Leadership and Management

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.

A report by Professor Emeritus John Bryson, laying out a new strategy management approach to address major public policy challenges, has been published by the IBM Center for the Business of Government. 

How can government rebuild trust with nonprofits serving historically marginalized communities?  Assistant Professor Daniel Cheng co-authored a new paper on the subject: "Trust, Power, and Organizational Routines: Exploring Government's Intentional Tactics to Renew Relationships with Nonprofits Serving Historically Marginalized Communities."