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Glenn Blomquist Education: |
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Biography Glenn C. Blomquist is the Carl F. Pollard Professor of Health Economics and Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. He holds appointments both in the Department of Economics of the Gatton College of Business and Economics and in the James W. Martin School of Public Policy and Administration. He is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A., Ohio State University, M.A., and the University of Chicago, Ph.D. His areas of interest are health economics, environmental economics, urban economics, and public policy. His work deals with valuation of risks to human health and safety, valuation of urban and environmental amenities, benefit cost analysis and public policy. He has published in journals such as: Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review, The Economic Journal, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, and Journal of Urban Economics. An entry titled 'Economics of Value of Life' was published in the International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences and a chapter titled 'Quality of Life' was contributed to the edited volume, A Companion to Urban Economics. He has written books on traffic safety regulation and environmental policy. His work has been published by the Brookings Institution and National Academy of Sciences, and he has received grants from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Urban Institute, and Kentucky Cabinet for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. |
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Karen Blumenschein Education: |
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Biography The focus of Dr. Blumenschein's teaching includes the areas of research design, medical literature evaluation and health outcomes assessment. She coordinates "The Evidence Base of Pharmacy Practice" course taken by all second-year students in the UK College of Pharmacy. In addition to didactic teaching, she directs the joint PharmD/MPA, PHarmD/MPP and PharmD/MBA programs at UK with more than 30 graduates since 1999. Dr. Blumenschein has provided faculty mentoring for a number of student research projects, including two Merck Research Scholars, three AFPE "Gateway to Research" Scholars, and two NACDS Research Scholars. She has served as the University of Kentucky NCPA faculty liaison since 2001 and has been faculty advisor for four NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Business Plan Competition submissions. Dr. Blumenschein's primary research interest is validity issues associated with non-market valuation methods. Other research interests include incorporating quality of life into health economic evaluations and estimation of the patient-perceived value of community pharmacy services. Her research has received extramural funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the pharmaceutical industry, and various foundations. She is the author of scholarly work in both the economics and pharmacy literature. |
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Richard C. Fording Education:
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Biography Dr. Fording, Professor, earned his B.A. at the University of Florida (1986), and his Ph.D. from Florida State University (1997). His primary teaching and research interests include public policy (welfare, criminal justice), state politics, social movements, West European politics, and quantitative methodology. He is the author or co-author of articles appearing in American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Social Science Quarterly, Comparative Political Studies, and European Journal of Political Research. He is currently involved in a number of different research projects examining various dimensions of state welfare and criminal justice policies. |
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Donald A. Gross Education:
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Biography Full Professor, received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa after receiving his B.A. from Colorado State University. His research and teaching interests include campaign finance, legislative politics, political parties, and executive branch politics. He is the author of articles which have appeared in leading professional journals such as American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, and American Journal of Political Science. His recent book, The States of Campaign Finance Reform, focuses on the effects of reform in gubernatorial elections. His current research continues to focus on issues associated with campaign finance reform. |
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David Hamilton Education |
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Biography Professor Hamilton studies twentieth-century U.S. political and policy history. His book From New Day to New Deal: American Farm Policy from Hoover to Roosevelt, 1928-1933 was awarded the Theodore Saloutos Prize. He has published articles in the Journal of American History, the Journal of Southern History, and Agricultural History as well as essays in edited collections. He edited Problems in American Civilization: The New Deal (1999). His current projects include a biography of the economist Mordecai Ezekiel, a study of the Hoover presidency, and a study of early twentieth-century American state-building. |
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David Hulse Education |
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Biography Dr. Hulse is the Deloitte & Touche Professor of Accountancy in the Gatton College of Business and Economics, with a joint appointment in the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration. His research and teaching focus on taxation, with an emphasis on the federal income taxation of corporations and individuals. He has published in journal such as Journal of the American Taxation Association, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Tax Notes, and Journal of Financial Service Professionals. |
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Mark A. Peffley Education:
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Biography I received my Ph.D from the University of Minnesota. My research areas are public opinion and political psychology, mostly in the U.S. but also in a comparative context. I study policy attitudes, media effects, racial attitudes and political tolerance. My current research involves three projects:
My research has appeared in American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, American Politics Quarterly, Political Behavior, Political Communications, Political Research Quarterly and Public Opinion Quarterly. I coauthored and edited, Perception and Prejudice: Race and Politics in the U.S. (Yale University Press), and I'm co-editor of the journal, Political Behavior, with Jon Hurwitz. |
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Jeffery Talbert Education:
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Biography Jeffery Talbert Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the UK College of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science and the Director of the Research & Data Management Center. Previously Professor Talbert was on the faculty of the UK Martin School of Public Policy from 1995-2005, and most recently the Chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. He received B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Texas A&M University. Professor Talbert has research interests in health policy, Medicaid modernization, pharmaceutical policy, and pharmaceutical decision analysis. |
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John R. Thelin Education: |
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Biography Dr. Thelin was named University Research Professor in 2000. His teaching and research interests focus on the history of higher education and public policy. John likes to bring historical writing and research to contemporary discussions about significant, enduring higher education issues. His latest book is A History of American Higher Education, published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Its distinctive approach is to emphasize the history of colleges and universities -- especially campus life -- as part of American popular culture. In Spring 2004 John was selected by the UK Alumni Society to receive one of its "Great Teacher" Awards. He received the University Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2006. In April 2007 the American Educational Research Association conferred on him the Exemplary Research Award for Division J: Postsecondary and Higher Education research. |
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Richard Waterman Education: |
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Biography Professor of Political Science: He received his Ph.D. and MA in Political Science from the University of Houston. He also received a M Ed. from Bridgewater State College and a BA in History from Rhode Island College. His teaching and research interests include the presidency, the bureaucracy, and public policy. He is the author or co-author of several books including Bureaucratic Dynamics, Politics, Bureaucrats, and the Environment, The Image-Is-Everything Presidency, The Changing American Presidency, and Enforcing the Law: The Case of the Clean Water Acts. He has published articles in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, and other political science journals. |
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Aaron Yelowitz Education: |
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