Daniel J. Mallinson is an associate professor of public policy and administration and professor-in-charge of the masters in public administration program in the School of Public Affairs at Penn State Harrisburg (PSH). He received his PhD in political science from Penn State. His research focuses on policy process theory, cannabis policy, and energy policy. Mallinson directs the PSH Policy Lab, bringing doctoral, master’s, and undergraduate students together around issues of stigma and the policy process. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles on policy and the policy process in journals such as Public Administration Review, Policy Studies Journal, American Review of Public Administration, Administration & Society, Public Administration Quarterly, Policy & Politics, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, and State and Local Government Review, among others. Mallinson also has three forthcoming books on state cannabis policy and education policy co-authored with A. Lee Hannah and Darrell Lovell, respectively. Additionally, he cares deeply about graduate education and co-edited the volume Strategies for Navigating Graduate School and Beyond, published by the American Political Science Association. Mallinson currently serves as an associate editor of Evidence & Policy. As part of his fellowship, Mallinson will study state cannabis social equity programs and the implementation of adult-use recreational cannabis in New York.