Spring 2024 [Registration opens on November 6, 2023]

• PPOL-G 630 Research Methods I [Draft Syllabus]

Graduate students interested in research methods are welcome to join. Please Email me to receive permission number to register if you are not a student in PhD in Public Policy program. 

Fall 2023 (In-Progress)

• PPOL-G 611: Introduction to Public Policy Processes [Course Catalog Description]

• PPOL-G 716: Public Policy ProSeminar [Course Catalog Description]

Fall 2022

• PPOL-G 611: Introduction to Public Policy Processes [Syllabus]
• PUBADM 612: Urban Politics and Policy [Syllabus]

Spring 2022

• PPOL-G 630: Research Methods I [Syllabus]
• PUBADM 651: Geographic Information Systems [Syllabus]
• PUBADM 653: Diversity [Syllabus]

Fall 2021

• PPOL-G 611: Introduction to Public Policy Processes [Syllabus]
• PUBADM 612: Urban Politics and Policy [Syllabus]

Spring 2021

• PPOL-G 630: Research Methods I [Syllabus]
• PUBADM 651: Geographic Information Systems [Syllabus]
• PUBADM 653: Diversity [Syllabus].

Fall 2020

• PPOL-G 611: Introduction to Public Policy Processes [Syllabus]
• PUBADM 612: Urban Politics and Policy [Syllabus]

Spring 2020

• PPOL-G 630: Research Methods I [Syllabus]

Spring 2019

• PPOL-G 630: Research Methods I [Syllabus]

Fall 2018

• PPOL-G 611: Foundations in Public Policy Analysis I [Syllabus]
• PUBADM 612: Urban Politics and Policy [Syllabus]

Spring 2018

• PUBADM 691: MPA Capstone [Syllabus]

Fall 2017

• PPOL-G 611: Foundations in Public Policy Analysis I [Syllabus]
• PUBADM 612: Urban Politics and Policy [Syllabus]

Spring 2017

• PUBADM 620: Analytical Skills I [Syllabus]

Fall 2016

• PPOL-G 611: Foundations in Public Policy Analysis I [Syllabus]
• PUBADM 697: Urban Politics and Policy [Syllabus]

Spring 2016

• PPOL-G 745: Advanced Quantitative Research Methods [Syllabus]

Fall 2015

• PPOL-G 611: Foundations in Public Policy Analysis I [Syllabus]
• PUBADM 697: Urban Politics and Policy [Syllabus]

Doctoral Dissertations Completed:

• Dr. Namesh Killemsetty, Dissertation Chair, Graduated Spring 2021 Title: Assessment of Housing Mismatch in Slums: Learning from Slum Communities in Small Cities of India
• Dr. Tanushree Bhan, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member, Graduated Summer 2020 Title: Potty Politics: Investigating the Policymaking Processes of Sanitation Service to the Urban Poor in Delhi
• Dr. Dragana Bolcic-Jankovic, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member, Graduated Spring 2020 Title: Trends, Determinants, and Effects on Digital Disparities and Quality in Health Care
• Dr. Sushmita Subedi, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member, Graduated Spring 2020 Title: Lost in Translation: Understanding Education Policy Implementation in Nepal
• Dr. Omobukola Usidame, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member, Graduated Spring 2018 Title: Tobacco Products Advertisements at the Point of Sale: The Case of Massachusetts

Dissertations in-progress:

• Beth Fascitelli, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member, Title: Process and Change in the Global Development System
• Samiya Khalid, Doctoral Dissertation Committee Member, Title: Navigating the Barriers in Providing Reproductive Healthcare Services – A Study of Lady Health Workers in Pakistan

Dissertation Proposals in-progress:

• Mary Krebs, Dissertation Committee Co-Chair (with Prof. Christian Weller)
• Denisse Delgado, Co-Chair (with Prof. Michael Johnson)
• Jessica Lillquist, PhD in Environmental Sciences (School for Environment), Member
• Jack Mitcham, PhD in Management Information Systems (School of Management), Member

Completed Masters in Public Administration (MPA) Capstones:

• Anne Conway, Disconnected Youth: A National Crisis, Public Policy & Public Affairs, PUBADM 697, 6 credit hours, Completed. ((January 22, 2018 – May 9, 2018, Co-advised with Ann Bookman)
• Anthony Morse, Finding Barriers to Building Affordable Housing, Public Policy & Public Affairs, PUBADM 691, 6 credit hours, Completed. (January 22, 2018 – May 9, 2018).
• Chadi Nadim, Municipal Use of Tax Incentives, Public Policy & Public Affairs, PUBADM 697, 6 credit hours, Completed. (January 22, 2018 – May 9, 2018).
• Emily Neumann, Transforming Public Housing into Mixed-Income Housing: Pitfalls & Successes?, Public Policy & Public Affairs, PUBADM 697, 6 credit hours, Completed. (January 22, 2018 – May 9, 2018).
• Jenna Connolly, LGBTQ Political Representation in Massachusetts Public Policy & Public Affairs, PUBADM 697, 6 credit hours, Completed. (January 22, 2018 – May 9, 2018,Co-advised with Professor Ann Bookman)
• Marisela Ramirez, Latino/a’s in the Teaching Workforce Analyzing the issues that create barriers to retention and recruitment of Latino/a’s, Public Policy & Public Affairs, PUBADM 697, 6 credit hours, Completed. (January 22,2018 – May 9, 2018).
• Megan Elisabeth, Accountable Care Organizations and the Restructuring of Mass Health, Public Policy & Public Affairs, PUBADM 697, 6 credit hours, Completed. (January 22, 2018 – May 9, 2018).
• Sylvia Singleton, Employee Moral: Examining Municipal Transportation Employee Satisfaction in BPS Public Policy & Public Affairs, PUBADM 697, 6 credit hours, Completed. (January 22, 2018 – May 9, 2018).
• Thomas Nee, Split Commercial-Residential Property Tax Rates Public Policy & Public Affairs, PUBADM 697, 6 credit hours, Completed. (January 22, 2018 – May 9, 2018).

Directed Readings, Internships Advisor, Summer Enrichment Supervisor:

• Sokha Eng, Summer 2021
• Michael Baker, Summer 2021
• Jessica Lillquist, Fall 2020
• Denisse Delgado Vazquez, Fall 2019
• Namesh Killemsetty, Fall 2017
• Kundan Mishra, Fall 2017
• Mary Krebs, Spring 2016

Past Courses at George Mason University

• Incoming MPP: Math Workshop [Fall 2013]
• MPP & PhD in Public Policy: Statistical Methods for Policy Analysis [Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014- 002, Spring 2014-004]
• PhD in Public Policy: Advanced Statistical Methods for Policy Analysis [Spring 2015]
•  MPP: Urban Politics and Policy [Spring 2015]

External Examiner at CEPT University, India:

• Thrush Chandra, (PhD in Urban Planning)
  • Title: Changing Form in Urban Villages: a case study of Jaipur Metropolitan Region

Completed Masters’ Thesis Advisor at CEPT University, India:

• Khushboo Patel (Masters in Infrastructure Engineering and Management, 2014).
  • Title: “Health Vulnerability Assessment of Ahmedabad Slums”.
• Namesh Killemsetty (Masters in Infrastructure Engineering and Management, 2013).
  • Title: “Study of Growth of Slums in Ahmedabad”.
  • Winner, Global Competition on Urban Poverty jointly organized by the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, USAID, The World Bank and Cities Alliance.
  • Talk at Woodrow Wilson Center (Starts at 50:00 minutes)
  • Paper in Garland, A. (2013). InnovatIon In Urban Development:Incremental Housing, Big Data, and Gender, pp. 127-145.
• Ashka Munshi (Masters in Planning (Housing)).
  • Title: “Spatio-temporal Analysis of Housing Patterns in Ahmedabad City”

Lab/Studio Coordinator at CEPT University, India:

• 22 Graduate Students, Masters in Infrastructure Engineering and Management (2013)
  • Studio Title: “Inclusive City Sanitation Planning”, Facebook Page