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Professor of Public Policy and Political Science

Christopher Bosso’s areas of research and teaching interest are in food and environmental policy. His newest book is Why SNAP Works: A Political History – and Defense – of the Food Stamp Program (University of California Press, 2023). Previous books include Framing the Farm Bill: Interests, Ideology, and the Agricultural Act of 2014, and, as editor, Feeding Cities: Improving Local Food Access, Sustainability, and Resilience. Dr. Bosso also advises the undergraduate major in Food Systems Sustainability, Health, and Equity.

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  • Chief faculty marshal, University commencements and convocations
  • 2006 Lynton Caldwell Award for best book in environmental politics and policy, for Environment Inc.: From Grassroots to Beltway, awarded by the Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy Section of the American Political Science Association (co-winner)
  • 1988 Policy Studies Organization award for best book in public policy (co-winner), for Pesticides and Politics: The Life Cycle of a Public Issue.

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Barry Bluestone

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Alan Clayton-Matthews

Associate Professor Emeritus of Economics and Public Policy

William Dickens

University Distinguished Professor of Economics and Public Policy

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Stephen E. Flynn

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James Alan Fox

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Brian Helmuth

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Timothy Hoff

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In Memoriam William Kay

Associate Professor of Political Science

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David Lazer

University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences

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Dietmar Offenhuber

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Kwamina Panford

Emeritus Associate Professor of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies

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Serena Parekh

Distinguished Professor of Philosophy; Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religion