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Faculty Member

Contact Information 

Research Interests

Kathleen 
Beatty

Kathleen Beatty

Professor

Director, Executive MPA Program 

Dean Emerita

(303) 315-2485

Kathleen.Beatty@ucdenver.edu

Leadership; nonprofits; religion and politics

Stephen Block

Research Professor

(303) 315-2744

Stephen.Block@ucdenver.edu

Nonprofit management, organization, and development
Lloyd Burton

Lloyd Burton

Professor

Director, Environmental Policy, Management and Law Concentration


(303) 315-2482

Lloyd.Burton@ucdenver.edu

Law and public policy; culture and public lands management; public participation in all-hazards management
Peter deLeon

Peter deLeon

Distinguished Professor


(303) 315-2238

Peter.deLeon@ucdenver.edu

Democracy; the public policy process; program evaluation; voluntary environmental programs
Mary Dodge

Mary Dodge

Professor

MCJ Program Director

(303) 315-2086

Mary.Dodge@ucdenver.edu

Women in the criminal justice system; white-collar crime; policing; criminology; prostitution; courts
Todd Ely Todd Ely

Assistant Professor

(303) 315-2152

todd.ely@ucdenver.edu

Public and not-for-profit financial management; education finance; state and local government
Jody Fitzpatrick

Jody Fitzpatrick
Associate Professor

(303) 315-2085

Jody.Fitzpatrick@ucdenver.edu

 

Program evaluation; research methods; education policy; women's career choices 
Brian Gerber

Brian Gerber

Associate Professor and Executive Director of BIG

Director, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Concentration

(303) 315-2989

brian.gerber@ucdenver.edu

 

Disaster and emergency management; homeland security; environmental policy 
Malcom Goggin

Malcolm Goggin

Clinical Professor

(303) 315-2132

Malcolm.Goggin@ucdenver.edu

Policy implementation; program evaluation; comparative methods; health policy
Angela Gover

Angela R. Gover

Associate Professor

BACJ Program Director

(303) 315-2474

Angela.Gover@ucdenver.edu

Domestic violence; dating violence; gender and crime; evaluation research
Mary Guy

Mary Guy

Professor

(303) 315-2007

Mary.Guy@ucdenver.edu

Public administration; human resource management; organization theory and behavior 
Tanya Heikkila

Tanya Heikkila

Associate Professor

PhD Program Director

(303) 315-2269

Tanya.Heikkila@ucdenver.edu

Environmental policy; collaborative governance; water policy and water resource management; institutional analysis

Kelly Hupfeld

Kelly Hupfeld

Associate Dean

Assistant Research Professor

(303) 315-2898

Kelly.Hupfeld@ucdenver.edu

Education policy; organizational management and change; law and the policy process
Benoy Jacob

Benoy Jacob

Assistant Professor

(303) 315-2990

benoy.jacob@ucdenver.edu

Economics and public finance; state and local government
Katie Kaukinen

Catherine Kaukinen

Associate Professor

Criminal Justice Programs Director (Colorado Springs campus)

(719) 255 - 3033

Catherine.Kaukinen@uccs.edu

Intimate partner violence;  violence against women;  family structure and adolescent problem behavior
Donald Klinger

Donald Klingner

Distinguished Professor

(719) 255 - 4012

dklingne@uccs.edu

Public administration; human resource management; Latin American public administration; international governance capacity-building
Christine Martell

Christine Martell

Associate Professor

MPA Program Director

(303) 315-2716

Christine.Martell@ucdenver.edu

Public finance; policy and international development
Mark Pogrebin

Mark Pogrebin

Professor

(303) 315-2871

Mark.Pogrebin@ucdenver.edu

Criminology; penology; administration of justice; deviant behavior
Eric Poole

Eric Poole

Professor

(303) 315-2245

Eric.Poole@ucdenver.edu

Criminology; evaluation research; juvenile justice
Fred Rainquet

Fred Rainguet

Director of the West Slope MPA Program

(970) 464-1079

FWRpeak@aol.com

 Criminal justice
Callie Rennison

Callie Rennison

Associate Professor

(303) 315 - 2813

Callie.Rennison@ucdenver.edu

Victimization; violence on the basis of gender, race, Hispanic origin; reporting to police; criminology; crime rates; crime data and trends
Dr. Jessica Haxtrom Retrum

Jessica Retrum

Post Doctoral Fellow

(303) 315-2991

Jessica.Retrum@ucdenver.edu

Qualitative and quantitative methods; program evaluation; grant writing; dyad and social network analysis
Dr. Billie Sandberg

Billie Sandberg

Professor

(303) 315-2560

billie.sandberg@ucdenver.edu

Nonprofit management and theory; critical social theory; public administration theory; qualitative research methods; organizational behavior
Terry Schwartz

Terry Schwartz

Associate Dean (Colorado Springs campus)

Associate Research Professor

(719) 255 - 4047

tschwart@uccs.edu

Nonprofit and public management; program evaluation; multi-sector collaboration
Jessica Sowa

Jessica Sowa

Associate Professor

Director, Nonprofit Concentration

(303) 315-2155

Jessica.Sowa@ucdenver.edu

Nonprofit and public management; human resource management; nonprofit collaboration; organizational effectiveness
Paul Stretesky

Paul Stretesky

Associate Professor

(303) 315-2281

Paul.Stretesky@ucdenver.edu

Environmental crime
Richard Stillman

Richard Stillman

Professor

(303) 315-2704

Richard.Stillman@ucdenver.edu

Public administration; organizational management
Paul Teske

Paul Teske

Dean

Distinguished Professor

(303) 315-2805

Paul.Teske@ucdenver.edu

Urban policy; regulatory policy; state and local education policy
Danielle Varda

Danielle Varda

Assistant Professor

(303) 315-2129

Danielle.Varda@ucdenver.edu

Collaborative governance; inter-organizational networks; public health systems; emergency management; health policy; collaboration; health networks
Allan Wallis

Allan Wallis

Associate Professor

Director, Local Government Concentration

(303) 315-2829

Allan.Wallis@ucdenver.edu

Leadership development; nonprofit collaboration; regionalism; local government
Chris Weible

Christopher Weible

Associate Professor

(303) 315-2010

Chris.Weible@ucdenver.edu

Policy process; collaborative governance; science and technology policy; environmental politics; environmental policy; aquaculture; fisheries management
 

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