Professor with extensive experience in public sector leadership and policy
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Kimberley Roussin Isett earned a Ph.D. (Management, Organization Theory) and M.P.A. (Health and Human Services, Policy) from the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management. Her research focuses on institutional pressures and dynamics in implementing government services, with a particular interest in the delivery of services to vulnerable populations, and the use of evidence in public decision-making. Her goal is to do research that aids government organizations to find their optimal system design given their political, policy, regulatory, and financial constraints. To date, Dr. Isett has been the PI or co-PI on grants totalling over $13m. She was recognized by the Academy of Management in both 2001 and 2002 for excellence in research and participated in the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Mental Health Policy Research Network from 2002 until 2008. Isett has worked with elected officials and policymakers at all levels of government on a variety of issues. Prior to joining the Biden School, Dr. Isett was on faculty at Georgia Tech, Columbia University, and Texas A&M, and completed a NIMH sponsored post doc at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Sheps Center for Health Services Research.
Career Highlights:
Approximately $13 million in research grantsDirector Master of Public Health, Health Policy and Management, University of Delaware, Newark, USAPast Director of Graduate Studies, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.Extensive research, policy and advisory work with government agencies at state a nd federal level.Chair, National Research Council on Poverty Alleviation (2015-2019)Numerous Best Paper awards: Public Management Review, American Review of Public Administration, American Academy of ManagementExtensive editorial board service in leading international journals of public administrationTeachnology Faculty Fellow, Columbia University MSPH 2010Georgia Tech Center for Teaching and Learning Student nominated accolade, 2016Outstanding Professor recognition, 2013
Faculty Appointments:
University of Delaware, Newark, DelawareJoseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and AdministrationGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GeorgiaSchool of Public PolicyColumbia University, New York, New YorkDepartment of Health Policy and ManagementTexas A&M University, College Station, TexasGeorge Bush School of Government and Public Service
ANZSOG programs
Kimberely Isett teaches in the following ANZSOG courses:
Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA)- Decision Making Under Uncertainty