World-Class Faculty
Our students learn from and collaborate with our world-class faculty, whose professional engagements and scholarship spans public administration, management, policy, and human services. They are inspiring mentors, and their expertise and research play a vital role in public policy and program development, both locally and globally.
Junfeng Wang, Ph.D
School of Public Management & Policy Director
Associate Professor & Director of the School of Public Management & Policy
Areas of Interest: Environmental policies, Nonprofit leadership, and MPA education
Tenured and Tenure-track faculty
Bob Blankenberger, Ph.D.
Professor
Areas of Interest: Public Policy, Higher Education, & Program Implementation
Beverly Bunch, Ph.D.
Professor
Areas of Interest: Capital Financing, Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations, & State & Local Government budgeting
B.J. Fletcher
Assistant Professor
Areas of interest: Public policy, food policy and food systems, phenomenology, Social Constructionism, Social Construction of Target Populations Theory, social equity, urban policy, smart cities, sustainability policy, science and technology policy, AI in the public sector, public policy analysis, program evaluation, and administrative ethics.
Richard Funderburg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: State & Local Economic
Development Policy, Community Planning
Youngjin Kang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & HMS Academic Lead
Areas of Interest: Child and Family Studies
Arwi Kriz, D.P.A.
Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: Public Budgeting & Finance, Fiscal Policy & Economic Growth, Government Efficiency Measurement
Gary Reinbold, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: U.S. Social Policy & International Poverty & Development
Matthew Sprong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and & DPA Program Lead
Areas of Interest: Substance Abuse Disorders
Suyang Yu Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: disaster response, public organizations’ adaptation to climate change.
Affiliated Faculty
J. Travis Bland, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, College of Health, Science, & Technology
Areas of Interest: Public Management, Ethics, & Organizational Health & Design
Ty Dooley, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, College of Public Administration & Education
Areas of Interest: Social Justice, Program Evaluation, Housing Policy, Policing and Community Development
with a focus on the impact of public policy on marginalized population
Kenneth Kriz, Ph.D.
Interim Vice Chancellor Finance and Administration
Areas of Interest: Subnational Debt, Economic & Revenue Forecasting, & Behavioral Public Finance
Emeritus
Will Miller, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Areas of Interest: Public Policy, Desegregation, Citizen Participation
Denise Bockmier-Sommers, Ed.D.
Emeritus
Areas of Interest: Supervisory Competencies, Organizational Diversity