Hannah Lebovits is an applied scholar and educator living in Dallas, TX. She currently serves as the director of the Initiative for Civic Leadership at the University of Texas at Dallas and is an associate professor of instruction at the school of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at UTD. Through her various roles at UTD, Hannah is responsible for developing a public innovation workforce pipeline and training the next generation of leaders to utilize public policies to improve social outcomes.

With over 15 years of experience in government, nonprofits and higher education, Hannah is a seasoned scholar and educator. She has taught hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students and earned recognition as an emerging voice in the field of urban governance and civic engagement. Currently, she teaches courses on civic engagement, public policy and state/local politics.

Hannah’s research is primarily concerned with the ways that public agencies seek to resolve complex social problems. As the principle investigator (PI) of the Research and Analysis for Public Innovation and Discovery (RAPID) Lab at UTD, Hannah leads and manages interdisciplinary projects that improve public sector performance. Her work has appeared in scholarly, peer-reviewed journals as well as public media outlets such as the New York Times, Rolling Stone, ESPN, Bloomberg CityLab and South-by-Southwest.

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