{"id":3310,"date":"2026-08-17T14:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T14:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/?page_id=3310"},"modified":"2026-08-18T16:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:37:43","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/academics\/master-of-public-administration\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"MPA Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Master of Public Administration<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"MPA\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-mpa\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-3320\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3320\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/academics\/master-of-public-administration\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3319\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3319\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/academics\/master-of-public-administration\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3317\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3317\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/academics\/master-of-public-administration\/admission-and-fees\/\">Admission and Fees<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3318\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3318\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/academics\/master-of-public-administration\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Director<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/meet\/aaron-ley\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/AL-Headshot-e1625684457573.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/meet\/aaron-ley\/\">Aaron Ley<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor and Director of the M.P.A. Program<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Tucker House, Rm 101<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.7893<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:ajley@uri.edu\">ajley@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Headshot-v3-e1625610311414.png\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Daniel Carrigg<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Teaching Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Tucker House, Rm 102<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.9293<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:carrigd@uri.edu\">carrigd@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Marc_Hutchison_web_2.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Marc_Hutchison_web_2.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Marc_Hutchison_web_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Marc_Hutchison_web_2-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Marc_Hutchison_web_2-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Marc Hutchison<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Washburn Hall, Rm 203<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4054<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:mlhutch@uri.edu\">mlhutch@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jacqueline-Kelley.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jacqueline Kelley\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jacqueline-Kelley.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jacqueline-Kelley-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jacqueline-Kelley-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jacqueline-Kelley-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jacqueline-Kelley-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jacqueline-Kelley-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jacqueline-Kelley-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jacqueline-Kelley-1000x1000.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Jacqueline Kelley<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Part-Time Faculty Member<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Political Science<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:jgracekelley@uri.edu\">jgracekelley@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Skye-Leedahl.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Skye-Leedahl.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Skye-Leedahl-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Skye-Leedahl-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Skye-Leedahl-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Skye Leedahl<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor and Department Chair of Human Development and Family Studies<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Transition Center, Rm 201<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4567<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:skyeleedahl@uri.edu\">skyeleedahl@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Ying-Liu-headshot.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ying Liu\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Ying-Liu-headshot.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Ying-Liu-headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Ying-Liu-headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Ying-Liu-headshot-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Ying Liu<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Tucker House, Rm 103<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4056<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:ying.liu@uri.edu\">ying.liu@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jean-Claude-Ndongo-e1787153304701.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jean-Claude Ndongo\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Jean-Claude M. Ndongo<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Lecturer<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:mjndongo@gmail.com\">mjndongo@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jessica-Spragg.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jessica Spragg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jessica-Spragg.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jessica-Spragg-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jessica-Spragg-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jessica-Spragg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jessica-Spragg-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jessica-Spragg-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jessica-Spragg-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/Jessica-Spragg-1000x1000.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Jessica Spragg<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Specialist, Recruitment and Student Support<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Student Contact Support Center<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4160<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:jessica_spragg@uri.edu\">jessica_spragg@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/KS-Headshot-e1625675205161.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Karen Sweeting<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor and Associate Director of the M.P.A. Program<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Tucker House, Rm 107<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2124<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:ksweeting@uri.edu\">ksweeting@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/nancy-woyak-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/nancy-woyak-web.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/nancy-woyak-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/nancy-woyak-web-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1146\/nancy-woyak-web-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Nancy Woyak<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Administrative Support<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Washburn Hall, Rm 233<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4051<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:newoyak@uri.edu\">newoyak@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Master of Public Administration Faculty Program Director Teaching Faculty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5286,"featured_media":0,"parent":3244,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3310","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3310"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3335,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3310\/revisions\/3335"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/politicalscience\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}