Faculty Profile
Michael Shepherd, PhD, MA, MAP
- Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
- PhD, Political Science, Vanderbilt University, 2021
- MA, Political Science, Vanderbilt University, 2019
- MAP, University of Akron, 2015
- BS, Political Science, Murray State University, 2013
Research & Projects:
U.S. Health Politics and Policy; Rural Health; Rural Politics; Race, Racism and Health; Mass Media and Health; Public Opinion
U.S. Health Politics and Policy; Rural Health; Rural Politics; Race, Racism and Health; Mass Media and Health; Public Opinion
Rural Health Disparities
Roles of political parties and race/racism in shaping U.S. health policy
Mass Media and health attitudes/behaviors
Cox, Christian, Epp, Derek, and Michael E. Shepherd (forthcoming). "Access to Healthcare and Voting: The Case of Rural Hospital Closures."
American Political Science Review.
Bhatt, Priya, Shepherd, Michael E., McKay, Tara, and Jonathan Metzl (forthcoming). "Racializing COVID-19: Race-related
and Racist Language on Facebook, Pandemic Othering, and Concern about COVID-19." Political Communication.
Shepherd, Michael E. 2022. "The Politics of Pain: Medicaid Expansion, the ACA, and the Opioid Epidemic."
Journal of Public Policy. 42: 409-435.
Shepherd, Michael E., Eubank, Nicholas, Adriane Fresh, Joshua D. Clinton. 2021. "The Politics of Locating
Polling Places: Race and Partisanship in North Carolina Election Administration, 2008-2016."
Election Law Journal. 20(2): 155-177.
Kim, Eunji, Shepherd, Michael E. and Joshua D. Clinton. 2020. "The Effect of Big City News on Rural Residents' COVID-19
Responses." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(36):22009-22014.
Shepherd, Michael E. and Hye Young You. 2020. "Career Concerns and Revolving Doors in Congress." American Political Science Review. 114(1):270-284.
Areas of Expertise: Health Policy