Associate Professor Kathy Quick has been awarded the prestigious Gross Family Chair at the Humphrey School, which supports the School’s program in nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and public affairs.
A research team led by Associate Professor Yuan (Daniel) Cheng has published a new report, "Understanding the Use of Evidence-based Practices by State Leaders and Staff," which examines how state leaders and staff understand different types of evidence and systematic barriers they encounter when attempting to enhance the use of scientific evidence.
Yuan (Daniel) Cheng co-authored the paper "Exploring the Relationship Between Privatization in Public Service Delivery and Coproduction: Evidence from U.S. Local Governments," published in the latest issue of American Review of Public Administration.
Yuan (Daniel) Cheng co-authored a paper, "Nonprofit Sector Size and the Breadth of Local Government Climate Actions: Exploring the Moderating Role of Collaboration," which explores various supplementary and complementary models of government–nonprofit relations.
Associate Professor Kathy Quick is co-author of a new article, “Public management and policing: a dialectical inquiry,” which discusses how policing and public management studies have co-existed alongside each other without exploiting the potential for mutual learning and gaining insights from each other’s experience.
An article co-authored by Associate Professor Tia Sherèe Gaynor, “Coming to Terms: Teaching Systemic Racism and (the Myth of) White Supremacy,” has been selected as the Journal of Public Affairs Education (JPAE) 2023 Outstanding Article.
Associate Professors Yuan (Daniel) Cheng and Audrey Dorélien are recipients of the University of Minnesota's 2023 McKnight Presidential Fellowship, a three-year award given to the most promising individuals who have been granted both tenure and promotion to associate professor in an academic year.
Professor Emerita Melissa Stone co-authored the paper, “Collaborative Architecture: Components, Relationships, and Implications for Partner Influence,” in the most recent issue of Perspectives on Public Management and Governance.
Carrie Oelberger, assistant professor in the leadership and management area, who has been awarded a McKnight Land-Grant Professorship for the next two years.
Associate Professor Bonnie Keeler led an international team of researchers to develop The Guidebook for the Engaged University, a comprehensive roadmap for higher education institutions to expand and promote action-oriented research and practices that respond to society’s needs.