Our Graduates

Education:
Bachelor of Law and Constitutional Studies, Utah State University
Master of Public Administration, Boise State University
Certificate in Community and Regional Planning, Boise State University

Research Interests:
Public financial management, public capital markets, financial accounting and reporting, capital budgeting, public-private partnerships, local government fiscal policy, urban renewal, and collaborative governance.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gregory Hill

Education:
Bachelor of Arts (Biology and Fine Art), Wittenberg University – Springfield, OH
Master of Business Administration (Sustainable Management), Presidio Graduate School – San Francisco, CA

Research Interests:
Food systems (policy, security and safety), sustainable management, policy development

Faculty Advisor: Drs. Rebecca Som Castellano and Les Alm

Education:
M.S. in Town & Regional Planning

Research Interests:
Mining

Faculty Advisor: Drs. Gregory Hill and John Freemuth

Education:
BA: English, Writing emphasis – Boise State University
MA: Non-fiction Writing – George Mason University

Research Interests:
Public Higher Education Governance (K-12 and postsecondary), Public Education Policy, American Indian Education Policy (BIA schools, public schools serving predominantly American Indian populations).

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Stephanie Witt

Education:
BS – Biology – Microbiology emphasis, Boise State University
MPA – Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University

Research Interests:
Higher education finance policy, higher education organization theory, performance measurements of higher education.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Stephanie Witt

Education:
BBA in Economics from Boise State
MPA – Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Emphasis from Boise State

Research Interests:
I will be focusing my research on energy policy, especially as it relates to the role of science in policy making and concepts of energy justice. I am fascinated by how competing worldviews, values, and truth claims dominate public discourse and the impact this has on energy policy, not to mention all of us who are affected by it. How should decisions be made in such an environment? How should they be justified? As others have pointed out, tortured statistics will confess anything and often do. This seems an apt summation of energy policy. Yet, decisions must be made and supported. My goal is to shed light on this fascinating dynamic and provide original thought on a pathway forward.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jen Schneider

Education:
Bachelor’s Degree Government and Economics, Cornell University
Master of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley

Research Interests:
Energy and public lands policy, political economy, interorganizational relations, organizational collaboration and adaptation.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jen Schneider

Education:
B.A. in Political Science (summa cum laude), Boise State University
Master of Public Administration, Boise State University

Research Interests:
Electoral policy, specifically the implications of changing from an open primary to a closed primary; what factors precipitate a change in electoral systems; the extent to which states adopt the electoral policies of other states; and how exposing the partisan preferences of the professional bureaucracy through a closed primary system affects the separation of powers.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gary Moncrief

Education:
B.A. Philosophy – University of California, Berkeley,
B.S. Conservation and Resource Studies – University of California, Berkeley,
M.A. Philosophy – University of Oregon,
M.A. Environmental Studies – University of Oregon

Research Interests:
Environmental Justice Perceptions of Environmentalism American Pragmatism and Democratic Processes
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jen Schneider

Education:
BS, Business Management, Brigham Young University
MPA, Brigham Young University

Research Interests:
Meaningful work in public service, whistleblowing and reporting by public employees, organizational support within state and local bureaucracies.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sanghee Park

Education:
Undergraduate in Political Science-Montana State University
Masters of Public Administration, Montana State University
Ph.D. Student in Public Policy and Administration, Boise State University (IP)

Research Interests:
Citizen Engagement, Program and Policy Analysis, Environmental Policy Profile Pic Information: Opening of U.S. Embassy in Cuba (2015)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Stephanie Witt

Education:
Bachelor’s in Political Science – Boise State University
Masters in Political Science- Boise State University

Research interests: Disability, Americans with Disabilities Act, the deaf community, COVID-19

Faculty advisor: Dr. Krista Paulsen