Ph.D. Students & Candidates

Laura Prokić

Ph.D. Student

Change management and racial and gender equity in public organizations.

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Laura Prokić

Laura Prokić joined the Evans School Ph.D. program in Public Policy and Management in Autumn 2024. Her primary research interests are managing processes of change within public organizations that can facilitate greater racial and gender equity, as well as public affairs education. Before beginning her doctoral studies, she taught research methods for public affairs and other social science courses at the American University of Armenia, where she also led the Open Center of Excellence for Leadership and Governance and served as the inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator. Prior to that she managed a portfolio of U.S. Department of State-sponsored youth leadership exchange programs with local implementers in Portland, Oregon.