Category Archives: Community Service

Building Sustainable Cross-Sector Networks

In about ten hours from time of this writing, I will be giving a presentation to the Orange County, Florida Children’s Leadership Alliance. This is a body of government, nonprofit, faith-based, and private sector leaders who are working together to secure a brighter future for children in the county. Their meeting is devoted to pursuitContinueContinue reading “Building Sustainable Cross-Sector Networks”

Democracy in Florida and Innovation in San Diego

While the nation’s eyes are focused on Republican presidential politics and on the important social and criminal justice issues surrounding the Trayvon Martin case, there have been many important public and nonprofit initiatives advanced to help strengthen our communities, to achieve greater justice and fairness, and promote more opportunities for individuals and families. There areContinueContinue reading “Democracy in Florida and Innovation in San Diego”

When High School and Graduate Students Collaborate in Learning and Service

Last night, I taught a joint class involving my Cross-Sectoral Governance graduate students and the Evans Community School Student Leadership Council students. Evans is a school in the Pine Hills community, not far outside downtown Orlando. It is a low-income community with significant social and economic challenges. Over the course of the semester, both groupsContinueContinue reading “When High School and Graduate Students Collaborate in Learning and Service”

Top 5 Coolest Moments in my Tenure Track Career (as a I begin the tenure and promotion process)

In 2012, I will be submitting my Tenure and Promotion portfolio. Though I won’t receive final  word on my tenure and promotion until May 2013, I will begin moving through the process in February/March 2012. The process begins with the identification of external reviewers, or tenured scholars in my discipline, who will read the fileContinueContinue reading “Top 5 Coolest Moments in my Tenure Track Career (as a I begin the tenure and promotion process)”

In Government We Don’t Trust

In Government We Don’t Trust. School of Public Administration at UCF’s Center for Public and Nonprofit Management Director Dr. Thomas A. Bryer and Dr. XiaoHu Wang are quoted and noted, respectively, in the Governing magazine article on trust in government. How do you suggest increasing citizen trust in government? Is it possible? A worthy objective?ContinueContinue reading “In Government We Don’t Trust”

Community Responsive Research as Art

On October 19, 2011, I had the honor of effectively taking the reigns as Director of the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management at UCF. In my opening remarks to the community, made at an event at an art gallery in downtown Orlando, I attempted to draw a parallel between the diverse and innovative scholarshipContinueContinue reading “Community Responsive Research as Art”