Spring 2009

PAF 502 - Public Service Research II

Quantitative techniques including multivariate analysis, data analysis, decision making, and computer applications in public affairs.


Fall 2008:

PAF 505 - Public Policy Analysis

Course description: Institutional and formal analysis of policy processes, decision making, and problem solving; values, ethics, and the uses of policy analysis.


MPA Core

Public Service Research II (regression analysis from OLS through heteroskedasticity and serial correlation)

  1. Spring of ’05, 4 students submitted their research papers from this course to national conferences and were accepted (4 papers accepted to American Society for Public Administration Spring 2006 research conference, and 1 of these also accepted to 2006 BenchMark 3 conference on Nonprofit and Philanthropic Studies)


Public Affairs Economics (micro, macro, and public goods economics for public managers)


Bureaucracy and Public Affairs II  (survey course on bureaucratic management)


MPA/PhD Advanced Elective/Area of Emphasis Core

Urban Policy Workshop (PhD only)

  1. Several papers from this class were presented at national conferences


Advanced Policy Analysis


Program Evaluation


Seminar in the Political Economics of Regulation


PhD Core

Policy Analysis & Program Evaluation


Undergraduate PA-Emphasis Core

Public Management and Policy


Public Policy


Undergraduate-Level MPA Prerequisite

Statistics (online)


Selected Independent Studies on Special Topics


International Analysis of Effect of Freedom of Information Laws


Housing/Homelessness Policy 


Americans with Disabilities Act


Women and Policy


Feminist Economics


Regulation


Dissertation Committees

Chanley, Jesse (2005).  An Analysis of Civic Education Policy-Making in Arizona Using the Advocacy Coalition Framework and Policy Design Theory.  Committee:  Heather E. Campbell (Chair), Anne Schneider, and Michele Moses. (School of Public Affairs nomination for NASPAA dissertation award, 04/05 academic year; each NASPAA school may nominate only one per year; also School’s nomination for APSA’s Laswell dissertation award.)


Owens-Prindle, Beverly (2004).  Environmental Justice in Metro Phoenix:  Importance of Race, Cost, and Politics.  Committee:  Heather E.  Campbell (Chair), N. Joseph Cayer, and Barbara McCabe.


Osborn, Marcus R. (2003).  Information or Money?  Primary Influences of Arizona Legislators’ Information Source Reliance.  Committee:  Heather E. Campbell (Chair), N. Joseph Cayer, Michelle Chin.


Sobotta, Robin R. (2002).  Communities, Contours, and Concerns:  Environmental Justice and Aviation Noise.  Committee:  Heather E. Campbell (Chair), David Pijawka, N. Joseph Cayer. (School of Public Affairs nomination for NASPAA dissertation award, 01/02 academic year; each NASPAA school may nominate only one per year.)


Chanley, Sharon Anne (2000).  Domestic Violence, Welfare, and Welfare Reform:  The Family Violence Option in Arizona.  Committee:  Kathleen J. Ferraro (Chair), Dennis Palumbo, Heather E. Campbell, and Nicholas Alozie.


Graduate College Representative, Dissertation Defenses

Drury, Alfred Cooper (July 1997).  Economic Sanctions and Presidential Decisions:  Models of Political Rationality.  Field:  Political Science.  Committee Chair:  Stephen G. Walker.


Noble, Charles H. (May 1996).  Implementing Marketing Strategies:  A Role Base, Multi Method Study of the Middle Manager.  Field:  Business Administration.  Committee Chair:  Michael P. Mokwa.


Kupel, Douglas Edward (May 1995). Urban Water in the Arid West:  Municipal Water and Sewer Utilities.  Field:  History. Committee Chair:  Bradford F. Luckingham.


Ramsden, Julia Rood (December 1994). Goals for Attending College of Younger and Older Students. Field:  Higher and Adult Education. Committee Chair:  Quentin J. Bogart.


Coleman, Karen Kay (December 1992).  Teachers' Perceptions of Evaluation Systems.  Field:  Education.  Committee Chair:  Thomas H. Metos.


Honors College Third Reader, Senior Honors Thesis Presentations

Turner, Christine (May 1994). Implementation of ISTEA Legislated Management Systems.  First Reader:  John Zaniewski.


Hodgeson, Benjamin (May 1993).  A Qualitative Examination of the Roles of Boards of Directors:  Correlation Between Board Composition and Activity and Company Performance.  First Reader:  Marianne Jennings.


Guest Lectures

2004–BIS core.  Instructor:  Charlene Roach.  Guest lecture on US Macro policy.


1998–PhD core, Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation.  Prof:  Louis Weschler.  Guest lecture on the value of quantitative analysis.


1997–MPA core, Public Affairs Economics.  Instructor:  Wayne Aerni.  Guest lecture on Cost-Benefit Analysis.


1996–PhD core, Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation.  Prof:  Alvin Mushkatel.  Guest lecture on substantive rationality.


1992, 1993, 1994–PhD core, Foundations of Public Administration.  Prof:  Louis Weschler. Guest lectures on Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation.


1992–MPA area of emphasis core, Public Sector Economics.  Instructor:  Rob Melnick.  Guest lecture on the economic view of regulation.


Teaching Development

2006/2007

Special IT/COPP class on Using Technology in the Classroom.  January 26, 2007


Teaching Controversy in the Classroom.  Center for Learning and Teaching Excellence workshop.  October 5, 2006.


Troubleshooting:  Plagiarism and Cheating.  Center for Learning and Teaching Excellence, Arizona State University.  Facilitator:  Sandra Nagy, Writing Across the Curriculum.  Sept. 13, 2006.

 

1997/1998

Arizona Wakonse Retreat 1998. Team Teaching, Creative and Critical Thinking, Movement Workshops 1 and 2 [on the use of body language in the classroom], and Cultural Diversity.  May 28-May 31.


1996/1997

Advanced Public Executive Program.  Observation of Prof. Marc Roberts leading a case-method course for mid-career professionals. September 11.


1995/1996

"Case Study Teaching Workshop."  Session I:  Communication Between Colleagues (on an on-line communication system for case-study users).  Session II:  Managing Case Discussion:  A Round Table.  Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.  November 2.


1994/1995

"Pre-Conference Teaching Faire."  Teaching Workshop, Teaching Lab, Writing Case Studies, and Building Courses and Syllabi on the Internet. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, October 27.


Conference on Teaching Public Administration, March 23-25. Using Role-Playing to Teach Public Administration, and Intellectual Development in Adult Learners.



"The Nitty Gritty Course Preparation Workshops." Creating a Success-Oriented Course, Activating the University Classroom, and Creating a Course Syllabus. University Program of Faculty Development, August 16 and 17.


1993/1994

University Program of Faculty Development.  At my request, UPFD videotaped and critiqued my classroom teaching.


"Cooperative Learning in Higher Education."  Many of the courses I teach are inherently quantitative, and our students tend to be frightened of quantitative content, so focused especially on sessions on cooperative techniques for teaching mathematics.


1991/1992

Writing Across the Curriculum.  Critical Thinking in the Classroom.


University Program of Faculty Development.  Workshop on Cooperative Learning.


University Program of Faculty Development.  Questions That Stimulate Critical Thinking, and Use of Two-Person Groups.

Teaching Activities