C. Denise Keller
Research Associate

Phone: 662-325-6946
Fax: 662-325-3772
Email: denise.keller@sig.msstate.edu

Denise Keller has been a research associate with the Stennis Institute since 1999. She holds a
bachelor’s degree in sociology and a master’s degree in public policy and administration. She is currently pursuing her doctorate degree in public administration with a minor in research methodology. Research areas include federalism, health and human services policy, welfare reform policy, child care policy, workforce development, and political theory. Keller served as part of a multi-state field network study of welfare reform led by the Rockefeller Institute, the results of which were published as a book chapter in Managing Welfare Reform in Five States: The Challenge of Devolution. Her research has been published in Public Administration Review, American Review of Politics, and elsewhere. Keller manages the Stennis Institute’s Center for Survey Research, teaches courses in the Political Science Department at MSU, and is as an adjunct instructor for East Central Community College, teaching courses at the Choctaw Indian Reservation. She has taught courses in American government, public policy, and gender and politics.