Senior Lecturer and Executive Director, Undergraduate Program About James A. Leitzel Jim Leitzel is the Executive Director of Public Policy Studies in the College. Jim’s research concerns vice policy, law and economics, and transition economics, and his books include Russian Economic Reform (Routledge, 1995), Regulating Vice (Cambridge University Press, 2008), and Law and Economics: A Guide for the Curious (Oxford University Press, 2015). Jim teaches Behavioral Economics & Policy, Public Policy Analysis, and other courses in Public Policy, Economics, and Social Sciences. Contact Information Room 3022 j-leitzel@uchicago.edu Recent News More news Student Profile: Namuka Ishii, MPP Class of 2024 Thu., May 02, 2024 Student Profile: Carrie Collins, MPP Class of 2024 Tue., April 30, 2024 Alumni Profile: Eloísa Ávila-Uribe, MACRM’23 Fri., April 26, 2024 Upcoming Events More events Data and Policy Summer Scholars Program (DPSS): Deep-Dive Conversation with Jose Macias and Alexandra Sobczynski Mon., May 06, 2024 | 7:30 PM International Policy Action Lab Mini Class with Austin Wright Tue., May 07, 2024 | 6:00 AM Driving Policy Innovation in the Social Sector in India: Lunch Conversation with Luis Miranda Tue., May 07, 2024 | 12:30 PM Harris School of Public Policy (The Keller Center), Room 2112 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States