MPA's adjunct faculty are crucial to our success:

Glenn McRae | Brian Lowe | Prem Timsina

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Name

Asim Zia

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Professor and Interim Chair

computational policy analysis, governance networks, social ecological systems, coupled natural and human systems, sustainable development, food, energy and water systems

Name

Dan Baker

Dan Baker

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Professor Emeritus

rural development, dairy labor, Latinx farmworkers, "panela" artisinal sugar, low-input technology transfer, emergency management, resilience planning, project-based learning

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Lecturer

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Professor

The economics of sustainable food systems.

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Senior Lecturer and Assistant Chair

community development, international development, research methods, service learning, technology literacy

Title  /  Areas of Expertise

Professor

Designing an economy to balance what is biophysically possible with what is socially, psychologically, and ethically desirable. 

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Associate Professor

public communication, health communication, strategic communication, food media, food politics

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Professor Emeritus

public administration, network governance, critical food, energy, water, transportation infrastructure, community resilience, complex adaptive systems

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Adjunct Associate Professor

political change, democratic process, international affairs

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Associate Professor, MPA Program Director

food policy, food security, agricultural development, sustainable agriculture, rural livelihoods

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Assistant Professor

Climate Change, Behavioral Science, Environmental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Environmental Policy, Risk & Uncertainty

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Associate Professor

agricultural development, food systems, development sociology, rural sociology