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"What strikes me most about our Public Policy Ph.D. students, and it is particularly energizing for faculty and staff, is the students' ability to use sophisticated theories and methods so as to illuminate a policy problem and to make practical recommendations to improve the lives of citizens who typically have little voice in the political process." -- Elizabeth Bussiere, Associate Professor Our students have earned awards, fellowships and dissertation support grants from such prestigious organizations as:
Current Students NB: Students earn an en route master's degree in Public Policy after successful completion of core courses and two comprehensive exams. NICOLE AGUSTI Education: Emerson College, BA, Film University of Massachusetts Boston, Graduate Certificate, Women in Politics and Public Policy Research Interests: Policy analysis, sexual violence and gender issues DALE ALLENEducation: Springfield College, BS, Sports Biology Approved Dissertation Topic: "The Economic Relationships between Institutions of Higher Education and Municipalities"
TALIA BERMAN-KISHONY Education: Tel Aviv University, LLB, Law University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, Dispute Resolution Research Interests: Health policy, conflict resolution and law HEIKE BOELTZIG Education:
University of Sterling (Scotland),
BA, Japanese and Sociology SANDRA BLATCHFORDEducation: Clark
University, BA, Psychology Research Interests : Domestic violence ELIZABETH BROWN Research Interests
: Health policy and youth development
JENNIFER COHEN Education: Hunter College, BA, Hebrew and Health Education Yeshiva University (Israel), MSW, Social Work Research Interests: Poverty, homelessness, organizational capacity for dealing with change, and the place of women in all of these
Education: Regis
College, BA, Political Science
Email address: shahiddad@comcast.net
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 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 Education: DeManila
University, MBA Research Interest: Disability policy Education: Yale University, BA, Biology 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 Education: University
of Massachusetts Boston, BA, Economics AMY HELBURN Research Interests: Racial and economic disparities in health care SARAH HOGUEEducation: Text Wesleyan, BS, Christian Education Texas Women's University, MA, Women's Studies Research Interest: Child/family well-being; human rights; gay and lesbian issues
BRANDYNN HOLGATE Education:
University of California Davis, BA, Sociology
Research
Interests: Non-profit management; program evaluation;
policy analysis D’JUAN HOPEWELL Education: Ohio State, BA, Personal Study Oral Roberts University, MDiv, Theology
Research Interests: Urban policies
LOUISA HOLMES Education: Seattle University, BA, Political Science, English Research Interests: Health policies; drug and crime policies CHARLES JONES
MICHELLE KAHAN Education:
Smith College, BA, Government
Email address: michelle.kahan@umb.edu FAYE KARP Education: Brandeis University, BA, Economics Research Interest: Education policy in community development BERNA KAHRAMAN Education: Istanbul
Bilgi University, BS, Economics and Management University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy MANDIRA
KALA University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy Research Interests: The intersection between conflict and justice, focusing on the quality of policy-making processes
Education:
Swarthmore College, AB, Sociology and
Anthropology
University of Massachusetts Boston, MBA, Business Administration University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy Approved Dissertation
Topic: "The Impact of Changing
Admissions Standards for Massachusetts Higher Education" Education: University
of Massachusetts Amherst, BA, Social Thought and Political Economy
Email address: skelly32670@hotmail.com
Approved Dissertation Topic: "Policy Glass Half Empty?" Why Massachusetts College Students Drink and Drive: Do the policies in place to stop them make sense?" Education:
University of Alabama, BA, Sociology
and Chemistry Approved Dissertation Topic: “High Staked Out: Examining the Role of School Reform Efforts on Students Leaving High School and Their Experiences in Alternative and GED Programs” Email address:
nmlavan@earthlink.net XUHONG LIU Education:
Peking University (China), BS, Urban
Studies and Regional Planning Approved Dissertation Topic: "Industry Environmental Performance, Economic Growth and Environmental Regulation: Evidence from China"
ERIN McGAFFIGAN Research Interest: Health system changes across state agencies
Education:
University of Massachusetts Boston, BA, Economics COLLEEN
MANNING Research Interests: Education policy
CARLOS
MAYNARD
Research Interests: Higher education policy
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
Email address: muqaddisa.mehreen001@umb.edu
REBECCA MORYL Education:
Trinity College,
BA, Public Policy Research Interest: Education and health policy EDITH
MWITA Research Interests: Social justice; gender equity in marginalized societies Email address: edith.mwita@umb.edu CHARLES NDUNGU Education:
Nairobi University,
BA, English Literature and Linguistics Pennsylvania State University, MEd, Agricultural Education 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 University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, Applied Linguistics Research Interests: Language and education policy Education:
U.S. Naval Academy, BS, Physical Science
Approved Dissertation Topic: "An Analysis of the Influence of the Supervisory Agency in Determining Community Reinvestment Act Performance Evaluation Grades" JASON PRAMAS Education: University of Massachusetts Boston, BA, Community Media and Technology Research Interests: Media policy and higher education policy KIMBERLY PUHALA Education:
Kenyon College, BA, Psychology University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy
Email address: kimberlypuhala@msn.com SHEFALI RAJPALEducation:
University of Chicago, BS, Economics 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
JENNIFER RAYMOND Education:
Boston University,
BA, Psychology and Women's Studies University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy Email address: jennifer.raymond@umb.edu ANN ROBBART Education: Smith
College, AB, American Studies Approved Dissertation Topic: "Just Desert? World War II Veterans Benefits as a Welfare Model and Economic Strategy" JENNIFER SHEAEducation:
Colgate University, BA, International
Relations University of Massachusetts Boston, MS, Public Policy Approved Dissertation Topic: "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 Hig- risk Youth Services in Boston" Email address: jennifer.shea@umb,edu FELICIA SULLIVAN Education: St. Lawrence University, BA, Government New School for Social Research, MA, Media Studies Research Interests: Media and technology policy
SHELLEY TINKHAM Education:
Kent State University, BA, Philosophy
Education:
Western New England College, BA, Government Research Interest: Federal price negotiations and the effects on health and drug policy STEVEN VIVEIROS Education: Stonehill College, BA, Mathematics, Foreign Languages Northeastern University, MS, Student Development/Counseling Northeastern University, Graduate Certificate, Non-profit Management Research Interest: Higher education reform RANDALL WILSON Education: University of California/Santa Cruz, BA, Politics and Environmental Studies Cornell University, MRP, City and Regional Planning Approved Dissertation Topic: "Moving the Demand Side to Promote Long-term Care Workers: An Analysis of Policy Implication in the Massachusetts Extended Care Career Ladder Initiative" SANDRA WINKLER Education: University of Massachusetts Lowell, BA, Psychology Research Interests: Social policy; environmental policy; social impact of military deployment on families; homeland defense policy Email address: astbirdie@hotmail.com Education: State University of New York, BA, Psychology Approved Dissertation Topic: "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.winsor001@students.umb.edu
Our first graduate completed his dissertation in 1997 and today we have 30 alumni. Sixty-three percent (63%) of them are female and 37% are people of color including 27% minority students. Please visit the Alumni page on the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies web page to read profiles of several of our alums! LISA
BRABO, PhD
Current position: Director of Grants Management First 5 LA (a community agency providing services to children and families in Los Angeles County) ALIX CANTAVE, PhDYear of Graduation 2007 Read Alix's profile William Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture University of Massachusetts Boston JEAN
CUMMISKEY, PhD
Current position: Senior Research Associate/Evaluation Unit Manager Boston Public Health Commission EMILY
DOUGLAS, PhD
Current position: Assistant Professor Master’s Degree of Social Work Program, Bridgewater State College (MA) PAULETTE
A. FARMER, PhD
Current position: Case Reviewer SHIKO (ANNE) W. GATHUO, PhD Current position: Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator PAULA
GEORGES, PhD
Current position: Director 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 ” Current position: Research AssociateMcCormack Graduate School, UMass Boston AMY HELLER,
PhD Current position: Executive Director MICHAEL
LIU, PhD
Current position: Community Programs Coordinator and Research Associate LAWRENCE J. MAKOVICH, PhD Current position: Senior Director TIFFANY
MANUEL, PhD
Current position: Assistant Professor EDITH MAS, PhD
Current positions: Health Policy Consultant, UMass Medical School President, Tannery Wildlife Refuge Commissioner, Marlboro Planning Commission JAMES
MCINTYRE, PhD
Dissertation: "An Analysis of the State Education Aid Funding Mechanism Established by the Massachusetts Education Reform Act" Current position: Superintendent of Schools TATJANA
MESCHEDE, PhD Current positions: Senior Research AssociateInstitute on Assets and Social PolicyHeller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University Adjunct Faculty member Public Affairs Program, UMass Boston meschede@brandeis.edu KEVIN B. MURPHY, PhD Year of Graduation 2008 Office of Institutional Research and Policy Studies University of Massachusetts Boston
Current position: Senior Project Manager MICHELLE PORTMAN, PhD Dissertation:"From Land to Sea: The Application of Land Protection Tools to the Marine Environment"Current Position: Post-doc Fellow Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionO. STEVEN QUIMBY, PhDYear of Graduation 2008 Current position: Assistant Professor
LAURIE
ROSS, PhD
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) Current position: Research AssociateFeinberg Medical School at Northwestern University DOREEN
STERN, PhD
Current Position: Entrepreneur: President, The Desk Docktor, LLC
Current position: Self-employed Policy Consultant/Researcher UDAYA
WAGLE, PhD
Read Udaya's profile. Current position: Assistant Professor MEI G.
WANG, PhD
Current position: Science Officer JAMES K. WEST, PhD
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) Do you want to change the face of public policy? Contact us at public.policy@umb.edu for more information. |
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