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Academic Background  
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Teaching Philosophy
Research & Interests   
Notable Academic Appointments & Awards  
Publication Highlights  
Selected Scholarly Presentations  

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Position            

• Professor of Health Policy & Management

Academic Background         

• Brown University - Ph.D. in Political Science/Public Policy concentration, 1992
• University of Rhode Island - B.A. in Economics and Political Science, 1987

Sample Courses Taught at Providence College  

• American Health Care System
• Policy Analysis in the Health Sector
• Health Care Reform in America
• Health Policy & Management Senior Seminar
  

Teaching Philosophy            

Every semester, I tell my classes that the College pays me to make their lives uncomfortable so that they might develop, or in some cases discover, talents and skills within themselves. To accomplish this goal, each of my courses affords students with opportunities to apply concepts and theories discussed in the classroom to real world scenarios. In short, I strive to create an interactive, lively, and contemporary environment for learning. Drawing upon a strong theoretical base, my courses are designed to appeal to students with different learning styles.

My goal as an instructor at Providence College is to excite and engage our students. in short, my aspirations for our students are high, and they are matched by high expectations for their performance in the classroom.

Research & Interests               

Dr. Hackey's principal research and teaching interests lie in the area of comparative state health care policy (i.e., state efforts to control health care costs through certificate of need programs, health planning, and rate regulation), cellular phone regulation, and health care reform. He is currently working on a book manuscript on the health care crisis in America from the 1970s to the present day. As a political scientist, Dr. Hackey notes that "this book unpacks the various meanings of the health care crisis by analyzing the rhetoric used by decision makers and issue entrepreneurs at the federal, state and local level. My goal is to construct an interpretive explanation of the emergence and persistence of the health care crisis in America."

Notable Academic Appointments and Awards

• Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Rhode Island Professor of the Year, 2008.
• Joseph R. Accinno Excellence in Teaching Award, Providence College, 2008.
• Visiting professor, Department of Political Science, Brown University, Spring 2003.
• Recipient of President's Citation for Excellence in Teaching, University of Massachusetts, 1998.
• Recipient of  President's Award for Teaching Excellence as a graduate student, Brown University, 1990.

Publication Highlights

• Rethinking Health Care Policy: The New Politics of State Regulation published by Georgetown University Press in 1998
• The New Politics of State Health Policy, published by the University Press of Kansas in 2001, coeditor.
• Dr. Hackey has also published a wide range of peer-reviewed articles on state and national health care issues in Critical Sociology, the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, The Journal of Trauma, Medical Care Review, New England Journal of Public Policy, Polity, Social Science Quarterly, and Spectrum: The Journal of State Government .

Selected Scholarly Presentations and Activities

• In 2001, Dr. Hackey was one of several faculty members from across the United States invited to teach in Abbott Laboratories' Executive Development Program in Milwaukee, WI.
• In 2001, Dr. Hackey also testified before the Maryland Health Care Commission on the future of certificate of need programs in a competitive health care system.
• He is a member of the editorial board for the New England Journal of Political Science, and also served as a board member for the American Health Planning Association from 2000-2002.
• Prior to joining the PC faculty, Dr. Hackey served as the assistant managing editor for the New England Journal of Public Policy.

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