Featured Faculty & Staff
Institute Administration
Executive Director: David Flynn, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Economics and Finance
Specialties: Forecasting & Predictive Analytics, Population Analysis and Demographic Methods, Statistical
Modeling, Economic Impact Analysis
- david.flynn@UND.edu
- 701.777.3356
Professional Staff
Abdul Momin Mansoor, MBA, EMBA
Specialties: Public Budgeting and Finance, Public Private Partnerships, Economic Development, Business
Analysis, Public Policy Analysis
- abdul.m.mansoor@UND.edu
- 701.777.2135
Qasim Shinwari, MA
Specialties: Public Financial Management and Budgeting, Public Private Partnerships, Public Policy
Analysis and Development, Economic Development, Research Methods, Program Evaluation
- qasim.shinwari@UND.edu
- 701.777.2135
Faculty Affiliates
Laura Hand, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Director, Master of Public Administration Program
Faculty, Public Health Program
Specialties: Citizen / Government Interactions, Technology in the Public Sector, Health Policy,
Qualitative Data Collection & Analysis, Program Evaluation
- laura.hand@UND.edu
- 701.777.0883
Paul Sum, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Political Science and Public Administration
Specialties: Comparative Political Behavior, Program Evaluation, Survey Design, Sampling, Data
Analysis, Focus Groups, Content Analysis
- paul.sum@UND.edu
- 701.777.3550
Brian R. Urlacher, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Political Science and Public Administration
Specialties: Survey Design and Weighting, Grant Writing, Statistical Methods, Foreign Policy and
International Risk Assessment
- brian.urlacher@UND.edu
- 701.777.3541
Chih-Ming Tan, Ph.D.
Professor and Page Endowed Chair, Department of Economics and Finance
Associate Dean for Research, NCoBPA
Specialties: Data Analytics & Econometrics, Quantitative Program Evaluation, Inequality & Mobility,
Global Health, Economic Development
- chihming.tan@UND.edu
- 701.777.3349
Dan Owens., M.A.
Instructor, Department of Economics & Finance
Specialties: Economic Impact Analysis, Environmental & Regional Economics, Sports Business & Analysis
- daniel.owens@UND.edu
- 701.777.3348
Sheila Hanson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Entrepreneurship and Management
Specialties: Mental Health, Family Business, Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Sustainability,
Resilience. Expertise includes Qualitative and Quantitative Research,
Focus Groups, Marketing Research, Feasibility Studies and Business Planning, Community-Based
Participatory Research
- sheila.hanson@UND.edu
- 701.777.5507
Justin Berg, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Sociology
Specialties: Public Opinion, Race Relations, Immigration Attitudes, Aging, Mixed Research Methods
- justin.allen.berg@UND.edu
- 701.777.4987
Jason Jensen, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Specialties: Public Policy Analysis and Development, Program Evaluation, Social Science Research
Methods, Public Budgeting and Finance, Public and Nonprofit Management, Economic Development
- jason.jensen2@UND.edu
- 701.777.3547