Division Faculty
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Samantha Ball, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
(801) 587-9975
Expertise: Public policy, American government, mixed methods and surveys, deliberative democracy, community and stakeholder engagement, health, human service; family-friendly workplace; Dignity Index
Stephen Bannister, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Lecturer)
Economics Department
Expertise: Macroeconomics, microeconomics, international economics, energy, global warming
Tabitha M. Benney, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Public Affairs
Expertise: International Political Economy, firm behavior, global trade and finance, innovation systems, industrialization, global governance, capitalism, industrial systems, international relations, energy, air quality, environment, science policy
Laura Briefer, MPA
Director
Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities
(801) 483-6770
Expertise: Water management, water policy; environmental policy, climate change, municipal government, resiliency, organizational management and leadership, environmental dispute resolution
David Carter, Ph.D.
Chair, Associate Professor, MIAGE Director
Division of Public Affairs
(801) 581-7031
Expertise: Public policy, regulation, regulatory governance, institutions and collective action,
(de)centralization
Christopher Collard, MPP
Research Director
Utah Foundation
Expertise: Public policy research, public policy survey, Utah water, Utah tax system
Phil Dean, M.S., M.P.A.
Chief Economist & Public Finance Senior Research Fellow
Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
(801) 647-8256
Expertise: Economics, public finance, taxes, revenue volatility, business cycle management, strategic budget management
Expertise: International relations, comparative politics, European politics, political economy
Expertise: Environmental and energy policy
JaTara Greenidge, M.P.A.
Program Manager (MPA)
Division of Public Affairs
Graduate Student
Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership and Innovation, University of Utah
Expertise: Social justice, higher education leadership and innovation
Expertise: Diplomacy, mentoring, networking, international relations, Utah, diplomacy and protocol
Morgan Lyon Cotti, Ph.D.
Associate Director
The Hinckley Institute
Expertise: Public policy, American government, state and local government, elections, polling and public opinion
Stephen Nelson, J.D. Ph.D.
Judge, Utah Third District Court
Associate Professor (Lecturer), Department of Political Science
Expertise: Criminal procedure, sovereign immunity, judicial selection, courts as institutions, Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, Fifth Amendment jurisprudence
Steve Ott, Ph.D.
Professor & Dean Emeritus
Department of Political Science
Positions held: Professor; Director, MPA and MIAGE programs; Director, Institute for Public and International Affairs; Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Science
Expertise: Organization theory and behavior, the nonprofit sector, nonprofit management, organizational
culture, public administration and management
Levi Pace, Ph.D.
Senior Research Economist
Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
(801) 587-9890
Expertise: Quantitative methods, workforce demographics, labor economics, income inequality, industry analysis, regional economic impact modeling
Ju Won Park, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Division of Public Affairs
(706) 247-6870
Expertise: Public management, human resource management, organizational behavior, and telework
Expertise: Nonprofits and NGOs, volunteerism, burnout, peacebuilding, ethnography
Sandi Rideout, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Lecturer)
Division of Public Affairs
Expertise: Leadership and change, ethics, administrative theory, organizational theory and behavior, MPP Capstone
Expertise: Public administration, public policy
Phillip Singer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Expertise: Public policy, health policy, social policy in the United States
Expertise: Economics, public policy, public finance, higher education, urban ecology
Expertise: Public administration ethics, nonprofit advocacy, public policy analysis, policy advocacy
Tim Tingey, D.A.
Assistant Professor (Lecturer)
Division of Public Affairs
Expertise: Organizational management, state and local government, leadership, economic development
Jesús Valero, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, MPA Director
Division of Public Affairs
(801) 581-7031
Expertise: Nonprofit management, public-nonprofit partnerships, nonprofit startups, public leadership
Kathy Wilets, M.P.A.
Interim Co-Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Marketing & Communications, University of Utah
(801) 541-5093
Expertise: Negotiation and collaborative management
M. Hakan Yavuz, Ph.D.
Professor
Division of Public Affairs
Expertise: International organizations, comparative bureaucracy, comparative public policy, civilizational state, Middle East politics, ethnic and national conflicts, religion and politics, foreign policies of the Middle East, Turkish politics, Islamic movements
Jennifer Yim, Ph.D.
Administrative Director
Utah Board of Pardons and Parole
jennifer.yim@poli-sci.utah.edu
(801) 266-6464
Expertise: Administrative theory, group decision making, criminal justice, procedural justice, juvenile justice, judicial performance evaluation