Education
Ph.D.: University of Oklahoma Norman, OK, 2024 (Political Science – Fields: Public Administration and Public Policy)
Master of Public Administration: University of Oklahoma Norman, OK, 2018
Bachelor of Arts: University of Oklahoma Norman, OK, 2018 (Political Science; Sociology)
Research and Practice Interests
Dr. Wolff's research centers around the relationship between citizens and their governments, focusing particularly on bureaucratic discretion, citizen experiences in street-level service interactions (especially administrative burdens), and citizen perceptions of government.
One stream of his current work explores how citizens' evaluations of street-level bureaucrats' decision making are affected by information about whom the bureaucrat is serving. In a separate stream, he has a few projects revolving around K-12 education policy in the United States, including one that examines how a given policy's characteristics shape the degree of polarization surrounding the policy and another that analyzes school districts’ participation in voluntary interdistrict open enrollment programs.
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Johnathan Noah Wolff (2025. ) Is It Going Above and Beyond or Breaking the Rules? How Clients' Identities, Perceived Deservingness, and Outcomes Affect Citizens' Judgments of Bureaucrats' Rule Decisions.Public Administration, , More Information
Contact Information
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Clifton Court Hall Room 5110
Cincinnati
Ohio, 45221