Moffitt

Susan L. Moffitt

Associate Professor of Political Science and Director, Alfred A. Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Brown University

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About Susan

Moffitt’s scholarship focuses on the development of state capacity to implement policy in the context of democracy, specifically in the domains public education and public health.  Parts of her research focus on how to effectively gather, distribute, and use knowledge.  Other parts of her research focus on how the public, organizations, and government officials engage in and affect the policy implementation process.  Effective July 1 2017, she will be the Director of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy at Brown University.

In the News

Susan L. Moffitt's research on midterm poll results discussed by Scott MacKay, "Brown Poll Shows Democrats Have Midterm Edge in a Sharply Divided U.S.," Rhode Island Public Radio, July 9, 2018.
"Five Questions with: Susan Moffitt," Susan L. Moffitt, Interview with Emily Gowdey-Backus, Providence Business News, March 9, 2018.