Public Policy and Planning

Environmental Policy:

Ronald Baba, Associate Professor of Arts and Visual Design.
Architecture. Planning. Design of the built environment.
465-2174. babar@uwgb.edu.

Victoria Harris, Water Quality and Habitat Restoration Specialist, UW Sea Grant Institute.
Great Lakes water quality. Great Lakes environmental remediation (particularly Fox River and Green Bay), Great Lakes habitat restoration. Water resource management and watershed planning. Water resource policy.
465-2795. harrisv@uwgb.edu.

Michael Kraft, Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs (Political Science). Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor in Environmental Studies.
Environmental politics and policy. Energy policy. The U.S. Congress. The presidency, Elections. Nuclear waste. Sustainable communities. Sustainable development. Population growth.
465-2531. kraftm@uwgb.edu.

Laurel Phoenix, Associate Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs (Environmental Planning).
Water resources management. Watershed management. Drinking water quality. Water law. Rural sustainable development. Land use planning and property rights.
465-2402. phoenixl@uwgb.edu.

Denise Scheberle, Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs (Political Science).
Government. Environmental policy. Environmental law. Public administration.
465-2198. scheberd@uwgb.edu.

Larry Smith, Professor of Social Change and Development (Economics).
Sustainable development. Incentive-based land use management.
465-2161. smithl@uwgb.edu.

John Stoll, Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs (Economics).
Environmental economics. Resource economics.
465-2358. stollj@uwgb.edu.

Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges, Associate Professor of Human Development and Psychology.
Environmental psychology (how the places people live and work affect them and vice versa). Design and planning attributes which contribute to sense of community and fear of crime or lack of it. Gated communities.
465-2479. wilsong@uwgb.edu.

Housing and Housing Policy:

Doreen Higgins, Assistant Professor of Social Work (Professional Programs).
Health care policy; aging and long-term care; the racial wealth gap; homeownership and asset building; ex-offender community reentry.
465-2567, 465-2049. higginsd@uwgb.edu.

Thomas Nesslein, Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Studies (Economics).
Economics. Housing economics. Urban economic policy. Capitalist welfare state, Sweden in particular. Minimum wage laws.
465-2099. nessleit@uwgb.edu.

Land-Use Planning:

Ronald Baba, Associate Professor of Arts and Visual Design.
Architecture. Planning. Design of the built environment.
465-2174. babar@uwgb.edu.

Laurel Phoenix, Associate Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs (Environmental Planning).
Water resources management. Drinking water quality. Water law. Rural sustainable development. Land use planning and property rights.
465-2402. phoenixl@uwgb.edu.

Larry Smith, Professor of Social Change and Development (Economics).
Sustainable development. Incentive-based land use management.
465-2161. smithl@uwgb.edu.

Public Policy:

Scott Furlong, Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs (Political Science). Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
American government. Public policy. Regulatory policy. Elections.
465-2995. furlongs@uwgb.edu.

Doreen Higgins, Assistant Professor of Social Work (Professional Programs).
Health care policy; aging and long-term care; the racial wealth gap; homeownership and asset building; ex-offender community reentry.
465-2567, 465-2049. higginsd@uwgb.edu.

Michael Kraft, Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs (Political Science). Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor in Environmental Studies.
Environmental politics and policy. Energy policy. The U.S. Congress. The presidency, Elections. Nuclear waste. Sustainable communities. Sustainable development. Population growth.
465-2531. kraftm@uwgb.edu.

David Littig, Associate Professor Emeritus of Public and Environmental Affairs (Political Science).
Political behavior. Intergovernmental relations. Urban politics and policy. Comparative political systems. Wisconsin local and state politics.
465-2081. littigd@uwgb.edu.

Denise Scheberle, Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs (Political Science).
Government. Environmental policy. Environmental law. Public administration.
465-2198. scheberd@uwgb.edu.

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