William Swann, Ph.D.

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 substance use treatment and service availability, and the implementation of medications for opioid use disorder in justice settings from both public policy theory and population health perspectives. The Health Resources and Services Administration has supported his research on rural community opioid response. He has also written about collaborative governance, public management, and sustainable development in local communities and previously taught at the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs.

Teaching Interests

Public policy theories, urban studies, public management, qualitative research methods, and latent variable analysis

Research Interests

Substance use policy, population health, public management, collaborative governance, and rural/urban affairs

Service Summary

William Swann is a member of the Douglas County Overdose Fatality Review Team, president of the American Society for Public Administration's Nebraska Chapter, and co-founder and former board president 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