Biography

Andrea L. Pierce (formerly Sarzynski) is the director of undergraduate studies​ and associate professor at the University of Delaware's Biden School of Public Policy and Administration and the Department of Geography. She has faculty affiliations with the Delaware Environmental Institute, the Disaster Research Center, the Community Engagement Initiative, and the Graduate Program in Water Science and Policy. Her research interests include urban governance, climate change policy, carbon footprints, urban land use, shrinking cities/suburbs, and renewable energy policy. Prior to joining the faculty at Delaware, she worked at the George Washington Institute of Public Policy (GWIPP), the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, the Rochester Institute of Technology, the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and the environmental law practice at Sidley Austin LLP. Andrea has published reports for GWIPP and Brookings, and academic articles in public policy, geography, environmental studies, and urban affairs. Andrea has a Ph.D. in public policy and public administration and a Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) from The George Washington University and a B.S. in natural resources from Cornell University.

Degrees

• PhD, Public Policy & Public Administration, George Washington University, (2006)
• MPP, George Washington University, (2003) 
• B.S., cum laude, Natural Resources, Cornell University, (1999) 

​Research Interests

Urban governance, climate change policy, carbon footprints, urban land use, shrinking cities/suburbs, and renewable energy policy.

Website

Andrea Pierce Website