I am an Associate Professor of Organizational Studies and Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Michigan.

I am also Associate Faculty at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and an Associate Fellow at Green Templeton College. From 2016-2024 I was an Associate Professor of Public Management at the Blavatnik School and a Research Fellow at Green Templeton College.

My research is on the politics and management of policy implementation, public service delivery, and bureaucratic reform. I also teach and research on the challenges of causal inference, external validity, and applying evidence in government decision-making.

My book Reform as Process: Implementing Change in Public Bureaucracies (Columbia University Press) is now out and has been shortlisted for the Douglass North Award for best book in institutional and organizational economics. It is available for purchase here or for open-access PDF download here or here.

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