Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

School of Public Policy and Leadership Faculty


Program Director

Farmer, Jayce

Associate Professor; B.S., Florida A&M University; M.P.A., Ph.D., Florida State University.

Graduate Coordinators 

Cook-Craig, Patricia

Associate Professor; B.S.W., B.A., University of Texas, Austin; M.S.S.W., University of Texas, Arlington; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Lim, Jaewon 

Associate Professor; B.s. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; MUP, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Graduate Faculty

Bernick, E. Lee 

Professor, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma.

Cook-Craig, Patricia

Associate Professor; B.S.W., B.A., University of Texas, Austin; M.S.S.W., University of Texas, Arlington; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Danielsen, Karen A.

Associate Professor; B.A., and M.C.R.P., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic and State University.

Farmer, Jayce

Associate Professor; B.S., Florida A&M University; M.P.A., Ph.D., Florida State University.

Gordon, Michael

Visiting Assistant Professor; L.L.B., and L.L.M., University of South Africa; M.PA., and Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Lim, Jaewon 

Associate Professor; B.s. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; MUP, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Mullen, Lawrence 

Professor; B.A., Buffalo State College; M.A., University of Maryland; Ph.D., University of Iowa.

Neill, Helen

Associate Professor; B.A., Trinity University; M.A., Ph.D., University of New Mexico.

Ramirez, Edgar

Professor; B.S., The Autonomous University of Coahuila; MPA, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics; Ph.D. Florida State University.

Stave, Krystyna 

Professor; B.S., Cornell University; M.S., Dartmouth; Ph.D., School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University.

Stream, Christopher

Director of the School of Public Policy and Leadership; Associate Professor; B.A., University of Nebraska; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University.

Word, Jessica

Associate Professor; B.A., Queens College; M.P.A., Ph.D., Florida State University.

Professors Emeriti

Goodall, Leonard

Emeritus President and Professor; B.A., M.A., Central Missouri State University; Ph.D., University of Illinois. UNLV Emeritus 1979-2000.

Lang, Robert

Emeritus Professor; B.A., Ph.D. Rutgers University. UNLV Emeritus 2010-2021.

Lowry, Phillip

Emeritus Associate Professor; B.S., University of Maryland; M.S.B.A., George Washington University; D.B.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University. UNLV Emeritus 1983-1996.

Lukemeyer, Anna

Emeritus Associate Professor; B.A., Indiana University; J.D., L.L.M., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D., Syracuse University.

McCord, Robert

Emeritus Associate Professor; B.A., M.A., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas. UNLV Emeritus 1999-2011.

Rusch, Edith 

Emeritus Professor; B.S., University of Wisconsin; M.A., University of Northern Colorado; Ph.D., University of Oregon.

Sutton, Richard

Emeritus Associate Professor; B.A., Tulane University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. UNLV Emeritus 1974-2006.

Thompson, William

Emeritus Professor; B.A., M.A., Michigan State University, Ph.D., University of Missouri at Columbia. UNLV Emeritus 1980-2010.

Tilman, Lee R.

Emeritus Professor; B.S., Oregon State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona. UNLV Emeritus 1967-1997.