Samuel Workman

Sam Workman is a professor of political science and Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Public Affairs at West Virginia University. A political scientist and statistician by training, his previous work has addressed public policy, regulation, and how governments use information. Workman's area of expertise is constructing large data infrastructures to answer fundamental questions about public policy across time and space. He is a member of the West Virginia Economic Development Council and the HUB’s Advisory Board on Barriers to Federal Investment. He serves on various local, state, and regional boards for, economic development, public policy, and governance in the Appalachian region. He has published a book with Cambridge University Press entitled The Dynamics of Bureaucracy in the U.S. Government and co-edits Methods of the Policy Process. His scholarship has appeared in the top public policy and public administration journals, including Policy Studies Journal and the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.