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Recent Faculty Books
The Oxford Handbook of American Bureaucracy
Robert F. Durant (Editor) and George C. Edwards III (Editor)
One of the major dilemmas facing the administrative state in the United States today is discerning how best to harness for public purposes the dynamism of markets, the passion and commitment of nonprofit and volunteer organizations, and the public-interest-oriented expertise of the career civil service. The Oxford Handbook of American Bureaucracy affords readers an uncommon overview and integration of this eclectic body of knowledge as adduced by many of its most respected researchers.
Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector
David Rosenbloom , Robert Kravchuk, Richard Clerkin
The seventh edition of Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in the Public Sector grounds students in the fundamentals of public administration while embracing its complexity through multiple sets of values that affect administrative management of the American state. This cutting-edge new edition explains and analyzes public administration from the point of view of three well-established perspectives: management, politics, and law.
Space and the American Imagination
Howard E. McCurdy
This study by McCurdy examines the role that imagination and popular culture played in the formulation of national space policy that eventually sent Apollo astronauts to the moon in 1969.
All But Forgotten: Thomas Jefferson and the Development of Public Administration
Stephanie P. Newbold
Thomas Jefferson's contributions to the development of administrative thought and practice in the United States have largely been overlooked in American history. His career in public service and his ideas concerning government and constitutional tradition have overshadowed his involvement with public administration. All But Forgotten explores this hidden contribution by investigating Jefferson's two terms as president and the educational history of the University of Virginia, an institution whose early years were influenced by Jefferson's theory and practice of administration.
Adding Value to Policy Analysis and Advice
Karen Baehler and Caludia Scott
This book explored ways of adding value to policy analysis and advice in Australia and New Zealand, drawing on contributions from individuals and organisations both inside and outisde the formal policymaking system.
Handbook on Multi-level Governance
Henrik Enderlein, Sonja Wälti, Michael Zurin
This accessible Handbook presents a thorough review of the wide-ranging literature, encompassing various theoretical and conceptual approaches to multi-level governance and their application to policy-making in domestic, regional and global contexts.
Recent Faculty Articles and Papers
DPAP faculty are widely published in the leading journals of their fields.
Honors
Anna Amirkhanyan
Research featured in a Chicago Tribune article on the quality of nursing home care and nursing home privatization trends in the United States.
Elected as a member of the Public Management Research Association Board of Directors.
Daniel Fiorino & Robert Durant
Daniel Fiorino and Robert Durant have been appointed editors of a new Routledge book series on public administration and environmental sustainability.
Bradley Hardy
Named Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011-2012.
Alison Jacknowitz
Appointed to the Technical Advisory Board of Feeding America. It is the largest non-profit in the country dealing with hunger and they provide food to a large majority of food banks/pantries in the country.
Grant from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for “Birthweight Effects in Infancy and Early Childhood.” With Ashlesha Datar.
Research Affiliate. National Poverty Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan.
Jocelyn Johnston
Article Selected for inclusion in collection of exemplary articles celebrating 20th Anniversary of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and the Editorship of H. George Frederickson.
Taryn Morrissey
Research profiled in over 250 media outlets, including NPR, Good Morning America, Associated Press, The Los Angeles Times, Time, U.S. News and World Report, and appearances on Tell Me More, Wake Up Canada
Stephanie Newbold
Guest Lecturer and Book Signing for All But Forgotten, The International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello.
David Pitts
School of Public Affairs award for Outstanding Teaching, American University.
David Rosenbloom
Appointed Editor, CRC/Taylor & Francis Public Administration and Public Policy Series, and Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy
Appointed to serve on the 2011 Presidential Rank Awards Board, U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Recognition for 30 years of dedication, service, and leadership by the Review of Public Personnel Administration, 2010.
Jeremy Shiffman
Gates Foundation. PI , Gates Foundation Grant ($1.1 million) for research investigating policy impacts of global health policy networks on alcohol, tobacco, pneumonia, tuberculosis, maternal survival and newborn survival.
Ed Stazyk
Lead Article. How Important Are Competitive Wages? Exploring the Impact of Relative Wage Rates on Employee Turnover in State Government. June 2011 issue of the Review of Public Personnel Administration.
Best Paper, 2010 Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings.
Doctoral Publication
The Program Assessment Rating Tool and the Government Performance and Results Act
By: Vassia Gueorguieva, Jean Accius, Carmen Apaza, Lamar Bennett, Clinton Brownley, Shea Cronin, and Panote Preechyanud
This article was developed in a doctoral seminar at American University taught by Dr. Beryl Radin and published in the American Review of Public Administration.
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