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Christina DeJong
Associate ProfessorExpertise
Genocide, recidivism post-incarceration, violence against women, police/community interaction.
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Soji Adelaja
Professor, Agricultural, Food, and Resource EconomicsExpertise
Sustainability and economic development, renewable energy, water and agricultural preservation...
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Joshua Cowen
Associate Professor, Educational AdministrationExpertise
school choice, accountability, and teacher quality
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Meredith L. Gore
Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries & Wildlife, School of Criminal JusticeExpertise
works not only to improve the effectiveness of environmental governance but also reduce risk to...

Louise Jezierski
Associate ProfessorExpertise
Urban redevelopment, public private partnerships, community relations, social inequality and social...
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Rebecca Campbell
Professor, College of Social ScienceExpertise
Criminal justice social policy, psychology of women and sexual assault resource analysis for...
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Stephen Gasteyer
Associate Professor, SociologyExpertise
community-based natural resource management, public participation, community-level access to...
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Sheryl Pimlott Kubiak
Professor, Social WorkExpertise
criminal justice, mental health, substance abuse, women’s studies
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David Closs
John H. McConnell Chaired Professor of Business Administration, Supply Chain ManagementExpertise
marketing, logistics, management, information systems
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Ross Emmett
Professor, Political Economy and Political Theory and Constitutional DemocracyExpertise
history of economic thought, economics and religion, economics and politics, economic governance
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Dan Clay
Professor, Community SustainabilityExpertise
agricultural and rural development, food security
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Steven Haider
Professor, EconomicsExpertise
An expert in the economics of labor supply and income equality; public assistance for the poor (...
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Mark Skidmore
Professor, Morris Chair in State and Local Government Finance and Policy, Agricultural, Food, and Resource EconomicsExpertise
State and local public finance, intergovernmental fiscal relations, urban/regional economics;...
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Lisa Cook
Associate Professor of Economics and International RelationsExpertise
An expert on Detroit's outlook, the U.S. economy, international economics and the euro zone.
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Joshua Sapotichne
Assistant Professor, Political ScienceExpertise
American public policy and urban politics
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Eric Scorsone
Professor, Director of MSU Extension Center for Local Government Finance and Policy, Agricultural, Food, and Resource EconomicsExpertise
An expert in city and state government finance issues -- including those in the cities of Flint and...
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David Arsen
Professor, Educational AdministrationExpertise
School finance, K-12 Administration, social foundations of education
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Chris Melde
Associate Professor, Criminal JusticeExpertise
impact of violent offending and victimization on adolescent development, street gangs, reactions to...
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Daniel Bergan
Professor, CommunicationsExpertise
Daniel Bergan specializes in public opinion and experimental work on advocacy campaigns. He uses...
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Jeremy Wilson
Professor, Criminal JusticeExpertise
Wilson directs MSU's Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection Program, the first of its kind in...
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Jinhua Zhao
Professor, EconomicsExpertise
Applied Microeconomics, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Energy, Environment in China...
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Laura Schmitt Olabisi
Assistant Professor, Community SustainabilityExpertise
Schmitt Olabisi’s past and present research has addressed soil erosion, population growth,...
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Scott Imberman
Associate Professor, EconomicsExpertise
Economics of Education, Child Development, Public Economics, Labor Economics
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Sharlissa Moore
Assistant ProfessorExpertise
Moore’s teaching and research interests focus on the social, policy, equity, and security...
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Michelle Kaminski
Associate Professor, College of Social ScienceExpertise
Collective bargaining, labor law, unions, gender and union leadership
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Sarah Reckhow
Assistant Professor, Political ScienceExpertise
Education policy, urban politics, nonprofits and philanthropy, racial and ethnic politics
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Valentina Bali
Associate Professor, Political ScienceExpertise
State and local politics, elections, education policy, representation, electoral behavior, policy...
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Benjamin Kleinerman
Associate ProfessorExpertise
An expert in executive power and constitutional relations between Congress and the president;...
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Stacy Dickert-Conlin
Professor, EconomicsExpertise
taxes and low-income individuals, marriage and fertility incentives in government taxes and...
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Stephen Woodbury
Professor, EconomicsExpertise
unemployment and unemployment insurance; employee benefits and compensation; pensions; health...
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William Dutton
Professor, Director of the James and Mary Quello Center, Media and InformationExpertise
Role of technology, policy, and regulation in society; information politics, how the internet...
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Eric Freedman
Professor, JournalismExpertise
Press coverage of U.S. elections and public affairs, press constraints, press systems and...
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Jay Kennedy
Assistant Professor, Criminal JusticeExpertise
Kennedy’s research focuses upon the multi-level antecedents of corporate crime, deviance within...
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Laura A. Reese
Professor, Political ScienceExpertise
An expert in urban and local politics, public policy and economic development, Reese’s focus areas...
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Mark Axelrod
Associate Professor, Fisheries and WildlifeExpertise
Asia, biodiversity, institutions, international, law, legal, policy, political, governance,...
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Soren Anderson
Associate Professor, EconomicsExpertise
Biofuels, energy efficiency, energy markets, fuel-economy standards, land use, microeconometrics,...
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G. Tomas M. Hult
Professor, International Business CenterExpertise
Hult is one of the world’s leading authorities on international business policy and trade,...
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Joe T. Darden
Professor, College of Social ScienceExpertise
urban social geography, residential segregation, immigration and socioeconomic neighborhood...
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Dustin Carnahan
Assistant Professor, College of Communication Arts and SciencesExpertise
Political communication, specifically how mass media influences public opinion and political...
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Gene Burns
Professor of Social Relations and Policy, James Madison CollegeExpertise
reproductive politics, the politics of religion, moral conflict, and social movements
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Todd Elder
Associate Professor, College of Social ScienceExpertise
Economics of education and early child development, program evaluation, expectations formation...
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Rebecca Jacobsen
Associate Professor, College of EducationExpertise
politics, education, politics of education
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Dan Kramer
Associate Professor, James Madison CollegeExpertise
domestic and international environmental policy, sustainable development, globalization and the...
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Dan McCole
Associate Professor, College of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesExpertise
role of natural resource and agricultural-based tourism in contributing to community sustainability...
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Jennifer Sykes
Assistant Professor, James Madison CollegeExpertise
poverty and inequality, vulnerable families and their relations with the state
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John Goddeeris
Professor, College of Social ScienceExpertise
Economic issues in health care, including health insurance and government programs
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Mark Wilson
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning in MSU's School of Planning, Design and ConstructionExpertise
Expertise in local economic development, mega-event planning, industrial park development, and...
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