Site title "Public Policy PhD Program"
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Public Policy Faculty

Core Course Faculty

  • Amy Farmer, (Ph. D., Duke University) Professor, Economics
  • Valerie H. Hunt, (Ph. D., University of Arkansas) Research Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Public Policy Ph.D. Program
  • Brinck Kerr, (Ph. D., Texas A & M University) Professor, Political Science and Director, Public Policy Ph.D. Program
  • Daniel Rainey, (Ph. D., Purdue University) Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
  • Margaret Reid, (Ph. D., University of Oklahoma) Professor, Political Science
  • William Schwab, (Ph.D., Ohio State University) Professor, Sociology
  • Tom E.C. Smith, (Ed.D., Texas Tech University) University Professor, College of Education and Health Professions, Curriculum and Instruction.
  • Patrick Stewart, (Ph.D., Northern Illinois University) Associate Professor, Political Science

Research and Methods

  • Lori Holyfield, (Ph. D., University of Georgia) Associate Professor, Sociology
  • Felicia Lincoln (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
  • Chris Lucas, (Ph. D., Ohio State University) Professor, Education Leadership, Counseling and Foundations
  • Gary Ritter, (Ph. D., University of Pennsylvania), Associate Professor, Education Reform
  • Todd Shields, (Ph. D., University of Kentucky) Professor and Chair, Political Science

Specializations

Agriculture:

  • Frank Farmer, (Ph. D., Pennsylvania State University) Professor, Rural Sociology
  • Jennie Popp, (Ph. D., Colorado State University) Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
  • Daniel Rainey, (Ph. D., Purdue University) Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
  • Eric Wailes, (Ph.D., Michigan State University) Professor, Agricultural Economics               

Community Development:

  • Margaret Reid, (Ph. D., University of Oklahoma) Professor, Political Science
  • William Schwab, (Ph.D., Ohio State University) Professor, Sociology
  • Donald E. Voth (Ph.D., Cornell University), Professor Emeritus, Human Environmental Sciences

Criminal Justice:

  • Mindy Bradley, (Ph.D. Penn State University) Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice
  • Valerie H. Hunt, (Ph. D., University of Arkansas) Research Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Policy Ph.D. Program
  • Patricia Koski, (Ph.D., Washington State University), Associate Professor, Sociology and Associate Dean, Graduate School
  • Jeffery T. Walker, (Ph.D., Sam Houston State University), Adjunct Professor in Public Policy (Professor, Criminal Justice at University of Arkansas in Little Rock)

Education:

  • Barbara Gartin, (Ed. D., University of Georgia) Professor, Special Education
  • Jay Greene, (Ph. D., Harvard University), Professor, Education Reform
  • David A. Jolliffe, (Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin), Professor, English, Curriculum and Instruction
  • Chris Lucas, (Ph. D., Ohio State University) Professor, Education Leadership, Counseling and Foundations
  • Michael Miller, (Ed.D, University of Nebraska)  Professor, Higher Education
  • John Murry, Jr., (Ph. D., University of Arkansas), Associate Professor, Higher Education
  • Gary Ritter, (Ph. D., University of Pennsylvania), Associate Professor, Education Reform
  • Tom E.C. Smith, (Ed.D., Texas Tech University) University Professor, College of Education and Health Professions, Curriculum and Instruction
  • Ronna Turner, (Ph. D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Associate Professor, Educational Research

Family:

  • William Bailey, (Ph. D., Texas Tech University), Professor, Human Environmental Sciences
  • Lori Holyfield, (Ph.D., University of Georgia), Associate Professor, Sociology
  • Tim Killian, (Ph.D., University of Missouri), Associate Professor, Human Environmental Sciences
  • Sue Martin, (Ph.D., University of North Carolina), Professor, Human Environmental Sciences
  • Kameri Christy-McMullin, (Ph.D., University of Kansas), Associate Professor, Social Work
  • Yvette Murphy-Erby, (Ph.D., University of North Carolina), Assistant Professor, Social Work
  • Joe Shriver, (Ph.D., University of Iowa), Professor and Chair, Social Work Program
  • M. Jean Turner, (Ph.D., Texas Tech University), Professor, Human Environmental Sciences
  • Anna Zajicek, (Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), Professor, Sociology

Health:

  • William Bailey, (Ph. D., Texas Tech University), Professor, Human Environmental Sciences
  • Vaugn DeCoster, (Ph.D., Louisiana State University), Associate Professor, Social Work
  • Ro Di Brezzo, (Ph.D., Texas Women's University), University Professor, Kinesiology, College of Education and Health Professionals
  • Barbara Shadden, (Ph.D., University of Tennessee), Professor, Rehabilitation Education and Research

Leadership:

  • Andrew Dowdle, (Ph.D, Miami University), Assistant Professor, Political Science
  • Najib Ghadbian, (Ph.D., CUNY), Associate Professor, Political Science
  • Patrick D. Larkey, (Ph.D., University of Michigan), Research Professor, Public Policy
  • Janine Parry, (Ph.D., Washington State University), Associate Professor, Political Science
  • Margaret Reid, (Ph. D., University of Oklahoma) Professor, Political Science
  • William Schreckhise (Ph.D., Washington State University), Associate Professor, Political Science
  • Todd Shields, (Ph.D., University of Kentucky), Professor and Chair, Political Science

Recreation:

  • Sharon Hunt, (Ed.D., University of Georgia), Professor and Chair, Recreation
  • Steve Langsner, (Re.D, Indiana University), Associate Professor, Recreation
  • Merry Moiseichik, (Re.D., Indiana University), Professor, Recreation

Additional Public Policy Faculty:

  • Jan LeBlanc Wicks, Ph.D. (Michigan State University), Professor, Journalism
  • Robert Howard Wicks, Professor, Communications