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Public Health Emergency Preparedness: An Intergovernmental Challenge and Necessity

Public Health Emergency Preparedness: An Intergovernmental Challenge and Necessity

Responding to a public health emergency requires an understanding of the practice of public administration as well as the science of health services. Organizations like the National Association of City…

Teaching Resources Guide for Public Affairs and Administration: Overview of the 4th Edition

Teaching Resources Guide for Public Affairs and Administration: Overview of the 4th Edition

Effective and motivational teaching is critical to strengthening our human resources capacity in public affairs and administration. It is imperative that course curricula and delivery maintain the highest levels of…

The Public Service Renaissance: The Only Door That Stays Open

The Public Service Renaissance: The Only Door That Stays Open

I believe governmental structures the world over are in a renaissance. You're probably reading this and thinking I give public service way too much credit if I dare to compare…

Addressing #MeToo in Healthcare

Addressing #MeToo in Healthcare

In the wake of countless brave women speaking out about the everyday harassment they face, I have started to rethink my role and complacency in workplace sexual harassment of my…

A Bot Centric Future

A Bot Centric Future

There is intrigue often entwined in the pace with which certain technological breakthroughs advance and others whither. Gartner, the technology research and advisory firm, utilizes a methodology referred to as…

Summing Up: Reflections from Japan on “Good” Public Governance – Local, National and Global

Summing Up: Reflections from Japan on “Good” Public Governance – Local, National and Global

My articles avoided the so-called “best practice” approach, and emphasized more on the deficiencies in the Japanese practices in light of the UN good public governance principles. I love my…

Education: The True American Dream

Education: The True American Dream

If you work hard enough, you can achieve anything you set your mind to do. I see this truth in education. Growing up in a town where rich and poor…

Publishing and Perishing as a Doctoral Student

Publishing and Perishing as a Doctoral Student

Writing, editing, submitting, revising, resubmitting, selecting… each stage comes with its own challenges, but the choice is yours to ultimately publish or perish.…

Inequality as a Demographic Shift and Local Government Adaptation

Inequality as a Demographic Shift and Local Government Adaptation

American communities are shifting rapidly in terms of demographic structure. In this article, I discuss how income inequality is affecting the ability of local government to provide services. And, toward…

Ten Notable Resources for Identifying When and How to Collaborate

Ten Notable Resources for Identifying When and How to Collaborate

Here we present resources on diagnosing opportunities for cross-sector collaboration – tools, reports and scholarly articles to help leaders assess whether cross-sector collaboration is needed, which form of collaboration is…

Measuring the Community Impact of Faculty

Measuring the Community Impact of Faculty

As the director of an MPA program at an urban research university, I have the responsibility to build enrollments, monitor and assess teaching and student success, foster an environment where…