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Leisha DeHart-Davis

Leisha DeHart-Davis

Associate Professor, Doctoral Program Director
School of Public Affairs and Administration
1445 Jayhawk Blvd., 4060 Wescoe Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045-3177
Phone: (785) 864-3527
FAX: (785) 864-5208
email: lddavis@ku.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research Interests: Public organization structure, bureaucracy, rule abidance, diversity and bureaucracy, gender dimensions of public administration. Click here for a video interview about Professor DeHart Davis's work on what bureaucracies do right.
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EDUCATIONAL DATA

  • Ph.D. Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, August 2000
  • M.S. Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993
    Environmental Policy Concentration
  • B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies, University of South Carolina, 1986
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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Published

  • Nesbit, Rebecca; S. Moulton; S. Robinson; C. Smith; L DeHart-Davis, M. Feeney, B. Gazley; Y. Hou. Wrestling with Intellectual Diversity in Public Administration: Avoiding Disconnectedness and Fragmentation while Seeking Rigor, Depth, and Relevance. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

 

  • Feeney, Mary K., and Leisha DeHart-Davis. 2009. Bureaucracy and Public Employee Behavior: A Case of Local Government. Review of Public Personnel Administration 29 4. 311-326.

  • DeHart-Davis, Leisha 2009 Green Tape and Public Employee Rule Abidance: Why Organizational Rule Attributes Matter Public Administration Review 69 5.: 901-910.

  • DeHart-Davis, Leisha. 2009. Can Bureaucracy Benefit Organizational Women? An Exploratory Study. Administration and Society 41 3.:340-363.

  • Portillo, Shannon and Leisha DeHart-Davis. 2009. Gender and Organizational Rule Abidance. Public Administration Review 69 2.:339-347.

  • DeHart-Davis, Leisha. 2009. Green Tape: A Theory of Effective Organizational Rules. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 19 2.:361-384. (Also in JPART Virtual Reader 2010, http://jpart.oxfordjournals.org/.)

  • DeHart-Davis, Leisha (2007) "The Unbureaucratic Personality" Public Administration Review Vol. 67, No. 5, pp. 892-903.

  • DeHart-Davis, Leisha, Marlowe, Justin & Pandey, Sanjay K. (2006) "Gender Dimensions of Public Service Motivation" Public Administration Review Vol. 66, No. 6, pp. 873-887.

  • Zia, A., B.G. Norton, D.S. Noonan, M.O. Rodgers, and L. DeHart-Davis (2006) A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of High Emitter Non-Compliance and its Impact on Vehicular Tailpipe Emissions in Atlanta , 1997-2001. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Forthcoming in Volume 11.

  • DeHart-Davis, Leisha; G. Kingsley (2005) "Managerial Perceptions of Privatization: Evidence from a State Department of Transportation" State and Local Government Review Vol. 37, No. 3, pp 228-241.

  • DeHart-Davis, Leisha and R. Guensler (2005) "Employers as Mediating Institutions in Public Policy: The Case of Commute Option Programs" Policy Studies Journal Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 675-697

  • DeHart-Davis, Leisha and S. Pandey. (2005) "Red Tape and Public Employees: Does Perceived Rule Dysfunction Alienate Managers?" Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory , Research and Theory, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 133-148.

  • Corley, Elizabeth. L.DeHart-Davis, M. Rodgers (2003) "Inspection/Maintenance Program Evaluation: Replication of the Denver Step Method for an Atlanta Fleet" Environmental Science and Technology , Vol. 37, No. 12, pp. 2801-2806.

  • DeHart-Davis, Leisha, E.Corley, M. Rodgers. (2002) "Evaluating Vehicle Inspection/Maintenance Programs Using Onroad Emissions Data: The Atlanta Reference Method," Evaluation Review, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 111-146.

  • DeHart-Davis, Leisha and B. Bozeman (2001) "Regulatory Compliance and Air Quality Permitting: Why Do Firms 'Overcomply?'," Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory , Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 471-508.

  • Bozeman, Barry and L. DeHart-Davis (1999) "Red Tape and Clean Air: Title V Air Pollution Permitting Implementation as a Test Bed for Theory Development" Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 141-177.

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SELECT RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

  • Unified Government Workplace Study. Unified Government of Kansas City, KS. Invited sole source contract. April 2009-June 2010. $21,178.

  • Can Bureaucracy Be Beneficial? American Association of University Women American Fellowship, Short-Term Research Grant. July 2006-July 2007. $6000.

  • Rules and Public Employees, University of Kansas New Faculty Grant. February 2003- February 2005. $7,950.

  • Commute Options Study of Atlanta Employers, Georgia Department of Transportation and Federal Highways Administration. January to July 2002. $123,514. (Principal Investigator of Value Pricing Sub-Project entitled Commuter Choice Insurance Incentive Pilot Program)

  • Strategies to Strengthen Consultant Management in GDOT, Georgia Department of Transportation. March 2002-May 2003. $211,000 (Co-Principal Investigator with Gordon Kingsley)

  • Evaluating Atlanta's Enhanced Automobile Inspection/Maintenance Program, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. July 1999 to September 2001. $250,000 (Co-Principal Investigator)

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

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