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Barbara S. Romzek

Barbara Romzek

Interim Vice Provost
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
1450 Jayhawk Blvd., #200 Strong
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
(785) 864-3661
(785) 864-5331 fax

Professor of Public Administration
Department of Public Administration
1445 Jawhawk Blvd., 4060 Wescoe
TheUniversity of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045-3177
(785) 864-9098
(785) 864-5208 fax

bromzek@ku.edu


SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Administrative appointments
Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas, 2000-2005, 2006-present
Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas, 2005-2006
Chairperson, Dept. of Public Administration, University of Kansas, 1988-1993

Faculty appointments
Professor of Public Administration, University of Kansas, 1995-present
Associate Professor, Dept. of Public Administration, University of Kansas, 1985-1995
Research Associate, Center for Public Affairs, University of Kansas, 1981-1984
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Kansas, 1979-1985

Visiting appointments
Guest Scholar, Brookings Institution, 1995
Visiting Research Associate, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ, summer 1980

 

ACADEMIC DEGREES

Ph.D.   Political Science, Department of Government, The University of Texas at Austin, 1979  
M.A.    Political Science, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 1972
B.A.     Political Science, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, 1970

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Women and Power: Leadership in a New World, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, May 16-20, 2005.

Management and Leadership in Higher Education, Harvard Institutes for Higher Education, Harvard University, June 9-21, 2002.

New Deans Seminar, Council of College of Arts and Sciences, Williamsburg, VA, June 2001.


ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, The University of Kansas July 2005-June 2006

Chief academic officer for the unit. The College is home to nearly 600 full-time faculty and 300 staff with an annual operating budget of approximately $80 million.  The College has an enrollment of 16,000 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students in more than 53 academic departments and programs. 

Responsibility for planning and allocation decisions related to budget, faculty recruitment, academic student services, enrollment management, curriculum development, fundraising,  personnel management, as well as grievances and appeals related to personnel and academic integrity.  Supervise a staff of 30 individuals within the Dean’s office, including four associate deans, two assistant deans, budget officers, technology specialists, data analysts, and support staff. 

 

Associate Dean for Social Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas 2002- 2005

Primary administrative contact for social sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The social sciences division is comprised of approximately 5,700 students, 160 faculty and ten academic departments.  Responsibilities include oversight and liaison with social science departments in matters of planning and allocation decisions related to budgets, faculty recruitment and retention, internal research grant competitions, and academic program development and implementation. 

Additional duties assigned included

  • Chairperson of the University’s reaccreditation effort for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association (2002-2005), a 22 member multi-campus steering committee of administrators, faculty, and staff.
    • The accreditation review was based upon new mission-based criteria that were used for the first-time during this cycle. 
    • Facilitated multi-campus focus group deliberations on institutional strengths and challenges, managed preparation of Self-Study report, the site visit, and the institutional response. 
    • The review resulted in glowing evaluations by the team of 12 outside consultant-evaluators; KU was granted the maximum 10-year accreditation without any identified concerns. 
    • The KU self-study is recommended by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association as a model for other research universities to use as they undertake their self-study process. 
  • Liaison between The University of Kansas and the U.S. Army Combined Armed Services Center, Ft. Leavenworth, KS (2003-2005).  Army units under this command include the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the Foreign Military Studies Office, and the Center for Army Lessons Learned.  Responsibility included convening groups from both institutions to discuss prospects for collaboration in areas of internationalization and global security. 
    • Negotiated Memorandum of Understanding for strategic collaboration between the University of Kansas and Ft. Leavenworth (signed in 2004). 
    • Educational Partnership Agreement, signed by the two institutions, April 2005, to ease institutional hurdles for federal agencies to collaborate with universities.   
    • Liaison to the Joint Executive Steering Committee created to lead this endeavor.  

 

Associate Dean for Edwards Campus, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas, 2000-2002.  The KU Edwards Campus is located in suburban Kansas City, approximately 35 miles east of the main Lawrence campus. This campus has long been an academic home to graduate programming, including three LA&S programs in Communications Studies, International Studies, and Public Administration. 

Responsibility for primary administrative leadership for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Edwards programs and for the development of new academic programming at the Edwards Campus. Duties included outreach and liaison work with community colleges in the Kansas City area, with special emphasis on Johnson County Community College and Kansas City, Kansas Community College. 

Academic programs are designed as upper-division majors, only junior-senior coursework offered as part of articulation agreements with the area’s two-year community colleges.    

           
Chair, Department of Public Administration, University of Kansas, 1988-1992.  The department has long been recognized as one of the top Public Administration programs in the country. It is ranked as the #1 program in local government specialization by the U.S. News and World Report (most recently in 2004).  Responsible for all administrative functions of the department, including budget, faculty recruitment, retention, and evaluation, student recruitment, placement, alumni outreach and fundraising.  Program offers MPA degree on three separate campuses (main, Lawrence; Edwards, Kansas City; Capitol Center, Topeka).

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND HONORS

Kaufman Award, American Political Science Association, with Jocelyn Johnston. 2002

Fellow (elected), National Academy of Public Administration. 1999

Listed in Marquis Who's Who in America, 2004.  Who’s Who in the Media and Communications, 1998.  Who's Who of American Women, 1992.

Mosher Award, American Society for Public Administration, with Melvin Dubnick.1988

Dissertation fellowship, The American Association of University Women. 1978

SELECTED UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES

University of Kansas

2005-present Joint Executive Steering Committee for Institutional Collaboration between KU and the U.S. Army Combined Armed Services Center, Ft. Leavenworth (KS)
2004-2005 Liaison, Joint Executive Steering Committee for Institutional Collaboration between KU and the U.S. Army Combined Armed Services Center, Ft. Leavenworth (KS)
2002-2005 Chair, Reaccreditation Steering Committee for accreditation review by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities
2001-present Steering Committee, Faculty Mentor Program for Student Athletes
1999-01 University Senate Executive Committee/Faculty Senate Executive Committee
1999-00 University Committee on Promotion and Tenure
1995-96  Search Committee, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

College of Liberal Arts

2005-06  Interim Dean
2000-05, 2006-present Associate Dean
1995-97 Committee on Promotion and Tenure
1993-2000 Academic Misconduct Hearing Board

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Political Science Association
American Society for Public Administration
Midwest Political Science Association
National Academy of Public Administration
Public Management Research Association

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Professional Associations

American Political Science Association:

2002-03   Kaufman Award Committee
2000-01   Leonard White Award Committee
1993-97   Chair, Committee on Organized Sections
1992-94   National Council

American Society for Public Administration:
2004-05   Search Committee, for Editor of the Public Administration Review
2001-03   Dwight Waldo Award Committee
1996-97   James E. Webb Award Committee
1994-95   Vice Chair, Task Force on Conferences
1994-95   Chair, Conference Program Work Group
1993-95   Chair, Charles Levine Award Committee

InternationalCity Management Association
1999-03 Best Practices Conference Program Committee
1996-99 Board of Regents, ICMA University  

NationalAcademy of Public Administration
2000       Brownlow Book Award Committee

National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration

1999-2002       Standards Committee
2001, 1996      Nominating Committee
1997-2001       Site Visitor, Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation
1996-97           Committee on the Constitution
1990-93           Executive Council
1989-92           Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation

Midwest Political Science Association
2000-01           Herbert Simon Award Committee
1999-2000       President, Midwest Public Administration Caucus

Other Professional Service
1997                Blue Ribbon Review Committee, Department of Government and International Studies, University of South Carolina
1990-93           National Council of Pi Alpha Alpha, National Honorary Society for Public Affairs and Administration

Editorial Boards

Administration and Society, 1990-present; American Journal of Political Science, 1994-1997; Journal of Public Administration Education, 1994-1997; Journal of Politics, 2001-2005; Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 1990-1993; Public Administration Review, 1987-1990.

Occasional Manuscript Reviewer: Prentice-Hall, Inc., John Wiley & Sons, D.C. Heath, Sage Publications, Congressional Quarterly, Brookings Institution, International City Management Association, Johns Hopkins University Press, National Science Foundation, and the following journals: 

Academy of Management Journal, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, American Review of Public Administration, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Politics, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Journal of Public Policy, Law and Society Review, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Policy Studies Review, Legislative Studies, Public Administration Review, Social Science Quarterly, State and Local Government Review

           
PUBLICATIONS

Books

New Governance for Rural America: Creating Intergovernmental Partnerships, coauthored with Beryl Radin, Robert Agranoff, Ann Bowman, C. Gregory Buntz, J. Steven Ott, and Robert H. Wilson, Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1996.

New Paradigms for Government: Issues for the Changing Public Service, with Patricia W. Ingraham, Jossey-Bass Publishers, Inc., 1994.

American Public Administration:  Politics and the Management of Expectations, with Melvin Dubnick, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1991.

Refereed Articles

State Social Services Contracting: Exploring Determinants of Effective Contract Accountability,” with Jocelyn M. Johnston, Public Administration Review, v. 65(4):436-449, July/August, 2005. 

“The Challenges of Contracting and Accountability Across the Federal System: From Ambulances to Space Shuttles,” with Jocelyn Johnston and Curtis Wood, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, v. 34(3):155-182, Summer, 2004. 

“Contract Implementation and Management Effectiveness: A Preliminary Model” with Jocelyn Johnston, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, v.12 (3):423-453, July, 2002. 

“Politics, Administration and Markets: Conflicting Expectations and Accountability” with Donald Klingner and John Nalbandian, American Review of Public Administration, v. 32 (2):117-144, June, 2002. 

Above article also published by the Latin American Center for Development Administration, entitled “La Política, la Administración y  el Mercado: Expectativas de ámbitos de responsabilidad en conflicto,” in Reforme y Democracia, no. 24:71-113, Octubre, 2002.  This journal is published in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

“Cross Pressures of Accountability:Initiative, Command and Failure in the Ron Brown Plane Crash,” with Patricia W. Ingraham, Public Administration Review, v. 60(3):240-253, May/June 2000.

"Accountability of Congressional Staff" Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 10 (3):413-446, April 2000.

“Dynamics of Public Sector Accountability in an Era of Reform,” International Review of Administrative Sciences, 66:19-42, March 2000 (published in Arabic, French and English).

"Contracting and Accountability Issues in a State Medicaid Reform: Rhetoric, Theories, and Reality," with Jocelyn Johnston, Public Administration Review, 59 (5):383-399, September/October 1999.

“Reforming Medicaid through Contracting: The Nexus of Implementation and Organizational Culture,” with Jocelyn Johnston, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 9(1999): 1:107-139.

"Congressional Legislative Staff: Political Professionals or Clerks?" with Jennifer Utter, American Journal of Political Science, 41(4): 1251-1279, October 1997.

"Career Dynamics of Congressional Legislative Staff:  Preliminary Profile and Research Questions," with Jennifer Utter, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 6(3): 415-442, July 1996.

"Accountability Expectations in an Intergovernmental Arena: The National Rural Development Partnership," with Beryl Radin, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 26(2): 59-81, Spring 1996.

"Employee Investment and Commitment: The Ties That Bind," Public Administration Review, 50: 374:382, May/June 1990.

"The Personal Consequences of Employee Commitment,"  Academy of Management Journal, 32: 649-661, September 1989.

"Accountability in the Public Sector:  Lessons from the Challenger Tragedy" with Melvin Dubnick, Public Administration Review, 47:227-238, May/June 1987.  Received the William E. and Frederick C. Mosher Award for the best academic article of the year.

Above article reprinted in Frederick S. Lane, ed., Current Issues in Public Administration, 3rd, 4th and 5th editions, 1989, 1991, 1994.

Above article reprinted in David H. Rosenbloom, Deborah D. Goldman, and Patricia W. Ingraham, eds., Contemporary Public Administration, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1994.  

"Perceptions of Agency Effectiveness as the Basis for Differences in Organizational Involvement," Review of Public Personnel Administration , 6:76-85, Fall, 1985.

"Work and Nonwork Psychological Involvements:  The Search For Linkage," Administration and Society, 17:257-281, November, 1985.                                  

"The Effects of Public Service Recognition, Job Security and Staff Reductions on Organizational Involvement," Public Administration Review, 45:282-291, March/April, 1985.

Above article reprinted in John L. Bryam, (ed.) Personnel Management for the Fire Service, Lexington, MA: Ginn Press, 1986.

Above article reprinted in Mark Holzer, ed., Public Service: Callings, Commitments, and Constraints, Westview Press, 2000.

"The Human Factor in the Federal Workforce:  Work Experiences, Self-Esteem and Organizational Involvement," Review of Public Personnel Administration, 5:43-56, Fall, 1984.
 
"Organizational Involvement and Representative Bureaucracy: Can We Have It Both Ways?" with J. Stephen Hendricks, American Political Science Review, 76:75-82, March 1982.

Above article reprinted in Gary L. Jones and Jerry L. Simich (eds.), America the Beautiful: Readings in American Politics, 2nd ed., Burgess Publishing Company, 1987.   

Chapters in Books

“Business and Government,” chapter 9 in Revisiting Waldo's The Administrative State, edited by David Rosenbloom and Howard McCurdy, eds., Georgetown University Press, 2006.

“Traditional Contracts as Partnerships:  Effective Accountability in Social Services Contracts in the American States,” with Jocelyn M. Johnston, ch. 7 in The Challenge of Public-Private Partnerships- Learning from International Experience, edited by Graeme Hodge and Carsten Greve, Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 117-143, 2005.

“Contracting and accountability: A model of effective contracting drawn from the U.S. experience,” with Jocelyn M. Johnston, in Unbundled Government: A Critical Analysis of the Global Trend to Agencies, Quangos and Contractualisation, edited by Christopher Pollitt and Colin Talbot, New York: Routledge, 2004.                    

“Implementing State Contracts for Social Services: An Assessment of the Kansas Experience,” with Jocelyn M. Johnston, ch. 5 in New Ways of Doing Business, edited by Mark A. Abramson and Ann M. Kieffaber, New York: Rowan and Littlefield, 2003.

“Accountability Implications of Civil Service Reform,” ch. 7 in The Future of Merit, edited by James Pfiffner and Douglas Brook, Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Press and Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.

“Reforming State Social Services Through Contracting: Linking Implementation and Organizational Culture,” with Jocelyn Johnston, ch. 10 in Advancing Public Management: New Developments in Theory, Methods, and Practice, Jeffrey Brudney, Laurence O’Toole, Jr., and Hal G. Rainey, eds., Washington, Georgetown University Press, 2000. 

"Where the Buck Stops: Accountability in Reformed Public Organizations” in Transforming Government: Lessons from the Reinvention Laboratories, Patricia W. Ingraham, James R. Thompson and Ronald P. Sanders, editors, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998. 

"Accountability Challenges in an Era of Deregulation," in Public Personnel Management: Current Concerns -- Future Challenges, 2nd., Carolyn Ban and Norma Riccucci, eds., Longman Publishing, 1997.

"Enhancing Accountability," in the Handbook in Public Administration, 2nd ed., James L. Perry, editor, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996. 

"Issues of Accountability in Flexible Personnel Systems" with Melvin Dubnick, in New Paradigms for Government: Issues for the Changing Public Service, Patricia W. Ingraham and Barbara S. Romzek eds., San Francisco: Jossey Bass Publishers, Inc., 1994.

"Accountability and the Centrality of Expectations for Public Administration" with Melvin Dubnick, in Research in Public Administration, Vol. 2:37-78, James Perry, ed. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1993.

"Dynamics of Employee Commitment" in Agenda for Excellence: Public Service in America, Patricia Ingraham and Donald Kettl, eds., Chatam House, 1992.

"Balancing Work and Nonwork Obligations," in Public Personnel Management, Carolyn Ban and Norma Riccucci eds., Longman Publishing, 1991.

Research Monographs and Other Publications

“Implementing State Contracts for Social Services: An Assessment of the Kansas Experience” Report to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Endowment for the Business of Government, with Jocelyn Johnston, May 2000.

“From Turbulence to Tragedy: The Crash of Ron Brown’s Flight in Croatia,” A Case Study of Leadership and Accountability, CS 0398-07, with Patricia W. Ingraham, National Security Studies Program, Syracuse University, 1998.

Above monograph reprinted in Security in a Changing World: Case Studies in U.S. National Security Management, Volker Franke, ed., Westport, CN: Praeger,  2002.

"Accountability," with Melvin Dubnick in International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, Vol. 1: A-C, pp. 6-11, Jay Shafritz, editor, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1998.

Above article reprinted in Defining Public Administration: Selections from the International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, Jay Shafritz, ed., Westview Press, 2000.

"Employee Commitment," in International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, Vol. 1: A-C, pp. 426-431, Jay Shafritz, editor in chief, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1998.

"Management Constraints Come to Capitol Hill: The Times They Are A Changin' " in Extension of Remarks, Newsletter, Legislative Studies Section of American Political Science Association, July, 1996.

"Management Constraints Come to Capitol Hill: The Times They Are A Changin'" in Extension of Remarks, Newsletter, Legislative Studies Section of American Political Science Association, July, 1996.

Intergovernmental Partnerships and Rural Development:  An Overview Assessment of the National Rural Development Partnership, with Beryl Radin, Robert Agranoff, Ann Bowman, C. Gregory Buntz, J. Steven Ott, and Robert H. Wilson, ERS Staff Paper No. 9508, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Washington, D.C., 1995.

Kansas Rural Development Council, A report to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Washington, D.C., 1994.

"Accountability and the Rural Development Initiative," with Beryl Radin, Occasional paper published by the National Rural Development Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, August 1994.

Kansas Rural Development Council, A report to the State Rural Policy Program of the Aspen Institute, October, 1991

Book review, of Controlling the Federal Bureaucracy by Dennis Riley for American Political Science Review, 82:301-302, March, 1988.

The Multidimensional Bureaucrat:  Identities, Loyalties and Conflicts of Professional Level Federal Employees, Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Government, The University of Texas at Austin, 1979.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Public Policy Implementation and Management
Government Reform, Contracting and Privatization
Organization Behavior

 

COURSES TAUGHT

Ph.D. Seminars
Public Management and Administrative Behavior
Public Management and Theories of Administrative Organization

M.P.A. Seminars Undergraduate Courses
Administrative Behavior                                               
Human Resources Management
Leadership                                                                  
Public Management & Organizational Analysis                         
Professional Development Seminar I and II                  
Dynamics of Employee Commitment

Undergraduate Courses
Behavior in Public Organizations
Democracy and the Bureaucratic State
Introduction to American Government
Introduction to Public Administration
Introduction to Public Administration – Honors
Introduction to U.S. Politics-Honors
Politics of Bureaucracy
Public Personnel Administration
Public Service Leadership

               

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Over 120 professional presentations, consultations, and participation in professional meetings for the following associations. 

Conferences

Academy of Management
American Political Science Association
American Society for Public Administration
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
Association of Budgeting and Financial Management
Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management
Conference on Dual Career Couples and the Modern American University
Conference on Personnel and the Public Service
Conference on Public Policy & Regulation of Human Resource Management
International City and County Management Association
International Institute for Administrative Sciences
International Personnel Management Association
International Research Symposium on Public Management
Midwest Political Science Association
National Academy of Public Administration
National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
National Conference on the Adult Life Cycle:  From Theory to Practice
National Public Management Research Conference
Public Management Research Association
Society for Research in Child Development
Southwestern Political Science Association
Sino-US International Conference for Public Administration

Consulting/Invited Presentations

American University
Board of Public Utilities, Kansas City, Kansas
City of Lawrence, Police Academy
City of Olathe, KS
International Labor Standards Association
International Personnel Management Association
Iowa Municipal Management Association
Johnson County, Kansas
Kansas Dept of Commerce and Housing, Travel and Tourism Division
Local and Regional Self-Government Training Program for Officials from the Ukraine
Local and Regional Self-Government Training Program for Officials from Venezuela
MidAmerica Regional Council
National Personnel Research Conference (U.S. Office of Personnel Management)
National Rural Development Council (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Office of Women in Higher Education, American Council on Education
Personnel Administrators of Lawrence
Presidential Management Intern Program
Regional Human Resources Forum, the University of Kansas
RAND Corporation
Short Course on Local Government for IBM representatives
Syracuse University,
Texas City Management Association
Texas A&M University
U.S. Patents and Trademark Office
University of Georgia
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Wyandotte County, Kansas

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

“Managerial Challenges in the Implementation of an Evolving Intergovernmental Policy: Contracting for Child Welfare Services,” with Jocelyn Johnston, at the 3rd Sino-US Conference for Public Administration, Renmin University, School of Public Administration, Beijing, China, June 8-9, 2006.

“Advancing through the Faculty Ranks: Professional Development for Administrative Roles” at Kansas meeting of the Office of Women in Higher Education, American Council on Education, Wichita State University, April 2006.

“Changes and Challenges in Relationships between State Government and Nonprofit Agencies under Contracting,” with Jocelyn Johnston, at the annual meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Associations, Washington, D.C., November 17-19, 2005.

“Social Welfare Contracts as Networks: The Impact of Network Stability on Management and Performance,” with Jocelyn Johnston, at the annual meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D.C., November 3-5, 2005.

“Governance: The New Paradigm,” at the 8th Public Management Research Conference, The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, September 29-October 1, 2005.

“Networks, Stability, Management, and Performance: Learning from Social Welfare Contracts,” with Jocelyn Johnston, at the 8th Public Management Research Conference, The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, September 29-October 1, 2005.

“State Social Welfare Contracts with Nonprofit Organizations: Examining Network Dynamics and the Impact of Stability,” with Jocelyn Johnston, prepared for the 9th International Symposium on Public Management, Bocconni University, Milan, IT, April 6-9, 2005. 

“Working Outside the Government Box: Nongovernmental Entities and the Business of Government,” Invited presentation at “Symposium on Administrative State Reconsidered”, American University, Washington, D.C., 2003.

“The Challenges of Contracting and Accountability Across the Federal System: From Ambulances to Space Shuttles,” presented at the 7th National Public Management Research Conference, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 2003.

“State Contract with Nongovernmental Organizations: An Explanatory Model of Accountability Effectiveness” with Jocelyn Johnston, presented at the Fifth International Research Symposium on Public Management: Building Public-Private Partnerships, Barcelona, 2001. 

“Contract Implementation and Management Effectiveness: A Preliminary Model” with Jocelyn Johnston, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Seattle, 2000.

“Dynamics of Public Sector Accountability in an Era of Reform,” paper presented at Specialized Conference on Public Accountability, International Institute of Administrative Sciences, London, UK, 1999.

 “Accountability Implications of Civil Service Reform,” presented at Symposium on The Future of Merit: CSRA at 20, sponsored by George Mason University and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1998.

“Privatizing a Bureaucracy: Theories, Complications and Conflicts,” with Jocelyn Johnston, at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 1997.

Paper presented, "Career Dynamics of Congressional Legislative Staff:  Preliminary Profile and Research Questions," with Jennifer Utter, annual meeting of the American Society for Public Administration, 1995.

 

SELECTED INVITED PRESENTATIONS (Public Lectures/Workshops/Consultations)

“New Ways of Looking at Accountability,” Leadership Academy, the Mid-America Regional Council and the University of Kansas Department of Public Administration, August 2001, May 2002, June 2003.

“Accountability: The Ron Brown Case,” National Security Leadership Course, National Security Studies Program, Syracuse University and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1998.

“Cultural Awareness and Diversity Issues in Police Work,” for 17th Basic Recruit Academy, City of Lawrence, KS, Police Department, 1998.

 “Accountability as Management Challenge under Government Reform” for the leadership development program of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, sponsored by the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, 1997.

"Public Management Accountability and Constraints" for the International Personnel Officers' Seminar, the International Personnel Management Association, Vail, Colorado, 1996.

"Accountability in the Public Sector," RAND Corporation, Forum on Developments in Public Sector Human Resource Management for the 8th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation and the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civilian Personnel Policy, 1995.


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