Mitch N. Herian
e-mail: mnherian@nebraska.edu

Mitch Herian joined the Public Policy Center full-time in 2008 after working as a Graduate Research Assistant since March 2007. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he previously got his M.A. He received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. His research interests mainly center on state politics and policy, though he has worked in other fields such as political behavior. At the PPC, he has worked on the Judicial Structure and Administration Task Force, as well as various other projects dealing with the courts in Nebraska. Most recently, he assisted in a data collection project with the Lincoln Mayor's office.