Public Policy and Management Ph.D. Students
Virat Agrawal
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
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Education: Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, USC; Bachelor of Technology in Biomedical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
Research Interests: Health Economics and Policy; Health-related Behavior and Consumption; Social Determinants of Health; Macro-level Shocks to Health (COVID-19, Inflation, Housing)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Neeraj Sood
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 Bennet
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
Jordy Coutin
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
Education: Master of Public Policy, USC; Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Bachelor of Science in Conservation and Resource Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Homelessness policy, local governance, social equity, criminal legal policy, housing policy, social policy, poverty, encampment sweeps, social determinants of health
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Juliet Musso
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
Jiaqi Dong
Education: Bachelor of Science in Business and Finance and Interactive Media Arts, New York University Shanghai; Master of Urban Planning and a Master of Applied Urban Science and Informatics, New York University.
Research Interests: Neighborhood change, housing markets, urban economics, and urban information systems.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Geoff Boeing
Jeimee Estrada-Miller
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
Education: Master of Public Policy, USC; Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, World Literature, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Education, poverty and housing, social problems, race, equity
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gary Painter
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
Keunyoung (Eli) Lee
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
Education: Master of Public Administration, USC; Master of Public Administration, Seoul National University; Bachelor of Arts in International Liberal Studies Psychology Track, Waseda University
Research Interests: Behavioral public administration, bureaucratic politics, agency reputation
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bill Resh
Lizhong Liu
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
Education: Master of Public Policy, University of Chicago; Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration, Renmin University of China
Research Interests: Housing policy, housing market, urban economics, land use regulations, urban inequality
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gary Painter
Zissis Marmarelis
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
Education: Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering, USC
Research Interests: Environmental economics, international relations, political economy, renewable energy, energy security, energy geopolitics, European Union
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Antonio Bento
Yi Ming
Education: Bachelor of Science in Business Data Analytics, Arizona State University; Master of Data Science, University of Southern California, Master of Business Analytics, Boston University.
Research Interests: The intersection of Data Science and Public Management, focusing on the transformative potential of big data and AI in governance.
Faculty Advisor: Bill Resh
Jose Scott
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
Education: Master of Public Administration, USC; Bachelor of Arts in Public Affairs, Washington State University
Research Interests: Social and economic inequality, behavioral public policy, behavioral welfare economics, poverty alleviation policy, social policy
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Wändi Bruine de Bruin
Renzhi Shen
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
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Education: Master of Public Policy, University of Southern California; Bachelor of Economics in Finance, Peking University; Bachelor of Science in Economics and French, Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Environmental policy, urban economics, transportation, public administration, behavioral economics, comparative politics
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Antonio Bento
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