Faculty Members

Clyde Barrow (Ph.D. Political Science, UCLA) 
Chancellor Professor, Director of the Center for Policy Analysis  
Specializes in Massachusetts public policy, policy formation, and regional economic development  

Learn more about Professor Barrow.  
Email: cbarrow@umassd.edu

Michael D. Goodman (Ph.D. Sociology, Boston University)
Associate Professor, Department Chair and Director of the MPP program
Specializes in economic development, housing and education policy; co-editor, MassBenchmarks, the Journal of the Massachusetts Economy

Learn more about Professor Goodman. 
Email: mgoodman@umassd.edu

Weiwei Lin (Ph.D. Public Administration, Rutgers University-Newark)
Assistant Professor
Specializes in non-profit management and performance measurement

Learn more about Professor Lin.
Email: wlin@umassd.edu

Devon Lynch (Ph.D. Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder)

Assistant Professor, jointly appointed with the Department of Economics
Specializes in applied microeconomics with an emphasis in the field of public and labor economics.

Learn more about Professor Lynch
Email: dlynch@umassd.edu

Chad McGuire (J.D., Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; L.L.M., Environmental Law, University of San Diego School of Law) 
Assistant Professor, Director the Department's Certificate Program in Environmental Policy 
Specializes in environmental law and policy with an emphasis in marine and coastal issues

Learn more about Professor McGuire
Email: cmcguire@umassd.edu

Shawna E. Sweeney (Ph.D., Political Science, Binghamton University)
Assistant Professor and Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Analysis
Specializes in women's public policy issues, human rights policy, and globalization

Learn more about Professor Sweeney
Email: ssweeney@umassd.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Toby Huff (Ph.D., Sociology, New School)
Chancellor Professor Emeritus
Learn more about Professor Huff.  Download Science and Metaphysics in the Three Religions of the Book.
 

Mark Paige (Ph.D., J.D., University of Wisconsin Madison)
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership
Specializes in Education Policy and Law

Email: mpaige@umassd.edu

João Paraskeva (Ph.D., University of Minho)
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
Specializes in Educational Leadership, Critical Theory and Educational Policy Studies 

Email: jparaskeva@umassd.edu

Ricardo Rosa (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Madison)
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership
Specializes in Education Policy and Curriculum Theory

Email: rrosa@umassd.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Sibel Atasoy (Ph.D., Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute) teaches courses in Microeconomics and State and Local Finance.

Frederick Kalisz (Ph.D. Law and Public Policy, Northeastern; MPP Class of 2009) served as Mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts between 1998 and 2006 and teaches courses in Public Management.

William Manganiello (J.D., Southern New England School of Law) teaches environmental law.