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Susan C. Schwab
Professor; Senior Fellow, CISSM

Ambassador Susan C. Schwab became the United States trade representative on June 8, 2006. As USTR, she was a member of the president's cabinet and served as the president's principal trade strategist, negotiator, and spokesperson on trade issues.

Areas of Interest
  • Trade policy
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M. Apolonia Calderon
Assistant Professor

Born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, Apolonia Calderon earned both her Bachelors degree (2013) and Ph.D. (2018) in Political Science from Texas A&M University.

Areas of Interest
  • Public administration, public policy immigration, policy & enforcement, nonprofit & philanthropy, race & ethnic politics
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Thomas Luke Spreen
Assistant Professor

Luke Spreen teaches and conducts research on public finance, budgeting, and financial management. Spreen’s research examines how fiscal policies affect the behavior of taxpayers and state and local governments.

Areas of Interest
  • State and local taxation, financial management, program evaluation
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Christopher H. Foreman Jr.
Professor

Chris Foreman is professor and director of the social policy program at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy where he teaches courses on political institutions and the politics of inequality.

Areas of Interest
  • American national politics, environmental justice, politics of inequality, political & policy reform
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Juan Pablo Martínez Guzmán
Assistant Research Professor

Martínez is an assistant research professor at the School of Public Policy of the University of Maryland, College Park. His main area of expertise is public budgeting, public financial management, and public pension systems.

Areas of Interest
  • Public budgeting, public financial management, public pensions
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