Full-Time Faculty
Mohamad Alkadry
Professor
Hartford Times Building, Room 421A
Hartford Campus
Eric Brunner
Professor and Director of Graduate Programs
Hartford Times Building, Room 413
Hartford Campus
Thomas Craemer
Associate Professor
Hartford Times Building, Room 435
Hartford Campus
Deneen Hatmaker
Associate Professor
Hartford Times Building, Room 416A
Hartford Campus
Elizabeth Burland
Assistant Research Professor
Hartford Times Building, Room 422
Hartford Campus
Vaughn Crichlow
Director of Research, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, and Associate Research Professor
Hartford Times Building, Room 434A
Hartford Campus
Renzo de la Riva Agüero
Assistant Professor
Hartford Times Building, Room 417
Hartford Campus
Angela Eikenberry
Professor and School Director
Hartford Times Building, Room 431A
Hartford Campus
Brenda Gellner
Visiting Assistant Professor
Hartford Times Building, Room 414
Hartford Campus
Christal Hamilton
Assistant Professor
Hartford Times Building, Room 415
Hartford Campus
David Mitre Becerril
Assistant Professor
Hartford Times Building, Room 420
Hartford Campus
Kerri Raissian
Associate Professor
Hartford Times Building, Room 419
Hartford Campus
Bill Simonsen
Professor
Hartford Times Building, Room 423
Hartford Campus
Lydia Wileden
Assistant Research Professor
Hartford Times Building, Room 433
Hartford Campus
Jinhai Yu
Assistant Professor
Hartford Times Building, Room 418
Hartford Campus
Ruodan Zhang
Assistant Professor
Hartford Times Building, Room 425
Hartford Campus
Emeritus and Associated Faculty
Edith Barrett
Professor Emeritus
Kenneth Couch
Affiliated Faculty, Professor of Economics
325 Oak Hall
Storrs Campus
Stephen Ross
Affiliated Faculty, Professor of Economics
346 Oak Hall (Storrs) // 515 HTB (Hartford)
Storrs and Hartford Campuses
Kenneth Dautrich
Associate Professor Emeritus
Jennifer Dineen
Associate Professor In-Residence
Hartford Times Building, Room 543A
Hartford Campus
Amy Donahue
Professor Emeritus
Robert Wilson
Distinguished Visiting Professor
Hartford Times Building, Room 404A
Hartford Campus
Adjunct Faculty
Ben Barnes
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Director of Administration, City of Stamford, CT
Stamford Campus
Dana Begin
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Director, Evidence-Based Practices and Grants Division, CT Office of the Commissioner (OOC), CT DMHAS (MPA 2020)
Hartford Campus
Ben Branyan
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, Greenwich Public Schools, Greenwich, CT
Stamford Campus
Kathleen Brennan
Adjunct Professor and Deputy Commissioner, CT Dept. of Social Services
Hartford Campus
Karen Buffkin
Adjunct Professor and Executive Director of Employee Relations, UConn
Hartford Campus
Penny Davis
Adjunct Professor and Chief Human Resources Officer, CT Dept. of Social Services
Hartford Campus
Tara Downes
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Deputy State Comptroller, CT Office of the State Comptroller (MPA 2020)
Melanie Dykas
Adjunct Professor (DPP) and Deputy General Counsel at the Connecticut General Assembly
David Garvey
Director of Nonprofit Outreach and Adjunct Professor
Director of Partnership and Compliance, Career Resources Inc.
Hartford Campus
Alyssa Goduti
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and President and CEO, Ädelbrook Behavioral and Developmental Services
Hartford Campus
Matthew Hart
Adjunct Professor
Executive Director of the Capitol Region Council of Governments (CRCOG)
Hartford Campus
Josephine Hawke
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Lead Research and Evaluator, Governor’s Prevention Partnership in Connecticut
Hartford Campus
Jason Jakubowski
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and President and CEO, Connecticut Foodshare (MPA 2001)
Thomas "TJ" Jones
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Private Consultant
Hartford Campus
Melissa McCaw
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Finance Director, Town of East Hartford
Hartford Campus
James McGennis
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Executive Director, Connecticut Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Governing Board
Hartford Campus
Anne McIntyre-Lahner
Adjunct Professor, SPP, and CEO, Action 2 Outcomes
Hartford Campus
Michael Moore
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and President, Stamford Downtown Special Services District (Stamford Downtown)
Stamford Campus
Paul Potamianos
Adjunct Professor and Deputy Secretary, CT Office of Policy and Management
Hartford Campus
Ronald Schack
Adjunct Professor and Managing Director, Charter Oak Group, LLC
Hartford Campus
Michael Schrier
Adjunct Professor and Director, YSM/West Campus Development, Yale University
Alex Tsarkov
Adjunct Professor
Executive Director, Connecticut Sentencing Commission
Hartford Campus
Staff
Kenneth Barone
Associate Director, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, and Project Manager, Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project
Andrew Clark
Director, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy
MPA Fellows, Class of 2026
Thomas Dowd
Program Assistant, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy and Connecticut Sentencing Commission
Erica Escobar
Program Assistant, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy and Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project
Candace Fitzpatrick
Alumni Relations and Development
Hartford Times Building, Room 433
Hartford Campus
David Garvey
Director of Nonprofit Outreach and Adjunct Professor
Director of Partnership and Compliance, Career Resources Inc.
Hartford Campus
Valerie Gordon
Communications Coordinator, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy
Catherine Guarino
Director of Student and Academic Affairs and Director of Undergraduate Programs
Hartford Times Building, Room 430
Hartford Campus
Amjad Khan
IMRP Financial Analyst, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy
Santana Miller
Program Assistant, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy
Irvine Peck’s-Agaya
Operations Coordinator, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy
Graduate Assistants
Student Staff
Ariana Azerrad Zevallos
Student Administrative Assistant
Hartford Times Building, Room 431
Hartford Campus
Dajia Carr
Student Administrative Assistant
Hartford Times Building, Room 431
Hartford Campus
Alexis Robinson
Student Administrative Assistant (UConn Stamford)
Stamford Campus 139A
Stamford Campus