Steven J. Balla
Title — Associate Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration, and International Affairs
Office — Monroe 475
Office Hours — R 11:30am-1:00pm and by appt.
Phone — (202) 994-4811; Fax: (202) 994-7743
E-mail — sballa@gwu.edu
Areas of Expertise —
American Politics and Public Policy; Executive Branch Politics; Legislative Politics; Interest Group Politics; State Politics and Public Policy; Technology, Politics, and Public Policy; Quantitative Empirical Methods; Chinese Politics and Public Policy
Education
Ph.D., Duke University, 1995
Background
The central focus of Professor Balla's research is the structure and process of policy making in the federal bureaucracy of the United States. He is specifically interested in the ways in which citizens, organized interests, and members of Congress seek to influence agency decisions, as well as the impact of these efforts on bureaucratic processes and outcomes. During the 2008-2009 academic year, he served as a Fulbright Scholar at the Peking University School of Government in Beijing.
Publications
He has published articles in journals such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, and Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and is the co-author (with William T. Gormley, Jr.) of Bureaucracy and Democracy: Accountability and Performance (CQ Press).