Public Policy & Political Economy Faculty

Bobby C. Alexander
Associate Professor of Sociology,
and Public Policy and Political Economy

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Education: PhD, Religious Studies, Columbia University
Research areas: Religion, social change
Programs: Sociology, Public Policy & Political Economy

Brian J.L. Berry
Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor
Member of National Academy of Sciences

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Education: PhD, University of Washington
Research areas: Urban and regional development, spatial analysis, long-term macroeconomic/political relationships
Programs: Geographic Information Sciences, Public Policy & Political Economy

Lloyd J. Dumas
Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy

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Education: PhD, Economics, Columbia University
Research areas: Economics, engineering, sociology, history, public policy, military studies, peace science
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy

Euel W. Elliott
Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Political Economy

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Education: PhD, Political Science, Duke University
Research areas: U.S. public policy, political institutions
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy

Rodolfo Hernandez Guerrero
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director of the UTD Office of International Education and of the Center for US-Mexican Studies

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Education: PhD, Political Economy, University of Texas at Dallas
Research areas: U.S.- Mexico relations, Mexican politics, demographic transition in Latin American countries
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy

Donald A. Hicks
Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy
Special Assistant to President David Daniel

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Education: PhD, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Research areas: Technology innovation, processes of emerging technologies and industries
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy

Jennifer S. Holmes
Associate Professor of Political Economy and Political Science
Associate Program Head for International Political Economy; Graduate Advisor

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Education: PhD, Political Science, University of Minnesota
Research areas: Political violence, terrorism, political development
Programs: Public Policy & Political Economy, Political Science

Murray J. Leaf
Professor of Anthropology and Political Economy

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Education: PhD, Social Anthropology, University of Chicago
Research areas: Legal philosophy, South Asia, socio-economic development, fundamental sociocultural theory
Programs: Public Policy & Political Economy, Public Affairs

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn
Clinical Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Research Scientist at Texas School Project

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Education: PhD, Public Policy and Political Economy, University of Texas at Dallas
Research areas: Cultural economics, economics of happiness
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy

Sheila Amin Gutíerrez de Piñeres
Professor of Political Economy and Economics,
Dean of Undergraduate Education

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Education: PhD, Economics, Duke University
Research areas: Latin American development and trade
Program: Public Policy & Political Economy

Richard K. Scotch
Professor of Sociology, Public Policy and Political Economy
Director, PhD. Program in Public Affairs

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Education: PhD, Sociology, Harvard University
Research areas: Interaction of social policy and social change
Programs: Sociology, Public Policy & Political Economy

Sheryl L. Skaggs
Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Policy
Associate Program Head for Sociology; Graduate Advisor

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Education: PhD, Sociology, North Carolina State University
Research areas: Workplace inequality, organizations, occupations and professions, social inequality
Programs: Sociology, Public Policy & Political Economy