Bill Simonsen

Professor

School of Public Policy

Education

B.A., SUNY at Oswego, 1979
MCRP Harvard University, 1981
Ph.D., New York University, 1991

Teaching & Research Interests

Public finance and budgeting
Public policy

Bill Simonsen

Bill Simonsen is a Professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Connecticut.  Simonsen’s research is in the area of public budgeting and finance.  Simonsen’s work has been widely published in public finance, public administration, and related journals.

Simonsen was awarded the 2015 Aaron Wildavsky Award by the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM) for lifetime scholarly achievement in budgeting and financial management.  He also won the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) Leslie A. Whittington Excellence in Teaching Award in 2008.  He is a former editor of the academic journal Public Budgeting & Finance.

Before his academic career, Simonsen held professional positions at Moody’s Investors Service, New York City Human Resources Administration, New York City Office of Management and Budget, and the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Simonsen volunteers as the Vice Chair of the Mansfield Housing Authority in Mansfield, CT.