HIGHLIGHTS, ACHIEVEMENTS & POINTS OF PRIDE
Nan Ellin has just signed a contract with Routledge for her next book Urban Instinct: Design for Prosperity
Jim Svara’s edited book The Facilitative Leader in City Hall: Reexamining the Scope and Contributions has been published by CRC Press. It includes a case study of Phil Gordon: “Beating the Odds or Changing the Odds in a Large City: Phoenix, Arizona,” by Janet Denhardt and Marty Vanacour.
Edgar Ramirez’ paper “Does Income Inequality Matter? Explaining State Aid to Elementary Education in The United States” has been accepted for publication in the Mexican journal Equilibrio Económico. It will be published in the Vol. IX, issue 2.
John Hall posts a nationally syndicated column for the Citistates Group - read his latest column: "Universities and Downtowns: Phoenix’s Big Breakthrough"
M. E. Sharpe has agreed to publish Heather Campbell and Elizabeth Corley's book, Urban Environmental Policy Analysis: Toward Sustainability.
Heather Campbell is the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education. See more.
Elizabeth Corley has an article accepted in Nature Nanotechnology, "Religious beliefs and public attitudes to nanotechnology in Europe and the U.S."
Edgar Ramirez's paper, "Local Political Institutions and Smart Growth: An Empirical Study of the Politics of Compact Development" has been accepted for publication in the Urban Affairs Review,
The December 2008 Public Administration Review contains an article by Jim Svara titled “Strengthening Local Government Leadership and Performance, and one by Jeff Chapman titled “State and Local Fiscal Sustainability.”
Two doctoral students, Tim Dahlstrom and Patsy Kraeger, have had book reviews accepted by the Public Administration Review. Tim’s review, due to be published in the Jan/Feb 2009 edition, is titled “Extraordinary Governance Challenges” and based on The Politics of Crisis Management. Patsy is writing about the Soros Foundation education reform initiatives in the Caucuses, Central Asia and Mongolia, and especially issues relating to civil society, governance and accountability.
The Autumn 2008 issue of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management contains an article by Chris Herbst titled “Do Social Policy Reforms Have Different Impacts on Employment and Welfare Use as Economic Conditions Change.”
Erik Johnston and Wei Zhong (Ph.D student) have had an article accepted. The citation is: Johnston, E., Nan, N, Hicks, D., & Zhong, W. (2008) “Between implementation and outcomes, growth matters: Grounding an agent-based modeling approach for understanding collaboration process management.” Special Journal on Complexity and Innovation of The Innovation Journal.
The Phoenix Business Journal will sponsor the Power Bash 2008 in early October saluting the 2008 Power Players and the Valley's most influential Global Leaders for their leadership, professionalism and dedication to our community. Michael Crow and Debra Friedman are among those being honored
John Hall and several colleagues have had an article published in Health Psychology Review. The citation is: Zautra, Alex J., Hall, John S., Murray, Kate E. and the Resilience Solutions Group (2008), 'Resilience: a new integrative approach to health and mental health research', Health Psychology Review, 2:1,41 — 64.
Jim Svara and Kimberly Nelson have an article “Taking Stock of the Council-Manager Form at 100” in the current issue of PM (ICMA Public Management).
Edgar Ramirez’ paper, “Four perspectives for understanding land use regulation in America” has been accepted for publication in the International Review of Public Administration.
Erik Johnston was just awarded a major NSF grant for his project, entitled "Collaborative Research: VOSS: Joining a Virtual Organization: A Multi-Method Study of Newcomer to Established Collaborations."
Elizabeth Corley and Meghna Sabharwal's (PhD alumni) article, "The Categorization of Minority Groups in Academic Science and Engineering" has been accepted in the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering.
Mike Niles (Social Work) and Laura Peck have a new publication in print, "How Poverty and Segregation Impact Child Development: Evidence from the Chicago Longitudinal Study" in the Journal of Poverty.
Tom Catlaw and Greg Jordan (PhD student) have had a paper accepted for publication in Administration & Society. It is entitled "Public Administration and The Lives of Others: Towards an Ethic of Collaboration."
Joe Cayer and Charlene Roach (PhD alumni) have a chapter titled, “Work-Life Benefits” in the new Handbook of Employee Benefits and Administration, published by CRC Press
Erik Johnston's paper has been accepted for publication Journal of the Association of Information Science, "Using Multi-Agent Simulation to Explore the Contribution of Facilitation to Group Support System Transition".
Joanna Duke’s article "Mixed Income Housing Policy and Public Housing Residents' ‘Right to the City’” has been accepted for publication by Critical Social Policy, one of the leading international journals in social policy.
Chris Herbst’s article "Do Social Policy Reforms Have Different Impacts on Employment and Welfare Use As Economic Conditions Change?" was accepted for publication in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
Yushim Kim has an upcoming article in the International Journal of Public Policy: "Transfer from a home and community-based long-term care program to a nursing home: The Ohio experience."
Nan Ellin’s article, “Life Support: Nacirema Redux” just appeared in the Inaugural Issue of the Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustanability, Volume 1 Issue 1,
Kathryn Mohrman has two articles in the current issue of Higher Education Policy: “The Emerging Global Model with Chinese Characteristics,” and “The Research University in Transition.”
Barbara McCabe (with Richard C. Feiock, James C. Clingermayer and Christopher Stream) has an article in Public Administration Review: “Turnover among City Managers: The Role of Political and Economic Change.”
Laura Peck's (with Mike Niles in the School of Social Work) article has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Poverty, "How Poverty and Segregation Impact Child Development: Evidence from the Chicago Longitudinal Study.".
Tom Catlaw and Qian Hu, current Ph.D. student, have had an article, “Legitimacy & Public Administration: Constructing the American Bureaucratic Field," accepted for publication in a special collection on legitimacy in the American Behavioral Scientist.
John Hall has been invited to present a paper at the Fourth TransAtlantic Dialogue Conference sponsored by ASPA & EGPA in Milan in June. His paper will be "Who Will Govern U.S. Megapolitans, and How: An Intergovernmental Analysis."
Elizabeth Corley has had an article, “University research centers and the composition of research collaborations", accepted by the top science policy journal Research Policy.
Jerry Miller (with Donijo Robbins) article on “Using Capital Budgeting for Managing E-Government Expenditures" has been published in the International Journal of Public Administration.
Erik Johnston had an article accepted by Computational and Mathematical Organizational Theory - CMOT for 2008: "Unintended Consequences in Central-Remote Office Arrangement: A Study Coupling Laboratory Experiment with Multi-Agent Simulation" with Nan, N., Johnston, E., & Olson, J.
Elizabeth Corley will present at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2008 Annual Meeting in Boston on 14-18 February. Her presentation is on "Scientists and the Public: Comparing Views on Risks and Regulation".
Khalid Al-Yahya's article, “Power-Influence in Decision Making, Competence Utilization, and Organizational Culture in Public Organizations”, has been accepted for publication in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
Yushim Kim has a chapter titled, “FraudSim: Simulating Fraud in a Public Delivery Program,” which will appear soon in Artificial Crime Analysis Systems: Using Computer Simulations and Geographic Information Systems.
Jeff Chapman has been elected to the Arizona Economic Round Table.
Tom Catlaw’s article, "Governance & Networks at the Limits of Representation," has been accepted by the American Review of Public Administration.
Joe Cayer has been named one of three ASU outstanding graduate mentors for 2006-2007. The award recognizes his commitment and excellence in encouraging the intellectual and professional growth of his students. Read more ...
Rick Shangraw oversees Arizona State University’s growing annual $225 million research portfolio. He has overall responsibility for research administration, strategic research initiatives, several innovation and entrepreneurship programs, and corporate engagement. Shangraw’s research interests include policy informatics, large scale project risk and uncertainty, research policy, and managerial decision making.
John Hall was honored with a 2007 Faculty Achievement Award by the ASU Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost of the University. Dr Hall was awarded "Defining Edge Research in Public Policy". Read more ...
Laura Peck's article, "What are the Effects of Welfare Sanction Policies? Or, Using Propensity Scores as a Subgroup Indicator to Learn More from Social Experiments," has been accepted for publication in the American Journal of Evaluation, the evaluation field's journal with the highest impact factor.
Tom Catlaw has been appointed to a three-year term to the City of Tempe Neighborhood Advisory Commission. The Commission advises the Mayor, City Council and City departments on city-wide neighborhood issues as well as specific programs and initiatives designed to enhance the well-being of Tempe's neighborhoods.
