Susan Sterett

Susan Sterett

Professor · Tenured

School of Public Policy

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

  • Ph D, Jurisprudence and Social PolicyUniversity of California, Berkeley (1987)
    Courts and Administrative State Accountability in the United Kingdom, 1946-1987
  • MA, Jurisprudence and Social PolicyUniversity of California, Berkeley (1983)
  • BA, Political ScienceUniversity of California, San Diego (1980)