Susan Sterett
Professor · Tenured
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
She/Her/Hers/Herself
About
Susan Sterett joined UMBC as Professor and Director of Public Policy in August 2017. She served as a program officer at the National Science Foundation in Law and Social Sciences for three years. From 2016-2019 she serves as co-editor of Law and Society Review. She has recently convened workshops on data ethics and governance practices, on climate change and sociolegal studies, and on professional development through narrative.
Research interests
law and social sciences: displacement and disaster; data, law and governance; climate change as social welfare issue
Teaching interests
social welfare; law and social sciences, climate change; law and public policy; data ethics; displacement and disaster
Education
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Ph D, Jurisprudence and Social Policy
— University of California, Berkeley (1987) Courts and Administrative State Accountability in the United Kingdom, 1946-1987
- MA, Jurisprudence and Social Policy — University of California, Berkeley (1983)
- BA, Political Science — University of California, San Diego (1980)