ERIC STOKAN
  • Home
  • CV
  • Research
  • Data Science and Visualization
  • Student Resources
  • Contact
Picture
Welcome! 

​I am the Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship at UMBC where I also serve as an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and a faculty affiliate at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.  Additionally, I Co-Direct the MGMT Lab at IU Bloomington and serve as faculty affiliate to the Center for Urban Studies at Wayne State University. I graduated with my B.A. and M.A. in political science from Wayne State University, and my Ph.D. from the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Administration at George Washington University.

My research examines how local governments prioritize their economic development, environmental sustainability, and community development goals.  Further, I explore the ways in which local governments plan for climate-related disasters, balance social equity in their decision-making processes, and pursue paths of economic growth.  I consider myself to be a computational social scientist.  My recent work has been published in the Public Administration Review, Policy Studies Journal, Urban Affairs Review, the Journal of Urban Affairs, the Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, and others.  I also serve on the editorial boards of the Urban Affairs Review and State and Local Government Review. 

I also collaborate with two research teams on HUD-funded research which explores the impact of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program on social equity and economic growth outcome measures with scholars from the University of Idaho and Cleveland State University.  Additionally, I am engaged in research exploring mechanisms to mitigate childhood-lead exposure with a team from the Center for Urban Studies at Wayne State University where I also serve as a faculty affiliate. 

The courses I have taught are identified below. 


Teaching

Picture
I have recently taught the following courses:
POLI 240: State and Local Politics
POLI 250:
Intro to Public Admin and Policy​
POLI 350: Policy Making Process​
POLI 442: Intergovernmental Relations
POLI 443: Urban Problems and Policy Analysis
HONR 300: Neighborhood Simulation
MTRO 101: Metropolitan Studies

POSC 301: Research Methods
POSC 304: Politics of Metropolitan Change and Growth
POSC 492: Seminar in State and Local Government 
PUBL 603: Theory and Practice of Policy Analysis
​

Feel free to contact me

Picture
Public Policy  (PUP) #427
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
Picture
MAIN: (586) 202-7540
Office: (410) 455-1595
Picture
[email protected]
[email protected]
Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • CV
  • Research
  • Data Science and Visualization
  • Student Resources
  • Contact