Douglas Snow

Associate Professor of Public Management

Professor Snow teaches Applied Research Methods for Healthcare Management with Professor Rivard, in addition to his Public Management courses. He is a longtime member of the Sawyer Business School faculty, and he has served twice as chair of the Public Management Department. His areas of expertise include: public budgeting and financial management; tax policy; organization, staffing, and procedures of state legislatures; and microenterprise finance and economic development. He is a recipient of the John Brennan Award for Outstanding Instruction to Graduate Students from the Graduate Student Association of Suffolk University.

Doug’s recent publications include:

Wallin, B. & Snow, D. (2010). Resolving the FY09 and FY10 Budget Deficits in Massachusetts. Public Budgeting and Finance, 30 (1).

Snow, D. & Gianakis, G. (2009). Stabilization Fund Strategies In Massachuetts: A Survey of Chief Financial Officers. Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management.

Gianakis, G. & Snow, D. (2008). Teaching Supply-Side Social Equity in MPA Programs. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 14 (1), 67-78.

Snow, D., Gianakis, G., & Fortess, E. (2008). Simulating Massachusetts Municipalities' Recession Readiness: Early Warnings of a Perfect Storm? Journal of Public Budgeting and Finance, 28 (1), 1-21.

Gianakis, G. & Snow, D. (2007). The Implementation and Utilization of Stabilization Funds by Local Governments in Massachusetts. Journal of Public Budgeting and Finance, 27 (1), 86-103.

Snow, D. R. & Rubin, I. (2006). Illinois: Constitutional Versus Negotiated Power. In Edward J. Clynch and Thomas P. Lauth (Ed.) Budgeting in the States: Institutions, Processes and Policies. Westport, CT: Praeger.

Doug earned a Ph.D. at Northern Illinois University, an MPA at Brigham Young University, and his BA at Idaho State University.

E-mail: dsnow@suffolk.edu