Dean, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, USA
Short biography
Since August 2008, Dr John Graham is Dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. From 2006 to 2008, he was Dean of the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School, where he was also conducting research as the holder of a newly created chair in policy analysis. From 2001 to 2006, he served President George W. Bush as Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. His responsibilities included coordination of regulatory review, paperwork reduction, statistical policy and information policy in the Federal government.
Prior to joining the Bush Administration, Dr Graham founded and led the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis from 1990 to 2001. At Harvard, Dr Graham was a member of the faculty of the Harvard School of Public Health, where he taught graduate students the methods of risk analysis and cost-benefit analysis.
Dr Graham earned his BA from Wake Forest University, his MA from Duke University and his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University. He served as a pre-doctoral fellow at the Brookings Institution and as a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr Graham has written seven books and more than 100 scientific articles and is best known for his scholarship on automotive safety and environmental policy.
Additional material
Interview with Prof. Graham on the occasion of IRGC’s 10 year anniversary [pdf]
