JoBeth Shafran

Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
Political Science and Public Affairs
Political Science and Public Affairs
Education
- Ph D, University of Texas Austin, Government
- MA, University of Texas Austin
Teaching Interests
American politics and institutions;policy theories and processes; bureaucratic politics; congressional-bureaucratic interactions; subsystem policy making, including problem definition, agenda setting, and implementation; and research design
Research Interests
My research centers on information sharing in subsystems which consist of issue-specific experts from three sources: congressional committees with jurisdiction, relevant bureaucracies, and vested interest groups. I focus on the conditions under which information is supplied to Congress and the effects of information on problem definitions and the policy process.