Dr. Mir Usman Ali

He/Him/His/Himself

Education

Ph D, Public Affairs — Indiana University (2019)
Citizen Oversight of Police: Adoption, Impact on Racial Disparities in Policing, and Potential Side Effects
MS, Statistics — Texas A&M University (2009)
MBA, Finance — Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (2005)
BBA, Finance — Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (2004)

Baltimore County Traffic Stop Deep Dive Update, 2023-2024 2026 Mir U Ali, Lauren Michelle Edwards, Maah Gul, Bee Cigna
An Analysis of Racial and Mental Health Disparities in Use-of-Force by Montgomery County Police Department, 2022-2025 2026 Mir U Ali, Shanise Barkley, Jason Cummings, Sean Mann
Use of Performance Information and External Accountability: The Role of Citizen Oversight in Mitigating the Motivated Evaluation of Body-Worn Camera Evidence 2024 American Review of Public Administration Mir U Ali, James Wright
Baltimore County Traffic Stop Deep Dive, 2017-2022 2023 Mir U Ali, Lauren Michelle Edwards, Tanguy Ringoir, West Taylor
Social Accountability and Institutional Change: The Case of Citizen Oversight of Police 2019 Public Administration Review · 79 (3) · pp. 411-426 Mir Usman Ali, Maureen Pirog
The Life-Preserving Impact of Local Health Departments during the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Health and Human Services Administration · Submitted
Coloniality in the Guise of Crisis: Democracy, Technocracy, and the Genealogy of Public Administration's Identity Crisis ReOrient · Submitted

Breathing Outside the Frame: Muslim Scholarly Resistance In Westernized Academia 2026 Decolonial Conference 2026 · Oral Presentation
Knowledge is Power: Using Research to Transform Oversight and Public Safety 2025 National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE) Conference · National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE) Conference · Oral Presentation
The Adoption of Culturally Contentious Institutions: The Case of Citizen Oversight of Police 2022 American Society of Public Adminstration Annual Conference · American Society of Public Adminstration · Paper

Analysis of Racial Disparities in Police Enforcement in Baltimore County 2024 Baltimore County Government · Contract · Funded Mir U Ali (Principal), Lauren Edwards (Principal)
The role of body worn camera adoption in reducing racial disparities in police use of force 2024 National Institute of Justice · SubContract · Not Funded James Wright (Principal), Mir Ali (Co-Principal)
Analysis of Traffic Stop Data in Baltimore County 2022 Baltimore County Government · Contract · Funded Mir U Ali (Principal), Lauren Edwards (Principal)
Proposal to Evaluate ARPA and CARES Expenditures on Local Economic, Fiscal, Equity, and Sustainability Outcomes 2022 US Economic Development Administration · Grant · Not Funded
Social Equity Departments in Local Government: Reasons for Adoption, Functional Diversity, and Impact 2022 ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award · Grant · Not Funded

The Impact of Officer Rank, Experience, Gender, and Race on Use of Force: A Synthetic Control Study 2025 Scholarly · On-Going James E Wright, Mir U Ali, Tanguy Ringoir
Reported Cases of COVID-19 and Post-COVID Condition among Individuals with Disabilities, 2021-2023 2024 Scholarly · On-Going Zoe McLaren, Nancy A Miller, Mir Ali, Zach Starr