Faculty

David Ames

 David Ames

Professor and Director – Center for Historic Architecture and Design
davames@udel.edu
302-831-1050
331 Alison Hall West

Research Interests: Historic preservation, urban geography, urban and regional planning

Maria Aristigueta

Professor and Director - School of Public Policy & Administration
mariaa@udel.edu
302-831-4570
188 Graham Hall

Research Interests: Administrative behavior, performance measurement, policy analysis, strategic management

Deborah Auger

Deborah Auger

Associate Professor
auger@udel.edu
302-831-1696
298J Graham Hall

Research Interests: Nonprofit management, public policy and administration, state and local government, U.S. social policy

Karen Curtis

Karen Curtis

Associate Professor
kacurtis@udel.edu
302-831-6854
298L Graham Hall

Research Interests: Social and economic opportunity, nonprofit leadership and management, applied research and public policy analysis, qualitative methods

James Flynn

James Flynn

Assistant Professor and Director - Masters of Public Administration Program
jflynn@udel.edu
302-831-4658
180C Graham Hall

Research Interests: Personnel administration, quality improvement initiatives, educational governance, legislative management, professional development, human resources management

Audrey Helfman

Audrey Helfman

Associate Professor and Director - Organizational & Community Leadership Undergraduate Program
ahelfman@udel.edu
302-831-1708
186B Graham Hall

Research Interests: Leadership, human resource development, and organizational change

Raheemah Jabbar-Bey

Raheemah Jabbar-Bey

Assistant Professor
jabbarra@udel.edu
302-831-8564
298P Graham Hall

Research Interests: Resident leadership in community and economic development planning and implementation, organizational capacity building of nonprofits, community-based groups, urban policy analysis

Eric Jacobson

Eric Jacobson

Associate Professor
ericj@udel.edu
302-831-1711
178A Graham Hall

Research Interests: Public economics, health policy, employee compensation and benefits, tourism development and research, analytic methods 

Jonathan Justice

Jonathan Justice

Associate Professor
justice@udel.edu
302-831-1682
298N Graham Hall

Research Interests: Public budgeting and finance, local economic development, public-sector accountability and decision making, the intersections of urban planning and public administration, and institutional analysis and development

 

James Kendra

Associate Professor and Director - Distaster Research  Center
jmkendra@udel.edu
302-831-0760
166H Graham Hall

Research Interests:  Individual and organizational response to risk, improvisation and creativity during crisis, post-disaster shelter and housing, and planning for behavioral health services

Jerome Lewis

Jerome Lewis

Associate Professor and Director -  Institute for Public Administration
jlewis@udel.edu
302-831-1709
180B Graham Hall

Research Interests: Public administration, personnel management, urban planning, political leadership 

John McNutt

John McNutt

Professor
mcnuttjg@udel.edu
302-831-0765
298D Graham Hall

Research Interests: Civil Society and Nonprofit Organizations, Information Technology, Post-Industrial Social Welfare Policy, Community Practice

Anthony Middlebrooks

Anthony Middlebrooks

Associate Professor
tmiddleb@udel.edu
302-831-8548
188A Graham Hall

Research Interests: Cognitive science and motivation, management and strategic planning, leadership, and research methods including program evaluation

James Morrison

James Morrison

Professor
jlm@udel.edu
302-831-8541
188C Graham Hall

Research Interests: Multi-cultural leadership decision-making processes and electronic information searching and access strategies for documenting credible sources as a basis for data collection

 

Audrey Noble

Assistant Professor
ajnoble@udel.edu
302-855-1657
Jason Building * Suite 172 * Georgetown Campus

Research Interests: Education policy, specifically the effects of high-stakes testing on teaching and learning

Steven Peuquet

Steven Peuquet

Associate Professor and Director–Center for Community Research and Service
speuquet@udel.edu
302-831-1689
298G Graham Hall

Research Interests: Strategic planning, housing, homelessness, electronic community networks, public policy analysis and evaluation

Jeffrey Raffel

Jeffrey Raffel

C.P. Messick Professor of Public Admininistration
raffel@udel.edu
302-831-1685
191B Graham Hall

Research Interests: Educational policy, policy analysis, urban management

 

Edward Ratledge

Edward Ratledge

Associate Professor and Director–Center for Advanced Demography and   Survey Research
ratledge@udel.edu
302-831-1684
282 Graham Hall

Research Interests: Management information systems, econometrics, criminal justice systems

 

Chandra Reedy

Chandra Reedy

Professor
clreedy@udel.edu
302-831-8238
323 Alison Hall

Research Interests: Material Culture research and preservation, technological history and change, materials and technology in traditional Asian villages

Daniel Rich

University Professor of Public Policy and Director - Public Policy Undergraduate Program
drich@udel.edu
302-831-6835
182C Graham Hall

Research Interests: The changing political economy of higher education, early childhood education policy, and state and local partnerships that support economic and community development

Breck Robinson

 

Breck Robinson

Associate Professor
robinsob@lerner.udel.edu
302-831-1788
190B Graham Hall

Research Interests: Public finance, banking, mortgage finance, banking regulation


 

 

Andrea Sarzynski

Assistant Professor
apsarzyn@udel.edu
302-831-1244
184B Graham Hall

Research Interests:  Urbanization and environmental change; environmental policy and politics; urban and regional planning; science and policymaking

Rebecca Sheppard

 

Rebecca Sheppard

Assistant Professor
rjshep@udel.edu
302-831-3625
323 Allison Hall

Research Interests: Historic preservation planning, history of rural landscapes and the built environment, landscape preservation

  Paul Solano

 

 

Paul Solano

Associate Proessor
solano@udel.edu
302-831-1693
190C Graham Hall

Research Interests: Financial administration and public finance, political economy, health economics

Karen Stein

 

Karen Stein

Associate Professor
kstein@udel.edu
302-831-8714
182B Graham Hall

Research Interests: Interrelationships among leadership, power and social responsibility, the role of leadership in promoting effective consumer advocacy and policies, and elder abuse and neglect

Douglas Tuttle

 

Douglas Tuttle

Instructor
dougt@udel.edu
302-831-0718
177C Graham Hall

Research Interests: State and local government personnel development, strategic planning, emergency service planning and public service quality assessment


 

 

Leland Ware

Louis L. Redding Professor of Law & Public Policy
lware@udel.edu
302-831-3930
180D Graham Hall

Research Interests: Civil Rights Law and Public Policy

Robert Warren

 

Robert Warren

Professor
rwarren@udel.edu
302-831-1686
298H Graham Hall

Research Interests: Urban and regional government, telecommunications and information policy, urban planning and development, cultural theory

Margaret Wilder

 

Margaret Wilder

Professor
mwilder@udel.edu
302-831-6294
298A Graham Hall

Research Interests: Community development policy and organizations; economic development policy and planning; housing problems and policy; race, gender, and economic mobility

Danilo Yanich

 

Danilo Yanich

Associate Professor and Director - Masters of Urban Affairs and Public Policy Graduate Program
dyanich@udel.edu
302-831-1710
298F Graham Hall

Research Interests: Criminal justice policy, media and public policy, international comparative governance