Since 1929, the USC Price School has earned broad distinction as a robust empirical resource that shapes and leads the study of governance and civic engagement. Price faculty produce widely cited research and engage public officials as a result of their shared commitment to making government and civil society more effective.
William Resh received the honor from the ASPA Section of Public Administration Research for his book, “Rethinking the Administrative Presidency”
Pamela McCann’s book addresses “The Federal Design Dilemma: Congress and Intergovernmental Delegation”
The training program helps officers better prepare for complex policing issues, such as homelessness, mental illness, domestic violence and human trafficking
Terry Cooper received the Harry Scoville Award for Academic Achievement for his significant contributions to the public administration field
Established in 1967, NAPA is chartered by the U.S. Congress to assist federal, state and local governments in improving their effectiveness, efficiency and accountability
“Furthering scholarship that advances society through better governance, better leadership, and better cooperation among sectors is one of the most critical courses of study in the 21st century.”
| Name | Position | Expertise | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ali E. Abbas | Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Public Policy | Decision analysis, risk analysis, multi-attribute utility theory, information theory, Bayesian analysis, and data-based decision making |
 | Emma Aguila | Assistant Professor | Economics of aging, health economics, and applied econometrics |
 | James M. Ferris | Professor Emery Evans Olson Chair in Non-Profit Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Director, Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy | Philanthropy, nonprofit economics, public finance, public policy, institutional analysis |
 | Carol J. Geffner | Professor of the Practice of Governance and Management Director, Executive Master of Leadership | Strategy, executive leadership, transformation and change |
 | Elizabeth Graddy | Professor Jeffrey J. Miller Chair in Government, Business, and the Economy Executive Vice Provost | Institutional economics, governance, nonprofit organizations,industry structure |
 | Jeffery A. Jenkins | Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law Judith & John Bedrosian Chair of Governance and the Public Enterprise Director, Bedrosian Center Director, PIPE Collaborative | American political institutions and development, Congress, political parties, lawmaking, separation-of-powers, political economy |
 | Janna King Rezaee | Assistant Professor | U.S. political institutions and the policy process, the presidency, Congress, executive branch agencies |
| Jack H. Knott | Dean C. Erwin and Ione L. Piper Chair and Professor | Political institutions and public policy, health policy, and public management. |
 | William Leach | Associate Professor (Teaching) | Collaborative governance, economics, planning, social policy, environmental policy, health policy |
 | Daniel A. Mazmanian | Professor of Public Policy | Environmental policy, policy implementation, sustainable communities, political science |
 | Pamela McCann | Associate Professor | American political institutions, bureaucratic delegation, intergovernmental politics, legislative behavior, public policy, and policy diffusion |
 | Juliet Ann Musso | Associate Professor Vice Dean for Academic Affairs | Federalism, urban political economy, fiscal policy, community governance, neighborhood organizations |
 | Deborah J. Natoli | Professor (Teaching) Governance and Management Director, Professional Doctorate Program | Adult development and learning, leadership, human behavior and organizations, depth psychology and psychoanalysis |
 | Mark Pisano | Professor of the Practice of Public Administration | Regional planning, transportation, housing, development, environmental policy, enterprise financing, institutional design |
 | Kelly Rawlings | Associate Professor (Teaching) | Civic engagement and public participation, organizational behavior, nonprofit leadership and management, transformational leadership and change |
 | William G. Resh | Associate Professor | Public Management, US presidency and executive politics, policy implementation, organization theory, personnel policy, organizational behavior |
 | Peter J. Robertson | Associate Professor | Organizational theory and behavior, organizational change, ecological governance, collaborative organizing, interorganizational networks |
 | Erroll G. Southers | Professor of the Practice in National and Homeland Security Director, Safe Communities Institute Director of Homegrown Violent Extremism Studies | Counterterrorism, homegrown violent extremism, school violence prevention |
 | Lois M. Takahashi | Professor (Teaching) Houston I. Flournoy Professor of State Government Director, USC Price School in Sacramento | Public and social service delivery to vulnerable populations in the U.S. and in Southeast/South Asian cities |
 | Jeffrey W. Talley | Professor of the Practice of Public Policy & Engineering | Intersection of engineering, business and public policy, including public-private partnerships, and technology’s impact on society, business, and government |
 | Shui Yan Tang | Professor Frances R. and John J. Duggan Professor in Public Administration Chair, Department of Governance and Management | Institutional Analysis and Design; Collaborative Governance; Local and Community-based Governance; Common-Pool Resource Governance; Environmental Politics and Policy; Microfinance |
 | Michael Thom | Associate Professor (Teaching) | Taxation; public finance; regulatory policy; public policy analysis; political philosophy |
 | Frank V. Zerunyan | Professor of the Practice of Governance Director, Executive Education Director of ROTC Programs | Local Governments, Administrative Law, Public Private Partnerships, Leadership, Negotiation, and Executive Education |
