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"Simply stated, the faculty is outstanding. I am confident that they were as dedicated to my learning as I was."

                                            -- Jennifer Shea, PhD

"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."
                                            -- Edie Mas, Ph.D.

Public Policy faculty and their areas of expertise:

Randy Albelda
Political Economy, Women's Economic Status, Family Policies, and Poverty.

Ramon Borges-Mendez
Labor Economics, Economic Development, Political Economy, Latino Studies, and Governance and Institutional Development.

Elizabeth Bussiere
Welfare Policy, Issues of Constitutional Law and Equality, and the Historical Roots of the American Legal System.

Connie S. Chan
Mental Health Policy, Ethics,and Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.

Billie Gastic (new faculty member in fall 2008): Violence and Safety in Schools and Communities; Educational Policy; Latino Youth; Quantitative Research Methodologies

Alan Clayton-Matthews
Econometrics and Regional Economic Development, especially issues related to Educational Attainment, the Labor Market, Income Distribution and Public Finance.

Thomas Ferguson
Political Parties, the Formation of Public Opinion, and Interest Group Politics.

Donna Haig Friedman
Family Welfare Policy, Social Policy, Homelessness and Homelessness Prevention, the Role of Non-Profits and Organizational Learning, Outcome Measurement, and Qualitative Research Design.

Michael P. Johnson
Management Science Planning Models for public-sector facility location and service delivery, with applications to Assisted Housing and Senior Services.

Janis Kapler
International Trade and Finance, Open-Economy Macroeconomics, and Transnational Corporations.

Winston Langley
Human Rights, Alternative Models of World Order, and Religion and Politics.

David L Levy
Organizational Theory, International Business, and International Political Economy.

Catherine Lynde
Macroeconomic Policy, Productivity Growth, Quantitative Methods, and Health Economics.

Heather MacIndoe (new faculty member in fall 2008):  Nonprofit Organizations, Philanthropy, Organizational Theory

David Matz
Conflict Resolution, Negotiation and US Policies about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

Robert D Moran
Health Care Finance and Public Sector Management and Budgeting.

Erin O’Brien: Public Policy; Politics of Poverty and U.S. Social Welfare Policy; Stratification, Politics, and Policy; Political Behavior; Urban Politics and Policy; Research Methods and Epistemiology; Theoretical Approaches to Public Policy; American Politics

Janet Farrell Smith
Theories of Justice and Racial/Ethnic Policies.

Mary Huff Stevenson
Urban Economics, Labor Economics, and Economics of Gender.

Michael Stone
Community Planning, Community Organizing, Housing, and Poverty and Living Standards.

Peter Taylor
Science and Technology, Social Analysis of Environmental and Health Research, and Reflective Practice.

David Terkla
Environmental and Marine Resource Economics, Regional Economic Development, and Public Finance.

Miren Uriarte
Applied Sociology, and Race and Ethnic Relations.

Paul Watanabe 
Foreign Policymaking Process, Ethnic Politics, and American Political Behavior.

Eben Weitzman  
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.

Christian Weller

Private Pensions, Social Security, Retirement Income Security, Macroeconomics, Financial Markets, and International Finance 

Ann Withorn
Social Welfare Policy, Non-Profit Organizations, Social Movements, Women in Poverty, and Higher Education Policy and Organizing.

Public Policy staff

Our staff has a combined experience of over forty years serving graduate students at UMass Boston. Please do not hesitate to call on us for assistance of any sort.

Karen Means is our Departmental Administrative Assistant.  In addition to serving the PhD Program in Public Policy, she provides clerical support to our sister programs in Public Affairs, International Relations (both MSPA degrees) and the Graduate Certificate Program in Women in Politics and Public Policy.  She can be reached at karen.means@umb.edu or 617-287-6938.

Barbara Graceffa is our Assistant Director and holds an MSM degree in Leadership Development and Organizational Change and a BA in French and Spanish, both from Emmanuel College.  Barbara is also a UMass Boston alumna-- with certificates in Human Resource Management and Integrated Marketing Communications.   She can be reached at barbara.graceffa@umb.edu or 617-287-6937.

Our offices are located in McCormack Hall on the third floor, rooms 425 and 426.

       Do you want to change the face of public policy?

Contact us at public.policy@umb.edu for more information.

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