Shannon Portillo

Director School of Public Affairs, Lattie and Elva Coor Presidential Chair,

School of Public Affairs (SPA)

Other ASU affiliations

Director School of Public Affairs, Lattie and Elva Coor Presidential Chair, Watts College of Public Service & Community Solutions

s.portillo@asu.edu

Mail code: 3720

Campus: Dtphx
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Long Bio

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.

Education

PhD University of Kansas

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Kw7ABu8AAAAJ&hl=en

Courses

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
PAF 411	Law in Action
PAF 411	Law in Action

2024 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
PAF 790	Reading and Conference