Meet Our Faculty
Faculty
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Saleh Ahmed, Ph.D.
Interdisciplinary Programs Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Coastal vulnerability, inclusive adaptation, and equitable resilience; sustainability-peace nexus; and growth management and socio-cultural sustainability
Research Interests: Coastal vulnerability, inclusive adaptation, and equitable resilience; sustainability-peace nexus; and growth management and socio-cultural sustainability
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Michael A. Allen, Ph.D.
Political Science Associate Professor
Research interests: Dynamics of power and how these dynamics foster behavior between states both in conflict and cooperation.
Research interests: Dynamics of power and how these dynamics foster behavior between states both in conflict and cooperation.
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Kathleen Araújo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems, Innovation, and Policy; Director, Energy Policy Institute
Interests: Strategic planning and management in energy transitions; Sustainable energy; Energy-environmental systems; Comparative policy, innovation systems and better practices in sustainability and resilience; International nuclear safety and cyber security; Science and technology policy.
Interests: Strategic planning and management in energy transitions; Sustainable energy; Energy-environmental systems; Comparative policy, innovation systems and better practices in sustainability and resilience; International nuclear safety and cyber security; Science and technology policy.
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Amanda Johnson Ashley, Ph.D.
Urban Studies and Community Development Associate Professor and Program Coordinator School of Public Service Faculty Director
Research interests: Urban revitalization through property-based economic development, public/private partnerships, and civic collaboration; defense investments in cities with a focus on the redevelopment of former military bases.
Research interests: Urban revitalization through property-based economic development, public/private partnerships, and civic collaboration; defense investments in cities with a focus on the redevelopment of former military bases.
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Nisha Bellinger, Ph.D.
Political Science Assistant Professor; Program Lead, Global Studies and MA Political Science
Research interests: Political economic themes, political regimes, human well-being outcomes.
Research interests: Political economic themes, political regimes, human well-being outcomes.
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Chris Birdsall, Ph.D.
Public Policy and Administration Assistant Professor
Research interests: Public management, performance management, and higher education.
Research interests: Public management, performance management, and higher education.
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Lisa Growette Bostaph, Ph.D.
Criminal Justice Professor
Research interests: Race and policing, domestic violence and criminal justice system response, and the public perception of the criminal justice system.
Research interests: Race and policing, domestic violence and criminal justice system response, and the public perception of the criminal justice system.
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Ross Burkhart, Ph.D.
Professor, PPA
Research interests: Explanatory factors of cross-national democratization patterns, Canada-U.S. Borderlands and environmental policy, and political culture.
Research interests: Explanatory factors of cross-national democratization patterns, Canada-U.S. Borderlands and environmental policy, and political culture.
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Isaac Castellano, Ph.D.
Political Science Clinical Assistant Professor
Research interests: State security policy, including defense spending, the role of militias, civil war intervention, and climate change.
Research interests: State security policy, including defense spending, the role of militias, civil war intervention, and climate change.
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Chris Courtheyn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Globalization and development, peace and conflict, race, gender, class, migration, urbanization, performance, and social movements, especially in Latin America.
Research Interests: Globalization and development, peace and conflict, race, gender, class, migration, urbanization, performance, and social movements, especially in Latin America.
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Dan Dexheimer, M.A.
Criminal Justice Lecturer
Teaching interests: Corrections, Violent Crime, Criminal Justice Policy.
Teaching interests: Corrections, Violent Crime, Criminal Justice Policy.
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Ana-Maria Dimand, Ph.D.
Public Policy and Administration, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: public management, government contracting, environmental policy, sustainability, collaborative governance.
Research Interests: public management, government contracting, environmental policy, sustainability, collaborative governance.
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Luke Fowler, Ph.D.
Director, MPA and Nonprofit Administration programs Associate Professor
Research Interests: Policy implementation, collaboration and collective action, energy and environmental policy, and state and local government.
Research Interests: Policy implementation, collaboration and collective action, energy and environmental policy, and state and local government.
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Elizabeth Fredericksen, Ph.D.
Public Policy and Administration Professor
Research interests: Intergovernmental relations and networked governance, public and nonprofit management, organizational behavior/ethics, personnel policy
Research interests: Intergovernmental relations and networked governance, public and nonprofit management, organizational behavior/ethics, personnel policy
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John Freemuth, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor; Cecil D. Andrus Chair for Environment and Public Lands, Cecil D. Andrus Center for Public Policy; Professor, PPA
In Memoriam. The School of Public service mourns the passing of our friend and colleague John Freemuth.
In Memoriam. The School of Public service mourns the passing of our friend and colleague John Freemuth.
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Vanessa Fry, MBA, Ph.D.
Interim Director, Idaho Policy Institute; Assistant Research Professor
Vanessa’s research and teaching focus on the role of multi-sector, evidenced-based solutions in addressing persistent social, environmental, and economic issues. Much of her recent research has focused on housing and homelessness. Before moving to Boise to earn her PhD at Boise State, Vanessa lived in the Wood River Valley and worked with a number of nonprofit organizations. As a co-founder and chair of Sustain Blaine (now Sun Valley Economic Development), Vanessa collaborated with stakeholders across the community to create a regional economic development strategy for all of Blaine County.
Vanessa’s research and teaching focus on the role of multi-sector, evidenced-based solutions in addressing persistent social, environmental, and economic issues. Much of her recent research has focused on housing and homelessness. Before moving to Boise to earn her PhD at Boise State, Vanessa lived in the Wood River Valley and worked with a number of nonprofit organizations. As a co-founder and chair of Sustain Blaine (now Sun Valley Economic Development), Vanessa collaborated with stakeholders across the community to create a regional economic development strategy for all of Blaine County.
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Shaun Gann, Ph.D.
Criminal Justice Assistant Professor
Research interests: Correctional programming and policy; juvenile justice policy; juvenile court decision-making; developmental criminology; criminal careers; quantitative analytic methods.
Research interests: Correctional programming and policy; juvenile justice policy; juvenile court decision-making; developmental criminology; criminal careers; quantitative analytic methods.
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Stewart Gardner, Ph.D.
Political Science Clinical Assistant Professor
Research interests: American National Government, Contemporary Political Ideologies, Constitutional Law, American Political Thought
Research interests: American National Government, Contemporary Political Ideologies, Constitutional Law, American Political Thought
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Andrew L. Giacomazzi, Ph.D.
Interim Dean of School of Public Service, Criminal Justice Professor
Research interests: Program evaluation, community policing and problem-solving, organizational change, crime control, crime in public housing, community crime prevention, and domestic violence.
Research interests: Program evaluation, community policing and problem-solving, organizational change, crime control, crime in public housing, community crime prevention, and domestic violence.
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Lane Gillespie, Ph.D.
Criminal Justice Associate Professor
Research interests: Victimization, gender, intimate partner violence, rural crime and justice, capital punishment sentencing.
Research interests: Victimization, gender, intimate partner violence, rural crime and justice, capital punishment sentencing.
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Bayard Gregory, Ph.D
Public Policy & Administration Lecturer
Research interests: Conflict management, negotiation, mediation, group facilitation and social/emotional intelligence. Dr. Bayard Gregory teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in conflict management, negotiation, mediation, and group facilitation as Associate Director of the Dispute Resolution Program at Boise State. Bayard consults actively—presenting workshops, facilitating groups and mediating disputes.
Research interests: Conflict management, negotiation, mediation, group facilitation and social/emotional intelligence. Dr. Bayard Gregory teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in conflict management, negotiation, mediation, and group facilitation as Associate Director of the Dispute Resolution Program at Boise State. Bayard consults actively—presenting workshops, facilitating groups and mediating disputes.
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Lori Hausegger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Political Science; Faculty Director, School of Public Service; Program Lead, Political Science; Director, Canadian Studies; Director, NEW Leadership Idaho
Research interests: Comparative courts, judicial selection, judicial decision-making and court-Congress relations.
Research interests: Comparative courts, judicial selection, judicial decision-making and court-Congress relations.
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Monica Hubbard, Ph.D.
Public Policy and Administration Assistant Professor
Research interests: Environmental, natural resources, energy, and emerging technological and environmental issues.
Research interests: Environmental, natural resources, energy, and emerging technological and environmental issues.
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Marianne Hudson, M.A.
Criminal Justice Lecturer
Teaching interests: Corrections, law, organized crime, juvenile justice
Teaching interests: Corrections, law, organized crime, juvenile justice
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Charles Hunt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Teaching and research interests: Congressional representation and elections, electoral competition, political methodology.
Teaching and research interests: Congressional representation and elections, electoral competition, political methodology.
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Cody Jorgensen, Ph.D.
Criminal Justice Assistant Professor
Research interests: Developmental and biosocial criminology, policing and forensics, drug policy, quantitative methods.
Research interests: Developmental and biosocial criminology, policing and forensics, drug policy, quantitative methods.
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Jaclyn J. Kettler, Ph.D.
Political Science Assistant Professor
Research interests: American politics with an emphasis on state politics, political parties & interest groups, campaign finance, and women in politics.
Research interests: American politics with an emphasis on state politics, political parties & interest groups, campaign finance, and women in politics.
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Bill King, PhD
Professor, Criminal Justice
Research interests: police organizational structure, the life course and disbanding of police agencies, crime lab performance, criminal investigations and forensics, ballistics imaging systems, police executives.
Research interests: police organizational structure, the life course and disbanding of police agencies, crime lab performance, criminal investigations and forensics, ballistics imaging systems, police executives.
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Laura King, Ph.D.
Criminal Justice Associate Professor; Criminal Justice Program Director
Research interests: Sexual violence, intimate partner violence, victim services, and gender and crime.
Research interests: Sexual violence, intimate partner violence, victim services, and gender and crime.
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Jacqueline Lee, Ph.D.
Criminal Justice Assistant Professor
Research interests: Courts and sentencing, criminal justice policy, integration of social science research with legal research, inequalities in the justice system, and the female experience of violence, offending, and punishment.
Research interests: Courts and sentencing, criminal justice policy, integration of social science research with legal research, inequalities in the justice system, and the female experience of violence, offending, and punishment.
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Stephanie Lenhart, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Global Studies and Urban Studies & Community Development; Senior Research Associate, Energy Policy Institute
Research interests: Energy and public lands policy, political economy, interorganizational relations, organizational collaboration and adaptation.
Research interests: Energy and public lands policy, political economy, interorganizational relations, organizational collaboration and adaptation.
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Eric Lindquist, Ph.D.
School of Public Service Associate Professor
Research interests: Public policy and decision processes, agenda setting, earth systems governance, and the impact of focusing events on public policy, as well as environmental policy and science and technology policy
Research interests: Public policy and decision processes, agenda setting, earth systems governance, and the impact of focusing events on public policy, as well as environmental policy and science and technology policy
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Libby Lunstrum, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Teaching and research interests: biodiversity conservation, wildlife crime/illegal wildlife trade (IWT), green militarization, environmental displacement, human dimensions of global environmental change, indigenous-led conservation, political ecology, and international borders.
Environmental Studies and Global StudiesTeaching and research interests: biodiversity conservation, wildlife crime/illegal wildlife trade (IWT), green militarization, environmental displacement, human dimensions of global environmental change, indigenous-led conservation, political ecology, and international borders.
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Jeffrey Lyons, Ph.D.
Political Science Assistant Professor School of Public Service, Survey Research Director
Research interests: American politics, specifically public opinion, political behavior, political psychology, and state politics.
Research interests: American politics, specifically public opinion, political behavior, political psychology, and state politics.
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Lisa Meierotto, Ph.D.
Global Studies Assistant Professor, Director, Marilyn Shuler Human Rights Initiative
Research interests: Race and ethnicity, human rights, environmental justice, border studies, applied anthropology.
Research interests: Race and ethnicity, human rights, environmental justice, border studies, applied anthropology.
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Jillian Moroney, Ph.D.
Urban Studies Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Public Service
Research Interests: Development at the rural-urban interface, bioregional planning, public land preservation, stakeholder engagement, and community protection and use of natural resources.
Research Interests: Development at the rural-urban interface, bioregional planning, public land preservation, stakeholder engagement, and community protection and use of natural resources.
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Ashley Orme, M.A.
Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management Interim Director
Research interests: Conflict Management, Collaboration, Team Dynamics, Process Improvement and Organizational Culture.
Research interests: Conflict Management, Collaboration, Team Dynamics, Process Improvement and Organizational Culture.
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Sanghee Park, Ph.D.
Public Policy and Administration Assistant Professor
Research interests: Dynamics that determines different types of policy outcomes, changes, and performances, which is often at the intersection of public administration and political science.
Research interests: Dynamics that determines different types of policy outcomes, changes, and performances, which is often at the intersection of public administration and political science.
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Krista Paulsen, PhD
Associate Professor
Teaching and research interests: urban and community sociology; housing, home, and neighborhood; environment; culture and consumption; qualitative methods.
Teaching and research interests: urban and community sociology; housing, home, and neighborhood; environment; culture and consumption; qualitative methods.
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Mari Rice, M.S.
Core Faculty and Internship Coordinator, Environmental Studies
Research interests: Experiential learning, water resources, sustainable agriculture, waste reduction, and campus sustainability.
Research interests: Experiential learning, water resources, sustainable agriculture, waste reduction, and campus sustainability.
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Marc Ruffinengo, M.A.
Criminal Justice Lecturer
Research interests: Police personnel issues and criminological theory.
Research interests: Police personnel issues and criminological theory.
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Jen Schneider, Ph.D.
Interim Associate Dean of School of Public Service, Public Policy and Administration, Professor
Research interests: Public communication of scientific and environmental controversies, with a particular focus on industry rhetoric and discourses of technical expertise.
Research interests: Public communication of scientific and environmental controversies, with a particular focus on industry rhetoric and discourses of technical expertise.
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Jennifer Stevens, Ph.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Urban Studies and Community Development
Research Interests: The impact of deindustrialization on the American West and western urban identity.
Research Interests: The impact of deindustrialization on the American West and western urban identity.
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Danielle Swerin, M.A.
Criminal Justice Lecturer
Research interests: Victimology and victim services.
Research interests: Victimology and victim services.
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Jared L. Talley, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Environmental Studies
Research interests: Collaboration in environmental governance; environmental hermeneutics; environmental ethics and philosophy; philosophy of science and technology; philosophy of the imagination and place.
Arriving Fall, 2020Research interests: Collaboration in environmental governance; environmental hermeneutics; environmental ethics and philosophy; philosophy of science and technology; philosophy of the imagination and place.
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Stephen Utych, Ph.D.
Political Science Assistant Professor; Interim Ph.D. Director
Research interests: Language in politics, the development of political attitudes, and how citizens seek out and process political information.
Research interests: Language in politics, the development of political attitudes, and how citizens seek out and process political information.
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Julie VanDusky-Allen, Ph.D.
Political Science Assistant Professor
Research interests: How political parties adapt to institutional limits on their power; how US troop deployments influence foreign policy decision making in other countries.
Research interests: How political parties adapt to institutional limits on their power; how US troop deployments influence foreign policy decision making in other countries.
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Emily Wakild, Ph.D.
Professor, Program Director, Environmental Studies
Research interests: Nature Conservation, Resource Use, Science and Society, Latin American and Latina/o history.
Research interests: Nature Conservation, Resource Use, Science and Society, Latin American and Latina/o history.
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Brian Wampler, Ph.D.
Political Science Professor; SPS Research Director
Research interests: New democratic institutions, civil society, diffusion of innovative democratic institutions, human development, participatory budgeting, subnational governance, global cities, Global South, Latin American, Africa.
Research interests: New democratic institutions, civil society, diffusion of innovative democratic institutions, human development, participatory budgeting, subnational governance, global cities, Global South, Latin American, Africa.
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Jessica Wells, Ph.D.
Criminal Justice Assistant Professor
Research interests: Biosocial underpinnings of antisocial behavior and associated psychological traits including self-control, aggression, and psychopathy; Stress and development; substance use and abuse; Spatial/environmental criminology; Crime Mapping.
Research interests: Biosocial underpinnings of antisocial behavior and associated psychological traits including self-control, aggression, and psychopathy; Stress and development; substance use and abuse; Spatial/environmental criminology; Crime Mapping.
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Stephanie Witt, Ph.D.
Public Policy and Administration Professor School of Public Service Director of Training
Dr. Stephanie Witt is Director of Training for the School of Public Service. She is also a Professor in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Political Science programs. Her research interests include intergovernmental relations and human resource management. She is the former Editor of the Social Science Journal, and has served as Department Chair, Associate Dean, and the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Dr. Stephanie Witt is Director of Training for the School of Public Service. She is also a Professor in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) and Political Science programs. Her research interests include intergovernmental relations and human resource management. She is the former Editor of the Social Science Journal, and has served as Department Chair, Associate Dean, and the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs.
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Micah Wright, M.A.
Global Studies Lecturer
Research Interests: U.S. military interventions and occupations in the Caribbean and Latin America, Pan-Americanism and Latinoamericanismo, Puerto Rican military service and militarization in Puerto Rico, 1898-1930s, Inter-American relations.
Research Interests: U.S. military interventions and occupations in the Caribbean and Latin America, Pan-Americanism and Latinoamericanismo, Puerto Rican military service and militarization in Puerto Rico, 1898-1930s, Inter-American relations.
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Scott Yenor, Ph.D.
Political Science Professor
Research interests: Political philosophy
Research interests: Political philosophy
Faculty Emeriti
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Les Alm, Ph.D.
Public Policy and Administration University Distinguished Professor, Emeritus
Research interests: Environmental policy with attention to the science-policy linkage, the United States-Canada relationship, and borderlands issues.
Research interests: Environmental policy with attention to the science-policy linkage, the United States-Canada relationship, and borderlands issues.
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Richard Kinney, Ph.D.
Political Science Professor, Emeritus
Research interests: American government and politics.
Research interests: American government and politics.
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Susan Mason, Ph.D.
School of Public Service Professor, Emerita
Research interests: Regional governance and economics, community development, and sustainability.
Research interests: Regional governance and economics, community development, and sustainability.
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Gary Moncrief, Ph.D.
Political Science University Distinguished Professor, Emeritus
Dr. Gary Moncrief is a University Foundation Research Scholar and University Distinguished Professor of Political Science.
Dr. Gary Moncrief is a University Foundation Research Scholar and University Distinguished Professor of Political Science.
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Todd Shallat, Ph.D.
School of Public Service Professor, Emeritus
Research interests: Cities, Boise.
Research interests: Cities, Boise.
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