Policy Scholars? Here.

The Yearbook contains a detailed international listing of policy scholars with contact information, fields of specialization, research references, and an individual scholar’s statements of current and future research interests. The intent is to provide a reasonably comprehensive and accessible reference to the most recent scholarship on all aspects of public policy, as well as indications of future research directions.

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Evolving Scholarship in Public Policy

The Public Policy Yearbook is now in its fourth iteration and continues to serve a useful tool for examining recent changes in public policy scholarship over the past several years.

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Offline Version

If you prefer, you may download a PDF version of the 2012 Yearbook containing the profiles that were added or updated in Fall 2011.

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For public policy scholars, inclusion in the Yearbook is a great way to gain visibility and facilitate networking within the policy research community. Listing in the Yearbook is free of charge to all scholars (including graduate students) who do research in public policy.

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Featured Policy Experts


Jami Taylor

University of Toledo
Political Science & Public Administration

Substantive Focus:
Governance
Social Policy

Theoretical Focus:
Policy Process Theory

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David Nice

Washington State University
Political Science

Substantive Focus:
Governance
Defense and Security
Social Policy

Theoretical Focus:
Policy History
Agenda-Setting, Adoption, and Implementation
Policy Analysis and Evaluation
Public Opinion

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Public Policy Section Award Winners


Jennier Hochschild

Harvard University

Vesla Weaver

University of Virginia

2009 Policy Studies Best Paper Award for the best policy studies paper presented at the Annual Meeting

"The Shifting Politics of Multiracialism in the United States"