Contact:
(860)570-9029
robert.bifulco@uconn.edu
Office Location:
Greater Hartford Campus,
Library Building, Rm 410
Waterbury Campus,
Rm 109
Mailing Address
University of Connecticut
1800 Asylum Avenue, 4th Floor
West Hartford, CT 06117
Office Hours
By appointment
Robert Bifulco is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the University of Connecticut. He has a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Before coming to the University of Connecticut, Dr. Bifulco held a post-doc position at Duke University’s Sanford Institute of Public Policy, and has worked as an analyst in the New York State Education Department and the Erie County (New York) Division of Budget. He has published research articles on the measurement of school performance, whole-school reform, and racial disparities in access to educational resources in several peer reviewed journals including Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Evaluation Review, and Economics of Education Review. His most recent research is focused on charter schools and has examined their effects on student achievement, black-white test score gaps, racial segregation, and parental involvement. Dr. Bifulco is an active member of the American Education Finance Association and the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.
Specialization
Education policy, state and local government finance, policy analysis and program evaluation
Courses Offered in Academic Year 2007/2008 for UCS
Fall 2007
To be announced
Spring 2008
To be announced