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Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs
John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies
University of Massachusetts Boston
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
Department Contacts and Locations
Master of Public Administration (MPA) Program
email public.affairs@umb.edu
McCormack Hall, 3rd Floor
Telephone: 617.287.6938
Fax: 617.287.6949
If you would like to attend an information session about the MPA program, please email a brief statement of your interests, a current résumé, and if you would be available to visit campus to public.affairs@umb.edu. We can also hold online information sessions by request or answer questions over the phone.
Public Policy PhD Program
email public.policy@umb.edu
McCormack Hall, 3rd Floor
Telephone: 617.287.6938
Fax: 617.287.6949
Informational interviews are held with prospective students upon request. Prospective students are also welcomed to request a meeting with faculty of the program who may share similar interests. For a full list of PhD faculty and their areas of interest, please see our Public Policy PhD faculty page.
If you would like to attend an informational interview for the PhD program, please email a brief statement of your interests, a current résumé or CV, names of any additional faculty you would like to meet, and several dates and times you would be available to visit campus to public.policy@umb.edu.
Gender, Leadership, and Public Policy
email: glpp@umb.edu
Healey Library, 10th Floor
Telephone: 617.287.6785
Fax: 617.287.7116
Department Chair and Graduate Program Directors
Department Chair
Christian Weller, PhD
christian.weller@umb.edu
Graduate Program Directors
Michael Johnson, PhD
Master of Public Administration (MPA) Program
michael.johnson@umb.edu
Heather MacIndoe, PhD
Public Policy PhD Program
heather.macindoe@umb.edu
Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson, PhD
Gender, Leadership, and Public Policy program
LA.NsiahJefferson@umb.edu
Department Staff
Jack Li, Graduate Program Administrator, Outreach and Recruitment
Public Policy and Public Administration
617.287.6905; jack.li001@umb.edu
Office: McCormack Hall, 3rd Floor, Room 436
Ruth Anderson, Graduate Program Administrator, Student Services and Retention
Public Policy and Public Administration
617-287-5543; ruth.anderson001@umb.edu
Office: McCormack Hall, 3rd Floor, Room 437
Azure Parker, Administrative Assistant II
Public Policy and Public Administration
617-287-6938; azure.parker@umb.edu
Office: McCormack Hall, 3rd Floor, Room 415
Muna Killingback, Assistant Program Director
Gender, Leadership, and Public Policy
617.287.6785; muna.killingback@umb.edu
Office: Healey Library, 10th Floor, Room 12
Ways to Give
If you would like to sponsor an internship, post a job opening, mentor a graduate student, offer a guest lecture, suggest a research project or partnership, or make a donation to support a scholarship or one of our many extracurricular activities, events, and conferences, we would love to hear from you.
Please contact us or make your gift online.