Gain the quantitative, economic, political, and organizational skills to analyze and contribute to policy in the public and private sectors.
This concentration is only available for students enrolled in the Master of Public Administration program.
With the policy research and analysis concentration, you will choose from a range of core courses tailored to you interests as well as taking a set of required degree courses. A set of required degree courses are outlined in the MPA plan of study for this concentration.
Work with faculty whose academic backgrounds, fieldwork, and research make them experts in policy research and analysis.
Jeremy Weber
Professor
Weber’s research delves into the governance of oil and gas extraction, economic sustainability, and agricultural policy.
Sera Linardi
Associate Professor, Director of the Center for Analytical Approaches to Social Innovation (CAASI)
Linardi collaborates with social service providers and technology firms through field and laboratory experiments to understand their organizational challenges and how to solve them.
Daniel Jones
PhD Program Director, Associate Professor
As an Applied Microeconomist, Jones' research focuses in the fields of public economics, labor economics, and political economy. Recently focusing on the economics of gender and race, he studies how diversity impacts certain economic, political, and policy outcomes.
