Suzanne Marie Leland, Ph.DCurriculum Vitae

Department of Political Science smleland@uncc.edu& Public Administration Phone: 704.779-2877 (Cell)

12850 Cheverly DriveHuntersville, North Carolina 28078

Current Appointments Professor, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2013-present)

Director, Gerald G. Fox Master of Public Administration, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2012-present)

Associate Director, Center for Transportation Studies, and University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2009-present)

Previous Appointments

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2006-2013)

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2001-2005)

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Kansas State University (August 1999-May 2001)

Education Ph.D. Department of Political Science (Public Administration, American Politics, Public Policy), University of Kansas. 1999.

M.A. 1995. Minnesota State University, Department of Political Science (Political Science).

B.S. 1993. Minnesota State University, Department of Political Science (Major: Political Science, Minor: History).

Publications: Edited Books

Leland, Suzanne & Kurt Thurmaier.(Eds.) (2010). City-County Consolidation: Promises Made, Promises Kept? Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.

Leland, Suzanne & Kurt Thurmaier. (Eds). (2004). Reshaping the Local Government Landscape: Case Studies of Local Government Consolidation. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.

Publications: Refereed Journal Articles Heberlig, E, Leland, S. M., & Swindell, D. Forthcoming. The Disruption Costs of Post-9-11 Security Measures and Cities' Bids for Presidential Nominating Conventions." Journal of Urban Affairs.

Leland, Suzanne & Read, D. & Wittry, M. Forthcoming. "Analyzing the Perceived Benefits of LEED and Energy Star-Certified Buildings in the Realm of Local Economic Development." Economic Development Quarterly.

Smirnova, O. V., & Leland, S. M. (2014). Cutback Management during the Great Recession The Case of Transit Agencies and Contracting Out. State and Local Government Review, 46(4), 272-281.

Leland, S., & Thurmaier, K. (2014). Political and Functional Local Government Consolidation The Challenges for Core Public Administration Values and Regional Reform. The American Review of Public Administration, 0275074014533003.

Heberlig, E., Leland, S.M. & Read, D. (2014). “Local Politics, Organized Interests and Land Use Policy: A Research Note Analyzing the Perceptions of Urban Planners Working in City Government" Urban Affairs Review.

Smirnova, O. V., & Leland, S. M. (2014). “Public Transportation and Contracting Out,”Public Works Management & Policy. doi: 10.1177/1087724x14545541.

Smirnova, O. V., & Leland, S. M. (2013). The Role of Power and Competition in Contracting Out: An Analysis of Public Transportation Markets. Administration & Society, 0095399713498748.

Goodman, C. & Leland, S.M. (2013). Cost Shocks and Their Relationship to the Creation, Consolidation and Dissolution of US Local Government. Public Finance and Management. 13 (2): 58-79.

Leland, S.M. & Read, D. (2012). Stimulating Real Estate Development through Public-Private Partnerships: Assessing the Perceived Opportunities and Challenges. Public Administration Quarterly. 36: 3.

Leland, S.M., Carman, J. & Swartz, N.J. (2012). Understanding Managerial Succession Planning at the Local Level: A Study of the Opportunities and Challenges Facing Cities and Counties. National Civic Review. 101:2.

Billings, S., Leland, S.M. & Swindell. D. (2011). The Effects of the Announcement and Opening of Light Rail Transit Stations on Neighborhood Crime. Journal of Urban Affairs. 33:549-566

Read, D. & Leland, S.M. (2011). Does Sector Matter? An Analysis of Planners’ Attitudes Regarding Politics and Competing Interests in the Planning Process. American Review of Public Administration. 41: 639-653.

Carman, J., Leland, S.M. & Wilson, A. (2010). “Crisis in Leadership or Failure to Plan? Insights from Charlotte, NC.” Non-Profit and Management Leadership. 21: 93-111.

Read, D. & Leland, S.M. (2010). “Balancing Competing Values in the Sale of Publicly Owned Real Estate: A Case Study of the Charlotte Coliseum Disposition.” Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education. 13: 87-106

Billings, S.M. & Leland, S. (2009). “Examining the Logic Behind the Self-help, Self-taxing Movement: Business Improvement District Formation.” Public Budgeting and Finance. 29:108-124.

Leland, S. M. & Smirnova, S. (2009). “Reassessing Privatization 25 years Later: Revisiting Perry and Babitsky’s Comparative Performance Study of Urban Bus Transit Services” Public Administration Review. 69: 855-867.

Wilson, D., Leland S., Godwin,R.K. Baxter, A. Levy, A. Smart, J. Najjar, N. & Jayakrishnan A. (2009). “SmartChoice: An Online Recommender System to Support Low-Income Families in Public School Choice.” Artificial Intelligence Magazine. 32:46-58.

Smirnova, O., Leland, S. & Johnson, G.A. (2008). "Popular, but More Influential? A Test of Whether Special Purpose Governments Impact Federal Transit Financing." Municipal Finance Journal. 28:43-61. 3.

Leland, Suzanne & Olga Smirnova. 2008. "Does Government Structure Matter? A Comparative Analysis of Urban Bus Transit Efficiency." Journal of Public Transportation. 11: 1-21.

Heberlig, Eric & Suzanne Leland. 2007. “Fired or Fired-up? How Term Limits Affect Career Politicians.” The American Review of Politics. 28: 57-77.

Godwin, Ken, Suzanne Leland, Andy Baxter, and Stephanie Southworth. 2006. “Sinking Swann: Public School Choice and the Resegregation of Charlotte Schools,” Review of Policy Research 23: 983-987.

Leland, Suzanne & Kurt Thurmaier. (2006). “Economic Competitiveness Matters.” Public Administration Review. March/April.

Leland, Suzanne & Kurt Thurmaier. (2005). “When Efficiency is Unbelievable: Normative Lessons from 30 Years of City County Consolidations.” Public Administration Review. July/August.

Leland, Suzanne. (2001). “The Political Climate of Devolution and the Implementation Game.” Journal of Regional Policy and Analysis 31:397-414.

Bundt, Julie & Leland, Suzanne. (2001). “Wealthy or Poor: Who pays More? A Closer Look at Iowa School Finance.” Journal of Education Finance 26: 397-414.

Leland, Suzanne & Kurt Thurmaier. (2000). “The Politics of Reform: City-County Consolidation in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas.” Public Administration Quarterly 24:202-221.

Publications: Non-Refereed Journal Articles

Leland, Suzanne . 2007. City-County Consolidation. Kansas Policy Review.

Leland, Suzanne & Sam Staley. 2006. The Effects of City-County Consolidation of Local Government Services: A Survey of Academic Experts. Indiana Policy Review. Winter: 20-32. Publications: Book Chapters/Essays

Heberlig, Eric & Suzanne Leland. 2011. “Local Government Interest Groups.” In Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United States. Ed. Burdett Loomis, Peter Fancia & Dara Strolovitch. Washington DC: CQ Press.

Leland, Suzanne & Mark Rosentraub. 2009. “Consolidated and Fragmented Governments and Regional Cooperation: Surprising Lessons from Charlotte, Cleveland, 4

Indianapolis, and Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas. (with Mark Rosentraub). Ed. Don Phares. in Who Will Govern Metropolitan Regions in the 21st Century. ME Sharpe.

Wilson, David, Suzanne Leland, Kenneth Godwin, Andrew Baxter, Ashley Levy, Jamie Smart, Nadia Najjar, & Jayakrishnan Andaparambil. 2008. “The Law of Choice and the Decision not to Decide.” Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Conference On Innovative Applications Of Artificial Intelligence Proceedings of the 20th national conference on Innovative applications of artificial intelligence. Volume 3. Chicago, Il: AAI Press.

Leland, Suzanne & Kurt Thurmaier. 2006. “Lessons from Thirty-Five Years of City-County Consolidation Attempts.” In The Municipal Yearbook. Washington: International City Management Association.

Leland, Suzanne. 2005. “Fiscal Characteristics of Public Expenditures.” In Handbook of Public Sector Economics. Ed. Donijo Robbins. CRC Press: Taylor& Francis Group.

Leland, Suzanne & Gary A. Johnson. “Public Authorities.” Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Policy. Ed. Jack Rabin. New York: New York. Marcel Dekker, Inc. 2005.

Leland, Suzanne. “Reforming Politics through Reorganization: City-County Consolidation in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas.” 2004. In Reshaping the Local Government Landscape: Case Studies of Local Government Consolidation. Eds, Suzanne Leland and Kurt Thurmaier. M.E. Sharpe.

Leland, Suzanne & Gary A. Johnson. 2004. “Consolidation as an Enduring Issue: Why Consolidation Persists on Local Government Agendas.” (with Gary Johnson) In Reshaping the Local Government Landscape Local Government Consolidation and Its Alternative. Eds. Jered Carr and Rick Feiock. ME Sharpe.

Leland, Suzanne. 2004. Salter, Susanna: First Woman Elected Mayor. Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press.

Leland, Suzanne & Kurt Thurmaier. 2003. “City-County Consolidation: The Case of Elusive Cost Savings.” (with Kurt Thurmaier) Case Studies in Public Budgeting and Financial Management. 2nd

edition. Marcel Dekker, Inc.

Leland, Suzanne. “Budgeting, Line-Item and Object of Expenditure Controls.” 2003. Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Policy. Ed. Gerald Miller and Donijo Robbins. New York: New York. Marcel Dekker, Inc. Leland, Suzanne. 2002. “Organizational Culture: Understanding Theoretical and Practical Applications.” Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. UNESCO, Eolss Publishers. pp.1-6. 5

Steven Maynard-Moody & Suzanne Leland. 2000. “Squeaky Wheels, Getting Slammed, and Parking Lot Therapy: Street-Level Workers as Responsible Actors.” (with Steven Maynard-Moody) In Public Management Research. Eds. Hal Rainey & Jeff Brudney. Georgetown University Press. (2000)109-126. Leland, Suzanne. 1997. "Eminent Domain." International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration. Ed. Jay M. Shafritz.

Publications: Book Reviews

“The Politics and Identity and Managerialism: Civic Culture in Dallas.” Book Review. American Review of Public Administration. 2005.

“Insights into Growing Prosperity: Prescriptions and Lessons for Public Administrators, Policy Entrepreneurs and Politicians.” American Review of Public Administration. Book Review Essay. Vol.33, No.4, December 2003. pp.479-481.

Book Review of Jerry L. Mashaw, Greed Chaos and Governance, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997 for Journal of Public Administration and Research Theory 8 (April, 1998) 273-276.

External Grants & Contracts

Principal Investigator, Partnership for Working Families. Transparency in State Contracting. ($19,000). 2011-2012.

Principal Investigator, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. SmartChoice: The Education Network. 2006-2007. With Ken Godwin. ($25,000).

Co-Principal Investigator, Spencer Foundation Grant The Conflicting Goals of Public School Choice and Performance-Based Incentives. 2005-2006. With Ken Godwin. ($39,988).

Co-Principal Investigator, Mecklenburg County, Program ReviewReview County Management departments. Fall 2005. With MPA Faculty. ($18,000).

Co-Principal Investigator, Urban Institute. The Conflicting Goals of Public School Choice and Performance-Based Incentives in an Urban Environment: A Study of Charlotte-Mecklenburg-Schools. Spring 2005. With Ken Godwin. ($5,000). Principal Investigator, Charlotte Transit Governance Study 6

Summer 2003-2004.With Jerry Ingalls & Gary Johnson. ($91,425)

Principal Investigator, City-County Consolidation Feasibility Study Wilmington and New Hanover County, North Carolina (Summer 2001). ($36,400).

Principal Investigator, Kansas Performance Review Board Topeka, Kansas (January 1998-November 1999) Duties: Conducted performance audit of the Central Motor Pool and Department of Health and Human Services which included interviewing agencies, writing reports, designing and analyzing customer satisfaction survey and assisting in public hearings ($17,500). Research Analyst, Institute of Business & Public Policy, University of Kansas Lawrence, KS, (1997-1998) Duties: Analyzed survey results for the Certified Public Management Program.

Senior Researcher, Wyandotte County-Kansas City, Kansas Consolidation Study Commission Kansas City, KS (June 1996-October 1997) Duties: Assisted the commission in developing the consolidation recommendation & study report. Served as a liaison between the commission and the transition team in developing a plan to merge city & county departments.

Co-Principal Investigator, State of Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services, Mankato, MN (Summer 1995) Duties: Designed fieldwork plan, conducted in-depth interviews and focus groups with rural elderly on senior social service provision. ($8,000).

Conference Papers

Leland, Suzanne & Holly Whisman. 2012. The Anatomy of Regional Governance. A paper presented at the 2012 Urban Affairs Association Meetings, Pittsburgh, PA.

Leland, Suzanne & Olga Smirnova. 2011. It’s a Small World After All: Understanding the Degrees of Separation in Transportation Contracting Networks. A paper presented at the 2011 ABFM Meetings, Washington DC.

Stivender, Carol & Suzanne Leland. 2011.Location, Location, Location: North Carolina Lottery Outlet Policy Implications. A paper presented at the 2011 ABFM Meetings, Washington DC.

Leland, Suzanne & Dustin Read. Stimulating Real Estate Development through Public-Private Partnerships: Planners' Perceptions about the Opportunities and Challenges. A 7

paper presented at the 2011 SECoPA Meeting, New Orleans. Competitive or Complimentary?

Carman, Joanne, Suzanne Leland & Melissa Duscha. 2011. Examining the Relationships between CDC’s and Municipal Government.

Heberlig, Eric, Suzanne Leland & Dustin Read. Mayoral Partisanship and Professionalism and the

Influence of Interest Groups on Local Land Use Policy. A paper presented at Midwest Political Science Association. (Note: Eric presented the paper).

Leland, Suzanne, Eric Heberlig & Dustin Read. Understanding Relative Influence of Local Government Interest Groups: Perceptions of Local Government Planners SECoPA. October, 2010.

Leland, Suzanne & Olga Smirnova. Managing Contracts Strategically. Omaha, NE. ABFM. September, 2010.

Leland, Suzanne & Kurt Thurmaier. An Assessment of the Economic Development Effectiveness of Consolidated Governments. Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL. April 22, 2010.

Leland, Suzanne & Kurt Thurmaier. City-County Consolidation: Promises Made, Promises Kept. Urban Affairs Association. Chicago, IL. March 2009.

Leland, Suzanne & Olga Smirnova. Understanding Local Governments' Decision to Contract out for Transit. Association on Budgeting and Financial Management. Washington DC. September 2009.

Leland, Suzanne & Dustin Read. Planner's Attitudes Towards Public-Private Sector Partnerships. SECOPA. Louisville, KY. September 2009.

Leland, Suzanne & Olga Smirnova. Tranportation Contracting Out and Capital Budgeting Concerns. North Carolina Local Government Budgeting Association. Charlotte, NC. December 4th.

Smirnova, Olga and Suzanne Leland. Contracting Out for Transit: A National Survey. A paper presented at the 2008 ABFM Conference. October. Washington, DC.

Smirnova, Olga and Suzanne Leland. Managing Contracts Strategically: The Case of Public Transit. A paper presented at the 2008 ABFM Conference. October. Chicago, IL.

Leland, Suzanne, Joanne Carman, and Nicholas Swartz. Is there a Crisis in Leadership? A Study of the Challenges Facing the Management Capacity of North Carolina Cities and 8

Counties. A paper presented at the 2008 SECoPA Conference. September 24th. Orlando, FL. Leland, Suzanne and Mark Rosentraub. Consolidation vs. Fragmentation: What is really going on in terms of regional cooperation? A paper presented at the 2008 Urban Affairs Association Meeting. Baltimore, MD.

Godwin, Ken, Suzanne Leland, David Wilson and Andy Baxter. Testing Tiebout:Intra-District Public School Choice as a Quasi-Market. A paper presented at the 2008 Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL.

Leland, Suzanne and Olga Smirnova. Reassessing Privatization Strategies 25 Years Later: Revisiting Perry and Babitsky’s Comparative Performance Study of Urban Bus Transit Services. A paper presented at the 2008 Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL.

Carman, Joanne, Suzanne Leland and Amanda Wilson. Crisis in Leadership? Nobody Available. A paper presented at the 36th Annual Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Conference. Philadeplphia, PA on Nobember 20, 2008.

Leland, Suzanne, Ken Godwin, & Andy Baxter. 2007. Examining School Choice through the Eyes of Parents: Are Information Networks Separate and Unequal. Midwest Political Science Association. April 13th.

Leland, Suzanne & Kurt Thurmaier. 2007. City-County Consolidation: Promises Made, Promises Kept? Urban Affairs Association. Seattle, WA.

Wood, Curtis & Suzanne Leland. 2007. Improving the Efficiency of Service Delivery in Local Government: An Assessment of City-CountyConsolidation in Wyandotte County/Kansas City Kansas. Urban Affairs Association. Seattle, WA.

Leland, Suzanne & Olga Smirnova. 2007. Do Ownership and Management Systems Matter? A Paper Presented at the 2007 Annual meetings of the Association on Budgeting and Financial Management. Washington DC.

Leland, Suzanne, & Olga Smirnova, & Gary A. Johnson. Are Special Purpose Governments Advantaged? An Empirical Study of Federal Funding of Transit Districts. A paper presented in November 2005 at the APPAM Conference in Washington DC.

Leland, Suzanne & Curtis Wood. Improving the Efficiency of Service Delivery in Local Government: An Assessment of City-County Consolidation in Wyandotte County/Kansas City Kansas. A paper presented in November 2005 at the Association on Budgeting and Financial Management Conference in Washington DC. 9

Heberlig, Eric & Suzanne Leland. Enjoying the Good Times, Avoiding the Bad: The Effects of State Budgets on Legislative Career Patterns. A paper presented in September 2005 at the American Political Science Association Annual Meetings. Washington, DC.

Leland, Suzanne. Do Proposed City-County Consolidation Charters Matter? A Quantitative Analysis of Local Government Reform Referenda. A paper presented in April 2005 at the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL.

Leland, Suzanne. The Pay-to-Play Issue: An Examination of Intergovernmental Relations and the Dedicated Funding of Transit Agencies.” A paper presented October 8th at the Association of Public Budgeting and Financial Management Conference. Chicago, IL.

Leland, Suzanne. The Political Anatomy of a Merger: A Quantitative Test of the Contextual Variables of City-County Consolidation. A paper presented at the 65th National Conference for the American Society of Public Administration. Portland, OR. March 27-30th, 2004.

Heberlig, Eric & Suzanne Leland. The Testing the Effects of State Term Limits on Individual Member’s Ambitions: Does Political Careerism Really Ever End? A paper presented at the April 2004 Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL.

Heberlig, Eric & Suzanne Leland. Term Limits, Opportunity Structures and Career Development in State Legislatures. A paper presented at the Life with Term Limits Conference. The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics. Akron, OH.

Leland, Suzanne & Kurt Thurmaier. Reshaping the Local Government Landscape: A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Modern Municipal Reform Movements. A paper presented in October 2003 at the 7th National Public Management Research Conference. Georgetown Public Policy Institute.

Heberlig, Eric & Suzanne Leland. The Unintended Consequences of State Term Limitations: A Comparative Look at Careerism Among State Legislators. A paper presented at the April 2003 Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL.

Sulc, Julie & Suzanne Leland. Performance-based Grant-making: Problems Associated with Measurement of the Funding of the Arts. A paper presented at the October 2002 SECOPA . Columbia, SC.

Leland, Suzanne & Gary Johnson. Reformists’ Theoretical Perspective: Why Consolidation. A paper presented at the May 2002 meetings of Mid-Continent Regional Science Association. 10

Leland, Suzanne & Kurt Thurmaier. City/County Consolidation: a Contemporary Local Government Reform Movement. Van Riper Symposium. American Society for Public Administration.

Leland, Suzanne. The Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas Consolidation Case. A paper presented at the October 2001 SECOPA. Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Leland, Suzanne & Gary Johnson. Consolidation Attempts in North Carolina. Presented at the April 2001. Midwest Political Science Association Meetings. Leland, Suzanne & Ken Novak. Policy Implementation at the Street-Level. A paper presented at the March 2001 Western Political Science Association Meetings.

Julie Bundt & Suzanne Leland. Creating Inequities in an Effort to Equalize. Presented at the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management Meetings. Kansas City, MO.

Leland, Suzanne. The Political Climate of Devolution and the Implementation Game. Presented at the May 2000 Presidential Symposium of the Mid-Continent Regional Science Association Annual Conference. Milwaukee, WI.

Leland, Suzanne & Gary Johnson. Stealing Back Home: How One City and County Beat the Odds and Successfully Consolidated Their Governments. Presented at the April 2000 Midwest Political Science Association Meetings.

Leland, Suzanne & Steven Maynard-Moody. Exercising Discretion in a Representative Democracy: Street-Level Workers and Governing. Presented at the December 1999 5th National Public Management Conference. College Station, Texas.

Bundt, Julie & Suzanne Leland. Wealthy or Poor: Who pays More? A Closer Look at Iowa School Finance. Presented at the October 1999 Association on Budgeting and Financial Management. Washington D.C.

Leland, Suzanne. Individual Decision-Making at the Street Level: Norms that Guide Policy Implementation. Presented at the April 1999 Midwest Political Science Association Meetings.

Leland, Suzanne. Understanding Performance Analysis at the State Level: The Kansas Performance Review Board. Presented at the November 1998 Association on Budgeting and Financial Management Conference.

Leland, Suzanne. Street-Level Discretion and Policy Implementation: The Multiple Principal Problem. Presented at the April 1998 Midwest Political Science Association Meetings. 11

Leland, Suzanne. City-County Consolidation: A Solution to what Ails American Cities?” Presented at the March 1998. Meetings of the Southwestern Political Science Association. Leland, Suzanne & Kurt Thurmaier. City-County Consolidation: Tastes Great, but is it Less Filling?” Paper Presented at the November 1997 Association on Budgeting and Financial Management Conference .

Maynard-Moody, Steven & Suzanne Leland. Squeaky Wheels, Getting Slammed, and Parking Lot Therapy: Street-Level Workers as Responsible Actors. Presented at the 4th National Public Management Conference, 1997. “Forging New Partnerships: HUD and the Rebuilding Initiative.” Paper Presented at the 1997 American Society for Public Administration Meetings. (with Eric Johnson).

Leland, Suzanne & Christopher Cannon. Metropolitan City-County Consolidation: Is There a Recipe for Success? Presented at the April 1997 meetings of the Midwestern Political Science Association.

Workshops/Other Professional Presentations

Keynote Speaker, City-County Consolidation. Northeastern Kentucky Forum. October 11, 2011.

Guest Panelist. Local Television show. “The Point with Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx.” June 2010. Invited Speaker, Capital Budgeting and Transportation. December 2009. North Carolina Local Government Budget Association.

Speaker, City-County Consolidation. June 2009. Heinz School. Moderator. Leadership Charlotte. Mecklenburg County Mayor’s Panel. July, 2008.

Keynote Speaker, City-County Consolidation: Promises Made, Promises Kept? Fall 2007. State of Kansas Economic Development Conference.

Keynote Speaker, City-County Consolidation. Return to Roost. University of Kansas. Spring 2006. Teaching Roundtable: Using Technology to Teach. Association for Budgeting and Financial Management. Kansas City, MO. October 10-12. 2002. 12

Presentation on University Collaboration with the YMCA. Civic Engagement Conference sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Chicago, IL. October 2002.

Roundtable. Reshaping the Local Government Landscape. Midwest Political Science Association Meetings. Chicago, IL. April 28, 2002.

Reshaping the Local Government Landscape.: A Discussion on City-County Consolidation Referenda. Central Piedmont Chapter of the American Society of Public Administration. November 2001.

Guest Speaker. Ethics for State Government Employees. Kansas Social Work Conference. Wichita, KS. April 2001.

Participant. Project LEA/RN. (Learning Enhancement Action Resource Network). Kansas State University. Fall 2000-Spring 2001.

Panelist. “Legally Divorced but Co-Habitating: Improving Education through City/County/Schools/Civic Partnerships.” Kansas Government Finance Officers Association Continuing Education Credits.

Guest Speaker. Results Mapping. Association of Government Accountants Conference. January 1999. Topeka, KS.

Guest Speaker. Alternative Revenue Sources and Service Delivery. North Central Public Finance Symposium, November 1998. Minneapolis, MN.

Guest Speaker. The Politics of Reform: City-County Consolidation in Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas. American Society for Public Administration Region VII Conference, November 1998. Kansas City, MO. Guest Speaker. City-County Consolidation. Midwest Public Finance Conference April, 1998. Wichita, KS.

Methodology Workshop. Law & Society Annual Conference. June, 1997. St. Louis, MO.

Honors/Awards/Small Grants

Nominated for the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award. UNC Charlotte.Fall 2011. Faculty Research Grant. Contracting out for Public Transit. 2011-2012.

Outstanding Paper Award. Association for the Advancement of Artifical Intelligence. 2008.

Faculty Research Grant. City-County Consolidation. January 2006-2007. Charlotte Area YMCA Volunteer of the Month. March, 2003. 13

MPA Teacher of the year. Department of Political Science. UNC Charlotte. 2003-2004.

Civic Engagement Grant. Pew Charitable Trusts. For City Youth in Government Program. (As a YMCA partner).

Civic Engagement Grant. Pew Charitable Trusts. For Travel and to present a workshop at Symposium on Civic Engagement. October 2002.

Awarded Kansas State University USRG for Spring 2001 to study City-County consolidation. Nominated for Resident Hall Association Professor of the Year. Spring 2000.

Thompson Scholarship for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall 1998-Spring 1999

Nominated for the University-wide Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Fall 1998-Spring 1999.

Competitive Travel Stipend. American Political Science Association. September 1998. Boston, MA. Certificate of Appreciation from the Governor of Kansas for service to the Wyandotte County Consolidation Study Commission.

Thompson Scholarship for Outstanding Students in Political Science 1997-1998 University of Kansas

Member, Pi Alpha Alpha, National Public Administration Honor Society

Member, Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society

Chapter President 1996-97, University of Kansas

Chapter President & Founder, 1994-96, Minnesota State University, MN

Member, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society/Magna Cum Laude, 1993 Minnesota State University, MN

Teaching University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Undergrad POLS 1110 American Government POLS 3119 State Politics POLS 3121 Urban Politics POLS 3126 Administrative Behavior Masters MPAD 6102 Foundations of Public Administration MPAD 6104 Public Organizations & Management MPAD 6184 Urban Government & Politics MPAD 6185 Intergovernmental Relations MPAD 6188 Research Applications PhD PPOL 8000: Comparative State Politics

PPOL 8622 Qualitative Methods in Public Policy Kansas State University Undergrad POLSC 321 Kansas Politics POLSC 507 Introduction to Public Administration Masters POLSC 618 Urban Politics 14

POLSC 620 State and Local Government POLSC 650 Not-For-Profit Management POLSC 735 Public Organization Theory

Service: Professional Service Host Committee Chair. South Eastern Conference of Public Administration for 2013. South Eastern Conference on Public Administration Site Selection Committee (2010-present) Editorial Board. State and Local Government Review. 2009-2012 Membership Chair for the Central Piedmont Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration 2008-2011. Board member for the Central Piedmont Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration 2002-present University City YMCA Board of Managers (2004-2007) Executive Committee Member, Association of Budgeting and Financial Management (2003-2006) ABFM 2006 Site Selection Committee. 2004 & 2006. ABFM Nomination Committee. 2005. ABFM Curro Award Committee for Best Student Paper. 2006. Host Committee Chair. SECOPA 2004. Pi Alpha Alpha. Chair of Student Manuscript Award Committee. 2006. Committee Member 2004-2005. Manuscript Reviewer for Political Research Quarterly, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, American Review of Public Administration, Administrative & Society, Publius, Public Budgeting and Finance, State and Local Government Review, Urban Affairs Review, American Politics Quarterly, Non-Profit Leadership and Management, Urban Studies, Journal of Urban Affairs and Municipal Finance Journal. Reviewer for Houghton-Mifflin State and Local Government text. Reviewer for CQ Press State and Local Government text. Reviewer for CQ Press Intergovernmental Relations text. Panel Chair. Reshaping the Local Government Landscape: Cooperation and Innovation. Mid-Continent Regional Science Association. 33rd Annual Conference. Kansas City, MO. May 30-June 1, 2002. Served as panel discussant at the October 10-12 2002 ABFM meetings Served as panel discussant at the April 25-28, 2002 Midwest Political Science Association Meetings. Chicago, IL.

Current Memberships Member of the American Society for Public Administration Member of Association of Public Budgeting and Finance Member Central Piedmont Chapter, American Society for Public Administration Member of the Urban Affairs Association

Member of the Midwest Political Science Association

Department-University Service (UNC-Charlotte) Selection Committee Chair, Faculty Award for Community Engagement (2014) Public Policy Recruiting Committee Chair (Fall 2013-present)Chair, Public Administration Faculty Search Committee for two positions (Fall 2013-2014)Public Policy Assistant Professor Search Committee (Spring 2012) Gerald G. Fox Fundraising Committee (Spring 2010-present) Chair, College Reassignment of Duties Committee (Fall 2010) Board Member, Women’s Summit (Fall 2010-present) Chair, Research Committee, Women’s Summit (Fall 2010-present) Summer PhD Teaching Fellowship Mentor. (Summer 2011, Holly Whisman). Member Department Executive Committee (At-large) 2009-2010 University Curriculum Committee (2009-2011) Summer PhD Teaching Fellowship Mentor. (Summer 2010, Jason Giersch). Chair, MPA Curriculum Committee 2008-present) American Politics Assistant Professor Search Committee (Fall 2010) Member Department Review Committee for Promotion and Tenure (2006-2009) Department Ad Hoc Rules Committee (2008-2009) Public Policy Search Committee (Fall 2007) McNair Mentor Program (Summer 2007) Faculty Representative for the MPA Alumni Board (Fall 2002-present) Faculty Advisor for the MPA Student Group (Fall 2006-Spring 2008) American Politics Position Search Committee (2004-2005) Provost’s Strategic Planning Committee (2004) Liaison between the Fire Safety and Engineering program and department of political science (Fall 2001-present) Member of the PhD Proficiency Exam Committee (2003-2007) Member of the MPA Comprehensive Exam Committee (Spring 2003-2006) College of Arts and Science Technology Committee (Fall 2005-2006) Member of the departmental advising committee (Fall 2002-Fall 2003) SOAR (Entering College Freshman) Advising Volunteer (Summer 2003) Member of the department honors committee (2002) Chair of the undergraduate assessment committee (Spring 2002) Member of the recruitment committee for the MPA coordinator (Fall 2002) Presentation Departmental Brown Bag Lunch Series on Centra (February 2003) Presentation Departmental Brown Bag Lunch Series on Web Ct (February 2002) Evaluator for Model United Nations Tryouts (2001 & 2002)

Dissertation & Thesis Committees Chair, Brian Jones, PhD in Public Policy (2014-present)Chair, Melissa Duscha, Phd in Public Policy (2013-present)Chair, Holly Whisman, PhD in Public Policy (2012-2013)Chair, Carol Stivender, PhD in Public Policy (2009-2010) Chair, Ami Parker, PhD in Public Policy (2007-2009) Member, Yudo Angorra, PhD in Public Policy (2013-present)

Member, Jason Giersch, PhD in Public Policy (2011-2013) Member, Silva Mathema PhD in Public Policy (2010-2013) Member, Andy Baxter, Phd in Public Policy (2008-present) Member, Olga Smirnova, PhD in Public Policy (2006-2008)

Member, Gary Kunkle, PhD in Public Policy (2006-2009) Member, Bill Kennedy, PhD in Public Policy (2006-2009) Member, Carr Boyd, PhD in Public Policy (2007-2009) Member, Kirstin Wells PhD in Public Policy (2008-2009) Member, Junfeng Wang PhD in Public Policy (2008) Chair, Lydia Marsh Master’s of Public Administration Thesis. (2006-2007)