Public Policy and Management Ph.D. Students
Drishti Baid
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
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Education: Master of Public Policy, University of Southern California; Bachelor of Social Science in Economics, National University of Singapore
Research Interests: Health economics and policy, chronic disease prevention, patient preferences for novel treatments
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Darius Lakdawalla
Eliza Bennett
Education: Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Brigham Young University.
Research Interests: Gender and politics, and policy implementation.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Pamela McCann
Andrew Barton
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
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Education: Master of Education in Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs; Bachelor of Arts in English, Minor in Theatre, University of Southern California
Research Interests: Civic engagement, deliberative democracy, political institutions, public organizations, publicness, higher education, and student affairs / student services
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bill Resh
Mandy Cui
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
Education: Bachelor of Science in Business Information Management & Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics, University of California, Irvine; Master of Business Analytics, University of California, San Diego
Research Interests: Economic costs of dementia and reducing caregiver burdens.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Julie Zissimopoulos
Brandon DeBruhl
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
Education: Master of Arts in International Relations and Affairs, Syracuse University; Master of Public Policy, USC; Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Seattle University
Research Interests: Administration of international public banking institutions, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrencies, regulatory systems
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Juliet Musso
Esther Gonzalez
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
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Education: Master of Business Administration, Cornell University; Master of Public Administration, Cal Poly Pomona; Bachelor of Arts in International Development Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Organizational Behavior, Representative Bureaucracy, Diversity Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bill Resh
Jochelle Greaves Siew
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
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Education: Master of Science in Public Policy and Administration, London School of Economics and Political Science; Bachelor of Law in International and European Law, University of Groningen
Research Interests: Organizational theory and behavior, bureaucratic behavior, policy Implementation, emotional labor, small island developing states
Faculty Advisor: Dr. S. Yan Tang
James Hendrickson
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
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Education: Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy, University of Michigan
Research Interests: Judicial and gubernatorial decision-making, political institutions, equity, governance
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Pamela McCann
Sophia Helland
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
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Education: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics with a dual degree in Economics, Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests: American state policy and political institutions, women and public policy, reproductive policy, federalism
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Pamela McCann
Azka Imran
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
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Education: Master of Arts in Economics, City University of New York, Hunter College; Bachelor of Arts in Economics, City University of New York, Hunter College
Research Interests: Healthcare policy evaluation, maternal and child health, health disparities and equity
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Darius Lakdawalla
Saumya Khanna
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
Education: Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs, concentration in International Economics, The George Washington University
Research Interests: Behavioral economics, consumer decision-making in the health insurance market, health care financing and incentives, Medicare and Medicaid
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jason Doctor
Phillip Sangwoo Lee
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
Education: Master of Public Policy, Master of Arts in Economics, University of Michigan; Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Psychology, Duke University
Research Interests: Environmental economics, environmental justice, renewable energy/energy security, sustainable development, clean technology adoption, behavioral economics
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Antonio Bento
Xinran (Zoey) Lu
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
Education: Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Medicine, Peking University; Master of Science in Global Health and Population at Harvard University
Research Interests: Medicare and Medicaid policies related to nursing homes and long-term care; improving quality and efficiency of care
Faculty Advisor: Julie Zissimopoulos /Alice Chen
Laura Prada
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Universidad Industrial de Santander; Master of Science in Economics, Universidad del Rosario.
Research Interests: Poverty and inequality issues from a behavioral perspective to inform public policy decisions.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Emma Aguila
Samantha Randall
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy, Brown University
Research Interests: Factors impacting civic and political behavior of individuals, how public opinion translates to proposed and enacted policy, impact of local-level engagement on government outcomes
Faculty Advisor: Pam McCann
Catalina Mican-Rivera
Education: Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and History, Master of Arts in International Studies, Universidad de los Andes; Master of Arts in Social Work, Social Policy, and Social Administration, University of Chicago
Research Interests: Social protection systems, safety nets, social policy, and middle-class consolidation in developing countries
Faculty Advisor: Emma Aguila
Ann Song
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
Education: Master of Arts in International Studies, University of Denver; Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests: Urban governance, urban resilience, risk analysis, disaster management, policy analysis, public administration
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Juliet Musso
Daniel Spertus
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Reed College
Research Interests: labor markets, public transit systems, housing affordability; specifically how labor policy and public infrastructure influence health and outcomes for lower-income populations
Faculty Advisor: Jorge De la Roca /Neeraj Sood
Amalie Zinn
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
Education: Bachelor of Arts in French, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interests: Housing finance, wealth equity, the racial wealth gap, intergenerational wealth transmission, housing supply, bank policy and regulation.
Faculty Advisor: Richard Green