Travis Whetsell

Assistant Professor

Member Of:
  • School of Public Policy
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Overview

Education:
  • Ph.D. Public Policy and Management, Ohio State University
  • M.P.A., Texas State University
  • B.A. Political Science, Texas State University
Areas of
Expertise:
  • Applied Quantitative Methods
  • Bibliometrics/scientometrics
  • Democratic Governance
  • Exponential Random Graph Models
  • International Research Collaboration
  • Interorganizational Networks
  • Interpersonal Networks
  • Network Governance
  • Network Interventions
  • Philosophical Pragmatism
  • Philosophy Of Public Administration
  • Public Administration/management
  • Science And Technology Policy
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Strategic Alliances

Interests

Research Fields:
  • Economics of the Firm
  • Ethics and Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • Policy Process, Leadership, and Pre-Law
  • Program Evaluation, Public Management and Administration
  • S&E Organizations, Education, Careers and Workforce
  • Science and Technology Studies
  • Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
  • Science, Technology, and International Policy
  • Wicked Problems
Issues:
  • Firm Strategy
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governance
  • National Security
  • Philosophy
  • Policy Analysis
  • Technology and Innovation
  • Wicked Problems

Courses

  • PUBP-4010: Policy Task Force I
  • PUBP-4020: Policy Task Force II
  • PUBP-6017: Public Management