USC Price School of Public Policy

Public Administration

Public administrators shape our communities and safeguard our future. They run our cities, government agencies, and nonprofits. The Price School prepares students to be leaders who will solve today’s critical social problems.

Degree programs

Graduate certificates

Related faculty

  • Anthony Bertelli

    Anthony Bertelli

    Professor of Public Policy and Political Science
    C.C. Crawford Chair in Management and Performance

  • Terry L. Cooper

    Terry L. Cooper

    Professor
    The Maria B. Crutcher Professor in Citizenship and Democratic Values
    Interim Director, Master of Public Administration

  • Janet Denhardt

    Janet Denhardt

    Chester A. Newland Professor of Public Administration
    Director, USC Price School in Sacramento

  • Robert Denhardt

    Robert Denhardt

    Senior Fellow
    Director of Leadership Programs

  • jferris

    James M. Ferris

    Professor
    Emery Evans Olson Chair in Non-Profit Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
    Director, Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy

  • Elizabeth Graddy

    Elizabeth Graddy

    Professor
    Jeffrey J. Miller Chair in Government, Business, and the Economy
    Vice Dean

  • Sherry Bebitch Jeffe

    Sherry Bebitch Jeffe

    Senior Fellow

  • Jack H. Knott

    Jack H. Knott

    Dean
    C. Erwin and Ione L. Piper Dean and Professor

  • Daniel A. Mazmanian

    Daniel A. Mazmanian

    Professor
    Director of New Initiatives, USC Center for Sustainable Cities

  • Juliet Ann Musso

    Juliet Ann Musso

    Associate Professor
    Houston Flournoy Professor of State Government
    Associate Director, MPA, Sacramento

  • Mark Pisano

    Mark Pisano

    Senior Fellow

  • Jane Pisano

    Jane Pisano

    Professor

  • Peter John Robertson

    Peter J. Robertson

    Associate Professor

  • Dan Schnur

    Dan Schnur

    Assistant Professor of the Practice of Political Science

  • David Suarez

    David Suarez

    Assistant Professor

  • Shui Yan Tang

    Shui Yan Tang

    Professor
    Frances R. and John J. Duggan Distinguished Professor in Public Administration

  • Christopher Weare

    Christopher Weare

    Research Associate Professor

Research centers and groups

  • Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy

    Established in 2012, the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy focuses on the responsibility of leaders to implement policies that most benefit the people they serve. Through post-partisan collaboration, the Institute works to develop real-world, sustainable solutions in five priority areas: education, energy and environment, fiscal and economic policy, health and human wellness, and political reform.

  • Judith and John Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Public Enterprise

    Founded in Fall 2005, the USC Judith and John Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Public Enterprise is dedicated to understanding and fostering effective democratic governance as an essential component in ensuring the betterment of communities within the United States and around the world. The center focuses on research, policy analysis, and educational activities in three areas: collaborative governance, information technology and democracy.

  • Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy

    Established in 2000, the Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy promotes more effective philanthropy and strengthens the nonprofit sector to advance public problem solving. Its research focuses on trends and patterns in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, philanthropic strategies for social impact, and challenges in philanthropic stewardship and leadership.

  • Sol Price Center for Social Innovation

    The Sol Price Center for Social Innovation was established with the recent gift to name the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. This new center aims to advance ideas, strategies, and practices that enhance the quality of life for people in urban communities. The center will provide opportunities for direct student engagement across all of the Price School’s primary disciplines.

Research initiatives

  • Civic Engagement Initiative

    The Civic Engagement Initiative seeks to offer new ways of thinking about participatory democracy and governance, and to partner with civic leaders to create exemplars of how this works in neighborhoods and public institutions The initiative. has developed a network of scholars from USC Price, other USC schools, and major international research universities.

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