Penn State Department of Political Science: Faculty Bios

Penn State Department of Political Science

Paul Hallacher, Affiliate Instructor
	Contact Information: 304 Old Main University Park, PA 16802 Office phone: 865-6042 hallacher@psu.edu Office Hours: Please click here for this semester's office hours.

Brief Biography
Ph.D., Penn State, 2000. Dr. Hallacher specializes in American public policy with a focus on science and engineering research and education policy. He is Director of Reserach Program Development in the Office of the Vice President for Research at Penn State with responsibility for assisting faculty members develop large, multidisciplinary research programs and he co-directs several centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and other federal and state agencies. He also maintains a modest research program on science and engineering policy making and has published results in Review of Policy Research, and the International Journal of Engineering Education. In 2005 he published Why Policy Issue Networks Matter (Rowman and Littlefield) based on his Ph.D. thesis.

Brief Biography

Ph.D., Penn State, 2000. Dr. Hallacher specializes in American public policy with a focus on science and engineering research and education policy. He is Director of Reserach Program Development in the Office of the Vice President for Research at Penn State with responsibility for assisting faculty members develop large, multidisciplinary research programs and he co-directs several centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and other federal and state agencies. He also maintains a modest research program on science and engineering policy making and has published results in Review of Policy Research, and the International Journal of Engineering Education. In 2005 he published Why Policy Issue Networks Matter (Rowman and Littlefield) based on his Ph.D. thesis.