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Diversity in the Workplace: The New Mastermind Group
The information in this article comes from published research I conducted on the failure to attract qualified diversity candidates for leadership positions. Diversity refers to a state or fact of…
Street Art as Political Discourse
Research has demonstrated a connection between graffiti and its role on social attitudes, customs and resident perceptions. While these artful expressions, for some, are a nuisance, for others, they are…
Cybersecurity and Local Governments in the United States: A Need for Public Administration
A few years ago, I was part of a team that helped local governments in eastern Kentucky offer e-government services by having functional websites, online bill payment and other internet…
How Local Government Can Become More Transparent and Accountable to the Public in an Era of Governance Fragmentation? Explaining the Case of Local Development Corporations in the State of New York
Alternative modes of service delivery are an important institutional choice available to local governments across the country, but the way they are being used may create issues of transparency and…
Sorting Garbage in Yosemite
In 1961, when I was a college student, I got a summer job working as a laborer for the National Park Service in Yosemite. I got it the old fashioned…
When A Tribe’s Driver Is at Fault…
William Shakespeare raised the issue in his The Life of King John. There, Pembroke philosophizes, “When workmen strive to do better than well, they do confound their skill in covetousness;…
Local Law Enforcement in an Era of Nativist Populism
I was recently at an event in Salt Lake City where several distinguished guests ranging from various religious leaders to the Chief of Police expressed support for the city’s immigrant…
Tribal Police as a Solution for African American Communities
Subjugation and control of African American communities by external police forces traces back to Colonial era slave patrols. Oppressive police practices touched off some of the major urban riots of…
Opioids, Jessie’s Law and Rethinking the Crisis
If you’ve ever broken a bone, had your wisdom teeth removed or took a dose in the emergency room for a significant level of pain, you have most likely taken…
Ensuring Social Justice in Community Development
There is need to clearly conceptualize partnership with nonprofit sector institutions and public sector institutions to ensure social justice in community development. A case study of nonprofit sector institutions illustrates…
Public Scholars as Valuable Resources for the Discipline and Society
In a time of misinformation, the role of the public scholar is important to counter fiction with facts. Scientific inquiry, the methodical process of investigating phenomena, is a skill that…
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