Kellen A. Kane, Ph.D., MPA

Social Policy | Health Policy | State Politics | Program Evaluation | LGBTQIA+ Politics and Policy

Welcome to my webpage!

I am a public policy scholar with expertise in social policy, health policy, state politics, program evaluation, and LGBTQIA+ politics.

In the Fall 2025 semester, I will be an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin's Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) School of Public Affairs. At the LBJ School, I will teach Foundations of Public Affairs as part of the new undergraduate degree program.

As part of the efforts to downsize the Federal workforce, I am on administrative leave from my position as a Program Evaluator for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). At OPM, I conducted research on a variety of topics related to public personnel management, including the effects of employee benefits, workplace flexibilities, and training on key outcomes for the Federal workforce. This website and any highlighted research do not reflect the views or work of OPM or the Federal government and are maintained in my personal capacity as a scholar and educator.

Prior to joining OPM, I was a Research Fellow with the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and an Academic Affiliate with OPM. I completed my Ph.D. in Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

My work

Currently, I have coauthored work published in The Forum, the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, & Law, and Politics & Gender. I also have a book chapter published in a recent iteration of Interest Group Politics.

My dissertation research was supported by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law as part of their LGBTQ & Racial Justice grant program and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School. My dissertation was also selected as the 2022 recipient of the Kenneth Sherrill Prize, an award from APSA's Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs for the best doctoral dissertation proposal for an empirical study of lesbian, gay, or transgender topics in political science.

I have presented work, both solo-authored and co-authored, at conferences, including APSA, SPSA, the State Politics and Policy Conference, and APPAM. My co-authored projects have been presented at major conferences like the Society for Family Planning.

Please use the navigation panel to learn more about my published and ongoing projects.

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