2015-2016 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Public Policy (PUBL)
|
|
 Return to: Graduate Programs
DONALD F. NORRIS, Director
TIM BRENNAN, Graduate Program Director
M.P.P., Ph.D. (Degree Types )
Professors
ADLER, MARINA A., Ph.D. (Sociology and Anthropology), University of Maryland, College Park; Social science methodology and statistics, cross-national gender, work and family issues, the welfare state and social policy in international perspective.
BRENNAN, TIMOTHY J., Ph.D. (Public Policy and Economics), University of Wisconsin, Madison; Anti-trust regulation, electricity markets, telecommunications and broadcast policy, copyright, philosophy of economics.
CARPENTER, ROBERT, Ph.D. (Economics), Washington University; Macroeconomics, monetary economics, industrial organization, theory of the firm.
COATES, DENNIS, Ph.D. (Economics), University of Maryland, College Park; Public economics, econometrics.
ECKERT, J. KEVIN, Ph.D. (Sociology and Anthropology), Northwestern University; Environmental gerontology, medical anthropology, aging services management and delivery, residential care/long-term care quality, qualitative research.
FARROW, SCOTT, Ph.D. (Economics), Washington State University; Industrial organization, environmental economics and risk analysis.
GINDLING, T. H. JR., Ph.D. (Economics), Cornell University; Economic development.
HERRING, CEDRICK, Ph.D. (Language, Literacy and Culture), University of Michigan; Workplace diversity, race and public policy, stratification and inequality.
JOHNSON, ARTHUR T., Ph.D. (Political Science), State University of New York, Buffalo; Public administration, personnel, housing policy, sports policy.
LAMDIN, DOUGLAS, Ph.D. (Economics), University of Maryland, College Park; Corporate finance, managerial economics.
LORD, WILLIAM, Ph.D. (Economics), Indiana University; Public Finance and household economics.
MANDELL, MARVIN B., Ph.D. (Public Policy), Northwestern University; Program and policy evaluation, evidence-based policymaking.
MATON, KENNETH I., Ph.D. (Psychology), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Minority student achievement, empowering community settings, strengths-based psychology research and policy, community psychology of religion.
MEYERS, ROY T., Ph.D. (Political Science), University of Michigan; American politics, budgeting, public administration and policy.
MILLER, NANCY A., Ph.D. (Public Policy), University of Chicago; Health policy, health care financing, health care evaluation.
MITCH, DAVID, Ph.D. (Economics), University of Chicago; American and European economic history.
MORGAN, LESLIE A., Ph.D. (Sociology and Anthropology), University of Southern California; Aging, gender, family, seniors’ housing.
NORRIS, DONALD F., Ph.D. (Public Policy), University of Virginia; Urban and metropolitan politics, public management, information systems in public organizations (including electronic government).
RUBINSTEIN, ROBERT L., Ph.D. (Sociology and Anthropology), Bryn Mawr College; Cultural and medical anthropology, anthropology of aging, gerontology, gender, qualitative research methods.
SALKEVER, DAVID S., Ph.D. (Public Policy), Harvard University; Health economics, economics of mental health, disability studies, economics and behavior of nonprofit organizations.
SCHAFFER, EUGENE C., Ed.D. (Education), Temple University; International education, classroom interaction, school reform, school effectiveness, schools of high-reliability, and the study of students placed at-risk.
SCHALLER, THOMAS F., Ph.D. (Political Science), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; American politics, campaigns, elections, parties, and media politics.
SHORT, JOHN RENNIE, Ph.D. (Public Policy), University of Bristol, UK; Urban issues, globalization and the city, the megalopolis, urban theory, land use planning.
STUART, MARY, SCI.D. (Sociology and Anthropology), The Johns Hopkins University; Public health, health systems research, evaluation.
Associate Professors
BENNETT, PAMELA R., Ph.D. University of Michigan; Sociology of education, residential segregation, racial and ethnic inequality, social stratification.
DICKSON, LISA, Ph.D. (Economics), University of Texas at Austin; Labor economics, economics of education, econometrics.
GALINDO, CLAUDIA, Ph.D. (Language, Literacy, and Culture), Pennslyvania State University; Educational inequality and the social context of education, sociology of education, educational policy, developmental psychology, and immigration.
HUSSEY, LAURA, Ph.D. (Political Science), University of Maryland, College Park; Social welfare and morality policy, public opinion on policy issues, American public policy, politics, and administration.
KALFOGLOU, ANDREA L., Ph.D. (Sociology and Anthropology), The Johns Hopkins University; Bioethics, public health ethics, reproductive policy and ethics, genetics policy and ethics, research ethics, public engagement in science and policymaking.
KARS, MARJOLEINE, Ph.D. (History), Duke University; United States colonial, Atlantic world, American women’s history.
KING-MEADOWS, TYSON, Ph.D. (Political Science), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Congress, African-American politics, electoral behavior.
LINCOVE, JANE, Ph.D., University of Southern California; Economics of education, education policy, international development, equity and efficiency of market-based education reform.
RITSCHEL, DANIEL, Ph.D. (History), Oxford; Great Britain, economic and social policy, historiography.
ROSE, MORGAN, Ph.D. (Economics), Washington University; Applied microeconomics, corporate finance, corporate governance, industrial organization, and financial institutions.
SCHUMACHER, JOHN G., Ph.D. (Sociology and Anthropology), Case Western Reserve University; Medical sociology, physician-patient relations, bioethics, research methods.
TATAREWICZ, JOSEPH N., Ph.D. (History), Indiana University; History of science and technology, science and technology policy and public history.
VIAUROUX, CHRISTELLE, Ph.D. (Economics), University of Toulouse, France; Theoretical and applied econometrics, structural applied microeconomics, structural applied game theory, microeconomics.
YUAN, CHUNMING, Ph.D. (Economics), UCLA; International economics/finance, financial economics, econometrics.
Assistant Professors
CHAPIN, CHRISTY FORD, Ph.D. (History); University of Virginia; Political, Business, and economic history and capitalism studies.
CURRAN, F. CHRIS, Ph.D., (Public Policy), Vanderbilt; education policy, educational outcomes for underserved and disadvantaged youth, quantitive methods
EDWARDS, LAUREN HAMILTON, Ph.D. (Public Policy), Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology; Public and Nonprofit management, strategic management and performance, and local government management.
HENDERSON, LOREN, Ph.D., (Sociology and Anthropology), University of Illinois; Diversity issues, stratification and inequality, health disparities, and race, class, gender and sexuality.
OYEN, MEREDITH, Ph.D. (History), Georgetown University; Sino-American relations, the role of migrants, transnational networks, and nongovernmental organizations in bilateral relations in the twentieth century.
RAKES, CHRISTOPHER, Ph.D. (Education), University of Louisville; Mathematics education, secondary education, mathematics misconceptions, teacher knowledge, research methodology, research quality.
YE, CHRISTINE, Ph.D. (Economics), University of California-Berkeley; Health economics, public policy, applied econometrics, labor economics.
The School of Public Policy offers a graduate program designed for highly motivated individuals who wish to pursue advanced studies in public policy and public policy analysis. The program is interdisciplinary, drawing from economics, sociology, political science and the policy analysis field, with an emphasis on the public sector and training in evaluation and analytical methods. In addition to a common core curriculum, students choose a concentration in a specific policy area or social science discipline. The policy concentration options are: evaluation and analytical methods, educational policy, health policy, public management, and urban policy. Students may also choose from two disciplinary concentrations: economics and policy history (Ph.D. only).
The student body includes full-time and part-time students. Mid-career students are an important component of the program. Nearly all our courses are offered in the evening to permit students who work to pursue their degrees.
The public policy degree prepares students for positions in a variety of fields, including policy analysis, high-level administration, research, consulting and teaching. The curriculum provides students with an understanding of the policymaking process and the forces affecting it. Students are taught the basic tools and concepts for analyzing public policy, including the logic of policy analytic thinking; the ability to comprehend and make use of relevant social science research, theories and concepts; an understanding of research methodology and quantitative and qualitative research techniques; and the appropriate and effective use of these techniques in policy research and analysis.
Program Specialties
The School of Public Policy offers programs jointly with the University of Maryland School of Law leading to both the J.D. /M.P.P. and J.D. /Ph.D. degrees. A comparable J.D. /Ph.D. program also exists with the University of Baltimore School of Law. Students may enter the joint program after enrolling in both UMBC and one of the law schools. Public policy students may enter a law school program no later than upon completion of the second year in the M.P.P. or Ph.D. program, but they are urged to do so following the first year. The University of Maryland School of Law will accept nine credits from the public policy degree toward the J.D. degree for students enrolled in the joint M.P.P. /J.D. The UMBC Graduate School, through the School of Public Policy, will accept up to six credits from the law school toward the M.P.P. degree. The advisor for the joint program at the law school and an advisor designated by the School of Public Policy must approve each student’s schedule.
The University of Baltimore School of Law or University of Maryland School of Law will accept nine credits from the public policy Ph.D. degree toward the J.D. degree. The UMBC Graduate School, through the School of Public Policy, will accept up to 18 credits from the law school. However, because of the course requirements for the public policy field examination, it is unlikely that more than 12 to 15 credits from the law school actually will transfer toward the Ph.D. degree.
For the articulated M.P.A./Ph.D., qualified students in the University of Baltimore’s Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) program may apply for admission to the Public Policy Ph.D. program while enrolled in the M.P.A. If admitted, they can count certain M.P.A. courses toward the public management concentration of the Ph.D., and likewise take UMBC public policy courses that may transfer back to the University of Baltimore’s M.P.A. program, thus reducing the total number of courses taken at each campus.
Combined B.A./Master’s in Public Policy
The Accelerated Pathways Program provides a way for UMBC undergraduates with strong academic records to begin taking graduate level courses toward the M.P.P. degree in their senior year. In conjunction with the student’s undergraduate and public policy advisors, a student may be able to apply up to four graduate level courses taken as an undergraduate toward the M.P.P. degree. By taking advantage of this option, a UMBC undergraduate can reduce the time to obtain the M.P.P. by as much as a year. UMBC undergraduates interested in enrolling in the B.A. /M.P.P. combined program should apply for admission by the second semester of their junior year.
M.A. in Economic Policy Analysis
The School of Public Policy and the Department of Economics offer a joint M.A. in Economic Policy Analysis (ECPA). The course of study combines a multi-disciplinary approach to policy analysis, with a focus on the use of economic tools to analyze policy issues. See the Economic Policy Analysis, M.A. program description contained in this catalog.
Placement Success
Recent graduates hold positions in federal agencies such as Defense, Education, Environmental Protection, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Social Security, Management and Budget, and the National Institutes of Health; state agencies such as Health and Mental Hygiene, Legislative Services and the Maryland Higher Education Commission; county and city governments; nonprofit organizations such as The Associated, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kaiser Family Foundation, and research organizations such as AbtAssociates, Impaq International, Macro International, Optimal Solutions, and Westat.
Other graduates are employed as faculty and administrators in community and four-year colleges and universities, and as hospital administrators and staff of medical associations. Several recent graduates have obtained Presidential Management and Governor’s Policy Fellowships
Applicants to the School of Public Policy must submit an application and fee, official transcripts of previous academic work, three letters from professors (preferably) or others who can speak to the student’s academic performance and potential for success in graduate school, a statement of goals, a résumé, and scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). International students must also provide scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). All original documents should be sent to the UMBC Graduate School. Admission decisions are based on the student’s undergraduate and graduate academic record, test scores, recommendations from professors, the match between the student’s interests and the program’s curriculum and the likelihood that the student will complete the program successfully. Applicants to the M.P.P. should hold or be nearing completion of a bachelor’s degree. Many successful applicants for the Ph.D. already hold a master’s degree, but applications for the Ph.D. without a master’s degree will be considered.
Consult the website for application deadlines, publicpolicy.umbc.edu.
Candidates for the joint J.D./M.P.P. or J.D./Ph.D. programs, and the articulated M.P.A./Ph.D. with the University of Baltimore must apply for admission to each school separately and meet each school’s admission criteria.
Additional Information
For further information, contact Sally Helms, administrator of academic affairs, School of Public Policy,
1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250. Phone: 410-455-3202; fax: 410-455-1172; e-mail: gradpubpol@umbc.edu
The School has its own computer laboratory. Students may have the opportunity to assist in the policy-related research projects of the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research, The Hilltop Institute and the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education. Students also have opportunities to conduct joint research projects with faculty.
The School of Public Policy provides financial assistance in the form of graduate assistantships. These assistantships are awarded on a competitive basis. Students awarded graduate assistantships must be enrolled full-time. The Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research and the Hilltop Institute also support graduate students through externally funded grants and research projects. In addition, support is available through co-op programs, internships, work-study and other arrangements. Students may also be supported on faculty members’ research grants and contracts.
UMBC also funds returning Peace Corps volunteers for graduate work through the Shriver Peaceworker Fellows Program. Several public policy students enroll annually in this program.
Students seeking to study full time should consult the Graduate School Catalog and the UMBC Office of Financial Aid for details about the variety of other scholarships, grants and loans available. Students who work full time should check with their employers about tuition assistance. Doctoral students are encouraged, but not required, to devote at least two semesters to full-time study. UMBC attempts to finds ways to make that financially possible, including one-semester dissertation fellowships.
ProgramsCoursesPublic Policy
Return to: Graduate Programs
|
