Masters in Public Administration

The Faculty

Donald Dixon, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, teaches graduate courses in planning, implementation, evaluation, public policy, and research methods. He teaches prerequisite courses in state and local government, California politics, and urban politics. (phone: 664-2327)

David McCuan, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, is the Coordinator of the MPA program and teaches graduate courses in the administrative state, public policy, and personnel. He teaches prerequisite courses in federalism and intergovernmental relations, as well as state and local government. (phone 664-3309)

Andy Merrifield, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, teaches budgeting, public policy, ethics, and organizational theory. He teaches prerequisite courses in federalism, intergovernmental relations, and state and local government. (phone: 664-3946)

Catherine Nelson, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, teaches graduate courses in ethics and personnel (phone: 664-3963)

David Ziblatt, Ph.D., University of Oregon, teaches graduate courses in the administrative state, organizational theory, and public policy. He teaches prerequisite courses in interest groups and political parties. (phone: 664-2731)

Practitioners with expertise in public and nonprofit management teach courses in the Public and Nonprofit Concentrations.