Justin Rex, Ph.D.

Education

• BA - Bowling Green State University; Political Science and Sociology
• MA - Wayne State University; Political Science
• Ph.D. - Wayne State University; Political Science

Research Interests

• Regulatory Policy
• Financial Regulation
• Law
• Program Evaluation

Biography

Justin Rex, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Bowling Green State University and a Research Fellow at the BGSU Center for Regional Development. He also serves as the MPA coordinator. His academic research is primarily in the subfields of Public Policy & Administration, with a focus on regulatory capture, the bureaucratic politics of financial regulation, and the regulation of white-collar financial crime. He also has research expertise in program evaluation and has written grants and technical reports in a variety of policy areas including the social/political determinants of health, transportation, special education, housing, and economic development. Recently, he collaborated on several research grant projects with local healthcare stakeholders focusing on infant and maternal health.

Courses Taught

• POLS 4310/5310 - Politics, Policy, and Poverty
• HNRS 2010 - Introduction to Critical Thinking
• POLS 3030 - Introduction to Public Administration
• POLS 6210 - Public Administration Theory and Behavior
• POLS 6900 - Public Administration Capstone
• POLS 6350 Urban and Rural Social Problems