Contact Information:

Dr. Lana Stein

Chair and Professor of Political Science and Professor of Public Policy Administration

University of Missouri -St. Louis

347A SSB

5953 Pershing
St. Louis, Mo 63112

Phone: (314) 751-7532

Email:l stein@umsl.edu

 

Lana Stein

Dr. Stein is the Chair and Professor of Political Science and Professor of Public Policy Administration

Professor Stein's research focuses on urban policy and administration. Her books include, St. Louis Politics: The Triumph of Tradition (2002), City Schools and City Politics: Institutions and Leadership in Pittsburgh, Boston, and St. Louis (1999), and Holding Bureaucrats Accountable: Politicians and Professionals in St. Louis (1991). Her teaching includes courses on urban politics as well as the proseminar in public policy administration. Her focus in the latter is on organization theory and a neo-institutional approach to understanding bureaucracy in the U.S. She has also published articles in the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Urban Affairs Review, and other major journals.

She received her Ph.D. from Michigan State University.