I am professor in the Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Massachusetts Boston. I am affiliated faculty with the UMass Boston Honors College, core faculty with the Critical Ethnic and Community Studies masters program, and affiliated faculty with the Department of Urban Planning and Community Development. I direct the Master of Public Administration program.

My research interests lie primarily in operations research/management science planning models for public-sector facility location and service delivery, with applications to subsidized/affordable housing, senior services and community corrections. I also use cost-benefit analysis to estimate impacts of public policies and information technology to design decision support systems. My primary mission is to develop quantitative methods that enable public organizations serving disadvantaged and vulnerable populations to develop programs and policies that jointly optimize economic efficiency, beneficial social outcomes and social equity.

I have taught courses in research methods, geographic information systems, probability and statistics, decision support systems, operations research, cost-benefit analysis and management information systems. I have supervised multiple doctoral dissertations, as well as doctoral-level group projects and master's-level individual and group capstones.

For more information about the Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Massachusetts Boston, go to http://www.umb.edu/academics/mgs/publicpolicy_publicaffairs.