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Author:

Woodell, James Kenneth

Title:

Wilson’s Mantra: Sensemaking, Loose Coupling, and the Intramural Economic Engagement Interface at the University Of Massachusetts

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

sensemaking
loose coupling
universities
organizational theory
economic development
administration
public policy

File:

Download Woodell_Dissertation_Final_20140907.pdf

Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert M Hendrickson, Committee Member
Craig D Weidemann, Committee Member
Goktug Morcol, Committee Member

Author:

Hafer, Joseph

Title:

THE THEORY OF PRAGMATIC GOVERNANCE: A CLASSIC GROUNDED THEORY STUDY OF PENNSYLVANIA’S BUREAU OF FORESTRY GOVERNANCE PRACTICES

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

public administration
pragmatism
public policy
management
forestry
Pennsylvania
state government
grounded theory

File:

Download Hafer_Dissertation_Final_Draft_20190130.pdf

Committee Members:

Bing Ran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Ran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Triparna B Vasavada, Committee Member
Odd Jonas Stalebrink, Committee Member
Janet Duck, Outside Member

Author:

Azim, Shahinshah

Title:

BUILT ENVIRONMENT'S RELATIONSHIPS WITH DIETARY AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LIFESTYLES AND OBESITY PREVALENCE

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

obesity
obesogenic environment
physical inactivity
dietary-intake patterns
built environment
transportation
commuting environment
smart growth
strategies
public policy
population health
public health
public administration
healthy living communities

File:

Download SHAHINSHAH_FAISAL_AZIM_OCT_5_REVISED_DISSERTATION_FOR_ETDA_GRAD_SCHOOL__2_.pdf

Committee Members:

Goktug Morcol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Goktug Morcol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Odd Jonas Stalebrink, Committee Member
Sungwoog Choi, Outside Member
Jeah Jung, Outside Member
Alexander Siedschlag, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shamekhi, Yahya

Title:

Distribution of Higher Education Subsidies in the United States

Graduate Program:

Higher Education

Keywords:

higher education
fiscal policies
public policy
economics of education
subsidy
progressivity
regressivity
education finance
financial aid

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

John Jesse Cheslock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kelly Ochs Rosinger, Committee Member
David P Baker, Committee Member
Roger Finke, Outside Member
Kevin Kinser, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Smith, Michael Forrest

Title:

Examining the role of narratives in policy agenda setting amid a "manufactured crisis"

Graduate Program:

Public Administration

Keywords:

public policy
narratives
agenda setting
crisis
legitimacy
Narrative Policy Framework
Multiple Streams Framework

File:

Download mfsmith_-_Dissertation_-_FINAL_-_100920.pdf

Committee Members:

Bing Ran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bing Ran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Beverly Ann Cigler, Committee Member
Younhee Kim, Committee Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Outside Member
Steven Ames Peterson, Committee Member
Bing Ran, Program Head/Chair