Susan Moffitt is the John Hazen White Professor of Public Policy and Chair of the Political Science Department. Her latest book, Reforming the Reform: Problems of Public Schooling in the American Welfare State, was published by the University of Chicago Press 2023. She received her PhD and MPP from the University of Michigan.
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Susan L. Moffitt
Michaela Krug O'Neill
David K. Cohen.
Reforming the Reform: Problems of Public Schooling in the American Welfare State. University of Chicago Press, 2023.
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| Moffitt, Susan L., Willse, Cadence, Smith, Kelly B., Cohen, David K. "Centralization and Subnational Capacity: The Struggle to Make Federalism Work Equitably in Public Education." Perspectives on Politics, 2021, pp. 1-21. |
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Paul Manna
Susan L. Moffitt.
"Traceable Tasks and Complex Policies: When Politics Matter for Policy Implementation." Policy Studies Journal, vol. 49, no. 1, 2021, pp. 190-218.
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| Testa PF, Moffitt SL, Schenk M. "Public Preferences for New Information on Opioids." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, vol. 45, no. 2, 2020, pp. 311-339. |
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Jeffrey R. Henig, Melissa Arnold Lyon, Susan Moffitt and David Plank.
"Creating Coherent Systems to Support Education Improvement." Getting Down to Facts II, 2018.
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Susan L Moffitt and Neal Finkelstein.
"Implementing the Common Core State Standards in California Schools: A Work in Progress." Getting Down to Facts II, 2018.
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| Jackson, Margot I., Moffitt, Susan L. "The State of Unequal Educational Opportunity: Conclusion to the Special Issue on the Coleman Report 50 Years Later." The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 674, no. 1, 2017, pp. 281-285. |
| Jackson, Margot I., Moffitt, Susan L. "The State of Unequal Educational Opportunity: Introduction to the Special Issue on the Coleman Report 50 Years Later." The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 674, no. 1, 2017, pp. 6-8. |
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Daniel Carpenter, Jeremy Greene and Susan Moffitt.
"The Drug Efficacy Study and its Manifold Legacies." FDA in the 21st Century: The Challenges of Regulating Drugs and New Technologies, edited by Holly Fernandez Lynch and I. Glenn Cohen, Columbia University Press, 2015.
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Susan L. Moffitt and David K. Cohen.
"The State of Title I: Building Capability for Instructional Improvement." RSF: Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, vol. 1, no. 3, 2015, pp. 187-202.
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Susan L. Moffitt.
Making Policy Public: Participatory Bureaucracy in American Democracy. 2014.
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| William H. Shrank, Niteesh K. Choudhry, Angela Tong, Jessica Myers, Michael A Fischer, Kellie Swanton, Julie Slezak, Troyen A. Brennan, Joshua N. Liberman, Chris Roebuck, Susan Moffitt, Jerry Avorn, Daniel Carpenter. "Warnings without Guidance: Patient responses to an FDA warning about Ezetimibe." Medical Care, vol. 50, no. 6, 2012, pp. 479-484. |
| Carpenter, Daniel, Chattopadhyay, Jacqueline, Moffitt, Susan, Nall, Clayton. "The Complications of Controlling Agency Time Discretion: FDA Review Deadlines and Postmarket Drug Safety." American Journal of Political Science, vol. 56, no. 1, 2011, pp. 98-114. |
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Daniel P. Carpenter, Susan L. Moffitt, Colin D. Moore, Ryan T. Ryanbrandt, Michael M. Ting, Ian Yohai, Evan James Zucker.
"Early Entrant Protection in Approval Regulation: Theory and Evidence from FDA Drug Review." The Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, vol. 26, no. 3, 2010, pp. 515-545.
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| Moffitt, Susan L. "Promoting Agency Reputation through Public Advice: Advisory Committee Use in the FDA." The Journal of Politics, vol. 72, no. 03, 2010, pp. 880-893. |
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David K. Cohen and Susan L. Moffitt.
The Ordeal of Equality: Did Federal Regulation Fix the Schools?. 2009.
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| Cohen, David K., Moffitt, Susan L., Goldin, Simona. "Policy and Practice: The Dilemma." American Journal of Education, vol. 113, no. 4, 2007, pp. 515-548. |
Spencer Foundation and William T. Grant Foundation (with Brian Rowan, Sean Reardon, and David K. Cohen), 2016-2020
Seed Award, Brown University, 2016
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 2014-2015
Wallace Foundation Contract (with Paul Manna, PI), 2013, 2015
Salomon Faculty Research Grant, Brown University, 2011-2012
National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011-2012
Susan L. Moffitt, Michaela K. O’Neill, David K. Cohen. 2023. Reforming the Reform: Problems of Public Schooling in the American Welfare State. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Susan L. Moffitt, Cadence Willse, Kelly B. Smith, and David K. Cohen. 2023. Centralization and Subnational Capacity: The Struggle to Make Federalism Work Equitably in Public Education. Perspectives on Politics, 21 (4): 1283-1303.
Paul Manna and Susan L. Moffitt. 2021. Traceable Tasks and Complex Policies: When Politics Matter for Policy Implementation. Policy Studies Journal 49 (1): 190-218.
Paul Testa, Susan L. Moffitt, and Marie Schenk. 2020. Public Preferences for New Information on Opioids. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 45(2).
Susan L Moffitt and Neal Finkelstein. 2018. Implementing the Common Core State Standards in California Schools: A Work in Progress. Getting Down to Facts II.
Jeffrey R. Henig, Melissa Arnold Lyon, Susan Moffitt and David Plank. 2018. Creating Coherent Systems to Support Education Improvement. Getting Down to Facts II.
Margot I. Jackson and Susan L. Moffitt. 2017. The State of Unequal Educational Opportunity: The Coleman Report 50 Years Later. ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 674: special issue.
Susan L. Moffitt and David K. Cohen. 2015. The State of Title I: Building Capability for Instructional Improvement. Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 1(3): 187-202.
Daniel Carpenter, Jeremy Greene and Susan Moffitt. 2015. The Drug Efficacy Study and its Manifold Legacies. In FDA in the 21st Century: The Challenges of Regulating Drugs and New Technologies, Holly Fernandez Lynch and I. Glenn Cohen (eds). New York: Columbia University Press.
Susan L. Moffitt. 2014. Making Policy Public: Participatory Bureaucracy in American Democracy. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Paul Manna and Susan Moffitt. 2014. New Education Advocacy Organizations in the U.S. States: National Snapshot and a Case Study of Advance Illinois. New York: Wallace Foundation Report.
Susan L. Moffitt. 2012. The Policy Impact of Public Advice: The Effects of Advisory Committee Transparency on Product Safety. In Regulatory Breakdown: The Crisis of Confidence in U.S. Regulation, Cary Coglianese (ed). Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Daniel P. Carpenter, Jacqueline Chattopadhyay, Susan Moffitt and Clayton Nall. 2012. The Complications of Controlling Bureaucratic Timing: FDA Review Deadlines and Postmarket Drug Safety. American Journal of Political Science 56 (1): 98-114.
Daniel P. Carpenter, Susan L. Moffitt, Colin D. Moore, Ryan T. Ryanbrandt, Michael M. Ting, Ian Yohai, Evan James Zucker. 2010. Early Entrant Protection in Approval Regulation: Theory and Evidence from FDA Drug Review. The Journal of Law, Economics and Organization 26 (3): 515-545.
Moffitt, Susan L. 2010. "Promoting Agency Reputation through Public Advice: Advisory Committee Use in the FDA," Journal of Politics (72) 3: 880-893. *** Replication data: http://blogs.brown.edu/slmoffit/files/2010/09/MoffittJOP2010ReplicationData.pdf ***
David K. Cohen and Susan L. Moffitt. 2009. The Ordeal of Equality: Did Federal Regulation Fix the Schools? Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
David K. Cohen, Susan L. Moffitt and Simona Goldin. 2007. Policy and Practice: The Dilemma. American Journal of Education 113 (4): 515-548.
| Year | Degree | Institution |
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| 2005 | PhD | University of Michigan |
| 1994 | MA | University of Michigan |
| 1992 | BA | University of Rochester |
Herbert Simon Award for contributions to the scientific study of bureaucracy, Midwest Public Administration Caucus, Midwest Political Science Association 2025
Graduate School Faculty Award for Mentoring and Advising, Brown University, 2024
Early Career Research Achievement Award, Brown University, 2017
Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, 2014-2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation, 2011-2012
Winner of the Public Policy Section "Best Paper Presented at the 2010 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting" award for "The Politics of Bad News: Policy and Practice in K-12 Education" (with David K. Cohen)
| Name | Title |
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| Jackson, Margot | Professor of Sociology, Director of Population Studies |
| Testa, Paul | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
| MPA 2160 - Management and Implementation in Public and Non-Profit Organizations |
| MPA 2475 - Policy Problems of the 21st Century |
| POLS 1770 - Education, Inequality, and American Democracy |
| POLS 1823Z - Gender and Public Policy |
| POLS 2065 - Public Bureaucracy |
| POLS 2100 - Proseminar in American Politics |
| POLS 2210 - Governing Federal Systems |
