| 253 | Schwartz, Amy Ellen | aeschwar | aeschwar@udel.edu | | | | | | | Dean, Biden School | | | Public economics, economics of education, urban economics, health economics | 188 Graham Hall | 302-831-4570 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/amy-ellen-schwartz-cv.pdf | Dr. Schwartz's research spans a broad range of topics in education policy and urban economics, focusing on the nexus of schools, neighborhoods and public services and the causes and consequences of children’s academic, social and health outcomes. She is a leading expert on the use of large-scale administrative micro-data sets for policy research, drawing on more than twenty years of collaborative research using detailed micro-data on New York City public school children, buildings, resources, neighborhoods, retail establishments and taxation. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Amy%20Schwartz_6360%20(1).jpeg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 147 | Isett, Kimberley | kri | kri@udel.edu | | | | | | | Associate Dean of Research | Director, MPH in Health Policy and Management program | Professor | | 188B Graham Hall | 302-831-7271 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/kim-isett-cv.pdf | Prof. Isett’s research focuses on institutional pressures in the delivery of services to vulnerable populations, and the use of evidence in public decision-making. Her goal is to do research that aids government organizations to find their optimal system design given their political, policy, regulatory, and financial constraints. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Isett_Kim_2019-029.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 204 | Trainor, Joseph | jtrainor | jtrainor@udel.edu | | | | | | | Associate Dean of Academic Affairs | Professor | Director, Disaster Science and Management program | | 166D Graham Hall | 302-831-4203 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/joseph-trainor-CV.pdf | Joe’s research focuses on human behavior and decision-making related to mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery from disasters as well as organizational and multi-organizational disaster response systems. He regularly publishes, presents, and receives grants and contracts from a wide range of agencies. He oversees academic affairs and student services for the Biden School. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Trainor_Joe.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 78 | Ali, Saleem | saleem | saleem@udel.edu | | | | | | | Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor | | | | 220 Pearson Hall | 302-831-0871 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Saleem-Ali-cv.pdf | Dr. Ali's research focuses on integrative approaches to achieving planetary sustainability through technical and social mechanisms. In particular, he studies the causes and consequences of multiscale environmental conflicts between industry, communities and government and how ecological factors can promote peace. He is a member of the United Nations International Resource Panel; a National Geographic Explorer; and was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. | <img alt="Dr. Saleem Ali" src="/Images%20Bios/Ali_Saleem-2016-03.jpg" width="414" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 185 | Aristigueta, Maria P. | mariaa | mariaa@udel.edu | | | | | | | | Charles P. Messick Chair of Public Administration | Senior Policy Fellow, IPA | Public performance management, Organizational behavior, Performance measurement, Evaluation | 188 Graham Hall | 302-831-4570 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/maria-aristigueta-CV.pdf | Dr. Aristigueta's research centers on organizational behavior and performance in the public sector. Aristigueta has taught courses on performance management, program evaluation, organizational behavior, and public management. She served as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Salerno, Italy. She is a past president of the American Society for Public Administration and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. | <img alt="Dr. Maria P. Aristigueta" src="/Images%20Bios/Aristigueta_Maria.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 193 | Barnes, Philip J. | barnes | pbarnes@udel.edu | | | | | | | Assistant Professor | Policy Scientist, IPA | | Local climate change adaptation, Municpal planning, Community engagement and civil society, Sustainable comm | 298P Graham Hall | 302-831-7010 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Philip-Barnes-CV.pdf?csf=1&e=NPhK4t | Philip works closely with municipalities and state agencies to enhance local community resiliency. His research focuses on local climate change adaptation planning and implementation, with an emphasis on flooding and sea level rise mitigation policy. He also conducts policy research on non-traditional transportation systems such as bikeshare networks, electric vehicles, and autonomous vehicles. | <img alt="Philip J. Barnes" src="/Images%20Bios/Barnes_Philip.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 115 | Bianco, Federica | fbianco | fbianco@udel.edu | | | | | | | Assistant Professor | | | | Sharp Lab | | | Bianco splits her time as a professor in the Department of Physics and Astrophysics (where she runs a lab focusing on light curves), the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration and the Urban Observatory, where she uses her astrophysics skills to study urban problems. She is also the coordinator the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Science Collaboration, a network of more than 1,500 scientists. She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, was a Smithsonian predoctoral and James Arthur postdoctoral fellow and was the recipient of a Department of Energy "Innovative Development in Energy-Related Applied Science" grant. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Frederica-Bianco.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 142 | Bruch, Sarah | skbruch | skbruch@udel.edu | | | | | | | Associate Professor | Director, Ph.D. Urban Affairs and Public Policy Program | Research Director, Redding Consortium for Educational Equity | | 298A Graham Hall | 608-335-5676 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Bruch-Sarah-CV.pdf | Dr. Bruch’s research focuses on social inequality and public policy. Current projects include examining cross-state inequality in U.S. safety net policies and social provision; the role of race and racial inequality in education and social policy; the civic and political consequences of public authority relations; and a series of engaged research projects on equity and inclusion in education. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Bruch_Sarah.jpg" width="640" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 226 | Buell, Martha | mjbuell | mjbuell@udel.edu | | | | | | | Professor | | | | 202 Alison Hall | 302-831-6032 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Buell-Martha-CV.pdf | Research focuses on the quality of early care and education programs particularly those that serve multi-lingual families, families living in poverty, or those that care for infants and toddlers. Currently evaluating the alignment of policies addressing suspension and expulsion across state agencies/programs offering early care and education services. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Buell_Martha-2014-06.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 79 | Byrne, John | jbbyrne | jnyangon@udel.edu | | | | | | | Distinguished Professor of Energy and Climate Policy | Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy | | | 111 Academy Street, 278 Graham Hall, | | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Byrne-john-cv.pdf | John Byrne is Director and Distinguished Professor of Energy and Climate Policy, University of Delaware. He is also President of the Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment (FREE). The Foundation was created in 2011 with a mission of promoting a better future based on energy, water and materials conservation, renewable energy use, environmental resilience, and sustainable livelihoods. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/John%20Byrne.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 23 | Case Lilly, Jane | janecase | janecase@udel.edu | | | | | | | Assistant Professor | | | Leadership Theory, Presence-Based Leadership, Social Entrepreneurship, Civil Society and the Common Good | 186B Graham Hall | 302-831-1686 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Jane-Case-Lilly-cv.pdf | Dr. Case Lilly has been involved in the Organizational and Community Leadership (OCL) program at the University of Delaware for over 15 years and her involvement in the program started when she served as a volunteer teaching assistant while pursuing her PhD and working full-time. She holds bachelor's degrees in psychology and sociology, a master’s degree in criminology, and a doctoral degree in urban affairs and public policy. She has work and management experience in the public and nonprofit sectors and most enjoys her time in the classroom with engaged and motivated students. | <img alt="Jane Case Lilly" src="/Images%20Bios/Case%20Lilly,%20Jane.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 194 | David, Nina | npdavid | npdavid@udel.edu | | | | | | | Associate Professor | Director, Energy and Environmental Policy program | | Urban and regional planning, Sustainable communities | 298B Graham Hall | 302-831-3264 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/nina-david-cv.pdf | Dr. David is an architect and urban planner. Her research focuses on land-use planning, growth management, and collaborative governance. She studies plan writing processes; and the factors that affect plan content, quality, and implementation. She routinely works with state and local governments, and non-profits on land-use policy and projects that transform the built environment. | <img alt="Nina David" src="/Images%20Bios/David_Nina.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 230 | DeYoung, Sarah | sedeyoun | sedeyoun@udel.edu | | | | | | | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology and Criminal Justice | | | Infant feeding in disasters, maternal stress in hazards, companion animals & evacuation, social aspects decision making | | 302-831-8089 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Sarah-DeYoung-CV.pdf | A faculty member in sociology and criminal justice, DeYoung has deployed for research fieldwork for nine major disaster events, including the Nepal (Gorkha) earthquake in 2015. Her research expertise includes evacuation decision-making, companion animals in disasters, infant feeding in emergencies, and refugee well-being. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/DEYOUNG%20SARAH.jpeg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 149 | Desimone, Laura | lauramd | lauramd@udel.edu | | | | | | | Professor | | | | 106 Alison Hall | 302-831-2394 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Laura-Desimone-cv.pdf | Dr. Desimone is Professor and Director of Research in the College of Education and Human Development, with a faculty appointment in the School of Education and an affiliation with the Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics faculty group. She holds a secondary appointment in the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Desimone_Laura.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 225 | Dobler, Gregory | gdobler | gdobler@udel.edu | | | | | | | Assistant Professor | | | | 272 Graham Hall | | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/dobler_cv.pdf | Dr. Dobler is an urban data scientist whose research focuses on studying cities as complex systems. As the Director of the Urban Observatory (UO) facility at UD and NYU he applies data analysis techniques from astronomy, computer vision, and machine learning to images of city skylines to study air quality, energy consumption, lighting technology, public health, and sustainability. In addition to his work withe the UO, he also leads urban data analysis projects related to the equitable distribution of greenspaces, mapping long timescale economic trends across cities, and surrogate measures for traffic safety. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Dobler_Gregory_2018-10%20(1).jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 218 | Farley-Ripple, Elizabeth | enfr | enfr@udel.edu | | | | | | | Associate Professor | Associate Director, School of Education | | | 113C Willard Hall | 302-831-3117 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/elizabeth-farley-ripple-CV.pdf | Dr. Elizabeth Farley-Ripple is an Associate Professor of Education in the School of Education with an appointment to the Biden School. Her research expertise is in policy analysis and evidence-based decision-making, and she has worked on a range of educational and social policy issues. Currently, Dr. Farley-Ripple serves as the Director for the University of Delaware Partnership for Public Education. | <img alt="Elizabeth Farley-Ripple" src="/Images%20Bios/Elizabeth%20Farley%20Ripple.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 232 | Firestone, Jeremy | jf | | | | | | | | | | | | 373 Harker ISELab | 302-831-0228 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Jeremy%20Firestone%20CV.pdf | Jeremy Firestone’s research focuses on individual decision-making regarding energy technologies at the commercial-scale and on personal-level. He is director of the interdisciplinary Center for Research in Wind (CReW), managing Director of the entity that owns and operates UD’s 2MW wind turbine, and a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Firestone_Jeremy.jpg" width="640" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 71 | Fitzpatrick, Katie | kfitzpat | kfitzpat@udel.edu | | | | | | | Director, Master of Public Policy | Associate Professor | | | 188A Graham Hall | 302-831-6281 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Katie-Fitzpatrick-cv.pdf | An economist, Dr. Fitzpatrick examines how consumer financial protection, food policy, and health policy improve well-being. She researches use of bank accounts and non-bank financial products; SNAP caseloads, food deserts, and food insecurity; and Medicaid receipt. Prior to her academic appointments, she worked in federal and local policy. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Fitzpatrick_Katie-2018-13.jpg" width="426" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 148 | Henry, Gary | gthenry | cehd-dean@udel.edu | Professor | | | | | | Dean, College of Education and Human Development | | | | 106 Alison Hall West | 302-831-2394 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Gary-Henry-cv.pdf | Gary T. Henry is dean of the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development and professor in the School of Education and the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy & Administration. Previously, Henry was the Hart Professor of Public Policy and Education at Vanderbilt University. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Henry_Gary_CEHD_Dean-web.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 210 | Jacobson, Eric D. | ejacobson | ericj@udel.edu | | | | | | | Associate Professor | Policy Scientist, IPA | | Health policy, Public economics, Management decision-making, Compensation management | 178 Graham Hall | 302-831-1711 | | Eric Jacobson’s teaching, service and research interests are primarily in the areas of health policy, public economics, and compensation management. He is a recipient of the Leslie A. Whittington Excellence in Teaching Award from the National Association of Public Affairs and Administration (NAPSAA). His work focuses on healthy communities / the build environment, quality assessment, senior center funding, and health disparities. | <img alt="Eric Jacobson" src="/Images%20Bios/default-user-image.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 197 | Justice, Jonathan | justice | justice@udel.edu | | | | | | | Professor | | | Public budgeting and finance, Fiscal transparency, Public-sector accountability and decision making | 298N Graham Hall | 302-831-1682 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/jonathan-justice-CV.pdf | Jonathan B. Justice is a professor in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware, where he teaches undergraduate courses in public policy; graduate courses in public administration; and the Seoul Case Study Program <sites.google.com/udel.edu/scsp>. His research in progress focuses on government finance and administrative accountability. | <img alt="Photo of Jonathan Justice" src="/Images%20Bios/Justice_Jonathan.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 164 | Kauffman, Gerald J. | jerryk | jerryk@udel.edu | | | | | | | Associate Professor | Director, Water Resources Center | | Water Science and Policy | DGS Annex, 261 Academy St. | 302-831-4929 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Kauffman-Gerald-cv.pdf | Gerald Kauffman is Director of the UD Water Resources Center, one of the 54 National Institutes for Water Resources designated by Congress at land grant universities in the U.S. Dr. Kauffman holds faculty appointments in the Biden School, Civil & Environmental Engineering, and Geography and teaches, researches, and writes about water science and policy. | <img alt="Gerald J. Kauffman" src="/Images%20Bios/Kauffman_Gerald.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 217 | Kendra, James | jmkendra | jmkendra@udel.edu | | | | | | | Center Director, DRC | | Professor | Individual and organizational responses to risk, Improvisation and creativity during crisis, Post-disaster housing | 166H Graham Hall | 302-831-0760 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/James-Kendra-CV.pdf | James Kendra is a professor in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration and director of the Disaster Research Center. His research interests focus on individual and organizational responses to risk, improvisation and creativity during crisis, post-disaster shelter and housing, and planning for behavioral health services. Projects have included research on the reestablishment of New York City’s emergency operations center after the 9/11 attacks, a major study of the waterborne evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11, research on the social impacts of the Indian Ocean tsunami, and research on the organization of disaster behavioral health services. | <img alt="James Kendra" src="/Images%20Bios/Kendra_James.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 173 | Lewis, Jerome R. | jlewis | jlewis@udel.edu | | | | | | | Director, IPA | Associate Professor | | Public administration, State government, Local government, Planning, Transportation | 180 Graham Hall | 302-831-8971 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Jerome-Lewis-cv.pdf | Jerome Lewis directs the Institute for Public Administration, overseeing program areas in conflict resolution, civics engagement, education, health, local government training, Recover Delaware, regional development and planning, transportation, and water resources management. Dr. Lewis teaches Seminar in Public Administration and State Government Management and Policy. As founding director of the MPA program, he has served as its interim director from time to time. | <img alt="Dr. Jerome R. Lewis" src="/Images%20Bios/Lewis_Jerome.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 72 | Metraux, Stephen | metraux | metraux@udel.edu | | | Director, CCRS | | | | Associate Professor | | | | 298G Graham Hall | 302-831-4855 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/stephen-metraux-cv.pdf | Stephen Metraux is director of the Center for Community Research and Service and associate professor of public policy at the University of Delaware. Dr. Metraux, a recognized expert on housing and homelessness, has pioneered using administrative and survey data to assess housing outcomes, services use across systems, and impacts of housing and services interventions among homeless and formerly homeless households. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Metraux_Stephen-2018-08.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 254 | Mitsdarffer, Mary Louise | mmits | MMits@udel.edu | | | | | | | Assistant Professor | | | U.S. policy and children’s health and well-being; Immigration enforcement policy and Latine/x kids; health disparities | 298L Graham Hall | | | As an interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Mitsdarffer
uses a mix of applied quantitative, qualitative and archival methods in her work. Her research focuses on the intersection of policy, children's social determinants of health, and life course development. Mitsdarffer's research interests include: U.S. policy and children’s health and well-being; immigration enforcement policy and Latine/x kids; health disparities and health equity; quantitative methods and mixed methods. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Mitsdarffer_Mary-ME-080222.jpeg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 163 | Mix, Troy D. | mix | mix@udel.edu | Instructor | | | | | Policy Scientist and Associate Director, IPA | | | | Regional economic development, planning, and governance, Universities and economic development, Analysis methods | 191A Graham Hall | 302-831-6191 | | | <img alt="Troy D. Mix" src="/Images%20Bios/Mix_Troy.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 199 | Morrison, James | jlm | jlm@udel.edu | | | | | | | Professor | | | Multi-cultural leadership decision-making processes, Electronic information searching for documenting credible sources | 188C Graham Hall | 302-831-8541 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/James-Morrison-CV.pdf | Dr. Morrison's research interest is determining the impact of leadership style upon private/public partnerships when designing strategies to survive a natural disaster. Emphasis is upon the degree and specific roles executives personally exhibit in the private sector as they engage with those in the nonprofit and public sector in natural disaster preparedness. | <img alt="James Morrison" src="/Images%20Bios/Morrison_James.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 219 | Morrison, Minion K.C. | minion | minion@udel.edu | | | | | | | Affiliated Professor | | | Comparative politics and administration, public administration, American Government, Racial politics and policy | 298H Graham Hall | | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/KC-Morrison-CV.pdf | Minion K. C. Morrison, Professor. BA, Tougaloo College; and MA and PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Morrison, a political scientist, has authored 5 books and numerous articles, largely in political science journals in the research areas of US and comparative politics and administration; racial politics in the Americas; and political leadership. | <img alt="Minion K.C. Morrison" src="/Images%20Bios/Minion%20KC%20Morrison.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 213 | Murphy, Kathleen M. | kmurphy | kmmurphy@udel.edu | | | | | | | Policy Scientist and Associate Director, IPA | Instructor | | | 177 Graham Hall | 302-831-2927 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Kathy-Murphy-CV.pdf | Kathy Murphy is the Associate Director of the Institute for Public Administration and the Coordinator of the Conflict Resolution Program at UD. She holds a secondary faculty appointment in the Joseph R. Biden School of Public Policy and Administration where she teaches conflict resolution and organizational leadership courses. | <img alt="Kathleen M. Murphy" src="/Images%20Bios/Murphy_Kathy-2015-08.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 153 | Oremus, Kimberly | oremus | oremus@udel.edu | | | | | | | Assistant Professor | School of Marine Science & Policy | | Natural resource economics and policy; fisheries management; climate change and adaptation; international agreements | | | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Oremus-Kimberly-CV.pdf | Dr. Oremus researches how a changing environment impacts marine policy. Her research is designed to inform fisheries management in the face of climate change worldwide. She received her Ph.D. in Sustainable Development from Columbia University and holds faculty appointments in the Biden School, the School of Marine Science and Policy, and the Department of Economics. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/default-user-image.png" width="512" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 224 | Overby, Lynnette | overbyl | overbyl@udel.edu | | | | | | | Professor | | | | 182 Graham Hall | 302-831-8995 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Lynette-Overby-CV.pdf | Lynnette Young Overby is professor of theatre, deputy director of the Community Engagement Initiative and artistic director for the Sharing Our Legacy Dance Theatre. She is the author or editor of over 60 publications including 14 edited, co-authored and authored books. She recently served on the Biden/Harris Arts and Humanities Agency Review Team. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Overby,LynetteYoung-04.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 192 | Pierce, Andrea | alpierce | alpierce@udel.edu | | | | | | | Program Director, Public Policy (undergraduate) | Associate Professor | | Urbanization and environmental change, Environmental policy and politics, Urban and regional planning, Policymaking | 298J Graham Hall | 302-831-1244 | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UCEinzU7danbTpMRZ2CGg3lDeBDtOmQXgRm9hA9qjPE/edit | Andrea L. Pierce (f. Sarzynski) is the Unidel Helen Gouldner Chair of the Environment and associate professor at the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration and the Department of Geography. Her research interests include urban governance and policy, climate change adaptation, public participation and civic capacity. | <img alt="Andrea Sarzynski" src="/Images%20Bios/Pierce_Andrea.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 24 | Powers, Thomas | tpowers | tpowers@udel.edu | | | | | | | Associate Professor | Director, Center for Science, Ethics & Public Policy | Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy | | 24 Kent Way | 302-831-3229 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/thomas-powers-CV.pdf | Thomas M. Powers is the founding director of the Center for Science, Ethics, and Public Policy and associate professor in the Philosophy Department. His research concerns ethics in science
and engineering, especially emerging information technologies. He has been a visiting researcher at the University of Virginia and the Sorbonne University. | <img alt="Thomas Powers" src="/Images%20Bios/Powers_Tom.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 207 | Ratledge, Edward | ratledge | ratledge@udel.edu | | | | | | | Center Director, CADSR | Associate Professor | | Management information systems, Econometrics, Criminal justice systems | 282 Graham Hall | 302-831-1684 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/edward-ratledge-CV.pdf | Ratledge is the director of the Center for Applied Demography & Survey Research (CADSR). The center conducts survey research and policy research for a wide range of federal, state, and local government agencies and non-profits. Ratledge has more than thirty years of experience working with state and local government at both policy and operational levels. His current work spans a variety of areas including healthcare, transportation, economic development, and public finance. | <img alt="Edward Ratledge" src="/Images%20Bios/Ratledge_Ed.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 187 | Reedy, Chandra | clreedy | clreedy@udel.edu | | | | | | | Professor | Director, Center for Historic Architecture & Design | Professor of Art History and Asian Studies | Documentation and preservation of traditional materials and technologies and associated intanglible cultural heritage | 323 Alison Hall | 302-831-8238 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Chandra-Reedy-CV.pdf | Chandra L. Reedy is a professor in the Biden School and director of its Center for Historic Architecture & Design (CHAD). In her Laboratory for Analysis of Cultural Materials she focuses on developing innovative methods for documenting, understanding, and preserving traditional materials, technologies, and intangible cultural heritage. | <img alt="Chandra Reedy" src="/Images%20Bios/Reedy_Chandra-2017-09.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 202 | Robinson, Breck | robinsob | robinsob@udel.edu | | | | | | | Associate Professor | | | Public finance, Banking, Mortgage finance, Banking regulation, Community development | 191B Graham Hall | 302-831-6775 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Breck-Robinson-CV.pdf?csf=1&e=SaBsSk | Professor Robinson's background features extensive training and expertise in banking where he has worked outside of academics with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Breck’s research has focused on lending opportunities for low-income and minority communities and the use of financial institutions in facilitating economic development. His work has appeared in the Journal of Banking and Finance, Housing Policy Debate, Real Estate Economics and the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics among others. | <img alt="Breck Robinson" src="/Images%20Bios/Robinson_Breck.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 247 | Robinson, Matthew | mjrobins | mjrobins@udel.edu | | | | | | | Professor of Sport Management | | | | 115 Raub Hall | 302-831-6680 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Robinson-Matthew-CV.pdf | Dr. Matthew J. Robinson is a professor in the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration, as well as a full professor and the Area Head of the Sport Management Program in the Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware. Dr. Robinson is the author of more than 25 publications, including the highly successful sport management texts, Profiles of Sport Industry Professionals: The People Who Make the Games Happen and Sport Club Management, and has made over 100 national and international scholarly and professional presentations. In 2020, Robinson was named to the President’s Council on Sport, Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Science Board for The United States of America Department of Health and Human Services and also served as the President of the University of Delaware Faculty Senate. | <img alt="Portrait of Matthew Robinson" src="/Images%20Bios/Robinson_Matt.jpeg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 249 | Shaffer, Timothy | tshaffer | tshaffer@udel.edu | | | | | | | Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Chair of Civil Discourse | | | | 298H Graham Hall | | | As an interdisciplinary scholar and practitioner of civil discourse, deliberative democracy, public engagement, civic education, and small group communication, Shaffer focuses on the role of civic professionals in institutional settings such as local government, higher education, and non-governmental organizations in relationship with diverse communities. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Tim%20Shaffer%20Biden_School-SNF_Ithaca_Initiative-Shaffer_Tim-021722-009.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 77 | Shah, Ismat | ismat | ismat@udel.edu | | | | | | | Professor | | | | | 302-831-1618 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/CV_Ismat_Shah.pdf | Professor Shah has been involved with research in thin films and nanostructured materials for energy and environment applications for more than 20 years. His expertise is in the areas of Physical vapor Deposition (PVD) and Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) processes, photovoltaics, photocatalysis, electronic materials, nanomagentism, environmental materials, etc. In the policy area he is interested in energy generation and distribution, including mixed systems, storage, peaker plants, environmental impacts, etc. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/ismat-shah.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 73 | Shah, Kalim | kalshah | kalshah@udel.edu | | | | | | | Assistant Professor | | | | 270C Graham Hall | 302-831-4700 | | Dr. Shah studies energy and environmental governance, policy, regulatory and institutional frameworks applied to international sustainable development, corporate sustainability, climate change, public-private partnerships and innovation. Expertise in island states, jurisdictions and territories. Global experience in extractive industries, energy and heavy industry sectors, tourism etc. Leads the UD Island Policy Lab. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Shah_Kalim-2018-016.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 235 | Shores, Kenneth | kshores | kshores@udel.edu | | | | | | | Assistant Professor | | | | Willard Hall | | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Kenneth-Shores-CV.pdf | Kenneth A. Shores is an assistant professor specializing in education policy. His research is focused on educational inequality and encompasses both descriptive and causal inference. To this end, his work addresses racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequality in test scores, school disciplinary policy, classification systems, and school resources. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Kenneth-Shores-2020.jpeg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 227 | Siders, A.R. | siders | siders@udel.edu | | | | | | | Assistant Professor | | | | 166C Graham Hall | 302-831-0204 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Siders_CV.pdf | A.R. Siders is an assistant professor in the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration and the department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, a core faculty member of the Disaster Research Center, and an affiliate of the School of Marine Science & Policy. Her research focuses on climate change adaptation. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Siders.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 216 | Smith, Dan | dansmith | dansmith@udel.edu | | | | | | | Professor | Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences | | Public budgeting and financial management | 4 Kent Way | 302-831-2793 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Smith-Daniel-cv.pdf | Smith’s scholarship focuses on state government budgeting and financial management, especially fiscal institutions, the implications of how states accumulate and use fund balances, and how states strategically plan for long-term fiscal health. His research appears in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM), Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART), Public Administration Review (PAR), Public Budgeting & Finance and Public Choice, among others. | <img alt="Dan Smith" src="/Images%20Bios/Smith_Dan.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 160 | Sowa, Jessica E. | jesowa | jesowa@udel.edu | | | | | | | Professor | | | | Graham Hall | | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Jessica-Sowa-cv.pdf | Professor Jessica Sowa received her Ph.D. in Public Administration in 2003 from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Her research focuses on public and nonprofit management, with an emphasis on the management of human resources (HRM) in public and nonprofit organizations, organizational effectiveness, and collaboration. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Sowa_Jessica.jpg" width="640" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 182 | Stein, Karen | kstein | kstein@udel.edu | | | | | | | Associate Professor | Program Director, Organizational & Community Leadership | | Elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, Leadership theory and practice | 298C Graham Hall | 302-831-4049 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Karen-Stein-CV.pdf?csf=1&e=hRa1wQ | Dr. Stein’s expertise includes elder abuse and neglect, strategic decision-making, and leadership and cultural intelligence. She is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect. She has more than 50 publications and presentations and has served on a number of national advisory boards of organizations conducting elder abuse projects. | <img alt="Karen Stein" src="/Images%20Bios/Stein_Karen.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 74 | Taylor, Casey | taylorc | taylorc@udel.edu | | | | | | | Assistant Professor | | | natural resources policy and management, collaborative planning and governance, biodiversity conserv | 274 Graham Hall | 302-831-7111 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Casey-Taylor-cv.pdf | Dr. Taylor's research interests include natural resources policy and management, collaborative planning and governance, biodiversity conservation, agriculture and the environment, science and politics/policy. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/Taylor_Casey-2018-003.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 205 | Tóth, Tibor | tibi | tibi@udel.edu | | | | | | | Assistant Professor | | Policy Scientist | | 292 Graham Hall | 302-831-3320 | | Tibor Tóth has expertise in research design and measurement in social science research. Tóth's academic research focuses on minority language policy. His current applied work focuses heavily on interdisciplinary survey research projects in the areas of health, education and transportation. | <img alt="Tibor Tóth" src="/Images%20Bios/Toth_Tibor2.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
| 231 | Wachtendorf, Tricia | twachten | | | | | | | | Director, Disaster Research Center | Professor, Dept. of Sociology & Criminal Justice | Coordinator, Emergency & Environmental Management Concentration | | 166F Graham Hall | 302-831-1254 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Tricia-Wachtendorf-CV.pdf | Tricia Wachtendorf is a professor of sociology with a joint appointment in the Biden School, and director of the world-renowned Disaster Research Center—the oldest center in the world focused on the social science aspects of disaster. Over the past two decades, her research has focused on multi-organizational coordination before, during, and after disasters, transnational crises, and social vulnerability to disaster events. | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/WACHTENDORF%20TRICIA.jpeg" width="20" style="BORDER:0px solid;MARGIN:5px 5px;" /> | |
| 170 | Ware, Leland | lware | lware@udel.edu | | | | | | | Louis L. Redding Chair | and Professor of Law & Public Policy | | Civil rights law, Employment law | 180 Graham Hall | 302-831-3930 | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Leland-Ware-cv.pdf | Professor Ware's research focuses on various aspects of civil rights law. He has authored more than 100 publications consisting of books, academic journal articles, book chapters, essays, book reviews, editorials and other publications in academic journals and other publications. Professor Ware has organized a number of academic symposia, professional programs and hosted many distinguished lectures | <img alt="Leland Ware" src="/Images%20Bios/Ware_Leland.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | |
