Urban Governance

Ross Cheit

Professor of Political Science

Professor of International and Public Affairs

Areas of Interest: Criminal justice, child abuse, ethics in government, the politics of food.

• +1 401 863 3523
• ross_cheit@brown.edu

Marc J. Dunkelman

Fellow in International and Public Affairs

Areas of Interest: Politics, community, infrastructure.

• marc_dunkelman@brown.edu

Peter Evans

Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs

Areas of Interest: Comparative political economy of development, globalization and global governance, labor, social movements and transnational civil society.

• +1 401 863 3348
• peter_evans@brown.edu

Patrick Heller

Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs

Areas of Interest: Development, globalization, social theory, democratization, governance, urban transformation.

• +1 401 863 7465
• patrick_heller@brown.edu

Susan Moffitt

Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy

Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs

Areas of Interest: Education policy, regulatory policy, health policy.

• +1 401 863 9335
• susan_moffitt@brown.edu

Alex Nading

Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs

Areas of Interest: Medical Anthropology, Political Ecology, Science and Technology Studies, Global Health, Infectious Disease, Cities, Human-Animal Relations, Bioethics, Climate Change, Latin America

• +401 863 2809
• alex_nading@brown.edu

Jayanti Owens

Mary Tefft and John Hazen White, Sr. Assistant Professor of Public and International Affairs and Sociology

Areas of Interest: Social stratification, education, race/ethnicity, gender, organizations, social demography, population health.

• +1 401 863 1114
• jayanti_owens@brown.edu

Prerna Singh

Mahatma Gandhi Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs

Areas of Interest: Comparative politics, political economy of development, social welfare, identity politics including ethnic politics and nationalism, and gender politics, politics of South Asia and East Asia.

• prerna_singh@brown.edu

Ashutosh Varshney

Director of the Center for Contemporary South Asia

Sol Goldman Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs

Areas of Interest: lndian politics, political economy of development, ethnic conflict and nationalism.

• +1 401 863 6059
• ashutosh_varshney@brown.edu

Margaret Weir

Wilson Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science

Areas of Interest: Social policy in the US and Europe, urban politics and policy.

• +1 401 863 9652
• margaret_weir@brown.edu