SSRC Staff
Stephanie Witt, PhD
DIRECTOR
Dr. Stephanie Witt is Director of the Public Policy Center and the Social Science Research Center at Boise State University. She is also Chair of Public Policy and Administration and a professor in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program and she directs the MPA Internship Program as well.
Witt began her career at Boise State in 1989 as a political science professor, after receiving her doctorate from Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. She chaired the Political Science Department for six years, has served as Interim Associate Dean for the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, and was Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs for nearly six years.
Carole Nemnich, MPA
PROJECT MANAGER
Carole Nemnich is Project Manager of Boise State University’s Social Science Research Center (SSRC), Department of Public Policy and Administration. The SSRC produces the annual Idaho Public Policy Survey and provide primary research and analysis for both public and nonprofit sectors. Recent clients include the Idaho Department of Commerce and Labor; the Idaho State Independent Living Council; the Idaho Supreme Court Office of Administration; and the Center of Advanced Energy Policy Studies, Energy Policy Institute.
Nemnich earned both her MPA and BBA at Boise State University, where she now serves as an adjunct professor. She is principal/owner of npc consulting, LLC, and past Executive Director of Choices in Community Giving, Inc. Prior to that she worked in supervision and management, from 1992-2001 at Hewlett-Packard Company, and from 1976-1992 at Ore-Ida Foods, Inc.
Nemnich participates in various community and volunteer groups. She is current Board Chair of the Idaho Conservation League, and a past Board Chair of the North End Neighborhood Association.
John Freemuth, PhD
INTERIM ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ENERGY POLICY INSTITUTE
Dr. John Freemuth is the Interim Director, Energy Policy Institute; Senior Fellow, Andrus Center for Public Policy; and Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Boise State University. Freemuth's research and teaching emphasis is in natural resource and public land policy and administration. He is the author of an award-winning book, Islands under Siege: National Parks and the Politics of External Threats (University Of Kansas, 1991), numerous articles on aspects of natural resource policy, and eight Andrus Center white papers, all of which can be found at andruscenter.org.
Dr. Freemuth has worked on many projects with federal and state resource bureaus, including the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and National Park Service at the federal level, and the Departments of Fish and Game and Parks and Recreation, and the Division of Environmental Quality in the State of Idaho. He was the chair of the Science Advisory Board of the Bureau of Land Management, where he worked on policies that can improve the use of scientific information for land managers and better develop the relationship between science and democratic decision processes. He has also been a high school teacher and seasonal park ranger. While a ranger at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area he wrote “Wanderer for Beauty: Everett Ruess in the Glen Canyon Area,” a park interpretive handout.
Dr. Freemuth holds a BA degree from Pomona College and a Ph.D. from Colorado State University.
He was named the Idaho CASE Professor of the Year for 2001-2.
Michael Louis, ME, MPA
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ENERGY POLICY INSTITUTE
Michael Louis was named the Assistant Director of the Energy Policy Institute (EPI) and an affiliate member of the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) in January of 2006. In this position, he is responsible for the day-to-day management and improvement of EPI's operation. This includes the initiation, governance, and support of energy policy research conducted by the four institutions that make up EPI and CAES.
In addition to Michael's responsibilities as EPI's Assistant Director, he also serves as an adjunct professor teaching classes in Organization Theory and Program Planning, Management, and Evaluation in Boise State's Department of Public Policy.
Last modified:Jul 03 2008
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