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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Erica Gabrielle Foldy

Associate Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management; Co-Director of Capstone Program; Co-Director of Advocacy and Political Action Specialization

Sherry Glied

Dean, Professor of Public Service

Brian Elbel

Professor of Population Health and Health Policy

Faculty Research and Publications

The Impact of Incarceration on an individuals labor market prospects: Methods to examine ex-offenders circumstances post-release

Ngina Chiteji

Messaging clearly and effectively about hearing loss and increased dementia risk

J Blustein, BE Weinstein, and J Chodosh

Salary Negotiations: Gender Differences in Attitudes, Priorities and Behaviors of Ophthalmologists

Shefali Sood, Alcina K Lidder, Ceyhun Elgin, Janice C Law, Aakriti Garg Shukla, Bryan J Winn, Albert S Khouri, Eydie G Miller-Ellis, John Laudi, Jeffrey R SooHoo, Eva DeVience, Misha F Syed, Allen Zerkin, and Lama A Al-Aswad

The Fiscal Effects of Immigration on Local Governments: Revisiting the Mariel Boatlift

Travis St.Clair

Faculty Videos

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WAGTalk: Erica Foldy, "Embracing Ambivalence"

Professor Erica Foldy outlines how she learned to stop worrying and love contradiction, noting that one can learn more about complex policy problems by acknowledging various sides of an argument.

WAGTalk: Paul Smoke, "Supporting Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries"

Development assistance for strengthening government in developing countries has been criticized both as being too fragmented and too dominated by a cartel of like-minded agencies.

WAGTalk: Sherry Glied, "Why Your Broken Rib Costs You an Arm and a Leg"

Why is healthcare in the US so expensive compared to care provided in other countries with similar or better outcomes? Dean Glied's talk will examine the evidence on this paradox and describe the implications of these findings for health policy.