Visiting ScholarsFrom time to time, IPPSR brings renowned faculty from campuses across the nation who have expertise in an area of timely interest to policy leaders, governmental administrators, and research faculty. "Visiting Scholars" provide the opportunity for policy practitioners, governmental leaders, and faculty to sit together and share best practices, experiential lessons, and research innovations. Richard P. Nathan is IPPSR's most recent visiting scholar.
Date of Visit: February 27, 2001 Richard Nathan is Director of the Rockefeller Institute and the Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the State University of New York at Albany. Nathan has written and edited books on the implementation of domestic public programs in the United States and on American Federalism. Prior to coming to Albany, he was a professor at Princeton University. He served in the federal government as assistant director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, deputy undersecretary for welfare reform of the US Department of Health Education and Welfare, and director of domestic policy for the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (The Kerner Commission). |
