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UDALL CENTER SELECTS FACULTY FELLOWS FOR 2009-10

The Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy has named six University of Arizona faculty members as Udall Center Fellows for 2009-10. The fellows will affiliate with the center and will engage in research on topics related to public policy.

This year two fellows will receive stipend support from the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, two will receive support from the Institute for the Environment, one from the Eller College of Management, and one has been designated a Udall Center Directors’ Fellow.

The fellows, and their proposed research topics, are:

Kieron Bailey, assistant professor of geography and regional development
supported by the Institute for the Environment

Structured public involvement: Bailey will develop and apply a customized structured public involvement (SPI) protocol to aid collaborative, stakeholder-driven management of a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Kentucky.

Contact: kbailey@u.arizona.edu or 621-1652

Anna Breman, assistant professor of economics
supported by the Eller College of Management

Volunteerism: Breman will analyze, in collaboration with the Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona, the underlying motivations for volunteerism by studying the seeking and matching of volunteers and organizations.

Contact: breman@u.arizona.edu or 626-3165

Ronald Breiger, professor of sociology
Udall Center Directors’ Fellow

Social network analysis: Breiger will examine the limitations of social network analysis in studying insurgency and terrorism and how an emphasis on social networks obscures strategic policy-making and inhibits public discussion of policy.

Contact: breiger@arizona.edu or 621-3297

David Cuillier, assistant professor of journalism
supported by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Information access across America: Cuillier will use interviews and focus groups to study American's attitudes toward freedom of information, including identifying psychographic correlates with support for freedom of information.

Contact: cuillier@u.arizona.edu or 621-7556

Joshua Guetzkow, assistant professor of sociology
supported by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Prison reform litigation: Guetzkow will assess the unanticipated and undesirable consequences of prison reform litigation, in particular that related to prison overcrowding.

Contact: guetzkow@u.arizona.edu or 621-3531

Gary Paul Nabhan, research social scientist, Southwest Center
supported by the Institute for the Environment

Geographic indications: Nabhan will review the current and proposed uses of denominations of origin and place- or tribe-specific collective trademarks used on food products in the United States, Europe, and Mexico, and the relevance of “geographic indications” in safeguarding food diversity.

Contact: gpnabhan@u.arizona.edu or 621-2484

Since the inception of the program in 1990, the center has named 116 fellows from 36 departments and centers across the UA.

For more information, contact Kim Harlow at kharlow@u.arizona.edu or 520-626-4593