Our faculty explore the values that underpin institutional and policy choices, including the ethical and accountability aspects of policy-making. They are experts in policy-making institutions such as Congress, the Presidency, executive branch agencies, and state and local governments as well as the theories and processes of public policy, including agenda building, the media, instruments of implementation, regulation, interest group activity, intergovernmental relations, budgeting, and tax policy.
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Associate Professor
Areas of Research: Democratization, Political Theory, United States, Religion, Secularism, Constitutionalism
Distinguished University Professor Emerita, and Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Chair Emerita
Areas of Research: Corruption, Human Trafficking, Illicit Trade, International Security, Soviet Successor States, Terrorism, Transnational Crime
Associate Professor; Founder and Director, Gender and Policy Center
Areas of Research: Gender, Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation, Bioethics, and Ethics in Public Policy
University Professor, Director of the Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence!
Areas of Research: Evidence-Based Practices, Criminal Justice Organizations, Fairness Issues in Risk Assessment, Health and Justice Policies, Corrections and Probation/Parole Implementation Science, Intervention Science, Motivational Interviewing in Justice Settings, Implementation-Effectiveness Studies
Associate Professor
Areas of Research: Campaign Finance, Elections, Interest Groups, Legislatures, Quantitative Methods, Social Network Analysis, U.S. Politics
Professor Emerita
Professor Laura Walker, attorney-at-law, was engaged in the private practice of law in Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Virginia prior to joining the George Mason University faculty.
Distinguished University Professor
Areas of Research: Elite Influencers, Power Networks, Shadow Elites, Privatization of Policy, and Weaponized Corruption in the United States, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Ukraine.