John Graham (policy analyst)
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John D. Graham is dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs
(SPEA).
John D. Graham began his tenure at SPEA this year. He is the fourth dean in the school’s 36-year history.
Dr. Graham's personal research interests include government reform, energy and the environment, and the future of the automobile in both developed and developing countries. Previous to his appointment as dean, he served as dean at the Frederick Pardee RAND Graduate School at the RAND Corporation in California. While at RAND, Dr. Graham streamlined the core curriculum, established new analytic concentrations, revised the program requirements to enable students to launch their dissertations more promptly and raised funds from individuals and corporations to support scholarships, dissertation support and policy papers co-authored by students and RAND researchers.
Prior to joining RAND, Dr. Graham served in the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 2001 to 2006. As the Senate-confirmed Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA), Dr. Graham led a staff of 50 career policy analysts who reviewed major regulatory proposals from Cabinet agencies. Prior to his role at OMB, Dr. Graham was a tenured Professor of Policy and Decision Sciences at the Harvard University
School of Public Health.
From 1990 to 2001 Dr. Graham founded and led the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA). By raising over $10 million in project grants and philanthropic contributions, Dr. Graham helped support eight new faculty positions and dozens of post-doctoral and doctoral students. By 2001 HCRA had become internationally recognized for analytic contributions to environmental protection, injury prevention, and medical technology innovation.
In 1995 Dr. Graham was elected President of the Society for Risk Analysis, an international membership organization of 2,400 scientists and engineers. Dr. Graham reached out to risk analysts in Europe, China, Japan and Australia as he helped organize the first World Congress on Risk Analysis (Brussels, 2000).
Dr. Graham earned his B.A. (politics and economics) at Wake Forest University
(1978) where he won national awards as an intercollegiate debater. He earned his M.A. degree in public policy at Duke University
(1980) before serving as staff associate to Chairman Howard Raiffa’s Committee on Risk and Decision Making of the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences. His Carnegie Mellon University
Heinz College Ph.D. dissertation on automobile safety was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in a pro-airbag decision in 1983 and again in 1985 by Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole
. Subsequently, his first academic position was at the Heinz College.
Risk vs. Risk: Tradeoffs in Protecting Health and the Environment
Harnessing Science for Environmental Regulation
Auto Safety
Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs
The Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs is one of the undergraduate and graduate schools of Indiana University, and is the largest public policy and environmental studies school of its kind in the United States...
(SPEA).
John D. Graham began his tenure at SPEA this year. He is the fourth dean in the school’s 36-year history.
Dr. Graham's personal research interests include government reform, energy and the environment, and the future of the automobile in both developed and developing countries. Previous to his appointment as dean, he served as dean at the Frederick Pardee RAND Graduate School at the RAND Corporation in California. While at RAND, Dr. Graham streamlined the core curriculum, established new analytic concentrations, revised the program requirements to enable students to launch their dissertations more promptly and raised funds from individuals and corporations to support scholarships, dissertation support and policy papers co-authored by students and RAND researchers.
Prior to joining RAND, Dr. Graham served in the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 2001 to 2006. As the Senate-confirmed Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is an office of the United States Government that Congress established in the 1980 Paperwork Reduction Act. OIRA is located within the Office of Management and Budget, which is an agency within the Executive Office of the President...
(OIRA), Dr. Graham led a staff of 50 career policy analysts who reviewed major regulatory proposals from Cabinet agencies. Prior to his role at OMB, Dr. Graham was a tenured Professor of Policy and Decision Sciences at the Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
School of Public Health.
From 1990 to 2001 Dr. Graham founded and led the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA). By raising over $10 million in project grants and philanthropic contributions, Dr. Graham helped support eight new faculty positions and dozens of post-doctoral and doctoral students. By 2001 HCRA had become internationally recognized for analytic contributions to environmental protection, injury prevention, and medical technology innovation.
In 1995 Dr. Graham was elected President of the Society for Risk Analysis, an international membership organization of 2,400 scientists and engineers. Dr. Graham reached out to risk analysts in Europe, China, Japan and Australia as he helped organize the first World Congress on Risk Analysis (Brussels, 2000).
Dr. Graham earned his B.A. (politics and economics) at Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...
(1978) where he won national awards as an intercollegiate debater. He earned his M.A. degree in public policy at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
(1980) before serving as staff associate to Chairman Howard Raiffa’s Committee on Risk and Decision Making of the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences. His Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
Heinz College Ph.D. dissertation on automobile safety was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in a pro-airbag decision in 1983 and again in 1985 by Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole
Elizabeth Dole
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford "Liddy" Dole is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush presidential administrations, as well as a United States Senator....
. Subsequently, his first academic position was at the Heinz College.
Notable Publications
The Greening of Industry: A Risk Management ApproachRisk vs. Risk: Tradeoffs in Protecting Health and the Environment
Harnessing Science for Environmental Regulation
Auto Safety