About Me..

Fun things to do:  Movies (esp Independent films, classic and cult films) at Regent Sq Theater and The  Manor in the 'burgh, or the Oaks Theater in Oakmont;  Deja Vu Lounge in the Strip District; Bankok Balcony in Squirrel Hill;  riding bike trails in the 'burgh; SRU fitness center; seeing Kaufman's(Macy's) downtown Christmas display; spending time with my sons and daughter in law.

Top Ten Favorite movies: Walk on Water; Three Seasons; Big Lebowski; Citizen Kane; Hannah and Her Sisters;  Donnie Darko;  The Third Man; Travelers and Magicians; Everything is Illuminated; The Deerhunter;  

Pimp my ride: 2003 Toyota Corolla.

EDUCATION:

Post-Doctoral Scholar, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Summer Terms I & II, 1980.

Ph.D. Political Science, (Public Policy; Public Administration; Political Philosophy) University of Georgia, 1979.

M.A. Political Science, (Political Philosophy) Southern Illinois University, 1975.

B.A. Political Science, Valparaiso University, 1973. (Semester abroad program, Cambridge, England, 1971).

AREAS OF SPECIALTY:

Public Policy and Administration; State and Local Politics and Administration; Statistics and Research Methods; American Politics; Health Policy and Administration.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT:

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Department of Government and Public Affairs, Professor, August 2002 - present, Associate Professor, August, 1997 - August, 2002.

• Chairperson, Political Science, 2004 - present
• Director, Master of Public Administration (MPA) program (1997-2000).
• Member of the Graduate Faculty and University Graduate Council.
• Coordinator, The Harrisburg Internship Semester program (1997-2004)..
• Coordinator, The Washington Internship Semester program (2002-2004)
• Member of the Graduate Faculty, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and instruction supporting the Administration and Leadership Studies Ph.D. program, Dixon University Center, Harrisburg, 2001- present.
• Member, Honor's Program Faculty.
• Elected Member, University Curriculum Committee (Member, 1997-1999, 2001-2003; Secretary, 1998-1999).
• Appointed member, Liberal Studies Monitoring Committee, 2000-2001.
• Instruction in graduate and undergraduate courses at the University's Wexford Center in the North Hills of Pittsburgh
• Appointed Member of the Executive Committee, Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties, Slippery Rock University Campus (2002-2004).

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), (Section membership: Public Administration Education,  and Ethics); American Political Science Association; Pennsylvania Political Science Association; The James Buchanan Foundation.

TEACHING AREAS:

Undergraduate: American National Government; State and Local Government; The Political Film; Introduction to Political Theory; Introduction to Public Policy; Constitutional Law.

Graduate: Research Methods for Public Administration; Analysis of Social Data (Statistics and SPSS); Public Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation; State and Local Management; Human Resources Administration; Organizational Theory and Behavior; Seminar in Public Administration.

RECENT ACTIVITIES in the AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 

Member, ASPA's National Program Committee, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2006.

Immediate Past Chair, ASPA's Section on Public Administration Education (SPAE), 2003-present; Chair, 2001-2003; Chair-elect, 1999-2001; member of Executive Committee, 1994-present.

Editor, SPAE FORUM, newsletter for ASPA's Section on Public Administration Education, 1994-present. Recipient of ASPA's Best Section Newsletter Award 1996 and 1998.

PUBLICATIONS:

Books

Creating Sustainable Community Programs: Examples of Collaborative Public Administration, Editor, (Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT), 301 pp., 2001. Contains sixteen original chapters by twenty-four contributing authors, and two chapters by the Editor: "Introduction: What are Sustainable Community Programs?"pp. 1-9; "Recycling Programs in Sustainable Communities" pp. 192-198.

Medicaid Reform and the American States: Case Studies on The Politics of Managed Care, Editor, (Auburn House Publishers, Westport, CT): 308 pp.,1998. Contains sixteen commissioned, original chapters by twenty-eight contributing authors, and two chapters by the Editor: "Introduction: The Paradox and Inconsistency of American Health Care," pp. 1-12; "Medicaid Reform from the Executive Branch: Tennessee's TennCare Program," pp. 251-260.

Terminating Public Programs: An American Political Paradox, (M. E. Sharpe Inc., Armonk, NY): 128 pp., 1997. Includes a "Foreword" by United States Senator William V. Roth Jr., pp. xiii-xvi.

Edited Symposia

Symposium on Creating Sustainable Community Programs, in Public Administration Quarterly, Editor, Vol. 28, Spring (No. 1) and Summer (No. 2), 2004. Contains seven refereed articles and an introductory article by author, "Introduction: Creating Sustainable Community Programs."

Special Issue on Policy and Organizational Termination, in the International Journal of Public Administration, Editor, Vol. 24, No. 3, March, 2001: pp. 247-339.Contains four refereed articles and an introductory article by Author: "Policy and Organization Termination: The Status of Continued Inquiry."

Symposium on Public Policy and Organization Termination, in the International Journal of Public Administration, Editor, Vol. 20, No. 12, December: pp. 2042-2212 (170 pp.), 1997. Contains five refereed articles, an "Afterword" essay by Dr. Peter deLeon, and an introductory article by Author: "Theories for the Termination of Public Policies, Programs, and Organizations," pp. 2043-2066.\

Articles

"The Technology of Recycling Programs in Sustainable Communities: Applications and Future Prospects," Sustainable Communities Review, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring: pp. 18-23, 1999.

"The ROPES Course: Applications for Education and Training," Journal of Public Affairs Education, Special Issue, Vol. 3, No. 2: pp. 239-242, 1997.

"Implementing Policy Termination: Health Care Reform in Tennessee," Policy Studies Review, Vol.14, No. 3/4, Autumn/Winter: pp. 353-374, 1996. Reprinted with interview as "Dial M for Medicaid (Termination): McWherter's Strategy Matched the Recipe," by Benita Whitehorn, Memphis Health Care News, Friday, April 19, 1996: pp. 3-5.

"Tennessee's TennCare Reform Program: Implications for Other State Governments," New England Journal of Human Services, Vol.XIII, Issue 1: pp. 12-19, 1996.

"Organizational Termination and Policy Continuation: Closing the Oklahoma Public Training Schools," Policy Sciences, Vol. 28: pp. 301-316, 1995.

"Termination, Innovation and the American States: Testing Sunset Legislation." American Review of Politics, Vol. 15, Winter: pp. 507-518, 1995.

"Outdoor Adventure and Organizational Development: A Ropes Course Intervention." Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 2: pp. 237-249, 1994.

"The Politics and Economics of Dependent Children's Mental Health Care Financing: The Oklahoma Paradox." Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, Vol. 16, No. 2: pp. 171-196, 1993.

"Reaffirming Federal Priorities: The Case of the CDBG Small Cities Program in Connecticut," with Anthony Brown, International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 11, No. 2: pp. 155-172, 1988.

"NASPAA, Accreditation, and the Perceptions of Program Directors," with Elaine Johansen, American Review of Public Administration, Vol. 17, No. 4: pp. 79-86, 1987.

"Evaluating Federal Profitseeking Corporations: An Administrative Model," with Francis Leazes, Southeastern Political Review, Vol. 4: pp. 181-192, 1986.

"The Role of Accreditation in the Development of Public Administration as a Profession," with Elaine Johansen, Public Administration

"As Time Goes By: The Arrested Diffusion of the ERA," with Robert Darcy, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Vol. 15, No. 4,, Fall: pp. 51-60, 1985.

"Notes on the Use and Interpretation of Discriminant Analysis," with Robert Darcy, American Journal of Political Science, Vol 27, No. 2, May: pp. 359-383, 1983.

"Physicians' Assistants: An Emerging Health Policy Innovation," Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, Vol. 5, No. 2: pp. 186-200, 1983.

"Paradigms of Evaluation Research," with Clifford J. Wirth, American Review of Public Administration, Vol. 17, No. 4, November: pp. 33-44, 1983.

"The ERA Won -- At Least in the Public Opinion Polls," with Robert Darcy and Joseph W. Westphal, P.S. : Political Science and Politics, Vol. XV, No. 4, Fall: pp. 578-584, 1982. Reprinted in James David Barber and Barbara Kellerman, Eds., Women Leaders in American Politics, (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.): pp. 41-46, 1986.

"Public Administration Extension Activities by American Colleges and Universities," with Robert Darcy and John W. Swain, Public Administration Review, Vol. 42, No. 1: pp. 55-65, 1982.

"Spouse Abuse and Public Policy: A Conceptual Model," Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, Vol. 9, No. 2: pp. 190-194, 197, 1981.

"Physicians' Assistants as a Health Care Delivery Mechanism: Incidence and Correlates of State Authorization," with James L. Regens, Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2: pp. 242-249, 1981.

"Articles of Confederation Simulation: Testing a Learning Technique for Introductory American Government Students," with Richard Cupitt and Stephen Willhite, Teaching Political Science, Vol. 8, No. 1, October: pp. 101-110, 1980.

"Estrangement, Betrayal, and Atonement: The Political Theory of James Baldwin," Studies in Black Literature, Vol 7, No. 3, Fall: pp. 10-13, 1977.

Newsletter Articles, Simulations, Bylines, Editorials, Notes, Abstracts

Article, "Teaching Students About Sustainable Community Development," in The Alternator (newsletter of the Alternative Living Technology and Energy Research organization, a community group in Slippery Rock, PA), 2003.

Article, "Sustainable Community Programs and Collaborative Public Administration," PA Times (monthly newspaper of the American Society for Public Administration), Vol. 24, No. 8, August: pp. 1 &11, 2001.

Article, "Sustainable Communities: Recycling, Conserving, and Collaborating," PA Times, Vol. 22, No. 7, July: pp. 3 - 4, 1999.

Article, "Sustainable Communities," The Alternator Vol. 13, No. 2, Summer, 1999: pp. 1, 3, 5.

Editorial, "Recycling Worth the Effort," in The Slippery Rock Eagle (a weekly community newspaper), August 6, 1999: p. 4.

Article, "Reforming Medicaid Through Managed Care," PA Times, Vol. 22, No. 2, February: pp. 1 - 2, 1999.

Article, "Academic Interviewing Tips," SPAE FORUM, (Newsletter of ASPA's Section on Public Administration Education), Vol. 9, No. 4, June, 1999; pp. 4-5.

Article, "Terminating Public Programs: Death Before Reinvention?" PA Times, Vol. 20, No. 11, November: pp. 1, 2, 9, 1997. (And a rejoinder: "Daniels Responds," PA Times, Vol. 21, No. 4, March: p. 10, 1998).

Article, "Carl Sagan's Proposed Moral Rules: The Academic Dilemma," SPAE FORUM, Vol. 9, No. 3, March, 1999:pp. 2-3.

Simulation, "The Four Winds of Personal Style: A Human Relations Exercise," SPAE FORUM, Vol. 8, No. 2, December, 1998: pp. 2-3.

Byline, "Memphis Chapter Announces Awards," PA Times, Vol. 20, No. 8, August, 1997: p. 20.

Byline, "Memphis Chapter Hosts First Public Service Awards Competition," PA Times, Vol. 19, No. 7,1996: p. 6.

Article, "Captain Yossarian Meets Ralph Hummel: Catch 22 as the Bureaucratic Experience," SPAE FORUM, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1995: pp. 3-5,

Article, "Personal Passages Within Organizations," SPAE FORUM, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1994:pp. 7, 10, 11.

Simulation, "Human Treasure Hunt," SPAE FORUM, Vol. 5, No. 1,1994: : p. 9.

Article, "Ten New Games," in the Journal of the Oklahoma Therapeutic Ropes Association, Vol. 2, No. 3, Fall, 1990: pp. 2, 3.

Byline, "Conference Focus is Managing High Tech," in PA Times, Vol. 8, No. 19, 1985: p. 5.

Note, "Women and Politics Data Bases: Women and Public Policy, Women and Politics, Vol. 3, No. 2, Spring, 1983: pp. 67-70.

Abstract, "DACS: Discriminant Analysis Classification System," with Robert Darcy and Joseph L. Pottorf, Journal of Marketing Research, Vol. 20, November, 1983: p. 443.

Book Chapters

“The Politics of Disaster Management: The Evolution of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,” in Jack Pinkowski,Ed., Handbook of Disaster Management, (Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL), forthcoming, 2007.

“Policy Termination,” in Jack Rabin, Ed., Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, First Edition (2003), updated and revised Second Edition, (Marcel Dekker, Ind., New York, NY), forthcoming, 2007.

 “Retrospective: Toward Liquor Control,” in Carole Jurkiewicz, Ed., Toward Liquor Control for the 21^st Century, (Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL), forthcoming, 2007.

"Terminating Bureaucracy: Ending Public Programs, Policies and Organizations," in Ali Farazmand, Ed., Handbook of Bureaucracy, (Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY): pp. 446-466, 1994.

"Shootout at the OK Statehouse: A Legislature's Duel with Federal Aid," with Anthony Brown and John Swain, in Carol H. Lewis and A. Grayson Walker III, Eds., Casebook in Public Budgeting and Financial Management, (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ): pp. 112-120, 1984.

"Physicians' Assistants as an Innovative Health Care Delivery Mechanism" with James L. Regens, in Ralph Straetz, Marvin Lieberman and Alice Sardall, Eds., Critical Perspectives and Issues in Health Policy, (Lexington Press, Lexington, KY): pp. 75-86, 1981.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND PARTICIPATION (recent):

Paper, "The Politics of Disaster Management: The Evolution of the Federal Emergency Management Agency," at the Annual Conference of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, The State Capital Building, Harrisburg, PA, April 2006. 

Paper, "Closing Military Bases: The Legislative Veto and The Politics of Termination," at the Annual Conference of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, April 2004.

Principle Representative for Slippery Rock University, at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA October 16-18, 2003.

Panel Chair, SPAE Luncheon and Panel on Curriculum Innovation, at the National Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C., March 16-18, 2003.

Award Recipient, Best Paper 2001 Annual Conference, presented at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, State Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA, April 5-6, 2002.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS (Recent)

Family Savings Account Program, (co-author), sponsored by Pennsylvania's Department of Community and Economic Development, administered by the Housing Authority of Butler County, for both Beaver and Butler Counties, ($219,000)

State System of Higher Education Faculty-Student Research Initiative Grant, 1999, (co-author). ($1,800.00).