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  School of Public Affairs and Administration 2011–2013 Administration and Faculty Faculty  

Faculty


Dean: Marc Holzer, Room 214, Center for Urban and Public Service (973-353-5505)

Associate Dean and M.P.A. Program Director: Judith Kirchhoff, Room 226, Center for Urban and Public Service (973-353-1351)

Director of Ph.D. Program: Norma M. Riccucci, Room 337, Center for Urban and Public Service (973-353-5504)

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Professors:

Marc Holzer, Ph.D., Michigan
Public sector productivity; international public administration

Norma Riccucci, Ph.D., Syracuse
Human resources; personnel management

Alan Sadovnik, Ph.D., New York
Sociology of education and qualitative research

Evan Stark, Ph.D., SUNY (Binghamton)
Health care policy; organizational development

Frank J. Thompson, Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Health policy; policy implementation; public personnel policy; administrative politics

Associate Professors:

Jeffrey Backstrand,
Associate Research Professor; Director of Research, Newark Schools Research Collaborative (NSRC); Ph.D., Connecticut

Ariane Chebel D'Appollonia, Ph.D., Sciences Po Paris (France)
Immigration and security; European Union policy

Kyle Farmbry, Ph.D., George Washington
Comparative public administration; organization theory; nonprofit sector

Sanjay Pandey, Ph.D., Syracuse
Public management, with a secondary emphasis on health policy

Suzanne J. Piotrowski, Ph.D., American
American public management and governmental transparency

Gregg V. Van Ryzin, Ph.D., CUNY
Government and nonprofit performance; citizen satisfaction; measurement methods

Deborah Ward,
Director, Economic Development Research Group; Ph.D., Columbia
Racial politics; anti-Americanism; internationalizing curriculum

Assistant Professors:

Michael Gershowitz,
Director of Federal Grants; Ph.D., New York
 
Cleopatra Grizzle, Ph.D., Kentucky
Government and nonprofit budgeting and financial management

Madinah Hamidullah, Ph.D., Georgia
Public management; human resources; public sector leadership

Quintus Jett, Ph.D., Stanford
Organizational theory, focusing on innovation and management in high-tech industries

Benedict Jimenez, Ph.D., Illinois
Relationship between public management processes and fiscal policies

Lawrence Miller, Ph.D., Syracuse
Education and municipal finance; social equity

Alan Shark, D.P.A, Southern California
Nonprofit management; technology in public administration

Robert Shick, Ph.D., New York
Privatization and the contracting-out of government services; nonprofit management; organizational development

Qiushi Wang, Ph.D., Nebraska (Omaha)
Public budgeting; financial management

Yahong Zhang, Ph.D., Florida State
Public institutions and organizations


Affiliated Professors:

John W. Graham, Ph.D., Northwestern
Public policy issues surrounding women and work, marriage, families, and children

Elizabeth Hull, Ph.D., New School for Social Research
Constitutional rights of minorities; public law (14th Amendment); rights of ex-felons, immigrants, minorities, and women

Peter D. Loeb, Ph.D., Rutgers
Transportation economics and applied economics

Arthur Powell,
Chair, Department of Urban Education; Ph.D., Rutgers
Mathematics education: equity, qualitative methods, mathematical problem solving and reasoning; technology, discourse analysis, and ethnomathematics

Hindy Lauer Schachter, Ph.D., Columbia
Citizen participation; organization theory; public administration history and scientific management

Paul L. Tractenberg,
Newark Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor; Alfred C. Clapp Distinguished Public Service Professor of Law; J.D., Michigan

Adjunct Members of the Graduate Faculty:


Thomas Banker, Principal, Banker Group
A private consulting firm, specializing in turnaround management of troubled organizations

James Davy, President of James M. Davy Associates
A firm specializing in strength-based collaboration and group process facilitation

Corrado Gigante, Acting Deputy District Director, New York District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; M.P.A., Rutgers
Federal civil rights laws covering employment in all phases, from recruitment to post-retirement benefits

Alma Joseph, Ed.D., Rutgers
Human resources administration; leadership; analytical methods

Richard F. Keevey, Distinguished Practitioner in Residence; M.P.A., Pennsylvania
Local finance and budgeting; federal finance and budgeting; management of public organizations


Leland Mcgee,
State of New Jersey Administrative Law Judge; J.D., Rutgers School of Law–Newark
Administrative law; ethics; and public management

Jonathan Metsch, Ph.D., North Carolina School of Public Health
Project management; strategic planning; NFP governance

Ferlanda Nixon, Public Relations Specialist at the Office of Communications; J.D., Georgetown
Total leadership consultancy to businesses, organizations, and individuals

Linda Niedweske, Lawyers in Defense of Animals, Inc.; J.D., Northeastern


Robert Pedan,
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget Department of Treasury State of New Jersey; M.P.A., Pennsylvania

Travis Reid,
Operations Specialist Newark Workforce Investment Board; M.P.A., Baruch College

Ciro Scalera, M.B.A., J.D., Rutgers
Nonprofit human resources

Isabella Strauss,
Founding member, trustee, and officer of Lawyers in Defense of Animals Inc.; J.D., Rutgers School of Law–Newark

Carolyne J. White, Ph.D., Illinois (Champaign-Urbana)
Social foundations; qualitative research; program evaluation
 
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