William Leach

Biography

Bill Leach teaches in the Price School’s online master’s program in Public Administration. His research on collaborative approaches to policymaking and implementation appears in the top journals in public administration, public policy, and political science. Dr. Leach has directed over $1 million of research sponsored by the National Science Foundation and private foundations, and has provided scientific and policy advice to state and federal agencies including the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the National Research Council. He graduated magna cum laude from UC Berkeley, earned a master’s degree in natural resource management from the University of Michigan, and a PhD in environmental policy from the UC Davis Graduate Group in Ecology.

Courses taught

PPD 542 – Policy and Program Evaluation
PPD 546 – Professional Practice of Public Administration
PPD 628 – Urban Planning and Social Policy
PPD 672 – Collaborative Governance
PLUS 652 – Place, Institutions, and Governance

Selected Publications

• Leach, W. D., An, B. Y., & Tang, S.-Y. (2021). Evaluating California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: The First Five Years of Governance and Planning. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 57(6), 972-989.
• An, B. Y., Tang, S.-Y., & Leach, W. D. (2021). Managing environmental change through inter-agency collaboration: Protective governance in mandated sustainability planning. Environmental Science & Policy, 125, 146-156.
• Siddiki, S., Kim, J., & Leach, W. D. (2017). Diversity, Trust, and Social Learning in Collaborative Governance. Public Administration Review, 77(6), 863-874.