Public Affairs Faculty

International relations (theory, foreign policy/national security, political economy); comparative politics (political development, third world/African politics, theory); multicultural studies (African and African-American); public administration

Intersection of foreign aid and sustainable development; international forest politics; energy efficiency; environmental education

Collaborative governance, comparative governance, dispute resolution, dispute system design, mediation, administrative law, labor and employment law

Public management and organization theory, with a focus on privatization and contracting out, public sector leadership, and organizational change and innovation

Quantitative policy modeling, productivity measurement in public and regulated industries, urban policy analysis

Nonprofit and public sector relationships. Current work examines the scope and community dimensions of the Indiana nonprofit sector. Other major areas of research focus on the American welfare system, nonprofit funding relations, and nonprofit data sources.

Programming and presentation of the performing and visual arts and entertainment

Capital markets and financial intermediation, financial management, public budgeting and finance, financing e-government, financing economic development, environmental and infrastructure finance

Energy policy, resource management in developing countries, environmental regulation, public choice, cost-benefit analysis

Public finance, urban and regional economics, international trade, economic development, public budgeting and financial management

Intergovernmental and interorganizational collaboration and networks, federalism and intergovernmental relations, public management, emergency management

Main research interests relate to the social dynamics of music: how music groups organize themselves, their social aesthetics, how they foster creativity, how different music styles and genres are embodied by individuals, audience development, and arts organizations.

Comparative politics and development; Southern African politics; ethics and politics

Public service motivation, government and civil service reform, public management, public human resource management, national and community service, performance-related pay, public organizational behavior

Local government and the United States Constitution

Urban poverty, economic development, social welfare policy, low-income housing policy, and government performance

International political economy with emphasis on globalization; rise and fall of major powers; political conflict and how it interacts with international trade, democracy, and the environment; sustainable development; Middle East political economy

Domestic and international climate change policy, environmental policy implementation, carbon sequestration economics and law, energy law, U.S. Forest Service organizational design and management.

Public Economics, Urban/Regional Economics, Spatial Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics, Quantile Regressions, Public Finance, Political Economy, and Game Theory

Cultural economics, policy and administration; nonprofit organizations; tax policy. Current research concerns cultural districts, and the relationships between the arts and economic growth.

Mediation, negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, public input processes

e-Government, Information Technology Policy, and Information Technology Management

Public and Nonprofit Financial Management, State and Local Public Finance, Quantitative Methodology