Public Policy

The Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy seeks outstanding graduate students to apply for the Dean’s Scholar Award in Public Policy.  This field includes research and coursework in policy analytic methodologies, including economics and econometrics; field network studies; systems modeling and simulation; the policy process; and substantive public policy areas including heath policy, welfare policy, and the environment. 

The University at Albany has a dynamic group of faculty members researching critical issues in the field of Public Policy:

In addition, two nationally renowned research centers are connected with Public Policy at the Rockefeller College. They are the Center for Policy Research and the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

Selected Publications in Public Policy:

Victor Asal (with Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Kathleen Young, and David Quinn). 2003. “Mediating International Crises: Cross-National and Experimental Perspectives,” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 47/3 (July): 279-301. 

Thomas Birkland. 2006. Lessons of Disaster: Policy Change After Catastrophic Events. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press.

Rey Koslowski (with David Kyle). 2001. Global Human Smuggling: Comparative Perspectives.  Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press.

Irene Lurie. 2006. At the Front Lines of the Welfare System: A Perspective on the Decline in Welfare Caseloads. Albany, NY: Rockefeller Institute Press.

Gerald Marschke and P. Courty. “Making Government Accountable:  Lessons from a Federal Job Training Program.”  Public Administration Review ,(forthcoming)

J. L. Mumpower, R. Nath, and T. R. Stewart. “Affirmative Action, Duality of Error, and the Consequences of Mispredicting the Academic Performance of African-American College Applicants.”  Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2001, 21, 63-77.

Robert Nakamura and Thomas Church. Taming Regulation:  Superfund and Regulatory Reform, The Brookings Institution Press, 2003.

G. P. Richardson. Ed.  Modelling for Management:  Simulation in Support of Systems Thinking, The International Library of Management.  Aldershot, U.K.:  Dartmouth Publishing Company, 1996.

T. R. Stewart and J. L. Mumpower. “Detection and selection decisions in the practice of screening mammography.”  Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2004, 23, 908-920. 

J. Wyckoff, D. Boyd, H. Lankford, and S. Loeb. “Understanding Teacher Labor Markets: Implications for Educational Equity,” in D. Monk and M. Plecki, eds., School Finance and Teacher Quality: Exploring the Connection, 2003, 55-84. 

J. Wyckoff, D. Boyd, P. Grossman, H. Lankford, and S. Loeb. “Examining Teacher Preparation: Does the Pathway Make a Difference?,” funded by City University of New York, The Spencer Foundation, The New York State Education Department, The Carnegie Corporation, and The National Science Foundation.

A.A. Zagonel, J. W. Rohrbaugh, G.P. Richardson, and D.F. Andersen. “Using simulation models to address ‘What If’ questions about welfare reform,” Journal of  Policy Analysis and Management 23,4 (2004): 890-901.