Assistant Professor. Public Policy
Biography
Mir Usman Ali is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. His research revolves around building a theory of the conditions under which public managers and organizations can foster social equity-enhancing institutional change. His research has looked at a variety of topics such as citizen oversight of police, the impact of body-worn cameras on law enforcement outcomes, policies intended to curb intimate partner violence, and epistemic justice in collaborative knowledge production. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Affairs Indiana University-Bloomington, an M.S. in Statistics from Texas A&M University, College Station and MBA and BBA degrees from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi. His research has been published in Public Administration Review, Public Performance and Management Review, Policy Studies Journal, and American Review of Public Administration.
Education
Ph.D., Public Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington, 2019
Major Fields: Public Management and Policy Analysis; Minor: Sociology
M.S., Statistics, Texas A&M University, 2009
M.B.A., Finance, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, 2005
B.B.A., Finance, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, 2003
Publications
Ali, M. U., Edwards, L. H. & Wright II, J. E. (2024). Administrative Decentralization and the Role of Information: The Case of Intimate Partner Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic. American Review of Public Administration.
Ali, M. U., & Wright II, J. E. (2024). Use of Performance Information and External Accountability: The Role of Citizen Oversight in Mitigating the Motivated Evaluation of Body-Worn Camera Evidence. American Review of Public Administration.
Ali, M. U. (2023). The Adoption of Culturally Contentious Institutions: The Case of Citizen Oversight of Police. Policy Studies Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12499
Ali, M. U. & Nicholson-Crotty, S. (2020). Examining the Accountability-Performance Link: The Case of Citizen Oversight of Police. Public Performance and Management Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2020.1806086
Ali, M. U. & Pirog, M. (2019). Social Accountability and Institutional Change: The Case of Citizen Oversight of Police. Public Administration Review, 79(3), 411-426. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13055
Submitted
Ali, M. U., Aponte, F. T. & Ringoir, T. The Life-Preserving Impact of Local Health Departments During the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Works in Progress
Wright II, J. E., & Ali, M. U. The Impact of Officer Rank, Experience, Gender, and Race on Use of Force: A Synthetic Matching Study.
Ali, M. U. The Organizational Antecedents of Underreported Police-Involved Deaths.
Ali, M. U., Dodson, A., Dudley, D., Getachew, A., Kriebel, J., Kyles-Smith, K., Lichtinger, S. T. Structuring Collaborative Governance for Epistemic Justice: A Multi-Disciplinary Systematic Review.
Ali, M. U., Dodson, A., Dudley, D., Getachew, A., Kriebel, J., Kyles-Smith, K., & Lichtinger, S. T. From Margins to Center: A Collaborative Autoethnographic Account of Reimagining Epistemic Justice through Collaborative Research Praxis.
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications/Reports
Edwards, L. H., Ali, M. U., Ringoir, T., West, T. Baltimore County Traffic Stop Deep Dive, 2017-2022. (2023). Report prepared for the Baltimore County Government.
Awards and Honors
2019 Best Journal Article Award “Social Accountability and Institutional Change: The Case of Citizen Oversight of Police”, Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division.
2019 Horowitz Foundation Scholarship for Social Policy Research
2018 Santosh Jain Endowed Memorial Scholarship, Indiana University
2018 Outstanding Teaching Award, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
2017 President’s Scholarship, National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE)
2013 Best Paper Award in Policy Analysis and Management, Association of SPEA PhD Student Conference
2011 Fellowship and Tuition Remission, Ph.D. Program, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington
2007 Fulbright Scholarship, Texas A&M University, College Station
Selected Conference Activity
2024 Promoting Epistemic Justice in Collaborations: Lessons from Systematic Reviews and a Collaborative Autoethnographic Project. Social Equity Leadership Conference, University of Connecticut, Stamford. Role: Panel Convener, Co-Author, and Presenter
- – Collaborative Governance for Epistemic Justice: A Systematic Review of the Public Policy and Administration Literature
- – Structuring Collaborative Governance for Epistemic Justice: A Multi-disciplinary Systematic Review
- – A Collaborative Autoethnographic Account of Reimagining Epistemic Justice Through Collaborative Research Praxis
2023 Use of Performance Information and External Accountability: The Role of Citizen Oversight in Mitigating the Motivated Evaluation of Body-Worn Camera Evidence. Social Equity Leadership Conference, University of Kansas, Kansas City. Role: Presenter.
2022 The Adoption of Culturally Contentious Institutions: The Case of Citizen Oversight of Police. American Society of Public Administration Annual Conference. Role: Presenter.
2019 Does Police Oversight Compromise Public or Police Officer Safety? American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Role: Presenter.
2019 (1) Social Accountability and Institutional Change: The Case of Citizen Oversight of Police (2) Citizen Oversight Agencies and the “Ferguson Effect”: Exploring the Impact of Police Accountability, Social Equity Leadership Conference, Rutgers University, Newark. Role: Presenter.
2019 Citizen Oversight Agencies and the “Ferguson Effect:” Exploring the Impact of Police Accountability, Midwest Political Science Association Conference. Role: Presenter.