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William Swann, Ph.D.

William Swann, Ph.D.

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  • Public Administration, Associate Professor

email:
wswann@unomaha.edu
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bUUzg8kAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra
personal website:
https://sites.google.com/view/williamlswann/home

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Biography

William L. Swann is an Associate Professor, the MPA Program Chair, and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska Chair of Health Care Administration and Policy in the School of Public Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He studies substance use policy, disparities in treatment and service availability for people with an opioid use disorder, and the implementation of medications for opioid use disorder in justice settings. The Health Resources and Services Administration supports his research on rural community opioid response. He has also written about collaborative governance, public management, and sustainable development and previously taught at the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs.

Teaching Interests

Public policy, social policy, and qualitative research methods

Research Interests

Substance use policy, collaborative governance, and rural/urban affairs

Service Summary

William Swann is a Member of the Douglas County Overdose Fatality Review Team, President-Elect of the American Society for Public Administration's Nebraska Chapter, and President of the Board of Directors at The Schreiber Research Group, a nonprofit organization focused on substance use response research and community outreach.

Education

Ph D, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, Public Administration, 2016

MPA, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, Public Administration, 2012

BSBA, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, Finance, 2009

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