People: Research Faculty
Michael E. Shepherd
Faculty Associate
Appointments
Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies
Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Degree
- PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2021 (Political Science)
Other
Research
His research program focuses on questions of political and economic inequality, with an emphasis on the experiences of marginalized groups with government and the politics of health policy in the US. My book project combines these interests, focusing on how poor, rural people experience and politically-respond to a variety of health experiences and policies. This project won the 2022 Best Dissertation Award from the Class & Inequality section of the American Political Science Association.
His research has appeared or is forthcoming in the American Political Science Review, the Election Law Journal, the Journal of Public Policy, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Communication, Political Science Research & Methods, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Shepherd received his PhD in Political Science from Vanderbilt University; he previously earned a Master’s of Applied Politics degree at the University of Akron and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Murray State University.
Selected Publications
Please also see Michael Shepherd’s curriculum vitae (CV).