MSPA Program Faculty

Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs

Core faculty

Michael Ahn, PhD

PhD, Syracuse University, Public Administration
Specialties: E-Government, e-democracy, public organization, comparative public administration, performance management, research methods

617-287-6970; michael.ahn@umb.edu

Connie Chan, PhD

Graduate Program Director, Public Affairs

Associate Dean, McCormack Graduate School

PhD, Boston University, Clinical Psychology

Specialties: Mental Health, Ethics, Racial and Health Disparities

617-287-7231; connie.chan@umb.edu

Billie Gastic, PhD

PhD, Stanford University, Psychology of Education
Specialties: Violence and Safety in Schools and Communities; Educational Policy; Latino Youth; Quantitative Research Methodologies

617-287-4863; billie.gastic@umb.edu

Michael Johnson, PhD
Chair, Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs
PhD, Northwestern University, Operations Research
Specialties: Management Science Planning Models for public-sector facility location and service delivery
617-287-6967; michael.johnson@umb.edu

Heather MacIndoe, PhD

PhD, University of Chicago, Sociology
Specialties: : Nonprofit Organizations, Philanthropy, Organizational Theory

617-287- 4861; heather.macindoe@umb.edu

Amy E. Smith, PhD

PhD, University at Albany, Public Administration and Policy

Specialties: Public Management, Performance Management, Organizational Behavior and Theory

617-287-6975; amye.smith@umb.edu

Christian Weller, PhD

PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Economics
Specialties: Private Pensions, Social Security, Retirement Income Security, Macroeconomics, Financial Markets and International Finance

617-287- 6947; christian.weller@umb.edu

Affiliated and Adjunct Faculty

Randy Albelda, PhD (College of Liberal Arts)

PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Economics

Specialties: Political Economy, Women's Economic Status, Family Policies, and Poverty.

617-287-6963; randly.albelda@umb.edu

Ron Ancrum (Adjunct Faculty)

MSPA, University of Massachusetts
President, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts

Specialties: Grant-writing

Michelle Ciccolo (Adjunct Faculty)

MSPA, University of Massachusetts Boston

Assistant Town Administrator/Community Development Director, Hudson, MA
Specialties: Municipal Government

Tatjana Meschede (Adjunct Faculty)
PhD, University of Massachusetts Boston, Public Policy
Specialties: Public Policy, Social Policy, Homelessness
tatjana.meschede@umb.edu

Shelley Metzenbaum, PhD (McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies)

PhD, Harvard University, Public Policy

Director, Edward Collins Center for Public Management, UMass Boston

Specialties: Performance Management, Public Policy, Environmental Protection

shelley.metzenbaum@umb.edu

Eben Weitzman, PhD (McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies)
PhD, Columbia University, Conflict Resolution
Specialties: Cross-Cultural Mediation, Group Conflict, Organizational Conflict, Family Mediation
617-287-7238; eben.weitzman@umb.edu

Elaine Werby (McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies)
MSW, Boston College

Research Associate, Center for Social Policy, UMass Boston
Specialties: Welfare, Elderly Issues

617-287-5542; elaine.werby@umb.edu

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