Rate My Professor Tanya Heikkila

Heikkila holds a PhD in Management (2001) and MPA (1998) from the University of Arizona's School of Public Administration and Policy, and a BA in International Studies and Spanish (1992) from the University of Oregon's Clark Honors College. She has earned prestigious awards such as the American Political Science Association Public Policy Section’s Lowi Prize for best paper (2023), the Harold D. Lasswell Award for the best article in Policy Sciences (2012), the University of Colorado Denver Campus-wide Award for Excellence in Faculty Research (2013), multiple School of Public Affairs Excellence Awards in research (2018, 2013), teaching (2014), service and leadership (2021), and mentoring (2015, 2020), and earlier honors including the Best Article Award from the American Review of Public Administration (2004). Her influential publications include books like Learning for Environmental Governance: Insights for a More Adaptive Future (2024, with A.K. Gerlak), Making Policy in a Complex World (2019, with P. Cairney and M. Wood), The Effective Public Manager (Fifth Edition, 2013; Fourth Edition, 2008, with S. Cohen and W. Eimicke), Policy Debates on Hydraulic Fracturing (2016, co-edited), and Common Waters, Diverging Streams (2004, with W. Blomquist and E. Schlager). Highly cited articles encompass works on collective learning, policy process theories, and collaborative resource management, contributing substantially to advancements in public policy scholarship.