Christopher Carrigan

Christopher Carrigan is Associate Director as well as Associate Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University Trachtenberg School and a Co-Director of the GW Regulatory Studies Center. His research focuses on regulatory and bureaucratic policymaking, examining the factors that influence rule timing and durability and the role supporting analysis plays in regulatory outcomes. In addition to his publications in leading academic journals and edited volumes, including work examining regulatory failures and the impacts that organizational design and politics have on government agency performance, Professor Carrigan is author of the Cambridge University Press book, Structured to Fail? Regulatory Performance under Competing Mandates, and co-editor of the University of Pennsylvania Press volume, Does Regulation Kill Jobs?

At the Trachtenberg School, Professor Carrigan teaches courses on microeconomics as well as research methods and applied statistics. He was the recipient of the inaugural Trachtenberg School full-time faculty outstanding teaching award and chosen by the students to be the faculty speaker at the 2016 Columbian College of Arts and Sciences graduation celebration for master’s and doctoral degree recipients. Professor Carrigan holds a PhD in public policy from Harvard University, an MBA from the University of Chicago, and a BA in economics from Davidson College. He joined the Trachtenberg School from the Penn Program on Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania.