Category Archives: Research

New Semester: Have You Empowered Your Student Today?

Unbelievably, the summer has ended, and fall 2012 is upon us. The timing is perfect for faculty, aspiring faculty, and students to take a look at the Summer 2012 issue of Journal of Public Affairs Education. The issue contains a symposium on Social and Technological Innovations in Teaching Public Affairs, edited by me and Dr. Angie Eikenberry from University ofContinueContinue reading “New Semester: Have You Empowered Your Student Today?”

Using Research to Help Meet Basic Needs: Education and Nutrition

This summer I am working on two grants/contracts that demonstrate how applied research can impact on individual quality of life and strength of community. The first is with the United Way of Lake and Sumter Counties. They are seeking to make strategic investments in child and adult education using their finite resources. As such, partContinueContinue reading “Using Research to Help Meet Basic Needs: Education and Nutrition”

By The Numbers….

I’m one month away from submitting my dossier to launch the tenure and promotion process. The dossier consists of two binders of material, including a one-page summary sheet. I can’t say everything on such a summary sheet, but I can communicate the numbers, so here we go: Research Research Areas: Public participation, bureaucratic responsiveness, collaborativeContinueContinue reading “By The Numbers….”

A Model for Public Participation Using Social Media

In a couple of months, I will participate in an international seminar in Amsterdam, discussing the “Building of a Shared City” through public participation. The focus is on public participation in urban infrastructure projects. Read my preliminary remarks on the subject of how social media tools can be used to this end. Download here. Though IContinueContinue reading “A Model for Public Participation Using Social Media”

Building the Shared City: How Can We Engage Citizens

I have been invited to participate in a seminar of The City Factory (http://www.lafabriquedelacite.com/en) this August in Amsterdam. The theme for the seminar is: “Building the shared city: how can we engage citizens?” The seminars are described as: “Every year, The City Factory organizes a seminar on a specific theme that brings together some sixtyContinueContinue reading “Building the Shared City: How Can We Engage Citizens”

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 Weeks (Part 2): The La Verne Series

From February 4-8, I will be in California at the University of La Verne to deliver a set of lectures to masters students, doctoral students, and faculty on the subjects of doing civic engagement, researching civic engagement, and teaching civic engagement, respectively. My prepared remarks to the masters students focus on both the values ofContinueContinue reading “Democracy Weeks (Part 2): The La Verne Series”

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”