Our Faculty

The heart of NYU Wagner's programs is our faculty. Premier scholars in a variety of disciplines—economics, finance, sociology, political science, law, planning, healthcare, and more—our faculty members conceive new answers to ambitious social questions.

Faculty Profiles

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Katherine M. O'Regan Professor of Public Policy and Planning; Director of Master of Science in Public Policy Program

Daniel B. Neill Associate Professor of Computer Science and Public Service, NYU Wagner; Associate Professor of Computer Science and Public Service, NYU Courant; Associate Professor of Urban Analytics, NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress

Zhan Guo Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Transportation Policy

Gordon J. Campbell Clinical Professor of Public Service, Director of EMPA-Public Service Leaders Program

Vanessa Leon Assistant Clinical Professor of Urban Planning and Public Service; Director of Urban Planning Program

Paul Light Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service

Salo Vinocur Coslovsky Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Service

Mitchell L. Moss Henry Hart Rice Professor of Urban Policy & Planning, Director of Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management

Carla Jackie Sampson Clinical Associate Professor of Healthcare Management and Public Service; Director of Health Policy and Management Program and online Master of Health Administration Program

Mona Vakilifathi Assistant Professor of Public Service

Tatiana Homonoff Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Service

Jacob William Faber Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Service

Erica Gabrielle Foldy Associate Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management; Director of Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy Program; Co-Director of Capstone Program

Rajeev Dehejia Professor of Economics and Public Service; Associate Dean, Academic Affairs; Director of Policy Specialization

Sherry Glied Dean, Professor of Public Service

Jonathan J. Morduch Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Executive Director of the Financial Access Initiative

Neil Kleiman Clinical Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Service

Jan Blustein Professor of Health Policy and Medicine

Victor G. Rodwin Professor of Health Policy and Management

Scott Taitel Clinical Professor of Public Service; Director of Social Impact, Innovation, and Investment Specialization

Paul Smoke Professor of Public Finance and Planning; Director of International Specialization; Director of Global EMPA

Laura Wherry Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Service

John Gershman Clinical Professor of Public Service, Co-Director of Capstone Program

Sonia M. Ospina Professor of Public Management and Policy

Faculty Research and Publications

Time to take hearing loss seriously

J Blustein, M Wallhagen, B Weinstein, J Chodosh

Economic Consequences of Proposed Pandemic-Related Cutbacks in MTA Transportation Services and Capital Spending

Mitchell L. Moss and Hugh O'Neill

Brookings Blog Series

Paul Light

Migration, Externalities, and the Diffusion of COVID-19 in South Asia

Jean Lee, Mahreen Mahmud, Jonathan Morduch, Saravana Ravindran, and Abu Shonchoy

Faculty Videos

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Dejian (Ken) Zeng Worked in an iPhone Factory in China to See How Workers Were Treated

NYU Wagner student Dejian (Ken) Zeng (MPA 2017) spent his summer working undercover at an iPhone factory. Now he vows to hold violators of human rights accountable and advocate for workers.

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Religion and Public Policy in America Today

Professor David Elcott describes his personal connection to immigration reform, and the interplay between religion and public policy in the US.