Dr. Leah Pieper

Director of MPA Program and Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration

Office: Clayton Hall T105-A
Social Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
leahpieper@clayton.edu

Biography

Dr. Leah Pieper directs the Master of Public Administration program at CSU and is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration. Her teaching in the MPA program focuses on the core concepts of public administration and public policy, as well as organization theory and environmental policy and management. She also teaches public administration at the undergraduate level. Dr. Pieper researches environmental and water policy, specifically focusing on the institutional arrangements governing water and how users and managers respond and adapt to changing conditions. Another line of work explores methods of analyzing institutions through the Institutional Grammar Tool. Her work has been published in the International Journal of the Commons and presented at several conferences, including the annual conferences of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management and the Midwest Political Science Association. She received her Ph.D. in Government and Public Policy from the University of Arizona.

Education

Ph D, Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona, 2021

MA, Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona, 2018

BA, Political Science/International Studies, Central College, 2013

Intellectual Contributions

Leah Pieper, Santiago Ruiz, Edella Schlager, Charlie Schweik, The Use of the Institutional Grammar 1.0 for Institutional Analysis: A Literature Review, International Journal of the Commons – August 8 2023

Leah Pieper, Conservation, irrigation, and a paradox: Effects of conserved water statutes on irrigation efficiency and agricultural water usage

Leah Pieper, Factors motivating consideration and adoption of conserved water statutes in the Western U.S.

Presentations

Leah Pieper, A couple of misfits: The role of fit in motivating change to water institutions in the Western U.S., Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Conference, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management – November 2023

Leah Pieper, Don't use it, don't lose it: Factors motivating consideration and adoption of conserved water statutes in the Western U.S., Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Midwest Political Science Association – April 2022

Leah Pieper, Policy mechanisms to manage agricultural water consumption and protect streamflow, Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Western Political Science Association – April 2021

Leah Pieper, Joshua Meddaugh, Cultivating interest in public service careers: The role of required American Government courses, Georgia Political Science Association Annual Conference, Georgia Political Science Association – November 2024

Service to the University & University System of Georgia

Department, MPA Committee, Committee Chair – 2022 to Present

University, Graduate Affairs Committee, Administrative Assignment, Other – June 2022 to Present

College, Dean's Faculty Advisory Committee, Committee Member – August 2022 to Present

Department, Online Standards Committee, Committee Member – 2022 to Present

Department, Department of Social Sciences Lecturer Search Committee, Committee Member – 2021 to 2022

College, William Woods Lecture Series, Committee Member – 2021 to 2022

Department, MPA Program Subcommittee, Committee Member – 2021 to 2022