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Maureen Pirog

Maureen Pirog

Rudy Professor


Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1981
M.A., Boston College, 1975
B.A., (Magna Cum Laude), Boston College, 1975

Professional Experience

  • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  • University of Washington, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs
  • University of Wisconsin, Institute for Research on Poverty
  • Indiana University, Transportation Research Center
  • University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Business School, Finance Department
  • University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Management and Behavioral Science Center
  • University of Pennsylvania, School of Public and Urban Policy
  • Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School
  • The Brookings Institution

Awards, Honors & Certifications

  • Honorary Professor, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, 2007ff
  • Rudy Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 2004ff
  • APPAM Policy Council, national elected office, 2001-2005
  • Social Equity Panel, National Academy of Public Administration, 2001ff
  • Committee on Institutional Cooperation-Academic Leadership Fellow, 1997-1998
  • Indiana University Summer Leadership Institute, 1997
  • SPEA Graduate Teaching Award, 1995
  • Ameritech Fellowship, 1989-1991
  • SPEA Summer Faculty Research Award, 1987
  • Outstanding Young Woman of America, 1981
  • U.S. Department of Justice Dissertation grant, 1980-1981
  • University of Pennsylvania, Samuel S. Fels Fellow, 1975-1980
  • Boston College, Honors Society, 1972-1975

Professional Interest
Poverty and income maintenance with emphasis on child support enforcement, welfare reform, and adolescent parenting

Current Projects

  • Serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
  • Founder and Co-Director, Institute for Family and Social Responsibility, Indiana University
  • An active research agenda focused on:
    1. Child support
    2. E-government
    3. Education and cost-effectiveness
  • Other activities include regular consulting with the InterAmerican Development Bank and institutional capacity building with the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia.

Selected Publications
Full Vita

  • Maureen A. Pirog and Criag L. Johnson. 2008. “Electronic Benefits and Funds Transfers, Government and the Winter Commission.” Public Administration Review. forthcoming.
  • Maureen A. Pirog, editor. 2008. Social Experimentation, Program Evaluation and Public Policy. (Wiley-Blackwell: Massachusetts), forthcoming.
  • Maureen A. Pirog, Anne L. Buffardi, Colleen K. Chrisinger, Pradeep Singh, and John Briney. 2008. “Are the alternatives to randomized assignment nearly as good? Statistical corrections to non-randomized evaluations.” (A response to the Nathan-Hollister debate.) Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 28(1): forthcoming.
  • Maureen A. Pirog. 2007. “Trends in Public Program Evaluation in the US: Ramifications for Russia and China.” Chinese Public Affairs Quarterly. 3(1): 1-40.
  • David Reingold, Maureen A. Pirog and David Brady. 2007. “Empirical Evidence on Welfare Reform and Faith-Based Organizations.” Social Services Review. (June): 245-283.
  • Maureen A. Pirog and Kathleen Ziol-Guest. 2006. “Child Support Enforcement: Programs and Policies, Impacts and Questions.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 25(4): 943-990.
  • Katharine V. Byers, Maureen A. Pirog. 2003. “Local Government Responses to Welfare Reform.” Public Budgeting and Finance. 23(4): 86-107.
  • Maureen A. Pirog, Brooks Elliott and Tara Grieshop. 2003. “Presumptive State Child Support Guidelines.” Policy Currents Vol.12, No. 1, 23pps.