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On this page: <\/strong>Director<\/a> | Faculty<\/a> | Graduate Student Representatives<\/a> | Current Students<\/a> | Alumni<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can learn more about our faculty, our program staff, our current student cohorts, and alumni of the Policy Studies program. If you have questions about this program, please feel free to contact us<\/a> for further information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Keith Nitta<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Education: <\/strong>Ph.D., Political Science, University of California Berkeley
Research Fields: <\/strong>Education Policy, Policy Process, Politics
Methodological Expertise:<\/strong> Interviewing, Focus Groups, Survey, Program Evaluation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Explore profiles of our core and affiliate faculty members, including information on areas of expertise, pedagogy, courses taught, research\/scholarship, and selected publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Charlie Collins<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Education: <\/strong>Ph.D., Ecological Community Psychology, Michigan State University
Research Fields:<\/strong> Community psychology, community organizing, racial and social justice
Methodological Expertise: <\/strong>advanced quantitative methods and analysis, social network analysis, survey methods, interview methods, hard to reach populations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Karam Dana<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong> Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Washington
Research Fields:<\/strong> Middle East Politics; US Foreign Policy in the Middle East; Palestinian Society; Race and Ethnicity; Islam and Muslims in the US.
Methodological Expertise:<\/strong> Mixed methods (Surveys, Interviews, Focus Groups, Archival Research)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joseph J. Ferrare<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Education: <\/strong>Ph.D., Curriculum Theory & Research Methods, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Research Fields: <\/strong>Education policy, policy formation, policy networks
Methodological Expertise: <\/strong>Social network analysis, clustering and scaling, mixed methods, research design<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Martha Groom<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Education: <\/strong>Ph.D., Zoology, University of Washington
Research Fields: <\/strong>Biodiversity Conservation, Land Use Planning, Sustainable Development, Environmental Justice, Ecology
Methodological Expertise: <\/strong>Experimental design, Quantitative and some Qualitative methods (survey and interview)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jin-Kyu Jung<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Education: <\/strong>Ph.D., Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo
Research Fields:<\/strong> Urban Geography, Urban Planning
Methodological Expertise: <\/strong>Geographic Information Sciences (GIS); participatory mapping; qualitative\/mixed methods<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Margaret H. Redsteer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Education: <\/strong>Ph.D., Trace Element Geochemistry, Oregon State University
Research Fields:<\/strong> Geologic hazards, Climate change adaptation and marginalized populations, Co-production of environmental knowledge
Methodological Expertise: <\/strong>physical sciences, experimental design, qualitative methods (survey and interview)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robert Turner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Teaching Professor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Education: <\/strong>Ph.D. Marine Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research fields: <\/strong>Environmental management and monitoring, Enviromental geography, Environment and Sustainability<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Camille Walsh<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong> Ph.D., History, University of Oregon; J.D. Harvard Law School
Research Fields: <\/strong>Legal and Policy History; Education Policy; Critical Race and Gender Studies; Human Rights; Tax Policy
Methodological Expertise:<\/strong> Qualitative Methods; Legal Research; Textual Analysis; Archival Research\/Historical Analysis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camille’s profile page<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Graduate Programs Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Learn about IAS Graduate Programs staff members. Feel free to contact us with any questions or to get more information about our graduate programs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stephanie L\u00ea<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Programs Manager<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

email Stephanie<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephanie’s bio<\/summary>\n

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Stephanie L\u00ea is the new Graduate Program Operations Manager and a proud double Husky alum, holding a B.A. in Educational Studies and an M.A. in Policy Studies from the University of Washington Bothell. She is currently serving as Secretary for the General Staff Organization (GSO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now in her ninth year at UW Bothell, Stephanie has grown through a wide range of roles, beginning as a Premajor Advisor and later serving in the School of Business, the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (IAS), and as a Senior Advisor in the centralized advising restructure. She now returns to IAS to support the school\u2019s graduate programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a first-generation college graduate, Stephanie brings a deep understanding of the challenges many students face when navigating higher education. This experience fuels her commitment to fostering inclusive, supportive learning environments. Her academic and professional work centers on AI literacy in education, with a focus on how emerging technologies influence equity and policy across global contexts. She is also deeply dedicated to gender equity in technology and actively supports initiatives that uplift women and other underrepresented groups in AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside of work, Stephanie enjoys traveling, learning in global contexts, sipping on boba, and hunting for her next blind box, with Cry Baby\u2019s being her all-time favorite. She also loves unwinding with her go\u2011to shows and films, including Gilmore Girls, Abbott Elementary, Studio Ghibli classics, and a good thriller.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chelsea Nesvig<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Research Librarian <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

contact Chelsea<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chelsea’s bio<\/summary>\n


As Policy Studies Librarian, Chelsea assists students in conducting research and literature reviews for course assignments and capstone projects. She works with students both in the classroom and on a one-to-one basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chelsea graduated with her MLIS from the University of Washington iSchool in June 2014. She joined the Campus Library in January 2015 and has taught online and face-to-face in the lower division information literacy curriculum at both UW Bothell and Cascadia, along with providing instruction and support to faculty and students in UW Bothell’s School of Nursing and Health Studies. Chelsea became the Global & Policy Studies librarian in April 2016.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Current Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

2025 Cohort<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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