Luke Spreen is an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, senior fellow in the Institute for Public Leadership, and an affiliate of the National Center for Smart Growth. His research agenda centers on state and local tax policy and fiscal administration. To date, Spreen has published sixteen peer-reviewed articles across numerous outlets, including the Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and National Tax Journal. He has also served as a principal investigator or Co-PI on nearly $650,000 in externally funded research contracts and grants from governmental and philanthropic organizations.
Spreen’s research has been recognized by the Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management and the School of Public Policy. He was the recipient of SPP’s Outstanding Teaching Award in 2023 and currently teaches graduate courses in microeconomics and public finance and budgeting. He earned his Ph.D. from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University and was an economist at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics prior to his academic career.
- State and local taxation; financial management; program evaluation