J.R. DeShazo holds a joint appointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and is the Director of the Luskin Center for Innovation at the University of California at Los Angeles. He also is a Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Public Policy in the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA, where he is an expert in economics, public finance, and organizational governance. Dr. DeShazo has published over 40 articles and has over 800 citations in Google Scholar. Further information, including publications, may be found on the Luskin School of Public Affairs website.