UMass Boston

Faculty & Staff

Department Chair

Weller

Christian Weller

Title: Department Chair

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Phone: 617.287.6938

Email: Christian.Weller@umb.edu

Graduate Program Directors

Master in Public Administration (MPA)

Johnson

Michael Johnson

Title: Special Assistant to the Chancellor

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Email: Michael.Johnson@umb.edu

Gender, Leadership, and Public Policy (GLPP)

Nsiah-Jefferson

Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson

Title: Director/Lecturer

Department: Center for Women in Politics

Email: LA.NsiahJefferson@umb.edu

PhD in Public Policy and Master in Public Policy (MPP)

Weller

Christian Weller

Title: Department Chair

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Phone: 617.287.6938

Email: Christian.Weller@umb.edu

Faculty

Ahn

Michael Ahn

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Email: Michael.Ahn@umb.edu

Expertise: E-Government, IT Innovations in Public Sector, Smart Cities, Artificial Intelligence...
Anthony
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Yvonne Anthony

Title: Associate Lecturer

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Email: Yvonne.Anthony@umb.edu

Chapdelaine
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Adam Chapdelaine

Title: Associate Lecturer

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Email: Adam.Chapdelaine@umb.edu

Crandall
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Susan Crandall

Title: Director/Center for Social Policy

Department: Center for Social Policy

Email: Susan.Crandall@umb.edu

Federman

Peter Federman

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Email: Peter.Federman@umb.edu

Expertise: Human resources; public safety; diversity, equity and inclusion policy; bureaucratic...
Johnson

Michael Johnson

Title: Special Assistant to the Chancellor

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Email: Michael.Johnson@umb.edu

Expertise: Management science planning models for public-sector facility location and service...
MacIndoe

Heather MacIndoe

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Email: Heather.MacIndoe@umb.edu

Expertise: Organizational Theory, Nonprofit Organizations, Nonprofit Advocacy, Organizational Collaborations...
Memmott

Trevor Memmott

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Email: Trevor.Memmott@umb.edu

Expertise: Energy Insecurity, Material Hardship, Inequality, Health Disparities, Natural Disasters, Climate...
Nsiah-Jefferson

Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson

Title: Director/Lecturer

Department: Center for Women in Politics

Email: LA.NsiahJefferson@umb.edu

Patel
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Amit Patel


Adjunct Faculty

Smith

Amy Smith

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Email: Amye.Smith@umb.edu

Expertise: Public Management, Gender and Diversity, Careers in Public Service, Work-Life...
Spicer

Yvonne Spicer

Title: Associate Lecturer

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Email: Yvonne.Spicer@umb.edu

Warren

Mark Warren

Title: Professor

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Email: Mark.Warren@umb.edu

Expertise: Community organizing, educational justice, racial equity, liberatory education
Weller

Christian Weller

Title: Department Chair

Department: Public Policy & Public Affairs

Phone: 617.287.6938

Email: Christian.Weller@umb.edu

Expertise: Wealth inequality, Retirement savings policy , Economic policy

Emeriti

  • Connie Chan, Professor Emerita
  • Gary Siperstein, Professor Emeritus

Affiliated Faculty

Staff

  • ParkerAzure Parker, Administrative Assistant II, Public Policy & Public Affairs
  • LiJack Li, Graduate Program Admin, Outreach & Recruitment, Public Policy & Public Affairs
  • KillingbackMuna Killingback, Assistant Program Director, Center for Women in Politics
  • AndersonRuth Anderson, Graduate Program Admin, Student Services & Retention, Public Policy & Public Affairs