Shannon Portillo

Shannon Portillo is a professor in and the director of the School of Public Affairs. Her scholarship explores how policies, rules and norms shape the work of public organizations. Her work helps scholars and practitioners understand how inequities are institutionalized in public organizations including local government, policing and the military. Portillo served as co-chair of Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s Commission on Racial Equity and Justice and on the Douglas County Board of Commissioners.