Faculty

Seung-Ho An, Ph.D.

I am an Assistant Professor of Public Management in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. My research and teaching interests span management and diversity issues in public and nonprofit organizations, and research methods. My work has been published in various...

Laura Bakkensen, Ph.D.

Dr. Laura A. Bakkensen utilizes applied microeconomic and econometric techniques to study the economics of natural disasters, identifying current hazard risks and evidence of adaptation to damages and fatalities across the globe. She also evaluates individual and policy responses to natural...

Elizabeth Baldwin, Ph.D., J.D.

Elizabeth Baldwin researches environmental, energy and water policy in the U.S. and internationally. She is broadly interested the role that non-state actors play in implementing natural resource policies, the way that laws and legal rules structure...

Anne Boustead, Ph.D., J.D.

Annie Boustead researches legal and policy issues related to electronic surveillance, privacy, policing, and drug policy.  She is particularly interested in empirically studying law enforcement surveillance, and evaluating the impact of policies regulating this surveillance.  She has a Ph.D....

Adam Douglas Henry, Ph.D.

Adam Douglas Henry is a Professor in the School of Government and Public Policy, and is an affiliated member of the University of Arizona's Institute of the Environment. Dr. Henry's research focuses on questions of policy learning and sustainable...

Suyeon Jo, Ph.D.

Dr. Suyeon Jo is an Assistant Professor of Public Management in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. Her research and teaching interests include public and nonprofit management, public participation, volunteerism, collaborative governance, co-production, good...

Mike Letcher, MPA

Mike Letcher is an Associate Professor of Practice and has over 30 years of City Management experience. He teaches courses in Strategic Planning, Local Government and the Capstone Program.

Mike holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Kansas and has published...

H. Brinton Milward, Ph.D.
Brint Milward holds the Melody S. Robidoux Foundation Fund Leadership Chair at the University of Arizona. He was the first director of the School of Government & Public Policy, which is the largest school at the university. He was Director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse,...
Jun Peng, Ph.D.

Jun Peng is a Professor in public administration.  He has been teaching at the University of Arizona since earning his Ph.D from the State University of New York at Albany.  His research interest primarily focuses on state and local government financial management in the U.S., such as budgeting...

Yotam Shmargad, Ph.D.

Yotam Shmargad is a computational social scientist whose research focuses on understanding how digital platforms shape social and political life in the United States. He uses a mix of statistical and computational techniques, including social network analysis, online data collection, virtual...

Craig R. Smith, Ph.D.

Craig R. Smith is an Associate Professor in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on public sector contracting and cross-sectoral collaboration. He is particularly interested in how governance arrangements and institutions can mitigate...

Chad Westerland, Ph.D.

Chad Westerland is Associate Professor of Political Science in the School of Government and Public Policy. His research interests are judicial politics, American politics, and political methodology. His work has appeared in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal...