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About Michelle C. Pautz

Michelle C. Pautz is professor of political science and assistant provost of the Common Academic Program at the University of Dayton. Her research has appeared in Administration & Society Administrative Theory & Praxis Journal of Political Science Education Journal of Environmental Studies & Sciences Journal of Public Affairs Education Policy Studies Journal PS: Political Science & Politics Public Voices and the Review of Policy Research among others. She is the author of Civil Servants on the Silver Screen: Hollywoods Depiction of Government and Bureaucrats; coauthor of The Lilliputians of Environmental Regulation: The Perspective of State Regulators and U.S. Environmental Policy in Action: Practice & Implementation (now in its second edition) both with Sara Rinfret; and coeditor of Administering the U.S. Food System:  Revisiting Food Policy and Politics. She is the recipient of the University of Daytons Alumni Award for Faculty Teaching in 2016. She holds a PhD in public administration and an MPA from Virginia Tech. She earned a BA in economics political science and public administration from Elon University.