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Public Policy

Faculty and Staff

Program Director

Carol Chetkovich
Professor of Public Policy
Program Director
Kathryn P. Hannam Professorship in American Studies
Vera Long 123, 510.430.3370, cchetkov@mills.edu 
Professional Interests: Social identity and public policy, public participation, organizational culture and change, nonprofit management

Mark Henderson
Visiting Assistant Professor
Reinhardt 217, 510.430.3169, mhenderson@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Environmental policy in the United States and China, urbanization and land conservation, global climate change, science and decision making, policy applications of geographic information science (GIS)

Other Faculty

Marc A. Joseph
Professional Interests: Metaphysics, the philosophy of mind and language, logic and the philosophy of logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the history of philosophy, classical studies

Amina Mama
Professional Interests: Feminist theory; policy analysis and praxis; politics of development, militarism, democratization, and social transformation; organizational development and change

Elizabeth Potter
Professional Interests: Gender and science, intersections of feminism and epistemology, philosophy of science

Siobhan Reilly
Professional Interests: Public economics, labor economics, economics of the family, health economics, urban economics, international economics

Dan Ryan
Professional Interests: Organizational features of communities, sociology of information, sociological uses of geographic information systems

Paul R. Schulman
Professional Interests: Bureaucratic organizations and public policy making; science, technology, and public policy

Nancy Thornborrow
Professional Interests: Labor economics, macroeconomics, statistics, econometrics

Bruce B. Williams
Professional Interests: Economic development and social change, comparative race and ethnic relations, historical sociology, urban sociology, rural sociology

Laurie Zimet
Professional Interests: First amendment/constitutional law, business law, civil litigation

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Visiting Scholars

Ben Brown
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall
Reinhardt 216, 510.430.3105, rbrown@mills.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 2:00-3:00

Jeff Deason
Lecturer, Fall
Reinhardt 216, 510.430.3105, jdeason@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment only

Steven Moss
Lecturer, Spring
White Hall 12, 510.430.3105, smoss@mills.edu
Office Hours: By appointment only
Professional Interests: Policy analysis, public finance, civic engagement, media, energy and environmental issues

Staff

Ife Tayo Walker
Public Policy Program Coordinator
Reinhardt 212, 510.430.2147, iwalker@mills.edu

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