Joshua Chanin

Lecturer
SPA: Justice, Law / Society

• Joshua M. Chanin is a Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration and Justice, Law, and Society. His dissertation, “Negotiated Justice? The Legal, Administrative, and Policy Implications of 'Pattern or Practice' Police Misconduct Reform,” uses three distinct analytical lenses to examine the implementation and institutionalization of reform in four police departments found in systematic violation of Fourth Amendment protections against excessive use of force. 
  
  Recent publications include the book chapter, “What Every Public Manager Should Know About the Constitution” (with David H. Rosenbloom) and an edited volume titled Federal Government Reorganization: A Policy and Management Perspective (with Beryl A. Radin). The third edition of Public Administration and Law, written with David H. Rosenbloom and Rosemary O’Leary, will be published in 2010. 
  
  In addition to his work at the School of Public Affairs, Josh is a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Justice and an adjunct instructor in George Washington University’s Program on Security and Safety Leadership.
  

• Degrees

  J.D., M.P.A., Indiana University - Bloomington; B.A., University of Pennsylvania