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Number of experts found: 7

 
Douglas J. Besharov

Professor

School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Education (vocational, high-school counseling, Affirmative Action, and student aid); Poverty; Welfare reform (job training and program evaluation); Families (marriage, divorce, same-sex marriage, and nonmarital births); Child abuse/child welfare; Preschool and Head Start; Race and ethnicity.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6341
201 862-5984

besharov@umd.edu

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Odis D. Johnson

Asst Prof

African American Studies/Maryland Population Research Center

Expertise Key Words:
Neighborhood Racial, Socioeconomic and Social Inequality; Racial and Gender Disparities in Education; Poverty and Housing Policy; African Americans; Development and Evaluation of Social Programs; Children and Adolescents

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 1158

ojohnson@umd.edu

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Donald F. Kettl

Dean

School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Public policy and public management with a speciality in the management of public organization; federalism; budgeting; and U.S. politics.

Expertise Credentials:
Donald F. Kettl is Dean of the School of Public Policy and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Prior to his appointment, he was the Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Professor of Political Science.

Professor Kettl is a student of public policy and public management and specializes in the management of public organizations. He has appeared on national television on shows including Good Morning America, the ABC World News Tonight, the CBS Evening News, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 and The Situation Room, the Fox News Channel, as well as public television's News Hour and the BBC. He has testified frequently at congressional hearings in Washington and contributed to op-ed pages in major newspapers, including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday, and The Los Angeles Times. Since 1998, he has been writing a regular column for Governing magazine, Potomac Chronicle, which is read by leading state and local government officials around the country.

Web Site(s):
Dean Kettl's Public Policy Web Page

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6971

kettl@umd.edu

Address:
2115 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD  20742

Degrees:
Ph.D, Political Science, Yale University

Publication(s):
See Dean Kettl's Public Policy Web Page


 
Jeffrey McCune

Asst Prof

Women's Studies

Expertise Key Words:
Black Masculinity; Sexuality Studies; Popular Culture; Violence; Masculinity and Hip-Hop

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 1354

jmccune@umd.edu

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Sheri L. Parks

Associate Professor

American Studies

Expertise Key Words:
Media criticism; popular American culture and aesthetics with a special focus on family, gender and race; Harry Potter and American culture.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6255
301-405-1354

slp@umd.edu

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Joseph B. Richardson

Asst Prof

African American Studies

Expertise Key Words:
Adolescence African-American Males Violence Substance Abuse Mental Health HIV/AIDS Juvenile Justice

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 1163

jrichar5@umd.edu

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Mia A. Smith Bynum

Associate Professor

Family Science

Expertise Key Words:
Black families; Adolescent development; Racism; Teen sexual behavior; Parenting; Racial identity; Black women; Black Mental Health; Culture & families; child mental health; at-risk youth

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0299

msbynum@umd.edu
miaumaryland@gmail.com

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