Full-Time Faculty
Eric Brunner
Professor and Director of Graduate Programs
Hartford Times Building, Room 413
Hartford Campus
Emeritus and Associated Faculty
Kenneth Couch (opens in new window)
Affiliated Faculty, Professor of Economics
325 Oak Hall
Storrs Campus
Sachin Pandya (opens in new window)
Affiliated Faculty, Professor of Law
Hosmer 308
UConn School of Law
Stephen Ross
Affiliated Faculty, Professor of Economics
346 Oak Hall (Storrs) // 515 HTB (Hartford)
Storrs and Hartford Campuses
Simon Yamawaki Shachter (opens in new window)
Affiliated Faculty, Assistant Professor of Sociology
UConn Department of Sociology
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
Lloyd Blanchard
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Interim Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer, Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System
Ben Branyan
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, Greenwich Public Schools, Greenwich, CT
Stamford Campus
Tara Downes
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Deputy State Comptroller, CT Office of the State Comptroller (MPA 2020)
Hartford Campus
David Garvey
Director of Encore Connecticut and Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Programs
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
Lauren Goulet
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Legislative Analyst, CT Office of Fiscal Analysis (MPP 2020)
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
Keri Hoehne
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Secretary-Treasurer, United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 371
Stamford Campus
James McGennis
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Executive Director, Connecticut Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Governing Board
Hartford Campus
Michael Moore
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and President, Stamford Downtown Special Services District (Stamford Downtown)
Stamford Campus
Neil Pade
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Director of Planning and Community Development, Town of Canton, CT
Hartford Campus
Meital Peleg Mizrachi
Adjunct Professor (SPP) and Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, Yale University
Paul Potamianos
Adjunct Professor and Deputy Secretary, CT Office of Policy and Management
Hartford Campus
Joshua Wojcik
Adjunct Professor and Director, Health Policy and Benefits, CT Office of the State Comptroller
Hartford Campus
Staff
Kenneth Barone (opens in new window)
Associate Director, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, and Project Manager, Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project
Andrew Clark (opens in new window)
Director, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy
MPA Fellows, Class of 2026
Thomas Dowd (opens in new window)
Program Assistant, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy and Connecticut Sentencing Commission
Erica Escobar (opens in new window)
Program Assistant, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy and Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project
David Garvey
Director of Encore Connecticut and Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Programs
Director of Partnership and Compliance, Career Resources Inc.
Hartford Campus
Valerie Gordon (opens in new window)
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 (opens in new window)
IMRP Financial Analyst, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy
Irvine Peck’s-Agaya (opens in new window)
Operations Coordinator, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy
Graduate Assistants
Student Staff
Daneya Alvarez
Graduate Intern (Content Coordinator)
Hartford Times Building, Fourth Floor
Hartford Campus
Samore Orr
Student Administrative Assistant (UConn Stamford)
Downtown Stamford, Room 100
Stamford Campus
