Faculty

ann kellerAnn C. Keller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Health Policy & Management
Chair, Health Services and Policy Analysis Graduate Group
PHONE: (510) 642-7934
LOCATION: 247F University Hall
E-MAIL: annk@berkeley.edu

 

 

Courses

  • PH 220: Health Policy Decision Making
  • PH 220E: International Health Policy
  • PH 220F: Politics, Policy and Democracy in Environmental Health
  • PH 230: Advanced Health Policy Analysis (Ph.D. Seminar)
  • PH 293: Health Policy in the United States: Expertise, Interests, and Institutions (Ph.D. Seminar)

Research Interests (view CV)

  • Managing expertise and knowledge validation in public health organizations (CDC, FDA, EPA)
  • Scientists' role in environmental policy
  • Patient interest group advocacy
  • Organization and expertise in pandemic response

Publications

Credibility and Relevance in Environmental Policy: Measuring Strategies and Performance among Science Assessment Organizations. 2010. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 20: 357—86.

Science in Environmental Policy: The Politics of Objective Advice. 2009. Boston: MIT Press.

Peter Alpert and Ann Keller. 2003. The Ecology-Policy Interface: How Close Is Too Close? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1, 1 (February).
 
Net Loss: Internet Prophets, Private Profits, and the Costs to Community (Book review). 2003. STEP Ahead: Newsletter of the Science Technology and Environmental Policy Section American Political Science Association. 1, 1 (Summer): 14-15.
 
Democracy by Disclosure: The Rise of Technopopulism (Book review). 2003. STEP Ahead: Newsletter of the Science Technology and Environmental Policy Section American Political Science Association. 1, 1 (Summer): 15-16.
 
Alexandra von Meier, Jennifer Lynn Miller, and Ann Keller. 1998. The Disposition of Excess Weapons Plutonium: A Comparison of Three Narrative Contexts. The Nonproliferation Review 5, 2 (Winter): 20-31.
 
Todd R. LaPorte and Ann Keller. 1996. Assuring Institutional Constancy: Requisite for Managing Long-Lived Hazards. Public Administration Review 56, 6 (November/December): 535-544.

Other Interests 

  • Health Services and Policy Analysis Faculty Group
  • Center for Occupational and Environmental Health Faculty
  • UC Berkeley Energy and Resources Group Faculty Affiliate
  • Faculty Advisory Committee for the Institute for Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley
  • Faculty Advisory Committee for the UC Berkeley Washington Program
  • Member of the American Political Science Association (APSA)

Profile updated: July 13, 2012