LaTasha

LaTasha Chaffin

Assistant Professor

Education

PhD and MA in Political Science, Western Michigan University
MPA in Nonprofit Management & Leadership and BBA in Human Resource Management, Grand Valley State University

Research Interests

Dr. Chaffin’s research interests are in diverse and equitable teaching and learning strategies and in the fields of American politics and public administration on examining public policy impacts on diverse and vulnerable populations, state politics and policy, political economy, minority politics and civic engagement efforts through higher education programs, including for individuals who are justice impacted and programs that support re-entering citizens.

Courses Taught

POLI 101: American Politics
POLI 111: Race, Equity and American Politics
POLI 210: Introduction to Public Administration
PUBA 600: Foundations of Public Sector Management and Leadership
PUBA 602: Public Policy
PUBA 604: Managing Human Resources

Selected Publications

  • DeHaan Chaffin, LaTasha. August 2024. #Gendergap: How Would MLK Respond to Wage Discrimination across the Public, Private and Nonprofit Sectors? in Dream and Legacy: Dr. Martin Luther King in the Post-Civil Rights Era. Volume II.  Michael L. Clemons and Donathan L. Brown Eds. The University Press of Mississippi.

  • Keenan, Kevin and LaTasha DeHaan. January 2023. “The Charleston Approach: Placing Policy Analysis with Street Level Bureaucrats.” Urban Geography.

  • DeHaan Chaffin, LaTasha, Josh Franco, Verónica Reyna and Randy Villegas. September 2022. “A Commitment to Teaching, Learning and Student Advocacy: Community College Careers” in Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond. Lorentz II, Mallison, Hellwege, Phonenix & Strachan Eds.  American Political Science Association.

  • Altema McNeely, Natasha, LaTasha Chaffin DeHaan and Verónica Hoyo. September 2022. “Climate and Culture in Political Science: Diversifying our Institutions, Methods and Identities to Combat Implicit Bias and Microaggressions in Strategies” in Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond. Lorentz II, Mallison, Hellwege, Phonenix & Strachan Eds. American Political Science Association.

  • DeHaan Chaffin, LaTasha, Korey, Christopher, Warnick, Chris and Liza Wood. November 2019. “Life So Far: A Grounded Analysis of College Student Transitions through the Sophomore Year.” The Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition.

  • DeHaan Chaffin, LaTasha, Kendra Stewart and Danielle Bloom. “How Prisoner Reentry Programs Influence Reentering Citizens’ Trust in Government.”  Journal of Political Science.