Graduate Faculty Directory
Glenn Beamer
Education
- BA (College of William & Mary)
- MA (University of Michigan)
- PhD (University of Michigan)
Title(s)
Director of the Master of Public Health Program
Faculty Appointments
Associate Professor of Health Policy
Research Interest
Community Health and Development
Synopsis
Glenn Beamer's research focuses on community health and development. He is currently working on a worker-based model for community development and retirement security and a comparative evaluation of state-level welfare and health policy reform efforts. Dr. Beamer's teaching focuses on health policy, community health and development, and community-based health research. Dr. Beamer was a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of California at San Francisco from 1997 through 1999.Publications & Presentations
- "No Race in Any Direction: State Welfare and Income Regimes." With Harrell R. Rodgers, Jr. and Lee Payne. Policy Studies Journal 35 (4): 525-543 (2008).
- "Sustaining the Rust Belt: A Retrospective Analysis of the Employee Purchase of Weirton Steel." Labor History, 48(3): 277-298 (2007).
- "State Tax Credits and 'Making Work Pay' in the Post-Welfare Reform Era." Review of Policy Research 22(3): 385-395 (2005).
- "The State Children's Health Insurance Program and the Unfortunately End of the 1990's." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(2): 293-304 (2004).
- Creative Politics: Taxes and Public Goods in a Federal System. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press. 1999. Issued in paperback 2000.
Contact Information
Office:
4101 Woodland Avenue
Office # 129
Box # 22
Phone: 267.295.3178
Email: g.beamer@usp.edu
