Alumni Current Employment
Adam Baacke
MSPA 2003
Deputy Director, Division of Planning
and Development, City of Lowell
Lindsey Baker
PhD in Gerontology 2006
NIA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Andrus
Gerontology Center, University of
Southern California
Dr. James J. Bulot
PhD in Gerontology 2004
Endowed Professorship in Gerontology,
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Department head of Gerontology,
Sociology and Political Science
Jim Canavan
MSPA 1986
United Veterans of America, Inc.
Leeds and Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Laney Bruner-Canhoto
PhD in Gerontology 2004
Project Director, Long Term Care Policy Unit,
Center for Health Policy and Research,
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Garen L. Corbett
MSPA 2000
Deputy Director of The Health Industry
Forum Brandeis University
Emily M. Douglas
PhD in Public Policy 2002
Assistant professor, Department of
Social Work, MSW program, Bridgewater,
State College
Shiko Gathuo
PhD in Public Policy 2004
Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator
Non-Profit Management Program, Urban Studies
Department Worcester State College
Alexis Heos
MSPA- International Relations 2007
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Division
of Banks, Bank Examiner
Lara M.W. McIntyre
MSPA 2001
Full-Time Mom / Chair, Project P.L.A.Y.
(Playground for Londonderry's Active Youth)
Rick Musiol, Jr.
MSPA 2000
Chief of Staff, Office of the President,
Massachusetts Senate
Carol Reis-Starr
PhD in Gerontology 1995
Deputy Director, Emory Reynolds Program
Associate Director, Southeast Center of
Excellence in Geriatric Medicine &
Gerontology
Emory University Division of Geriatric
Medicine & Gerontology
Donna M. Sullivan
PhD in Gerontology 2004
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Marshall University
Steven R. Sullivan
MSPA 1994
Director of Organizing & Government Affairs,
Teamsters Local 25
Marsha Weinerman
MSPA 1989
Executive Director, Cambridge, Mass.
Election Commission
Alumni Job Opportunities
Brocton Area Workforce Investment Board
"The strong research component
of the program helped to prepare
me to not only conduct research
but to teach research methods and
supervise graduate research
projects."
Shiko Gathuo, PhD in Public Policy
2004
"The most distinctive thing about
the UMass Boston Public Policy
Ph.D. Program is its multidisciplinary
nature. The program
equips one with an understanding
of political theories, economics
and research methods — all of
which are critical to understand
and analyze public policies."
Charles Ndungu, post-residency
student