Doctoral Students

Education:
BS Criminal Justice, Boise State University
BA Emergency and Disaster Management & Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Studies, American Military University
MA Security Studies, University of Massachusetts – Lowell
MS Forensic Psychology – Arizona State University

Research Interests:
Terrorism/counterterrorism, domestic extremism, refugee policy, terrorist groups and the use of Special Operations Forces in Africa, immigration policy, and disaster response policy.

Faculty Advisors:
Dr. Michael Allen & Dr. Luke Fowler

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Education:
BS in Political Science, Boise State University
MPA, Idaho State University

Research Interests:
Philanthropy and Higher Education

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Elizabeth Fredericksen

Education:
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Brigham Young University
Master of Business Administration, Portland State University

Research Interests:
Federalism; State vs. Federal authority in policy making; Implications of trends in the balance of power between state and federal government policy making.

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Gary Moncrief

Education:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Oregon, 1990
Masters of Public Administration, Boise State University, 2008
Certificate in Community and Regional Planning, Boise State University, 2008

Research Interests:
My research interests include creative economy policy and planning; cultural policies, planning and administration; public art; placemaking; diversity, equity, and inclusion and social justice issues in relation to community cultural environments; and cultural philanthropy.

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Amanda Ashley

Education:
B.A. in Politics, Cornell College (2011);
Master in Public Administration, Emphasis in Environmental, Natural Resource and Energy Policy and Administration, Boise State University (2017)

Research Interests:
Public lands policy; protected areas; land management; conservation planning; comparative research; GIS

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Monica Hubbard

Education:
BA: Political Science, Boise State University, MPS, Boise State University, Intermediate American Sign Language Certificate

Research Interests:
Disability Policy, Deaf Studies, state legislature.

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Krista Paulsen

Education: 
BS Political Science: International Relations, Boise State University
MA Political Science, Boise State University

Research Interests:
American Indigenous Sovereignty and Institutions, US Settler-Colonialism and Authority, Intergovernmental Relations and Policy with American Indigenous Peoples. Urban Indigenous Peoples. Decolonial and Indigenous Methodologies.

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Brian Wampler

Education:
Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice, Boise State University
Master of Public Administration, Boise State University

Research Interests:
Court Administration, Criminal Justice Policy, Punishment and Sentencing, Drug Control Policy, Victimology, Criminology and Deviance, Program Evaluation

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Elizabeth Fredericksen

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Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Eric Lindquist

Education
Bachelors of Science, Mathematics, Brigham Young University
Master of Public Administration, Social Innovation minor, Brigham Young University
Marriott School Global Management Certificate and Spanish Language Certificate, Brigham Young University

Research Interests
Local and state government, Latinx farmworkers, gender issues, environmental justice and risk perception theory

Faculty Advisor
Dr. Stephanie Witt

Education:
MBA, Executive Program, Boise State University, 2012
ADN, Associates Degree Nursing (Registered Nurse), Treasure Valley Community College, 2002
Bachelor General Studies, University of Idaho, 1996

Research Interests:
Healthcare Transformation, Value-Based Healthcare, Patient-Centered Healthcare. Jenni has a big advantage due to her being an experienced Registered CCU/ER/Home Health Nurse along with her MBA which gives her insight to conduct research on healthcare policy looking through both the clinician and business lens. A Doctorate in Public Policy and Administration will give her a near trifecta to help drive change within the state of Idaho and in healthcare overall.

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Shikhar Sarin

Education:
BA – Economics, Claremont McKenna College
BBA – Accounting, Boise State University
MS – Accounting and Taxation, Boise State University

Research Interests:
Environmental and energy policy mechanisms and accounting/taxation implications; nexus between state renewable portfolio standards and federal policy; energy and environmental policy frameworks specifically advocacy coalition framework and narrative framework; natural and social capital.

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Elizabeth Fredericksen

Education:
Bachelor of Arts, Social Science, Boise College
Master of Science Health Services Management, Whitworth College

Research Interests:
Court Administration and Judicial Leadership, Procedural Justice / Therapeutic Jurisprudence / Trauma-informed Practices, Criminal Justice System Reform , Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice System Interaction,  and Nonprofit Management

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Jen Schneider

Education:
Bachelor of Environmental Biology and Political Science, University of Vermont
Master of Public Administration, The George Washington University
Certificate of Teaching English as a Second Language, Peking University

Research Interests:
Bryant researches topics at the nexus of energy policy, public policy, and international affairs. Bryant investigates how society, economics, politics, and technology influence the ongoing clean and low-carbon energy transition occurring around the globe, with a specific focus on geothermal energy technologies.

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Jen Schneider

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Education:
B.A. in Communications, Public Relations emphasis, Brigham Young University
M.S. in Instructional and Performance Technology, College of Engineering, Boise State University

Research Interests:
Education reform policies, school board governance, non-profit management and governance, network governance, public management and organizational theory, performance management. Abby Lee’s research interests include state-led education reform policies and school board governance. Her research is initially focused on the school board’s role in education reform movements and policy implementation. She is also interested in researching the nature of community/ school partnerships and the role of citizen/community engagement in education reform efforts.

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Jaclyn Kettler

Education:
BA in Sociology, University of New Orleans
MPA, Louisiana State University
Presidential Management Fellow
Certified Public Manager

Research Interests:
Participatory governance, gender issues, and postsecondary education with a focus on professional-technical education (PTE). Amy is particularly interested in PTE trends as they related to workforce needs and a nationally renewed focus on postsecondary education.

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Stephanie Witt

Education:
BS – Secondary Education, Idaho State University
MBA, Boise State University

Research Interests:
Working with morality policies and the “politics of sin,” as well as an interest in education policy administration.

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Jessica Wells

Education:
Bachelor of Science, Political Science – Weber State University
Bachelor of Art, Philosophy – Weber State University
Master of Public Administration – Southern Utah University

Research Interests:
Political Philosophy, Phronetic Social Science, Rhetoricism, and the use of Verbal Virtuosity in political and policy speech.

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Luke Fowler

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Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Sanghee Park

Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Economics, University of Washington
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, University of Washington
Master of Science in Economics & Policy Analysis, with distinction, DePaul University

Research Interests:
State legislatures, administrative rule making, family financial stability, policy design for democratic engagement, and government transparency.

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Sanghee Park

Education:
Boise State University,  Minor in Gender Studies, Certificate in Dispute Resolution
Portland State University, MA Conflict Resolution

FacultyAdvisor:
Dr. Stephen Utych

Education:
Bachelor Science in Ecology – Idaho State University
Master of Science in Biology – Idaho State University

Research Interests:
Collaborative environmental governance; youth participation and engagement related to climate change mitigation and sustainability; species conservation; socio-environmental systems; and innovative mechanisms to instill resilience and adaptiveness in youth – among many other interests!

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Stephanie Witt

Education: BA in English, Writing (Modernist Poetry) (Boise State, 2015); Master of Public Administration (MPA, Boise State, 2019)

Research Interests: government contracting, privatization, politicization, agency capture, public service motivation, and intersectoral regulatory compliance

Faculty Advisors:
Dr. Steve Utych (co-chair) and Dr. Ana Maria Dimand (co-chair)

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Education:
Bachelor of International Relations, Catholic University of Honduras
Master in Political Science, University of Salamanca

Research Interests: Immigration policy, gender equity, Latin American development, non-profit and international organizations

Advisor:
Dr. Sanghee Park

Education:
B.S. Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin – Madison (1972);
M.S. Zoology, Idaho State University, Pocatello (1977)

Research Interests:
I would like to bring the natural resource policies of federal public land agencies and state wildlife agencies more in line with the current values of the American people. Society has moved strongly in the direction of non-consumptive uses, but policies are stuck in the consumptive realm of past generations. This will require new research on values, and new proposals in political arenas.

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Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Monica Hubbard

Education:
Bachelor of Science in Education, Occupational Education, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Master of Public Administration, University of Oklahoma

Research Interests:
Intergovernmental cooperative public purchasing, citizen/target population policy development and program delivery engagement strategies and methods, public/private/NGO cooperative/collaborative local community solution development strategies

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Elizabeth Fredericksen

Education:
B.S. Criminal Justice, University of Idaho
M.A. Criminal Justice Administration, Boise State University

Research Interests:
Organizational Justice, Equitable Policies, Representative Bureaucracy, Nudge Theory, Higher Education Policy

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Sanghee Park

Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Biology Education from Northwest Nazarene University
Masters in Philosophy in Child and Adolescent Counselling from University of Cambridge

Research Interests:
Higher education access, community support for education, school success indicators, historically underrepresented populations, TRIO policies

Faculty Advisory:
Dr. Chris Birdsall

Education:
Bachelor of Music, Brigham Young University
Master of Public Policy, University of Minnesota

Research Interests: health policy and politics, policy implementation, and the impact of language and communication on decision making

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Steve Utych

Education: BA, Philosophy and English Writing, University of Pittsburgh; MPA, University of Pittsburgh

Research Interests: higher education governance and reform, non-citizen public participation and constructions of group membership, classification systems and issues of categorization, philosophy of language

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Sanghee Park

Education:
BA Psychology, Tulane University
Master’s of Public Administration, University of Missouri-Columbia

Research Interests:
Principal agent theory, dying in America, hospital bureaucracies, and hospital policies around treatment of terminal illness.

Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Elizabeth Fredericksen

Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, Brigham Young University-Idaho
Master of Public Administration, Boise State University
Graduate Certificate, Geographic Information Analysis, Boise State University
Graduate Certificate, Community and Regional Planning, Boise State University

Research Interests:
State legislatures, interest group lobbying, public transportation.

Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Stephanie Witt