Elizabeth Nisbet

Elizabeth Nisbet is an Assistant Professor of Public Management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Her research focuses on public and private sector responsibilities for public services and labor markets, and on the influence of labor, health, and immigration policies on working conditions for low-wage workers. Her research projects include case studies of school board policy that regulates how private funds supporting schools are raised or allocated; a study of the effect of health and labor policy on the structure of jobs for home care aides; and studies of the policy implementation process related to publicly-funded training programs and to immigration and labor policy that structures farm work.

Professor Nisbet's articles have appeared in Journal of Urban Affairs, Public Management Review, Economic Development Quarterly, and Administration and Society. Prior to working at John Jay College, she was a postdoctoral associate at the Center for Women and Work at the School for Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. She also had an extensive career in policy, programming, and research and evaluation for nonprofit organizations that operate domestic and international programs in education, economic security, and health, including the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Sesame Workshop, and Helen Keller International. She began her career as a legislative assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives.