Margaretha Bentley
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Phone: 602-496-0539
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Mail Code: 3720 ,
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Mail code: 3720Campus: Dtphx
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Dr. Bentley is a Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs (SPA) in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions at Arizona State University. She currently serves as an Associate Director in SPA.
She received her M.A. in History from the University of Delaware and her Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy from Arizona State University. Her dissertation examined the storytelling about SB 1070, a controversial immigration policy that became law in Arizona in 2010. She evaluated what the storytelling reveals about how public policy affects individuals.
She has been teaching at the School of Public Affairs at ASU since 2009. She has taught in-person and online courses at the undergraduate and graduate level on topics including public administration, public policy analysis, ethics, diversity, leadership and capstone courses. Most recently, she has been teaching PAF 194/394: Taylor Swift (Public Policy Version).
Ph.D. Public Administration and Policy, Arizona State University
M.A. History, University of Delaware
B.A. History, Carleton College.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PAF 394 | Special Topics |
| PAF 394 | Special Topics |
| PAF 194 | Special Topics |
| PAF 194 | Special Topics |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PAF 194 | Special Topics |
| PAF 194 | Special Topics |
| PAF 394 | Special Topics |
| PAF 394 | Special Topics |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PAF 400 | Senior Capstone Project |
| PAF 400 | Senior Capstone Project |
| PAF 194 | Special Topics |
| PAF 194 | Special Topics |
| PAF 394 | Special Topics |
| PAF 394 | Special Topics |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PAF 394 | Special Topics |
| PAF 394 | Special Topics |
| PAF 194 | Special Topics |
| PAF 194 | Special Topics |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PAF 200 | Public Serv & Policy in 21st C |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PAF 493 | Honors Thesis |
| PAF 584 | Internship |
| PAF 484 | Internship |
| PAF 112 | Identity Service America Democ |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PAF 792 | Research |
| PAF 795 | Continuing Registration |
| PAF 799 | Dissertation |
| PAF 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PAF 493 | Honors Thesis |
| PAF 112 | Identity Service America Democ |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PAF 574 | Diversity,Ethics,Publc Change |
| PAF 584 | Internship |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IPI 496 | Advanced Inquiry |
| IPI 296 | Inquiry |
| IPI 494 | Special Topics |
| PAF 484 | Internship |
| PAF 484 | Internship |
| PAF 584 | Internship |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PAF 200 | Public Serv & Policy in 21st C |
| PAF 584 | Internship |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PAF 574 | Diversity,Ethics,Publc Change |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PAF 584 | Internship |
| PAF 194 | Special Topics |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PAF 200 | Public Serv & Policy in 21st C |
| PAF 584 | Internship |
| PAF 590 | Reading and Conference |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PAF 574 | Diversity,Ethics,Publc Change |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PAF 400 | Senior Capstone Project |
| PAF 584 | Internship |