Manny Teodoro works at the intersection of politics, public policy, and public management. His research focuses mainly on U.S. environmental policy and implementation, including empirical analyses of environmental justice in drinking water quality and Clean Water Act enforcement. Teodoro received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and his research on public management and bureaucratic politics emphasizes labor markets as political phenomena and predictors of organizational performance. His award-winning first book, Bureaucratic Ambition, shows how career motivations shape administrators’ decisions to innovate. In addition to scholarship, Teodoro pursues a line of applied research on utility management, policy, and finance. He has developed novel methods for analyzing utility rate equity and affordability, and he works on these issues directly with governments and water sector leaders across the United States and internationally. His forthcoming book The Profits of Distrust, traces the rise of the U.S. bottled water industry to declining trust in government, and argues for rebuilding faith in democracy through excellent basic services.
A word from Susan Yackee, Director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs:
The La Follette School is honored to have Dr. Manny Teodoro on its tenured faculty. Teodoro is a scholar of public organizations, with a special focus on water policy. He is driven by a commitment to evidence-based policymaking, and we couldn’t be happier to count him among our ranks.