Department Directory
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H. Brinton Milward Director & Melody S. Robidoux Foundation Fund Chair Email: milward@email.arizona.edu Office: Social Science 317 Brint Milward is the Director of the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. He holds the Melody S. Robidoux Foundation Fund Chair in Collaborative Governance. He was Director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse, which is co-chaired by... [more information] |
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Min Woo Ahn PhD Student Email: minwooahn@email.arizona.edu Min Woo Ahn’s research interests revolve around how to improve democratic accountability of government in the complex governance system. [more information] |
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Warren Alter Adjunct Instructor Email: warrenalter@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520 465-4015 Warren Alter, a 39-year retired veteran of the Pima County Sheriff's Department teaches Criminal Justice-Corrections Related courses. Currently teaching PA445 in the Fall, and PA540 in Spring. [more information] |
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Laura Bakkensen Assistant Professor Email: laurabakkensen@email.arizona.edu 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... |
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Elizabeth Baldwin Assistant Professor Email: elizabethb@email.arizona.edu Office: Social Science 318A Elizabeth Baldwin researches energy and water policy implementation 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 stakeholder involvement, and the degree to... |
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Mark Barnard Undergraduate Program Manager Email: mbarnard@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520-621-7604 FAX: 520-621-5051 Office: Social Sciences 315 [more information] |
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Carl Bauer Courtesy Faculty Email: cjbauer@email.arizona.edu Carl Bauer is Associate Professor in the School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Bauer teaches and does research about comparative and international water law and policy, taking an interdisciplinary approach that combines law, geography, and political economy.... |
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Emily Bell PhD Email: emonken@email.arizona.edu
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Alejandro Beltran PhD Student Email: alejandrobeltran@email.arizona.edu Alejandro Beltran is a second year PhD student in Public Policy with a focus on how democracy and federalism affect taxation and budgeting. More specifically, observing how democratic competition is an incentive for local governments to collect more taxes. Alejandro is currently exploring how... |
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Albert Bergesen Courtesy Professor Email: albert@email.arizona.edu Professor and Head, School of Sociology and, by courtesy, Professor of Government and Public Policy, and Professor of Sociology in the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, Eller School of Management, at the... |
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Paul Bezerra PhD Email: bezerra@email.arizona.edu Paul's disseration asks: under what conditions will bilateral aid donors experience greater strategic aid effectiveness? To answer this question, I develop a framework for understanding when bilateral donors – in the... |
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Anne Boustead Assistant Professor Email: boustead@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-3574 Office: Social Sciences 439B 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... |
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Andrew Braden PhD Student Email: dbraden9@email.arizona.edu Andrew Braden is a third year PhD student in International Relations with a focus on major powers, specifically their foreign aid giving behavior in response to terrorism. Andrew is also interested in states foreign aid giving behavior in response to terrorism both inside and outside the... |
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Alex Braithwaite Professor & Associate Director Email: abraith@email.arizona.edu Office: Social Sciences 314B Alex Braithwaite's research and teaching focus upon the causes and contagion of violent and nonviolent conflict, including terrorism, protests, riots, civil war, and international wars. His research demonstrates that incidents of violent political conflict cluster in space and time, that... |
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Jessica Maves Braithwaite Assistant Professor of International Relations Email: jbraith@email.arizona.edu Office: Social Science 337 Jessica Braithwaite's research addresses how repressive activities and institutional characteristics of governments influence (and are influenced by) violent and nonviolent strategies of domestic opposition groups. She also examines the origins of rebellion as a co-creator of the Foundations of... |
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Ronald Breiger Email: breiger@email.arizona.edu Ronald Breiger works in the areas of social networks, stratification, math models, theory, and measurement issues in cultural and institutional analysis. He is fascinated by the prospects for encouraging closer intellectual relations between the sociology of culture, cultural studies, social... |
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Talia Capozzoli [more information] |
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Tingjia Chen PhD Student Email: tingjiachen@email.arizona.edu My research area is in public policy and management, especially policy diffusion theory with regard to ... |
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Xiran Chen PhD Student Email: chenxiran@email.arizona.edu [more information] |
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Jie MIng Chong PhD Student Email: chongjieming@email.arizona.edu [more information] |
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Tiffany Chu PhD Candidate Email: tiffanychu@email.arizona.edu Tiffany S. Chu is a Ph.D candidate of political science in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on conflict processes, decisions taken by forced migrants, and government repression and marginalization of societal actors. Her research is... [more information] |
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Kirssa Cline Ryckman Assistant Director- ISS Program Email: klcline@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520 261 5528 Office: Social Science 328A1 Kirssa Cline Ryckman is the Assistant Director of the International Security Studies program. She teaches courses for the ISS program and at the undergraduate level on armed conflict and human security. Her research focuses on political conflict, including protest, terrorism, and civil war, and... |
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Matthew Cobb PhD Student Email: cobbmr@email.arizona.edu Matthew R. Cobb is a third-year PhD student in International Relations. His research interests center on armed conflict and political instability. His current projects include research on the urban-rural dynamics of civil conflict as well as analysis of international influences on military... |
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Stephen Cornell Email: scornell@email.arizona.edu Stephen Cornell is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona. He also holds courtesy appointments in the School of Government and Public Policy, the James E. Rogers College of Law, and American Indian Studies. His work... |
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Joseph Cox PhD Student Email: josephmcox7@email.arizona.edu [more information] |
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Christopher Cruz Academic Advisor Email: cbcruz75@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520-621-7601 Office: Social Sciences 322E Chris Cruz is an Undergraduate Academic Advisor for Criminal Justice Studies and Public Management & Policy (Last names beginning with A-K) student in the School of Government & Public Policy at the University of Arizona. [more information] |
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Justin Curtis PhD Student Email: justin89@email.arizona.edu I am broadly interested in authoritarian politics, especially the interactive effects of repression and cooptation in regime durability. I have a regional focus on the Muslim world, which has led me to a study of political Islam in the context of authoritarian, hybrid, and democratizing states.... |
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Jennifer Cyr Assistant Professor Email: jmcyr@email.arizona.edu Office: Social Sciences 328A2 [more information] |
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Diane Darling Graduate Programs Manager Email: dianedarling@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520-621-5161 FAX: 520-621-1000 Office: Social Sciences 315 [more information] |
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Jon Dorschner Email: jpdorschner@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520-204-1538 A native of Tucson, Arizona, Jon P. Dorschner earned a PhD. in South Asian studies from the University of Arizona. He currently teaches South Asian Studies and International Relations at his alma mater, and publishes articles and books on South Asian subjects. From 1983 until 2011, he... |
