Scholarship and Biography

Deborah Stone specializes in analyzing the politics of policymaking in advanced industrial states as well as developing countries. She is most known for her textbook on the topic, Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making, which has had four editions over 25 years and has been translated into five languages. Her research focuses on health policy, disability policy, caregiving, but also addresses a wide range of policy issues.

Honors

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Language-Learing Grant (DAAD)
German Academic Exchange Service (Germany, Bonn) - DAAD, 1971
Harvard University Center for European Studies pre-dissertation training grant
Harvard University (United States, Cambridge), 1971
Fellowship
German Marshall Fund of the United States (United States, Washington D.C.) - GMF, 1978
Kaiser Family Foundation Grant
Kaiser Family Foundation (United States, Menlo Park) - KFF, 1981-1982
Fellow in Law and Political Society, Harvard Law School
Harvard University (United States, Cambridge), 1985-1986
Guggenheim Fellowship
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (United States, New York), 1986-1986
Pokross Chair in Law and Social Policy
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 1986-1988
Matina Horner Distinguished Visiting Professor, Radcliffe College
Harvard University (United States, Cambridge), 1996-1997

Organizational Affiliations

Professor Emerita of The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

Past Affiliations

Visiting Professor, Radcliffe College, Harvard University (United States, Cambridge)

Senior Editor, The American Prospect

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D.
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
B.A.