FULL - TIME FACULTY

Gloria Bonilla-Santiago
Degree School: Ph.D., City University of New York
Field of Degree: Sociology
Position: Board of Governors Service Professor of Public Policy and Administration, and Director, Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership.

Research Interests: Leadership, School Leadership and Partnerships, Charter Schools, Communties and Poverty,  Children and Families, Early Childhood and Literacy, Migration and Migrant Workers, Women and Leadership etc.(complete entry)

Courses Taught:  Organizational Behavior, Leadership and Communication Skills, Managerial Skills, Foundations of Policy Analysis, Urban Paracticum, Directed Study, Creating a Culture of Continuous Improvement in Schools


Christine Thurlow Brenner,
Degree School: University of Texas at Arlington
Field of Degree: Ph.D. in Urban and Public Administration
Position
: Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Latino Immigrant Integration, Border Public Policy, Municipal Public Finance, Information Communication Technology.

Courses Taught: Introduction to Public Budgeting and Finance, Principles of Financial Management of Public Programs, Immigration Policy, Public Management, Human Resource Management, Community and Economic Development, Foundations of Policy Analysis.


James A. Dunn, Jr.
Degree School: Ph.D. University of Pennsylvannia
Field of Degree: Political Science
Position
: Professor

Research Interests: Public Policy: Transportation

Courses Taught: Public Management; Colloqium: Transportation Policy; Colloqium: Comparative Public Policy

 

James L. Garnett
Degree School: Ph.D. The Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Field of Degree: Public Administration
Position: Professor of Public Policy and Administration

Research Interests: public administration communication, crisis management, administrative reform and reorganization

Courses Taught: Public Management, Leadership and Communication Skills, Managerial Survival Skills, Public Sector Communication, Managing Public Crises, Research Workshop, Organizational Behavior, Human Resources Management

Eduardo Gomez
Degree School: Ph.D., Brown
Field of Degree: Political Science
Position
: Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Comparative and American Politics; Institutions; Research Methods

Courses Taught: Research Methods; Global Health Governance; Decentralization and Community Development; Government and Politics of Latin America.

Richard A. Harris
Degree School:Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Position: Professor of Political Science and Director, Walter Rand Institute
Business/Governmental Partnerships, Regulatory Policy, Environmental Policy

Russel S. Harrison
Degree School: Ph.D. University of North Carolina          
Field of Degree:
Education Aid and Administrative Impacts/ Political Science
Position:
Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Administration; Director of Urban Studies

Research Interests: Economic Development, Educational Policy and Administration, Education Evaluation, County and Municipal Government

Courses Taught:
  Research Methods, State and Local Government, Evaluation Research, Urban Politics

Jenny Rebecca Kehl, Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder
Degree School:   Ph.D. University of Colorado-Boulder   
Subject/Field of Degree:
International Economic Development  
Rank/Position: Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
                                      
Research Interests:
Economic Development, Foreign Investment, Negotiation Strategies, Conflict Resolution

Courses Taught:
  International Economic Development, International Community Development

Patrice M. Mareschal
Degree School:  Ph. D. University of Oklahoma                                                
Field of Degree: Political Science
Position: Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Administration, Faculty Fellow Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs,  Research Associate Center for Children and Childhood Studies

Research Interests: Conflict Resolution, Labor  Unions, Public Policy

Courses Taught: Labor Management Relations in the Private Sectors and Public, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior, Ethics In Government, Research Methods, Foundations of Policy Analysis, Colloquium in Conflict Resolution, Colloquium in Program Evaluation

Jay A. Sigler, Ph.D., J.D., Rutgers University
Professor Emeritus

Emeritus professor Jay A. Sigler resides on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. He continues research and writing in public administration, but since his retirement in 1998 is also active in civic and cultural affairs on Martha's Vineyard. He is engaged in conservation work and in island community organizations where he seeks to apply the principles of public management in practical terms. Dr. Sigler has also extensively traveled as a means of keeping up to date with international developments.

Robyne Turner
Degree School: Ph.D., University of Florida
Field of Degree: Political Science
Position: Department of Public Policy & Administration - Chair

Dr. Turner is a specialist in the fields of urban redevelopment, community development, and urban politics. Her work has centered on the issues of how urban land is used and how decisions and policy concerning the use of land are made. She earned her Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Florida with specialization in urban politics and urban and regional planning.


Jon Van Til
Degree School: Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Field of Degree: Sociology
Position
:Professor of Urban Studies and Community Planning

Research Interests: Citizen participation, voluntary and nonprofit action and organization; anti-poverty policy.

Courses Taught: Poverty and the Urban Environment, Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Sustained Dialogue and Public Deliberation.

 



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