Karen Baehler
Scholar in Residence at American University School of Public Affairs

Schools
- American University School of Public Affairs
Links
Biography
American University School of Public Affairs
Degrees
Ph.D., University of Maryland
MPP, University of Maryland
BA, St. Olaf College
Bio
Professor Karen Baehler holds a Ph.D. in Policy Sciences from the University of Maryland (1999), where she also earned a Master of Public Policy (1991). Her B.A. is from St. Olaf College (1981), where she majored in Philosophy. Professor Baehler brings ten years of experience teaching courses in policy analysis and the policy process at the doctoral, masters, executive-training, and undergraduate levels in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand. She has served on the faculties of the School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, and the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG), Melbourne, Australia. Professor Baehler has an active scholarly research agenda and is currently working on several papers on topics that include welfare implementation and environmental justice. She co-authored Adiving Value to Policy Analysis and Advice (University of New South Wales Press 2010), which presents a new, systems-based approach to policy analysis. Her publication record includes three books, twelve refereed journal articles, and three book chapters. Professor Baehler has supervised two PhD students to completion and over 50 individual student research projects. Her professional experience includes ten years of work in Washington, D.C. think tanks.
Teaching
Spring 2018
PUAD-606 Foundations of Policy Analysis
PUAD-606 Foundations of Policy Analysis
PUAD-606 Foundations of Policy Analysis
PUAD-617 Project Management
PUAD-617 Project Management
Summer 2018
PUAD-606 Foundations of Policy Analysis
PUAD-606 Foundations of Policy Analysis
PUAD-617 Project Management
PUAD-617 Project Management
PUAD-617 Project Management
Fall 2018
PUAD-606 Foundations of Policy Analysis
PUAD-606 Foundations of Policy Analysis
PUAD-606 Foundations of Policy Analysis
PUAD-606 Foundations of Policy Analysis
PUAD-617 Project Management
PUAD-617 Project Management
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