Meg Haller, Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Public Administration (2008)
University of Illinois at Chicago

Public Administration (M/C 278)
140 CUPPA Hall
phone: 312-413-2189
fax: 312-996-8804
mhalle1@uic.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Meg Haller is a Research Assistant Professor and a principal in the Science, Technology and Environment Policy Lab in the Department of Public Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research focuses on public entrepreneurship, social networks, science and technology policy, and environmental policy. Prof. Haller teaches courses in policy analysis, and intergovernmental relations in both the undergraduate and master’s of public administration programs.
Prof. Haller is involved in numerous multi-year research projects including a National Science Foundation funded effort entitled “Women in Science and Engineering: Network Access, Participation and Outcomes,” a longitudinal evaluation of research outcomes of the IGERT program at UIC, and a USDA funded effort to map the international trade networks of agricultural genetic material.
In the environmental area, Prof. Haller has conducted research to understand the processes and evaluate the outcomes of fleet conversion from gasoline to alternative fuel vehicles in Du Page County, Illinois. She is pursuing promising research opportunities to understand policy incentives to increase the use of green building materials in affordable housing.
Prof. Haller received her PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2008.  Her dissertation investigated the role of social networks and cognitions on scientist’s entrepreneurial behavior.