Public Policy Professor Emeritus John Rennie Short has published a new book that explores the factors underlying the January 6, 2021 invasion of the U.S. Capitol, and how the related political and...
Explores impact when combined with body-worn cameras
Public Policy Professor Mir Usman Ali has published a new article in The American Review of Public Administration exploring the impact of citizen oversight on racial disparities in policing when...
Public Policy Professors Mir Usman Ali and Lauren Edwards have coauthored a new article in The American Review of Public Administration. The article examines the impact of state control over...
Public Policy alumna Dr. Catherine Mata (Ph.D. '22) has published a new article in the The World Bank Economic Review. In the article, she examines the impact of national child care policy in...
Ph.D. alumnus ('02, policy sciences) Dr. Keith Elder has been named the 22nd president of Saint Xavier University (SXU) in Chicago, Illinois. He will begin the new role March 1, 2024. He...
Public Policy M.P.P. and Ph.D. alumnus Dr. Thomas J. Vicino has been named Dean of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. He will start serving in the role March 4,...
Discuss alt. pathways and outcomes to complete high school
Prof. Jane Lincove and Ph.D. alumna Dr. Catherine Mata recently published an article in the journal Education Finance and Policy titled "A Bridge to Graduation: Post-Secondary Effects of an...
The Urban Now - Living in an Age of Urban Globalism
Public Policy Professor Emeritus John Rennie Short published a new book on cities titled The Urban Now. "Drawing upon over a quarter of a century's worth of research, The Urban Now illuminates...
Public Policy alumna Sherece Y. West-Scantlebury (Ph.D. '07)
Public Policy alumna Sherece Y. West-Scantlebury (Ph.D. '07) has been named among top women in non-profit leadership by Women We Admire. She received UMBC's Outstanding Alumnus/na in the...
Discusses recently published book Litigating the Pandemic
Professor Susan M. Sterett was featured this week on an episode of the Center for Social Science Scholarship's podcast Retrieving the Social Sciences. In the episode, she discussed her recent book...