Arkansas Public Policy Center

The Public Policy Center exists to provide Arkansans with research-based information and education about public issues. Public issues are defined as pressing and emerging issues that involve multiple points of view and have widespread consequences.

Our goals are to:

• Increase citizen knowledge, awareness and understanding of public issues
• Enhance public participation in decisions regarding public issues
• Help citizens craft, evaluate and implement alternative solutions to public issues

Featured Resources and Topics

Voter Education

Broadband

Redistricting Process

Water Quality

PPC News and Publications

Our Faculty and Staff

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture established the Public Policy Center in 2004 in Little Rock to provide research-based, non-partisan analyses and evaluation of public policy issues. The Center's goal isn't to tell citizens what to think, but rather to increase their knowledge and awareness of public issues and participation in decisions regarding those issues.

Dr. Stacey McCullough

Director of Public Policy Center
(501) 6712078
smccullough@uada.edu

Areas: Entrepreneurship, public policy, agritourism, electronic commerce, rural development.

 

Kristin Higgins

Program Associate
(501) 6712160
khiggins@uada.edu

Areas: Public referendum, local government finance, media relations, rural criminal justice issues, parliamentary procedure, environmental and natural resource policy and programs. 

Associates

Dr. Harrison Pittman

Director of the
National Agricultural
Law Center
(479) 5757640
hmpittm@uada.edu

 

 

Lindsey O'Neal

Southern Arkansas University MPA Graduate Student - PPC Intern

Expected graduation: December 2023. Capstone project regarding agriculture in the classroom.

 

Additional Extension Policy Education

Our partners in other departments at the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service offer education on these policy areas:

• Food and Farm Policy
• Net Metering Policy