Professor, Public Policy

Expertise: Local politics, research methods, environmental politics, political ambition, pathways to political office, political corruption, school boards, criminal justice policy 

 Career Highlights:

Mirya Holman is a professor in public policy at the Hobby School of Public Affairs. Her research interests focus on local politics, research methods and environmental politics. She is the recent author of "The Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the United States," (with Emily Harris) and "The Hidden Face of Local Power: Appointed Boardes and Limits of Democracy."

Holman has been widely published in academic journals and the popular press, including NPR, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the New York Times and the Washington Post. She responds to media requests on the topics sheriffs, school boards, local politics and other issues where her reserch intersects with newsworthy matters.

Currently, she is researching local political corruption, school boards, the role of legal education in shaping political ambition, sheriffs in the United States, political communication and the pathways to political office.

Holman received her Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University in American politics and public policy and her bachelor's degree from Loyola University New Orleans in political science and history.