USF Policy Lab
Affiliated Faculty
At the USF Policy Lab we have a number of diverse affiliated faculty working with our program. These faculty members provide support for our work on the USF campus.
Leadership
Patrick Murphy
Co-Director
Public Budgeting and Tax Policy
Murphy serves as the foundational spark, hustling to build and shape the Lab into what it is today.
Keally McBride
Co-Director
Criminal Justice Policy and Democratic Engagement
McBride builds pathways for students to apply political theory to real policy solutions.
Konrad Posch
Managing Director
Science & Technology Policy, Innovation Policy, Regulation, Governance
Posch supports the Lab by elevating his colleagues' voices to turn their strategic visions into reality.
affiliated Faculty
Karin Cotterman
Community-Based Research, Nonprofits
A social justice leader in higher education with over 25 years of experience building ethical community partnerships and leading teams across multiple academic institutions.
Jesse Anttila-Hughes
Climate, Global Health, Coupled Human-Natural Systems
A researcher who applies physical and statistical modeling to analyze the complex dynamics between global social, environmental, and economic systems.
Rachel Beth Egenhoefer
Design Strategy, Systems Thinking, Visual Communication
A design educator and sustainability researcher using design as a tool for social change.
Kresten Froistad-Martin
Social Ethics and Community-Based Research
Program Manager for the Urban and Public Affairs Graduate Program who works in ethics, leadership, and community social change.
Arman Khachiyan
Urban and Labor Policy
An economist and educator who uses data science and causal identification to study how populations are affected by industrial transitions like climate adaptation and automation.
Andrew Hobbs
Energy and Climate Policy
A researcher who utilizes machine learning and satellite data to develop tools that mitigate climate change impacts and analyze how environmental disasters affect households and businesses.
Peter Lorentzen
Technology Policy, US-China Relations
An economist who specializes in the study of information and institutions, focusing on how governance, media management, and transparency impact economic growth and capital markets in developing countries.
Amalia Kokkinaki
Environmental Management
An environmental engineer who specializes in the mathematical and statistical modeling of physical and biological processes.
Kelly L'Engle
Public Health
A social and behavioral health scientist who specializes in developing and evaluating health interventions and mobile technologies to improve population health outcomes in global and cross-cultural settings.
Fernanda Lopez Ornelas
Geospatial Analysis Lab, Environmental Science
A biologist and environmental manager who specializes in geospatial technologies and remote sensing to support environmental education and conservation efforts.
Stephanie Siehr
Climate, Energy, Environmental Justice Policy
A researcher who combines engineering and political economy to develop energy based solutions for environmental challenges ranging from local air pollution to global climate change.
David Saah
Geospatial Analysis Lab, Environmental Science
An environmental scientist who utilizes integrated geospatial science and landscape ecology to model complex ecosystems and develop holistic decision support systems for local and international policy making.
Shan Wang
Data for Good, Evidence-Based Decision Making, Responsible AI, Machine Learning, and AI in Healthcare
A data scientist and educator who utilizes data driven methods and medical informatics to address complex social, ethical, and policy problems.
John Zarobell
Arts Policy, Resilience and Urban Development
Analyzes the intersections of visual culture, globalization, and the role of the arts in urban development and the global economy.
The San Francisco Policy Lab
Konrad Posch, PhD, Managing Director