas Women's University, MA, Women's Studies
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Research Interests: Child/family well-being; human rights; gay and lesbian issues
Email address: sarahhogue@hotmail.com
BRANDYNN HOLGATE
Education: University of California Davis, BA, Sociology
University of Massachusetts Boston, MBA, Management
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Research Interests: Labor, employment and workforce development
Email address: Brandynn.Holgate@umb.edu
LOUISA HOLMES
Education: Seattle University, BA, Political Science, English
Research Interests: Social epidemiology/mental health and unauthorized migration
SARAH JALBERT
Education: Northeastern University, BA, Sociology
University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, Applied Sociology
Research Interests: Criminal-justice, drug addiction, and mental-health policies
MICHELLE KAHAN
Education: Smith College, BA, Government
Brandeis University, MS, Human Services
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Research Interests: Poverty and hunger, welfare reform, and homelessness
Email address: michelle.kahan@umb.edu
BERNA KAHRAMAN
Education: Istanbul Bilgi University, BS, Economics and Management
University of London (LSE), BSc, Economics and Management
Leiden University, MA, European Public Administration
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Research Interests: Economic development, political economy, local and regional governance issues, economic inequalities
NDUMBA KAMWANYAH
Education: University of Namibia, BA, Social Work
University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, Dispute Resolution
Approved Dissertation Topic: "The Tower of Babel? Examining Ordinary Citizens’ Perceptions of Reconciliation in Post-Independence Namibia" (proposl abstract)
Email address: ndumba.kamwanyah@umb.edu
AUNDREA KELLEY
Education: Swarthmore College, AB, Sociology and Anthropology
University of Massachusetts Boston, MBA, Business Administration
University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, Public Policy
Approved Dissertation Topic: "The Impact of Changing Admissions Standards for Massachusetts Higher Education"
SUSAN KELLY
Education: University of Massachusetts Amherst, BA, Social Thought and Political Economy
University of Massachusetts Amherst, MPA, Public Administration
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Research Interests: Education; housing
Email address: skelly32670@hotmail.com
CHING-MEI LIN
Education: University of Connecticut, MPA, Public Administration
Shih Hsin University (China), MA, Public Policy and Management
Shih Hsin University, BA, Public Policy
Research Interests: Non-profit performance and goal-setting.
COLLEEN MANNING
Education: Mount Holyoke, BA, Psychology
Tufts University, MA, Child Studies
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Research Interests: Education policy
CARLOS MAYNARD
Education: University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, Applied Sociology
University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, Applied Linguistics
Research Interests: Higher education policy
Email address: clmj50@yahoo.com
ERIN McGAFFIGAN
Education: Wheelock College, BSW, Minor in Psychology
Boston College, MSW, Focus in Community Organizing, Public Policy and Administration
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Approved Dissertation Topic: Participant Involvement in Cash and Counseling Programs: Is it just the right thing to do?
BARBARA McGONAGLE
Education: University of Massachusetts Boston, BA, Economics
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Research Interest: Insurance reform policies
RYAN McLANE
Education: Stonehill College, BA, History
Norwich University, MPA, Public Policy
Research interests: Policies for America’s disabled veterans
M. MEHREEN HASSAN
Education: University of Peshawar (Pakistan), BA
Quaid-e Azam University Islamabad (Pakistan), MPA, Public Administration
Preston University, MSc, Executive Computer Science
Brandeis University, MS, Sustainable International Development
Research Interest: The role of education in women’s development
Email address: muqaddisa.mehreen001@umb.edu
KAREN MONAGHAN
Education: University of Stirling (Scotland), BA
University of Ulster (Northern Island), MSW, Social Work
Research interests: Policy frameworks that grapple with issues of stigma, discrimination, and exclusion, but which are also sensitive to cultural differences between and among societies
REBECCA MORYL
Education: Trinity College, BA, Public Policy
Suffolk University, MS, Economic Policy
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Approved Dissertation Topic: Alignment of economic development goals and policy: Considering economic development goals, their expression and their execution" (abstract)
EDITH MWITA
Education: Cornell University, MS, Agriculture and Life Science
Harvard University, MEd, International Education Policy
Research Interests: Social justice; gender equity in marginalized societies
Email address: edith.wita@umb.edu
CHARLES NDUNGU
Education: Nairobi University, BA, English Literature and Linguistics
Pennsylvania State University, MEd, Agricultural Education
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Approved Dissertation Topic: "An Analysis of the Role of Civil Society Actors in the Implementation of a National HIV Policy in Kenya"
DAVID GONZALEZ NIETO
Education: Universidad Complutense, BA, Political Science
University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, Applied Linguistics
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Approved Dissertation Topic: The Politics of Language: Experiences and effects in the United States
HOWARD PAYTON
Education: U.S. Naval Academy, BS, Physical Science
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Affairs
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Approved Dissertation Topic: "An Analysis of the Influence of the Supervisory Agency in Determining Community Reinvestment Act Performance Evaluation Grades"
KATIA POWELL
Education: Emmanuel College, BS, Biochemistry
Research interests: Policies affecting children, youth and families with a focus on health disparities
KIMBERLY PUHALA
Education: Kenyon College, BA, Psychology
Tufts University, MPH, Public Health
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Approved Dissertation Topic: “Legal Services for Women Survivors of Domestic Violence: Do Public Problems Require Public Solutions?” (abstract)
Email address: kimberlypuhala@msn.com
SHEFALI RAJPAL
Education: University of Chicago, BS, Economics
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Research Interests: impact of international human capital flows on developing countries and the social and political demographic trends/characteristics of the South Asian diaspora in the United States
Email address:shefali.rajpal@umb.edu
CHALLA MANITA RAO
Education: Shri Sathya Sai Institute (India), BS, Home Science
University of Michigan, MSW, Social Work
Tata Institute, MA, Social Work
Research Interests: Social and economic development policies
ANN ROBBART
Education: Smith College, AB, American Studies
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Approved Dissertation Topic: "Just Desert? World War II Veterans Benefits as a Welfare Model and Economic Strategy" (abstract)
DIANA SALAS CORONADO
Education: Queens College, BA, Anthropology
New York University, MPA, Public Policy
Research interests: Structural factors that contribute to inequalities in the United States
FELICIA SULLIVAN
Education: St. Lawrence University, BA, Government
New School for Social Research, MA, Media Studies
Research Interests: Media and technology policy, social movements and change theory, social networks, civic / democratic / participatory communications, organizational development in the NPO sector
Email address: felicia.sullivan@umb.edu
RISA TAKENAKA
Education: Eastern Washington University, BA, Economics
Research Interests: Economic development and human rights
MERYL "SUNNY" THOMSON
Education: Samford University, BA Psychology and Sociology
Research Interests: Social welfare policies and issues of inequality.
SHELLEY TINKHAM
Education: Kent State University, BA, Philosophy
Boston University, MEd, International Educational Development
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Research Interests: Education Policy (K-12 and Higher Education), international and comparative Education, organizational change
MICHAEL TUTTY
Education: Western New England College, BA, Government
Clark University, MBA, Health Administration
Approved dissertation topic: "Closing the Gap: Understanding Why Massachusetts Residents Remain Uninsured"
Email address: michael.tutty@umassmed.edu
STEVEN VIVEIROS
Education: Stonehill College, BA, Mathematics, Foreign Languages
Northeastern University, MS, Student Development/Counseling
Northeastern University, Graduate Certificate, Non-profit Management
Research Interest: College readiness and success, developmental education in postsecondary setting, higher education policy
E-mail address: steven.viveiros001@umb.edu
GHAZAL ZULFIQAR
Education: Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Karachi, BBA, Finance
IBA, University of Karachi, MBA, Finance
University of London, MS, Development Finance
Research Interests: Poverty and inequality in transitional societies.
Email address: gmzulfiqar@gmail.com
Public Policy Program Graduates
Our first graduate completed his dissertation in 1997 and today we have 39 alumni. Two thirds of them are female, 13% were international students and 21% were from historically underrepresented groups.
Sample dissertation abstracts are also included.
LISA BRABO, PhD
Year of Graduation 2001
Dissertation: "Rural Women's Experiences in Separating from Violent, Intimate Relationships"
Current position: Director of Grants Management, First 5 LA (a community agency providing services to children and families in Los Angeles County)
ALIX CANTAVE, PhD Read Alix's profile
Year of Graduation 2007
Dissertation: "Non-Governmental Organizations and Local Development in Haiti"
Current position: Associate Director, William Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture University of Massachusetts Boston
JEAN CUMMISKEY, PhD
Year of Graduation 1998
Dissertation: "Risk Perception and the Generation of Public Policy: Case Analyses of Smoking and Septic System Regulations in Massachusetts"
DENISE DODDS, PhD
Year of Graduation 2002
Dissertation: "The Influence of Social Capital on the Development of Sustainable Neighborhood Coalitions: The Case of Boston Against Drugs"
Current position: Senior Research Associate/Evaluation Unit Manager, Boston Public Health Commission
EMILY DOUGLAS, PhD
Year of Graduation 2002
Dissertation: "The Influence of Public Policies on Human Behavior: The Effects of a New Hampshire Law Stating a Presumption for Joint Legal Custody on Fathers' Involvement in Divorced Families"
Current position: Assistant Professor, Master’s Degree of Social Work Program, Bridgewater State College (MA)
PAULETTE A. FARMER, PhD
Year of Graduation 2000
Dissertation: "Medicare Beneficiaries' Decision to Select a Managed Care Alternative or Remain in The Fee-For-Service System"
Current position: Case Reviewer,
Massachusetts Department of Medical Assistance
SHIKO (ANNE) W. GATHUO, PhD
Year of Graduation 2004
Dissertation: "A Country in Democratic Transition: Kenyan Churches in Civil Society"
Current position: Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Master of Science Program in Non-Profit Management,
Urban Studies Department, Worcester State College (MA)
PAULA GEORGES, PhD
Year of Graduation 2003
Dissertation: "The Influence of Welfare Coalitions on Massachusetts Welfare Policy" (abstract)
Current position: Director,
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Program, Boston Public Health Commission
PHILLIP GRANBERRY, PhD
Year of Graduation 2007
Dissertation: “Individual, Institutional, and Environmental Determinants of Social Capital and its Influence on the Earnings and Health of Mexican Immigrants in Los Angeles County ” (abstract)
Current position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, School of Social Science, Urban Affairs, and Public Policy
AMY HELLER, PhD
Year of Graduation 2003
Dissertation: "The Perceived Effect of Managed Care Organizations on Physicians Who Care For Children"
Current position: Associate Director for Quality Products Quality Services Research, Development, and Quality Products Department American College of Cardiology
CHARLES JONES, PhD
Year of Graduation 2008
Dissertation: "The Renewable Energy Industry in Massachusetts as a Complex System: Developing a Shared Understanding for Policy Making" (abstract)
Current position: Post-doctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT)
MANDIRA KALA , PhD
Year of Graduation 2009
Dissertation: “Decentralization in kerala: Revealing the Deliberative Sphere, Political Agency and Citizen Well-Being" (abstract)
ROBERT KRAMER, PhD
Year of Graduation 2010
Dissertation: "Why Massachusetts College Students Drive After Drinking: Do current policies to stop them make sense?" (abstract)
Current position: Senior Research Associate, Associated Early Care and Education,
Boston EQUIP (Early Education Quality Improvement Project)
NICOLE LAVAN, PhD
Year of Graduation 2009
Dissertation: “An Analysis of Students who left Boston Public Schools for Alternative Education and GED Programs”
Current position: Senior Policy Analyst for Child Welfare and Workforce Development, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (NYC)
MARIA ELENA LETONA, PhD
Year of Graduation 1997
Dissertation: "State Government Provision of HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Programs Through Latino Community Agencies: A Policy Implementation Analysis"
Current position: Director, Organizational Learning and Research,
Third Sector New England
MICHAEL LIU, PhD
Year of Graduation 1999
Dissertation: "Chinatown's Neighborhood Mobilization and Urban Development in Boston"
Current position: Community Programs Coordinator and Research Associate,
Institute of Asian American Studies, UMass Boston
XUHONG LIU, PhD
Year of Graduation 2008
Dissertation: "Industry Environmental Performance, Economic Growth and Environmental Regulation: Evidence from China"
Current position:Research Associate, Michigan Technical University
LAWRENCE J. MAKOVICH, PhD
Year of Graduation 1997
Dissertation: "Fiscal Policy Perversity in State and Local Government Spending"
Current position: Senior Director,
Americas Gas and Power Group, Cambridge Energy Research
TIFFANY MANUEL, PhD
Year of Graduation 2004
Dissertation: "Giving Mercenaries a Chance to Be Missionaries: Making the Case for Universal Paid Family Leave in the United States"
Current position: Senior Policy Analyst,
Frameworks Institute, Washington, DC.
EDITH MAS, PhD Read Edie's profile.
Year of Graduation
Dissertation: "Why Act? The Roots and Potential of Precautionary Environmental Action in Three Vermont Watersheds" (abstract)
Current positions: President, Tannery Wildlife Refuge,
Commissioner, Marlboro Planning Commission
JAMES MCINTYRE, PhD
Year of Graduation 2003
Dissertation: "An Analysis of the State Education Aid Funding Mechanism Established by the Massachusetts Education Reform Act"
Current position: Superintendent of Schools,
Knoxville County, TN
TATJANA MESCHEDE, PhD
Year of Graduation 2004
Dissertation: "Bridges and Barriers to Housing for 'Chronically' Homeless Street Dwellers: The Effects of Health and Substance Abuse Services on Housing Attainment" (abstract)
Current positions: Senior Research Associate, Institute on Assets and Social Policy, Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Adjunct Faculty member, Public Affairs Program, University of Massachusetts Boston
Email: meschede@gmail.com
KEVIN B. MURPHY, PhD
Year of Graduation 2008
Dissertation: "Factors Affecting the Retention, Persistence and Degree Attainment of Immigrant Students at Public Four-Year Higher Education Institutions”
Current position: Associate Director.,
Office of Institutional Research and Policy Studies,
University of Massachusetts Boston
GLORIA CROSS MWASE, PhD
Year of Graduation 2005
Dissertation: "Participation and Community Benefit: A Case Study of the Boston Enhanced Enterprise Community, 1994-1999"
Current position: Senior Project Manager,
Jobs for the Future
MICHELLE PORTMAN, PhD Read Michelle's profile.
Year of Graduation 2007
Dissertation:"From Land to Sea: The Application of Land Protection Tools to the Marine Environment"
Current Position: Post-doc Fellow, Hebrew University, Israel
O. STEVEN QUIMBY, PhD
Year of Graduation 2008
Dissertation: "Metropolitan Growth and Inequality: The Impact of Regional Governance Structures"
Current Position: Researcher and Policy Consultant, Jobs for the Future
JENNIFER RAYMOND, PhD
Year of Graduation 2009
Dissertation: "From Our House to the State House: Understanding the Impacts of Goodridge v. Public Health on the Attitudes, Lived Experiences and Political Participation of LGBTQ Individuals in Greater Boston"
ELIZABETH LEE ROSENTHAL, PhD
Year of Graduation 2003
Dissertation: "The Sustainability Dance: Lessons to Learn for an Emerging Force in Community Health: Community Health Workers" (abstract)
Current position: Assistant Professor,
Department of Health Promotion, College of Health Science, University of Texas at El Paso
LAURIE ROSS, PhD
Year of Graduation 2002
Dissertation: "Rebuilding Communities, Shaping Identities: The Impact of Participatory Neighborhood Planning Process of Young, Low-Income Adolescents"
Current positions: Assistant Professor
Department of International Development, Community and Environment, Clark University (MA)
Coordinator of Community Development and Planning Master’s Program, Clark University (MA)
JENNIFER SHEA, PhD
Year of Graduation 2008
Dissertation: "Inside the Black Box of Devolution: A Model of Devolved Governance through the Community-Integrated Intermediary: The Case of the Compassion Capital Fund and the Field of High-risk Youth Services in Boston"
Current position: Assistant Professor,
Department of Public Affairs, San Francisco State University
MARY SPOONER, PhD
Year of Graduation 2001
Dissertation: "Women Under Subjection of the Law: A Study of the Legal Responses to Women's Abuse in the English-Speaking Caribbean"
Current position: Research Associate, Feinberg Medical School at Northwestern University
DOREEN STERN, PhD
Year of Graduation 2002
Dissertation: "A Study Examining Local Implementation of New Hampshire's Educational Improvement and Assessment Program (1994-1997)"
Current Position: Entrepreneur: President, The Desk Docktor, LLC;
Speaker, Writer and Coach
CARSON TSAO, PhD
Year of Graduation 1999
Dissertation: "Regional Coincident Economic Indexes: The New England States' 'State of the Economy'"
Current position: Self-employed Policy Consultant/Researcher
UDAYA WAGLE, PhD Read Udaya's profile.
Year of Graduation 2005
Dissertation: "A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Poverty: Economic Well-Being, Capability and Social Inclusion in the City of Katmandu" (abstract)
Current position: Assistant Professor,
School of Public Affairs, Western Michigan University
MEI G. WANG, PhD
Year of Graduation 1998
Dissertation: "Outcome Measurement in Health Care: Assessing Hospital Quality Using Mortality Outcomes of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction in Massachusetts Hospitals"
Current position: Science Officer,
Government Task Leader, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Boston)
JAMES K. WEST, PhD
Year of Graduation 1999
Dissertation: "Smoking-Attributable Mortality of Consumers of Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Services: 1989 through 1996"
Current position: Demographer,
Division of Epidemiology and Immunization, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
RANDALL WILSON, PhD
Year of Graduation 2009
Dissertation:"Finding the Will and the Way: Applying the Framework of Commitment and Capacity to the Implementation of Career Ladders in the Long-term Care Sector" (abstract)
Current position: Senior Project Manager,
Jobs for the Future
JEAN WINSOR, PhD
Year of Graduation 2009
Dissertation: "Increasing Integrated Employment Outcomes: How are States Using Commitment, Capacity building, and Choice to Impact the Distribution of People in Day and Employment Services?"
Email address: jean.winsor@umb.edu
RICHARD WRIGHT, PhD Read Richard's profile.
Year of Graduation 2004
Dissertation: "Protection or Illusion? A Policy Analysis of Federal and Massachusetts Sex Offender Legislation"
Current position: Assistant Professor
Department of Criminal Justice, Bridgewater State College (MA)
Learning to Build an Equitable Society
Contact us via e-mail at public.policy@umb.edu for more information on our program, or see our PhD Program contact page for additional ways to contact us.
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STUDENT AND ALUMNI PROFILES
HEIKE BOELTZIG, ABD
RICHARD WRIGHT, PhD (2004)
UDAYA WAGLE, PhD (2005)