Claremont McKenna College Professor Shanna Rose has been named Associate Director of the Rose Institute of State and Local Government.
Rose, the Alice Tweed Tuohy Professor in Management and Government, is one of the nation’s leading scholars of federalism and public policy, and the founding director of the CMC Public Policy major.
“We are delighted to welcome Shanna,” said Rose Institute Director Ken Miller. “She is an outstanding scholar and teacher and will enhance the Rose Institute’s capacity to produce high-quality research on the challenges facing California.”
Rose, who joined CMC’s Government department in 2014, has previously served as one of the Rose Institute’s faculty advisors. In that role, she has collaborated with research assistants on her academic scholarship and assisted with student training. As associate director, she will become a member of the senior staff, strengthen the Rose Institute’s research on complex policy and governance issues, and help oversee student training.
Rose’s publications include Financing Medicaid: Federalism and the Growth of America’s Health Care Safety Net (Michigan 2013); Responsive States: Federalism and American Public Policy (with Andrew Karch, Cambridge 2019); and Raising the Floor: Federalism and the Politics of U.S. Minimum Wage Policy (coming in 2026).
Founded in 1973, the Rose Institute is a leading academic center for the study of state and local government with a focus on California.