Bree Laura Bang-Jensen

Health Policy & Management

Assistant Professor, College of Public Health & School of Public and International Affairs

Curriculum Vitae

Professional Website

Health Policy & Management

Education

  • Ph.D, University of Washington (2022)
  • MA, University of Washington (2018)
  • MA, SAIS JHU (2013)
  • BA, Swarthmore College (2007)

Areas of Expertise

  • International Law
  • International Organization
  • Covid-19 response
  • Medical Targeting and Conflict

Honors, Awards, and Achievements

  • UGA Innovation in AI Teaching Award (2026)
  • Lily Fellow, 2025-2027
  • E Science Institute Winter Incubator, “The Universe of International Treaties” (2021)
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Dissertation Improvement Grant, Law & Science (2020)
  • Graduate Teaching Award, University of Washington
  • Truman Scholar

Course Instruction

Politics of Disease Control
Advanced Public Policy Analysis

Selected Publications

“Managed Death: IO legitimacy and evolving human rights”. 2024. Bree Bang-Jensen. Journal of Human
Rights 23(1): 1-19.
“The Lab as Classroom: Advancing Faculty Research Through Undergraduate Experiential Learning.”
2023. Bree Bang-Jensen, Bernadette Bresee, Sarah K Dreier, Ramin Farrokhi, Emily K Gade, Willa
Jeffers, Marcella H Morris, Charitra S Pabbaraju, Kayla Salehian, Ava Sharifi, Arica Schuett, Chonlawit
Sirikupt, Emily Thomas, Danielle Villa. PS: Political Science and Politics 56(4): 455-462.
“Estimating global, regional, and national daily and cumulative infections with SARS-CoV-2 through Nov
14, 2021: a statistical analysis.” 2022. IMHE Forecasting team (including Bree Bang-Jensen). The Lancet.
“Modeling COVID-19 Scenarios for the United States.” 2021. IMHE Forecasting Team (including Bree
Bang-Jensen). Nature Medicine 27: 94-105.
“Pandemic Politics. Timing state-level social distancing responses to COVID-19.” 2021. Christopher
Adolph, Kenya Amano, Bree Bang-Jensen, Nancy Fullman and John Wilkerson. Journal of Health
Politics, Policy, and Law 46(2): 211-233.