Emily V. Bell

PhD | University of Arizona / School of Government and Public Policy | 2018 | Public Policy and Management

MPA | University of Arizona / School of Government and Public Policy | 2013

MA | University of Arizona / College of Social and Behavioral Sciences | 2013 | Latin American Studies

BA | University of Tennessee / College of Arts and Sciences | Latin American Studies| 2008

• Policy Process
• Collaborative Governance
• Cognition
• Social Network Analysis
• Natural Language Processing
• Water
• Energy

• Best MPA Professor of the Year Award, 2021 and 2023
• UGA Student Career Success Influence Award, 2022

• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. Southern Political Science Association

Coordination Networks
Policy-oriented Learning
Policy Innovation
Collaborative Arrangements and Processes
Natural Disasters
Water Governance

Bell, Emily V. (2024). “Risk Perceptions, Local Conservation Strategies, and Contract Renewal Preferences: A Study of Interlocal Collaboration Among Public Water Suppliers.” Climatic Change, 177(7), 1–21. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-024-03770-x.

Bell, Emily V., Katy Hansen, and Megan Mullin. (2023). “Multicriteria Assessment of Capacity for State
Oversight of US Drinking Water Systems.” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 149(1): 05022011.

Bell, Emily V., Amanda Fencl, and Megan Mullin. (2022). “Perceived climate risk and participation in
collaborative regional water planning.” Policy Studies Journal, 00:1–24.

Bell, Emily V. and Tomás Olivier. (2022). “Following the paper trail: Systematically analyzing outputs
to understand collaborative governance evolution.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. muab054, https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muab054.

Bell, Emily V. and Tyler Scott. (2020). “Common institutional design, divergent results: A comparative
case study of collaborative governance platforms for regional water planning.” Environmental Science
and Policy, 111: 63–73.