William Simonsen is a professor in the School of Public Policy, University of Connecticut, focusing on municipal bonds and citizen budget preferences. He received a B.A. in geography from the State University of New York at Oswego (1979), the MCRP from Harvard University (1981), and a Ph.D. in public administration from New York University (1991). Before joining the Connecticut faculty (2001) he held faculty rank at the University of Oregon (1990-2001). He worked with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (1981-1983), and with New York City as a supervising analyst with the Mayor’s budget office (1983-1985) and assistant with the human resources administration (1985-1986), before joining Moody’s Investors Service as assistant vice president (1986-1990). He was editor of Public Budgeting & Finance (2013-2017) and received NASPA’s Whittington Excellence in Teaching award (2008). In addition to numerous scholarly articles, and many empirical analyses of municipal bond sales, his book on Citizen Participation in Resource Allocation (2000) examines methods of involving citizens in the budget process.