Peter Federman
Biography
Peter Federman is an assistant professor of public administraton and policy in the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies. He joined the faculty of UMass Boston in 2023, and is a core faculty member in the Master of Public Administraton program. Dr. Federman's research includes work on human resources, public safety, and how politics shape administrative action and behavior.
Area of Expertise
Human resources; public safety; diversity, equity and inclusion policy; bureaucratic politics; executive orders.
Degrees
PhD in Public Administration, University of Kansas (2019)
MPA, John Jay College of Criminal Justice CUNY (2015)
BA in Child Development, Tufts University (2010)
Professional Publications & Contributions
Federman, P.S., S. Viswanath and N. Riccucci. (2023). Public Sector Collective Bargaining: A Meta-Review. Review of Public Personnel Administration.
Curley, C., P.S. Federman, and R. Shen. (2023). Expanding the Political Market Framework to Explain Executive Decision-Making During the COVID-19 Crisis. Public Administration Review, 83(5), 1281-1299.
Federman, P.S. and C. Curley. (2022). Exploring Intra-State Tensions in Government Responses to COVID-19. Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 52(3), 476-496.
Federman, P.S. (2021). Cop Wisdom and the Democratic Consequences of Citizen-State Interactions. Administration & Society, 54(5), 857-877.
Additional Information
Dr. Federman is a proud Tufts alumnus and member of the first class of the Tufts Honos Civicus (civic honors) Society. He earned his M.P.A from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY and his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas, where he was the inaugural Chester A. Newland Fellow. Previously, he was an assistant professor at the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis from 2019-2023.
Dr. Federman’s research focuses on the politics of policymakers and how politics shape administrative action and behavior. Using innovative mixed-methodological approaches, Dr. Federman seeks to understand politicians, public administrators and policymakers with an eye towards the political, historical, and cultural context in which they exist.
His published work has addressed multiple substantive areas, including policing, social equity, public health, national defense, and human resources. He is particularly passionate about community-engaged research and reearch in collaboration with students.
He has taught or co-taught courses a range of courses in-person, online, and in hybrid course formats; and in criminal justice, emergency management, public administration, public policy, and political science programs.