Lori Riverstone

Lori Riverstone is an Associate Professor of Politics and Government at Illinois State University. She graduated with a Masters of Public Administration and a Doctorate in Political Science from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Her teaching centers on subnational politics and policy, environmental policy, and public administration. The current focus of her research includes the intergovernmental arrangement, state preemption, and how, despite their legal subordination in the federal system, localities strive to meet their needs.

Dr. Riverstone has published in various academic journals and is the author of Renegade Cities, Public Policy, and the Dilemmas of Federalism. She is the editor of the Local Power & Politics Review, a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Her book, Built for the Middle Class, is scheduled for publication in the summer of 2022.