Rhea Acuña
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Social policy, urban policy
Graham Ambrose
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Design and Governance
Areas of Expertise
Governance and decision-making in the food system
Amanda Bankston
Ph.D Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
M.P.A., University of Arizona
Areas of Expertise
Collaborative governance, public management, leadership, nonprofit management
Mayra Samantha Cervantes
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Brandon Charles
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Environmental and energy policy, utility regulation, energy transitions
Ziqiao Chen
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Areas of Expertise
Environmental Policy
Adam Cucchiara
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Veterans’ affairs, law enforcement and policing, national security
William Clay Fannin
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Social welfare programs, poverty policy
Myriam Gregoire-Zawilski
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Environmental and energy policy, energy transitions, green innovation
Abdela Hilo
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Areas of Expertise
Social determinants of health, health inequality in developing countries, survey experiments
Hyojeong Kim
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Social policy, public finance
Jiho Kim
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
M.P.A., Seoul National University
Areas of Expertise
Collaborative governance, public participation, conflict resolution, civil society, policy process
Joanne Kim
Ph.D Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
M.P.P., Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy
Areas of Expertise
Public management, collaborative governance
Mitch McFarlane
Ph.D Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Anti-poverty programs, public health
Qasim Mehdi
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Climate change, hydrology and watershed management, environmental policy, collaborative governance
Nicholas Oesterling
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Design and Governance
Areas of Expertise
Policy design, implementation and compliance, institutional analysis
Brian Ohl
Adjunct Professor and Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Ph.D. Candidate, Syracuse University, 2014-2022
Areas of Expertise
Management, collaborative governance, public budgeting
Ilayda Ova
Ph.D Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
M.A., Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University
Areas of Expertise
Political participation, democratic governance, youth activism
Sarah Souders
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Public finance and governance, political economy of education, social policy, education program evaluation
Anna Wiersma Strauss
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Areas of Expertise
Social welfare programs, caregiving across the lifecourse, tax policy and politics
Halim Yoon
Ph.D Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Areas of Expertise
Social policies, work and retirement, health, caregiving, intergenerational transfers and life course, public finance
Bo Zheng
Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Impact of technological advancement on social inequality
