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Erik Devereux
Teaching Associate Professor
Public Policy, Management, and Analytics
Contact
Building & Room:
AEH 2109
Address:
400 S. Peoria St. Suite 2100
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About
Professor Erik Devereux comes to UIC after previously teaching public policy courses at Carnegie Mellon University, American University, and Georgetown University, serving for 11 years in Washington, DC as executive director of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), and consulting locally, nationally, and internationally for 15 years with over 30 clients in the nonprofit, association, and philanthropic sectors. His areas of interest include the craft of public policy analysis, housing policy, poverty policy, and environmental policy. He has been a regular columnist for the PA Times, an online publication of the American Society for Public Administration, continuously since 2015.
Teaching
Foundations of Public Service (MPA/MPP)
Project Management (MPA/MPP)
Public Policy Development and Process (MPA/MPP)
Capstone Project (MPA/MPP)
Local Government Management (MPA)
Introduction to Public Policy (Undergrad)
Selected Publications
Methods of Policy Analysis: Creating, Deploying, and Assessing Theories of Change, 2nd edition. Available for free to the public at http://bit.ly/mopatextbook
What Is Your Theory of Change? Restoring Purpose, Efficacy, and Sense to Social Policy Analysis and Evaluation. Forthcoming 2025.
Education
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, 1993, Government.
M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1988, Government.
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985, Political Science.