Faculty & Researchers
Teaching Governance in 2026–27
Elizabeth Ayer
Professor of Practice
Erica Barnhart
Associate Teaching Professor
Sebawit Bishu
Associate Professor
Grant Blume
Associate Teaching Professor
Benjamin Brunjes
Associate Professor
Joaquín Herranz
Associate Professor
Cory Struthers
Assistant Professor
Alex Zhao
Assistant Professor
Research expertise in Governance
Amanda Bankston
Director of EPIC
Ann Bostrom
Weyerhaeuser Endowed Professor in Environmental Policy
Rachel Fyall
Associate Professor
Mary Kay Gugerty
Nancy Bell Evans Professor in Nonprofit Management
Stephen Kosack
Associate Professor
Stephen Page
Associate Professor
Jodi Sandfort
Dean and Professor
David Suarez
Associate Dean for Research
Craig Thomas
Professor
Courses
- PUBPOL 201 Introduction to Public Policy and Governance Taught by Grant Blume, Benjamin Brunjes, Laura Prokić, TBD
- PUBPOL 302 Public Service Leadership Taught by Sebawit Bishu, Joaquín Herranz
- PUBPOL 549 Redesigning Public Services Taught by Elizabeth Ayer
- PUBPOL 558 Collaborative Governance Taught by Lucky Anguelov
- PUBPOL 567 Methods for Engaging Communities in Local Government Taught by Stacey Ray
- PUBPOL 587 Native Nations Taught by Alex Zhao
- PA EX 508 Strategic Leadership II Taught by Erica Barnhart
- PPM 508 Public Policy Processes Taught by Cory Struthers