CPPA has a set of core faculty that are joint hires with other departments and teach that MPPA courses and electives, participate in the Center's research and outreach activities, and advise CPPA students. In addition to its core faculty, CPPA has faculty associates from across the UMass campus. Faculty associates are faculty who are affiliated with the Center, who teach policy-related class and/ or are available for research and collaboration.

	Michael Ash, Associate Professor Center for Public Policy and Administration / Economics 814 Thompson Hall     (413) 545-6329    mash@econs.umass.edu Education: Ph.D. in Economics. UC Berkeley, 1999 Research Interests: labor, health policy, environmental policy
	Lee Badgett, Professor Center for Public Policy and Administration / Economics 414 Thompson Hall        (413) 545-0159     lbadgett@pubpol.umass.edu Education: Ph.D. in Economics. UC Berkeley, 1990 Research Interests: labor economics, employment discrimination, economics of sexual orientation, same-sex marriage
	Sylvia Brandt, Assistant Professor Resource Economics 221 Stockbridge Hall     (413) 545-5722     brandt@resecon.umass.edu website Education: Ph.D. in Economics. UC Berkeley, 2001 Research Interests: health inequality
	Brenda Bushouse, Associate Professor Center for Public Policy and Administration / Political Science 340 Thompson Hall     (413) 545-1453     bushouse@polsci.umass.edu website Education: Ph.D. in Public Policy. Indiana University, 1999 Research Interests:  nonprofit organizations, child care policy, urban policy
	Paula Chakravartty, Associate Professor Communication 305 Machmer Hall     (413) 545-6346    pchakrav@comm.umass.edu website Education: Ph.D. in Mass Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999 Research Interests:  Media and telecommunications policy
	Eve Eichwald, Lecturer Center for Public Policy and Administration 402 Thompson Hall     (413) 577-0239     eichwald@pubpol.umass.edu Education: MS, Regional Planning, University of Oregon Courses: Applied public budgeting (CPPA), policy analysis (UMass University Without Walls)
	Nancy Folbre, Professor Economics 1002 Thompson     (413) 545-1007     folbre@econs.umass.edu website Education: Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1979 Research Interests:  The interface between feminist theory and political economy, with a particular interest in caring labor and other forms of non-market work.
	Jane Fountain, Professor Center for Public Policy and Administration / Political Science 406 Thompson Hall     (413) 545-3283     fountain@polsci.umass.edu website Education: Ph.D. in Political Science and Organizational Behavior, Yale, 1990 Research Interests: Intersection of institutions, global information and communication technologies, governance
	Martha Fuentes-Bautista, Assistant Professor Center for Public Policy and Administration / Communication 308 Machmer Hall     (413) 545-3455     mfuentes@comm.umass.edu website Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2007 Research Interests:  Telecommunication & community media policy; technology & inequality; immigration & new media technologies; communication policy in the Americas; social movements & new media technologies.
	Krista Harper, Assistant Professor Center for Public Policy and Administration / Anthropology 214 Machmer Hall     (413) 547-0661     kharper@anthro.umass.edu Education: Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1999 Research Interests: post-socialist societies, environmentalism and social movements
	Carol Heim, Professor Economics 902 Thompson Hall     (413) 545-0854     cheim@econs.umass.edu website Education: Ph.D. in Economics, Yale University, 1982 Research Interests: urban property development, planning, land use policy, housing
	John Hird, Professor Center for Public Policy and Administration / Political Science 314 Thompson Hall     (413) 545-6184    jhird@pubpol.umass.edu website Education: Ph.D. in Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley, 1988 Research Interests :policy analysis, environmental policy, role of science in policymaking
	Kathryn McDermott, Associate Professor Center for Public Policy and Administration / School of Education 429 Hills North     (413) 545-3562    mcdermott@educ.umass.edu website Education: Ph.D. in Political Science, Yale, 1997 Research Interests: State and federal education policy; Educational equity; Policy implementation
	David Mednicoff, Assistant Professor Center for Public Policy & Administration / Legal Studies 438 Thompson    (413) 545-1238    mednic@legal.umass.edu website Education: J.D., M.A., Ph.D. in Political Science, Harvard University Research Interests: Middle Eastern politics, international and comparative law and politics, human rights and globalization theory
	Joya Misra, Professor Center for Public Policy and Administration / Sociology W33E Machmer Hall    (413) 545-5969    misra@soc.umass.edu website Education: Ph.D. in Sociology, Emory University, 1994 Research Interests: social policy, gender/race/class inequality, welfare
	Maureen Perry-Jenkins, Professor Sociology 608 Tobin Hall    (413) 545-0258    mpj@psych.umass.edu website Education: Ph.D. in Human Development & Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 1988 Research Interests: work-family issues, FMLA, child care, family-friendly worplace initiatives
	Dean E. Robinson, Associate Professor Political Science Thompson    (413) 545-0410    deanr@polsci.umass.edu website Education: Ph.D., Yale University Research Interests: racial health disparities in the United States
	Charles Schweik, Associate Professor Center for Public Policy and Administration/ Natural Resources Conservation 217 Holdsworth Hall    (413) 545-1824    cschweik@pubpol.umass.edu website Education: Ph.D. in Public Policy, Indiana University, 1998; M.P.A., Syracuse University, 1991 Research Interests: environmental policy and management, public information technology and digital government
	John Stranlund, Professor Resource Economics 214 Stockbridge Hall    (413) 545-6328    stranlund@resecon.umass.edu website Education: Ph.D. University of California-Santa Barbara 1992 Research Interests: environmental and natural resource economics
Emeritus Faculty
	Eric Einhorn, Professor Emeritus    Political Science Thompson Hall     (413) 545-2438     einhorn@polsci.umass.edu Education: Ph.D., Harvard University Research Interests: Comparative politics and policy; Western Europe; Scandinavia
	Rud Platt, Professor Emeritus Geosciences 132 Morrill II    (413) 545-2499    platt@geo.umass.edu website Education: J.D. and Ph.D. in Geography, University of Chicago,1972 Research Interests: land and water resource management, natural hazards and urban planning
	George Sulzner, Professor Emeritus Political Science 324 Arnold House    (413) 545-2761    sulzner@polsci.umass.edu Education: Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Michigan, 1967 Research Interests: American politics, public personnel administration, Canadian politics
Faculty Associates
CPPA attracts faculty from many departments across campus who are interested in contributing to its research and teaching activities. Anthropology Julie Hemment Elizabeth Krause Lynette Leidy Sievert Biology Peter Alpert Biostatistics and Epidemiology Philip Nasca Civil and Environmental Engineering Paul Shuldiner Communication Leda Cooks Jarice Hanson Michael Morgan Erica Scharrer Community Health Studies Michael Begay David Buchanan Dan Gerber Computer Science David Jensen Donahue Institute Lynn Griesemer Economics James Boyce Gerald Epstein Melissa Gonzalez-Brenes Rus Janis Leonce Ndikumana Lisa Saunders Richard Wolff Education Policy and Resource Administration Andy Effrat Preston Green David Schimmel Environmental Sciences Guy Lanza Food Sciences Fergus Clydesdale Geosciences Eve Vogel History David Glassberg Carl Nightingale Isenberg School of Management Robert Nakosteen Lawrence Zacharias Journalism Barbara J. Roche Labor Studies Tom Juravich Eve Weinbaum Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning John Ahern Meir Gross Elisabeth Hamin Ellen Pader Legal Studies Stephen Arons Jerry Levinksy Janet Rifkin Nina Siulc Natural Resources Conservation Curtice Griffin Robert Muth Physics and Astronomy Mike Kreisler Political Science Peter Haas Ray LaRaja Polymer Science Richard Stein Provost's Office Bryan Harvey Psychology David Arnold Kyle Cave Linda Tropp Resource Economics Musaddak Alhabeeb Geoffrey Allen Julie Caswell Barry Field Sheila Mammen Thomas Stevens School of Education Mary Boscardin Sociology Doug Anderton Michelle Budig Naomi Gerstel Randall Stokes Richard Tessler Melissa Wooten Robert Zussman Spanish and Portuguese Languages Juan Zamora Sport Studies Jay Gladden The Environmental Institute Rick Taupier