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
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 Foundations
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
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