Faculty

Program Director

Cali A Curley

Cali A Curley

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies

(305) 284-6867
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Cali Curley joins the University of Miami as an Assistant Professor from the O'Neill School at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. Cali earned her Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy from Florida State University in 2014. Her primary research emphasis is on local government policy design and adoption, specifically...
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Core Faculty

Marcia A Beck

Marcia A Beck

Lecturer

(305) 284-1663
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Dr. Marcia A. Beck (Ph.D. University of Notre Dame) specializes in Soviet and post-Soviet Russian politics and foreign policy.  In these fields she is the author of Russia’s Liberal Project: State-Society Relations in the Transition from Communism (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000) and several...
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Jennifer Marie Connolly

Jennifer Marie Connolly

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-2401
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Jennifer M. Connolly is a public management scholar with a focus on local governance. Her research is motivated by a desire to understand how local governments can best serve the interests of their residents through their management structure, their policies, and the services they provide. Dr. Connolly’s research centers on three broad...
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Arthur Marshall Simon

Arthur Marshall Simon

Senior Lecturer

(305) 284-4013
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Arthur M. Simon holds business and law degrees from the University of Miami, a master’s degree from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a Ph.D. in public administration from Florida State University.  His resume includes professional experience as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, an appellate attorney in Miami, a...
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Michael Touchton

Michael Touchton

Assoc. Professor
Global Health Associate Faculty Lead - UMIA

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Dr. Touchton studies the political economy of development and underdevelopment in a comparative setting. His areas of interest include how countries attract investment and promote economic growth, how they reduce poverty and promote human development, and how they redevelop following the departure of major industries. Much of his research occurs...
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