Kimalee Dickerson joined the School of Government in October 2021 as a faculty member in the management, administration, and leadership division and Master of Public Administration program. Her work will focus on advising on issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). She is an established researcher and presenter on on many aspects of equity in public administration, including organizational climate for diversity, antiracism and equity policies in public schools, and equity in water quality. In addition to her expertise in DEI issues, Dickerson specializes in community- engaged and participatory action research and adolescent and adult development.

Prior to joining the School, she served as a postdoctoral researcher with the UVA School of Education and Human Development and Equity Center. Dickerson earned an undergraduate degree in psychology & sociology and Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Virginia. In addition, she holds a Juris Doctor degree from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Anita Brown-Graham is the founder and director of the ncIMPACT Initiative at the UNC School of Government. This initiative seeks to expand the School’s capacity to work with public officials on complex policy issues including economic mobility, the expansion of prekindergarten, and extending the labor pool. In 2020, she was named the Gladys Hall Coates Distinguished Professor of Public Law and Government at the School.

Anita previously taught at the School from 1994 to 2006, specializing in governmental liability and economic development aimed at revitalizing communities. Anita served as director of the Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) at NC State University from 2007-2016, where she led efforts to build North Carolina’s capacity for economic development and prosperity, working with business, government, and higher education leaders from across the state.

Anita began her career as a law clerk in the Eastern District of California. She is a William C. Friday Fellow, an American Marshall Fellow, and was named Distinguished Global Fellow by the Eisenhower Fellowships in 2021. The White House named her a 2013 Champion of Change for her work at IEI, and the Triangle Business Journal awarded her the inaugural 2021 Andrea Harris Trailblazer Award and named her a 2017 CEO of the year. Anita serves on the boards of several organizations, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina. She earned an undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University and a law degree from UNC-Chapel Hill.

Obed Pasha joined the School of Government in 2020 as an Assistant Professor of Public Management. Prior to that, he taught at the Cleveland State University’s Levin College of Urban Affairs, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s School of Public Policy, and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. His research into the adoption, implementation, and effectiveness of performance management systems has appeared in leading public administration journals including the Public Administration Review, Public Budgeting & Finance, Public Administration, and American Review of Public Administration. He has presented his work at annual conferences of the Public Management Research Association, American Society for Public Administration, and the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. His article, “Transformational Leadership and Mission Valence of Employees: The Varying Effects by Organizational Level,” received the Best Article Award for 2017 from the Public Performance & Management Review. Some of Pasha’s other areas of expertise include organizational behavior, policy/public evaluation, social justice, and strategic planning. Pasha earned a B.E. in electrical engineering from the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan; MSc Project Management and Business Development, SKEMA Business School, France, and a joint Ph.D. in public policy from the Georgia State University and Georgia Tech.

Charles Szypszak joined the School of Government in 2005. Prior to that, he was a director of a general practice firm in New Hampshire, where he provided counsel and advocacy for real estate and business matters. He provides counsel to state, national, and international institutions, organizations, and public officials on real property registration and conveyance laws. In the School’s master of public administration program, he teaches the introduction to law course and an elective on military leadership and public service, and he teaches an introduction to legal thinking course in the University’s undergraduate curriculum. He also teaches internationally, including in Poland and Lithuania, twice on a Fulbright award. He has been awarded the University’s J. Carlysle Sitterson Freshman Teaching Award and the School’s Albert and Gladys Hall Coates Teaching Excellence Award. He was an adjunct professor of law at Franklin Pierce Law Center, a law clerk for Circuit Judge Hugh Bownes on the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and a captain in the US Marine Corps. Szypszak earned a BA from the University of Southern California, an MA from San Diego State University, and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Selected Publications

Books

The Law of Municipal Streets and Utility Easements in North Carolina (School of Government, UNC Chapel Hill 2019)

North Carolina Guidebook for Registers of Deeds (School of Government, UNC Chapel Hill, 2016 and supplements)

Military Leadership Lessons for Public Service (McFarland 2016)

Real Estate and North Carolina Law: A Resident’s Primer (School of Government, UNC Chapel Hill 2012)

Understanding Law for Public Administration (Jones & Bartlett 2009)

Eminent Domain for North Carolina Local Governments, Law and Practice (School of Government, UNC Chapel Hill 2008)

Real Estate (NH Practice Series) (LexisNexis, 2003 and annual supplements)

Articles

Privacy and Public Real Estate Records: Preserving Legacy System Reliability Against Modem Threats, 49 Urban Lawyer 355 (2017) (with E. Roscoe)

Local Government Registers of Deeds and the Enduring Reliance on Common Sense Judgment in a Technocratic Tide, 44 Real Estate Law Journal 351 (2015)

Socratic Method for the Right Reasons in the Right Way: Lessons from Teaching Legal Analysis Beyond the American Law School, 11 Journal of Political Science Education 358 (2015)

Property Rights, Public Records, and Risk of Loss in the United States Real Estate Recording System, 14 Ukrainian Commercial Law 88 (2015)

Teaching Law in Public Affairs Education: Synthesizing Political Theory, Decision Making, and Responsibility, 17 Journal of Public Affairs Education 483 (2011)

Just Compensation, Claims for Lost Business Profits, and Income Valuation of Real Property, Journal of the Polish Real Estate Scientific Society 81 (2010)

Ten Common Misconceptions about Eminent Domain, 71 Popular Government 43 (2009)

Real Estate Records, the Captive Public, and Opportunities for the Public Good, 43 Gonzaga Law Review 5 (2008)

North Carolina’s Real Estate Recording Laws: The Ghost of 1885, 28 North Carolina Central Law Journal 199 (2006)

Public Registries and Private Solutions: An Evolving American Real Estate Conveyance Regime, 24 Whittier Law Review 663 (2003)

Beyond the Rule of Law, 45 New Hampshire Bar Journal (Winter 2005), at 46

Property Law Reform in Russia, 44 New Hampshire Bar Journal (June 2003), at 13

Trying the Real Estate Case, 14 Practical Real Estate Lawyer 69 (1998)

Uncertainty in War and Litigation, Trial Magazine (May 1996), at 73

The Protection, Salvage, and Preservation of Underwater Cultural Resources in the Chesapeake Bay, 4 Virginia Journal of Natural Resources Law 373 (1985)

Tyler Mulligan joined the School of Government in 2007, where he counsels state and local government officials and their partner organizations regarding community economic development, affordable housing, public-private partnerships for development, and revitalization efforts. Mulligan launched the School’s Development Finance Initiative, which assists local governments with attracting private investment for transformative development projects, and has served as its director since 2017. Prior to joining the School of Government, he practiced law in Raleigh with Womble Carlyle in the capital markets group. Prior to private practice, Mulligan served as a Navy diver and JAG Corps officer. He is a member of the North Carolina State Bar. He earned a BA in public policy studies, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Duke University and a JD from Yale Law School.

Selected Publications

“The Power of Local Government to Address Problem-Property Issues” (Chapter 1) in Vacant and Problem Properties: A Guide to Legal Strategies and Remedies (Mallach, Bacher, & Williams, eds., American Bar Association, 2019). Fully annotated chapter available here.

“Economic Development Incentives Must Be “Necessary”: A Framework for Evaluating the Constitutionality of Public Aid for Private Development Projects,” Harvard Law & Policy Review, Vol. 11 (2017).

“Financing and Public-Private Partnerships for Community Economic Development” in Introduction to Local Government Finance (Kara A. Millonzi, ed., 4th ed., Chapel Hill: School of Government, 2018)

“Economic Development Incentives and North Carolina Local Governments: A Framework for Analysis,” North Carolina Law Review , Vol 91, No. 6 (2013)

Housing Codes for Repair and Maintenance: Using the General Police Power and Minimum Housing Statutes to Prevent Dwelling Deterioration, with Jennifer L. Ma (School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011)

Inclusionary Zoning: A Guide to Ordinances and the Law, with James L. Joyce (School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010)

“Toward a Comprehensive Program for Regulating Vacant or Abandoned Dwellings in North Carolina: The General Police Power, Minimum Housing Standards, and Vacant Property Registration,” Campbell Law Review, Vol. 32, No. 1 (2009)

Additional Publications

Chapters

Community Development and Affordable Housing in County And Municipal Government In North Carolina, 2d. ed. (School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2015).

Local Government Community Development Finance in Introduction to Local Government Finance (Kara A. Millonzi, ed., UNC School of Government, 2013).

Local Government Economic Development Finance in Introduction to Local Government Finance (Kara A. Millonzi, ed., UNC School of Government, 2013) (with Jonathan Morgan)

Economic and Community Development in N.C. Legislation 2008 (School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008).

Law Review and Journal Articles

New Periodic Inspections Law Brings New Requirements and Legal Risks, in The Public Servant, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Feb. 2012).

Local Innovation in Community and Economic Development: Stories from Asheville, Edenton, Kannapolis, Wilson and Winston-Salem, 34 Carolina Planning Journal 16 (2009) (with Will Lambe).

Monographs and Reports

Residential Rental Property Inspections, Permits, and Registration: Questions and Answers, Community and Economic Development Bulletin No. 8 (School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2011).

Asset-Building Strategies for Low-income Families (N.C. Rural Economic Development Center, February 2011) (with Yolanda Burwell, Jason Gray, Elaine Matthews, and Lisa Stifler).

Building Assets for the Rural Future: A Guide to Promising Asset-Building Programs for Communities and Individuals on the Economic Margin, (School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010) (with Lisa Stifler)

2008 Legislative Action in Community and Economic Development, Community and Economic Development Bulletin No. 6 (School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008).

Commerce in Governor-elect Transition Advisory Group Sessions. (School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008) (with Will Lambe).

Military in Governor-elect Transition Advisory Group Sessions. (School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008) (with Robert P. Joyce).

Community and Economic Development in North Carolina and Beyond (UNC School of Government blog, administrator and contributor since 2009). See https://ced.sog.unc.edu/?author=3.

Teshanee Williams joined the School of Government faculty in 2021. Prior to that, she received a UNC-Chapel Hill Carolina Postdoctoral Program Faculty Diversity Fellowship and served as a research fellow with the UNC School of Government from 2019–2021. Her research interests include the application of mixed-method approaches for inquiries related to strategic alliances between nonprofits and the public sector as well as public participation in decision-making processes. Her career goal is to produce research that helps to bridge the divide between theory and practice. In her role at the school, in addition to advising on nonprofit and local government relations, Williams instructs in the UNC MPA program—teaching courses on nonprofit management, research methods, and program evaluation—and continue research on nonprofit-local government relations and issues of social equity. She earned her MPA and PhD from North Carolina State University.

Maureen Berner first joined the School of Government in 1998. She teaches evaluation and analysis courses for MPA students and provides similar training and advising to state and local government officials throughout North Carolina. Her personal research focuses on the ability of local organizations to address food insecurity, poverty, and income inequality. She has worked with nonprofits, food banks, local governments, and state agencies. Berner was a 2014–2016 UNC Thorp Engaged Faculty Fellow, a Visiting Scholar with the University of Ghent in Belgium in the fall of 2017, and recipient of numerous academic awards. She earned a PhD in public policy from the LBJ School of Public Affairs, the University of Texas at Austin; an MPP from Georgetown University; and a BA in global studies from the University of Iowa.

Selected Publications

“The Importance of Precision: Differences in Characteristics Associated with Levels of Food Insecurity Among College Students” With Jessica Soldavini and Julia DaSilva. Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 23, Issue 9, June 2020: 1473–1483.

“A Local Programmatic Approach to Organizational Capacity: Summer Meals for Children, Federal Policy Failure, and a Threat to the Enterprise of Public Administration” Maureen Berner, Alex Alexander Vazquez, and Meagan McDougall. Public Administration Quarterly; Randallstown Vol. 43, Issue 4, (Winter 2019): 489–526.

“Multi-Dimensional Measures of Poverty: The Potential Contribution of Non-Profit Food Pantry Data to Assess Community Economic Condition” Maureen Berner, Journal of Poverty and Public Policy. December 2017. Vol. 9, No. 4. pp 365–476.

“Can You Put Food on the Table: Redefining Poverty in America” Food and Poverty: Food Insecurity and Food Sovereignty among America’s Poor. Edited by Leslie Hossfeld. Vanderbilt University Press. 2018.

“Measuring Poverty by What’s on the Kitchen Table,” Food and Poverty: Food Insecurity and Food Sovereignty among America’s Poor. Edited by Leslie Hossfeld. Vanderbilt University Press. 2018.

Research Methods for Public Administration, 6th ed. Elizabethann O’Sullivan, Gary Rassel, Maureen Berner, and Jocelyn DeVance Taliaferro. Routledge. 2017.

“Organizational Capacity of Nonprofit Social Service Agencies,” with Sharon Paynter. Journal of Health and Human Services Administration 37, no. 1 (2014), pp. 111–45.

Everyday Statistics for Public Managers, 2nd ed. International City County Management Association. 2013.

“Minority Contracting Programs: A Critical Juncture of Public Policy, Administration, Law, and Statistics.” Heather Martin, Maureen Berner, and Frayda Bluestein. Public Administration Review, 67, no. 3 (May/June 2007), pp. 511–20.

“Learning From Your Neighbor: The Value of Public Participation Evaluation for Public Policy Dispute Resolution.” Maureen Berner and John Stephens. Journal of Public Deliberation. October 2011.

“What Constitutes Effective Citizen Participation in Local Government? Views from City Stakeholders.” Maureen M. Berner, Justin M. Amos, and Ricardo S. Morse. Public Administration Quarterly 35, no. 1 (2011).

Additional Publications

Books

Working Without a Net: Hunger, Poverty, and Food Assistance Programs in America Maureen Berner and Sharon Paynter. Under review agreement/conditional contract with Lynne Reinner Publishers. 2010. (Estimated 250 pp.) Berner contribution: 50%

Research Methods for Public Administration. 4^th Edition. Elizabethann O’Sullivan, Gary Rassel, and Maureen Berner. Addison Wesley Longman. 2002. (498 pp.) Berner contribution: 20%

Edited Books

Desigualdad Y Cambio Industrial Una Perspectiva Global James K. Galbraith y Maureen Berner. Ediciones Akal, S.A. 2004. (326 pp.) Berner contribution: 50%

Inequality and Industrial Change: A Global View. James K. Galbraith and Maureen Berner. Cambridge University Press. 2001. (323 pp.) Berner contribution: 50%

Book Chapters

“Measuring Inequality and Industrial Change.” James K. Galbraith and Maureen Berner in Inequality and Industrial Change: A Global View. Edited by James K. Galbraith and Maureen Berner. Cambridge University Press. 2001. pp. 16–29. Berner contribution: 50%, particularly section 2.3 to end.

“Buildings Matter: The Connection between School Building Conditions and Student Achievement in Washington D.C.” Designing Places For Learning. Edited by Anne Meek. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and the Council of Educational Facility Planners, International. 1995. pp. 85–87. Berner contribution: 100%

Refereed Articles

“Learning From Your Neighbor: The Value of Public Participation Evaluation for Public Policy Dispute Resolution.” Maureen Berner and John Stephens. Journal of Public Deliberation. October 2011.

“When Even the ‘Dollar Value Meal’ Costs Too Much: Food Insecurity and Long Term Dependence on Food Pantry Assistance” Maureen Berner, Sharon Paynter, and Emily Anderson. Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 35 No. 1. Berner Contribution: 40%

“Two Models for Nonprofit Funding Allocation: Lessons for Non-profit Managers from the National Literature and Ten Local Governments” Maureen Berner, Meredith Hatch, and Eileen Youens. The Journal for Nonprofit Management. Vol. 14, No. 1. (New York, New York: Support Center for Nonprofit Management, Fall 2010) pp. 31-46. Berner contribution: 50%

“Beer in the Firehouse: A Case Study.” Maureen Berner and Trina Ozer. Public Performance/Productivity and Management Review, Winter, 2008. pp. 275–289. Berner contribution: 66%

“A Portrait of Hunger, the Social Safety Net, and the Working Poor.” Maureen Berner, Trina Ozer, and Sharon Paynter. Policy Studies Journal, Volume 36, Number 3, August 2008. pp. 403-420. Berner contribution 33%.

“The Federal Budget’s Core and Periphery: Patterns of Budget Outcomes.” Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management, Volume 17, Number 4, (PrAcademic Press: Winter 2005) pp. 437-470. Berner contribution: 100%

“A Race to the Bottom? Exploring County Spending Shortfalls under Welfare Reform in North Carolina.” Public Budgeting and Finance, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Blackwell Publishing: Winter, 2005) pp. 86-104. Berner contribution: 100%

“A Case Study of Program Evaluation in Local Government: Building Consensus through Collaboration.” Maureen Berner and Matt Bronson. Public Performance and Management Review, Vol. 28, No. 3 (M.E. Sharpe, Inc.: March 2005) pp. 309-325. Berner contribution: 50%.

“The Shifting Pattern of Government Support: Food Stamps and Food Bank Usage in North Carolina” Maureen Berner and Kelly O’Brien. Voluntary and Non-Profit Sector Research Vol. 33, No. 4 (Sage Publications: December 2004) pp. 655–671. Berner contribution: 50%

“Learning Through Action: How MPA Public Service Team Projects Help Students Learn Research and Management Skills” Gordon P. Whitaker and Maureen Berner. Journal of Public Affairs Education, Vol. 10, no. 4 (The National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Education: 2004) pp. 279-294. Berner contribution: 40%

“State of the States: A Review of State Requirements for Citizen Participation in Local Government Budgeting.” Maureen Berner and Sonya Smith. State and Local Government Review, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Carl Vinson Institute of Government: Spring 2004) pp. 140–50. Berner contribution: 50%

“Current Practices for Involving Citizens in Local Government Budgeting: Moving Beyond Method” Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Winter 2004) pp. 410–432. Berner contribution: 100%

“Welfare Reform: Testing the Ability of the Block Grant Formula to Meet States’ Needs” Spectrum: The Journal of State Government (Council of State Governments: Fall 1996) pp. 38-51. Berner contribution: 100%

“Building Conditions, Parental Involvement, and Student Achievement in the District of Columbia Public School System” Urban Education, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Corwin Press-Sage Publications: April 1993) pp. 6-29. Berner contribution: 100%

Under Review at Peer-Reviewed Journals

“Measuring Organizational Capacity: Will Social Service Non-Profits Come Up Short?” Sharon Paynter and Maureen Berner. Submitted February 2011 to Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Berner contribution: 50%

Other Published Articles/Reports

North Carolina’s Educational Service Delivery Model for Children with Hearing or Visual Impairments. Evaluation Report. Paul Caldwell, Owen Franklin, Sarah Waterman, Maureen Berner, Ann McColl, Abby Parcell, and Emily Anderson. March 17, 2008. Berner contribution: 10% (executive summary).

“Evaluation of Land Acquisition Process.” Evaluation Report/Briefing Memorandum. North Carolina Trust for Public Land, 2007–2008. Maureen Berner. (University of North Carolina School of Government. June 2008. Berner contribution: 100%

“Evaluation of North Carolina Prisoner Services, 2005–2007.” Maureen Berner and Joe Gavrilovich. University of North Carolina School of Government. June 2007. Berner contribution: 66%

“Program Evaluation in Local Governments: Building Consensus through Collaboration.” Maureen Berner and Matt Bronson. Popular Government (University of North Carolina School of Government: Winter 2002/2003) pp. 29–34. Berner contribution: 50%

“So You Want to Do a Survey?” Maureen Berner, Ashley Bowers, and Laura Heyman. Popular Government (University of North Carolina School of Government: Summer 2002) pp. 23–32. Berner contribution: 50%

“Citizen Participation in Local Government Budgeting.” Popular Government (University of North Carolina School of Government: Summer/Spring 2001) pp. 23–30. Berner contribution: 100%

“Incrementalism, Congressional Power Structures and Budget Deals—What Really Matters to Budget Policy? Insights from a Behavioral Analysis of the U.S. Federal Budget from 1962-1995.” A one-page summary of the dissertation. PA Times, the newsletter of the American Society for Public Administration. December 2000. Berner contribution: 100%

“A Framework of Sound Principles, Concrete Practices.” Book Review Popular Government (Institute of Government: Spring 2000) pp. 39-42. Berner contribution: 100%

“The Structure of the U.S. Federal Budget 1960-1995: Beyond Incrementalism.” Dissertation. LBJ School of Public Affairs, the University of Texas at Austin. Berner contribution: 100%

Leisha DeHart-Davis is a Distinguished Term Coates Professor of Public Administration and Government. She directs the Local Government Workplaces Initiative, which conducts organizational research for improving city and county workplaces. DeHart-Davis is a National Academy of Public Administration Fellow and recipient of the 2019 Gary Cornia Distinguished Lecturer given by the Romney Institute of Brigham Young University. Professor DeHart-Davis is also a UNC Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholar. She has published two books, the award-winning Creating Effective Rules in Public Sector Organizations and Understanding Gender Imbalance in Public Sector Leadership. Her research has also been published in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, International Public Management Journal, Administration and Society, and Review of Public Personnel Administration. She is the current president of the Public Management Research Association. DeHart-Davis holds a Ph.D. in public policy from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Selected Publications

Pandey, S., DeHart-Davis, L., Pandey, S., & Ahlawat, S. (2022). Fight or flight: How gender influences follower responses to unethical leader behaviour. Public Management Review, 1-21.

Jiang, Z., DeHart‐Davis, L., & Borry, E. L. (2022). Managerial Practice and Diversity Climate: The Roles of Workplace Voice, Centralization, and Teamwork. Public Administration Review.

Kaufmann, W., Borry, E. L., & DeHart-Davis, L. (2022). Can effective organizational rules keep employees from leaving? a study of green tape and turnover intention. Public Management Review, 1-22.

Whetsell, Travis. A., Kroll, A., & DeHart-Davis, L. (2021). “Formal Hierarchies and Informal Networks: How Organizational Structure Shapes Information Search in Local Government”. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

DeHart-Davis, Leisha, D.M. Hatmaker, K. Nelson, S.K. Pandey, S. Pandey, A.E. Smith. (2020). Understanding Gender Imbalance in Public Sector Leadership. Elements Series, Cambridge University Press.

Smith, Amy E., Hassan, S., Hatmaker, D.M., DeHart-Davis, L. and Humphrey, N., (2020). “Gender, Race, and Experiences of Workplace Incivility in Public Organizations”. Review of Public Personnel Administration, p.0734371X20927760.

Kroll, A., DeHart-Davis, L., & Vogel, D. (2019). “Mechanisms of Social Capital in Organizations: How Team Cognition Influences Employee Commitment and Engagement”. The American Review of Public Administration, 49(7), 777–791. https://doi.org/10.1177/0275074019851894

Hassan, Shahidul, Leisha DeHart‐Davis, and Zhongnan Jiang (2018) “How Empowering Leadership Reduces Employee Silence in Public Organizations.” Public Administration.

DeHart-Davis, Leisha. Creating Effective Rules in Public Sector Organizations (2017) Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

Kaufmann, Wesley, Erin L. Borry, and Leisha DeHart‐Davis. “More than Pathological Formalization: Understanding Organizational Structure and Red Tape.” Public Administration Review (2018).

Borry, Erin L., Leisha DeHart‐Davis, Wesley Kaufmann, Cullen C. Merritt, Zachary Mohr, and Lars Tummers. “Formalization and consistency heighten organizational rule following: Experimental and survey evidence.” Public Administration 96, no. 2 (2018): 368-385.

“Green Tape and Job Satisfaction: Can Organizational Rules Make Employees Happy?,” Leisha DeHart-Davis, Randall S. Davis, and Zachary Mohr, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (2014): muu038.

“Written Versus Unwritten Rules: The Role of Rule Formalization in Green Tape,” Leisha DeHart-Davis, Jie Chen, and Todd D. Little. International Public Management Journal 16, no. 3 (2013): 331-356.

“Green Tape: A Theory of Effective Organizational Rules.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 19 2: 361-384. JPART 2010 Virtual Reader inclusion of Leisha DeHart-Davis, 2009.

“Bureaucracy and Public Employee Behavior: A Case of Local Government,” Review of Public Personnel Administration 29 4. 311-326. Mary K. Feeney and Leisha DeHart-Davis, 2009.

“Can Bureaucracy Benefit Organizational Women? An Exploratory Study,” Administration and Society 41 3.:340-363. Leisha DeHart-Davis, 2009.

“Gender and Organizational Rule Abidance,” Public Administration Review 692.:339-347. Shannon Portillo and Leisha DeHart-Davis, 2009.

Additional Publications

Nesbit, Rebecca, Stephanie Moulton, Scott Robinson, Craig Smith, Leisha DeHart-Davis, Mary K. Feeney, Beth Gazley, and Yilin Hou. “Wrestling with Intellectual Diversity in Public Administration: Avoiding Disconnectedness and Fragmentation While Seeking Rigor, Depth, and Relevance.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 21, no. suppl 1 (2011): i13-i28.

Feeney, Mary K., and Leisha DeHart-Davis. 2009. Bureaucracy and Public Employee Behavior: A Case of Local Government.Review of Public Personnel Administration 29 4. 311-326.

DeHart-Davis, Leisha 2009 Green Tape and Public Employee Rule Abidance: Why Organizational Rule Attributes Matter Public Administration Review 69 5.: 901-910.

Shannon Portillo, Leisha DeHart-Davis. 2009. Gender and Organizational Rule Abidance. Public Administration Review 69 2.:339-347.

DeHart-Davis, Leisha. 2007. The Unbureaucratic Personality Public Administration Review Vol. 67, No. 5, pp. 892-903.

DeHart-Davis, Leisha, Marlowe, Justin & Pandey, Sanjay K. 2006. Gender Dimensions of Public Service Motivation Public Administration Review Vol. 66, No. 6, pp. 873-887. (Also in 2012 PAR Virtual Issue: Public Service Motivation).

Zia, A., B. G.Norton, D. S. Noonan, M. O. Rodgers, and L. DeHart-Davis. 2006. A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of High-Emitter Non-Compliance and Its Impact on Vehicular Tailpipe Emissions in Atlanta,1997-2001. Transportation Research Part D 11 1.: 77-96.

DeHart-Davis, Leisha; G. Kingsley 2005. Managerial Perceptions of Privatization: Evidence from a State Department of Transportation State and Local Government Review Vol. 37, No. 3, pp 228-241.

DeHart-Davis, Leisha and R. Guensler 2005. Employers as Mediating Institutions in Public Policy: The Case of Commute Option Programs Policy Studies Journal Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 675-697 .

DeHart-Davis, Leisha and S. Pandey. 2005. Red Tape and Public Employees: Does Perceived Rule Dysfunction Alienate Managers? Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 133-148.

Corley, Elizabeth. L.DeHart-Davis, M. Rodgers 2003. Inspection/Maintenance Program Evaluation: Replication of the Denver Step Method for an Atlanta Fleet Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 37, No. 12, pp. 2801-2806.

DeHart-Davis, Leisha, E.Corley, M. Rodgers. 2002. Evaluating Vehicle Inspection/Maintenance Programs Using Onroad Emissions Data: The Atlanta Reference Method, Evaluation Review, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 111-146.

DeHart-Davis, Leisha and B. Bozeman 2001. Regulatory Compliance and Air Quality Permitting: Why Do Firms ‘Overcomply?’, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 471-508.

Bozeman, Barry and L. DeHart-Davis 1999. Red Tape and Clean Air: Title V Air Pollution Permitting Implementation as a Test Bed for Theory Development Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 141-177.

Willow Jacobson joined the School of Government faculty in 2003. Prior to that, she taught in the Master of Public Administration program at the University of Connecticut and worked on the Government Performance Project and the New Jersey Initiative at the Alan K. Campbell Institute at The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. She has also assisted with strategic planning for community collaboratives in California and Oregon state government. Currently, Jacobson serves as the Director of the School’s Master of Public Administration program at UNC. She previously served as Director of the LGFCU Fellows program, which she helped create in 2011 to develop local government leaders in North Carolina. She was also involved in the 2005 inaugural session of the Public Executive Leadership Academy. Her research has appeared in Public Administration Review and Public Personnel Management. Jacobson earned a Ph.D. from Syracuse University.

Selected Publications

Jacobson, Willow, and Kristina Lambright. 2018. “The Development of County HR Policies: The Perspectives of Counties in Two States.” Public Personnel Management.

Jacobson, Willow S., and Jessica E. Sowa. 2016. “Municipal Human Resource Management: Challenges and Innovative Practices in Turbulent Times,” State and Local Government Review. Vol. 48, No. 2, 121-131.

Jacobson, Willow S., Jessica Sowa, Kristina Lambright. 2014. “Do Human Resource Departments Act as Strategic Partners? Strategic Human Capital Management Adoption by County Governments” Review of Public Personnel Administration. Vol. 34, No. 3, 289-301.

Jacobson WS, Paynter SR. Verdict Pending: Understanding Leadership Role Identity for North Carolina Judges and Lawyers. Public Personnel Management. 2019;48(2):252-279.

Jacobson, Willow S., and Shannon Howle Tufts. 2013. “To Post or Not to Post: Employee Rights and Social Media,” Review of Public Personnel Administration, Vol.33, No. 1, 84-107.

Brenda Bushouse, Willow S. Jacobson, Kristina Lambright, Jared Llorens, Rick Morse, and Ora-Orn Poocharoen. 2011. “Crossing the Divide: Building Bridges between Public Administration Practitioners and Scholars”. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Vol. 21, Supplement 1. pp. 99-112.

Heather Getha-Taylor, Maja Holmes, Willow S. Jacobson, Rick Morse, and Jessica Sowa. 2011. “Focusing the Public Leadership Lens: Research Propositions and Questions in the Minnowbrook Tradition”. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Vol. 21. Supplement 1. pp. 183-197.

Willow S. Jacobson, Ellen Rubin, and Amy Donahue. 2008. “Integrating Labor Relations and Human Resource Management: Impacts on State Workforces,” International Review of Public Administration.2008. Vol. 13, No. 2

Willow S. Jacobson and Donna Warner. 2008. “Leading and Governing: A Model for local Government Education,” Journal of Public Affairs Education. Summer 2008, Vol. 14, No. 2, Summer 2008

Willow S. Jacobson, “Preparing for Tomorrow: A Case Study of Workforce Planning in North Carolina Municipalities,” Public Personnel Management. Forthcoming (Accepted November 2007).

Jacobson, Willow S., and Christine A Kelleher, Cynthia J. Bowling. 2010. “A Woman’s Touch? Gendered Networks in State Administration”. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Vol. 20 Issue 2.

Additional Publications

Book Chapters

Jacobson, Willow. 2009. “Chapter 12: Planning for Today and Tomorrow: Workforce Planning” in Public Personnel Administration: Prospects and Problems. Richard Kearny, Steven Hays, and Jerrell Coggburn, editors.

Selden, Sally, and Willow Jacobson. 2007. “Chapter Four: Government’s Largest Investment—Human Resource Management in States, Cities, and Counties” in In Pursuit of Performance: Management Systems in State and Local Government. Patricia Ingraham, editor. John Hopkins Press. Pages 82-116.

Donahue, Amy, Willow Jacobson, Mark Robbins, Ellen Rubin, and Sally Selden. 2004. “Management and Performance Outcomes in State Government” in The Art of Governance: Analyzing Management and Administration. Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. and Patricia W. Ingraham, editors Georgetown University Press. Pages 125-151.

Journal Articles

Tufts, Shannon, and Willow Jacobson. 2010. “Visions of Leadership: An Examination of How IT Professionals Prioritize Leadership Attributes” Journal of Information Technology Management. Volume XXI, Number 1.

Jacobson, Willow S., and Donna Warner. 2008. “Leading and Governing: A Model for Local Government Education,” Journal of Public Affairs Education. Summer 2008, Vol. 14, No. 2, Summer 2008.

Jacobson, Willow S. “Creating a Motivated Workforce: How Organizations Can Enhance and Develop PSM,” Public Personnel Management. Forthcoming (Accepted July 2007).

Jacobson, Willow S. “Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd, and Four’s a Lot to Manage: Supervising in Today’s Intergenerational Workplace,” Popular Government. Vol. 73, No. 1, Fall 2007.

Jacobson, Willow S. “Workforce Planning: Who Will Be There to Serve?,” Popular Government. Vol. 72, No. 2, Winter 2007.

Jacobson, Willow S. 2007. “Managing Multiple Generations” The Governing Management Letter (https://www.governing.com/manage/eletter/bg0207wj.htm) February 2007.

Jacobson, Willow S., Sally Selden, and Ellen Rubin. “Examining Training in Large Municipalities: Linking Individual and Organizational Training Needs,” Public Personnel Management. 2002. Vol. 31, No.4.

Ingraham, Patricia, Sally Selden, and Willow Jacobson. “Human Resource Practice in State Governments: Findings from a National Survey,” Public Administration Review. Sept 2001. Vol. 61, No. 5.

Selden, Sally, Salwa Ammar, Ron Wright, and Willow Jacobson. “A New Approach to Assessing Performance of State Human Resource Management Systems: A Multi-Level Fuzzy Rule-Based System,” Review of Public Personnel Administration. 2000. Vol. 20, No. 3.

Kissler, Gerald, Karmen Fore, Willow Jacobson, William Kittredge, Scott Stewart. “State Strategic Planning: Suggestions from the Oregon Experience.” Public Administration Review, July/August 1998, Vol. 58, No. 4.

Dissertation

“Receptivity to Change in the Public Sector: Two Federal Case Studies.”

White Papers

Sally Selden and Willow Jacobson. 2002 “Lessons Learned Human Resource Management” in Government Performance Project Final Report. Syracuse, New York: Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute.

New Jersey Initiative. 2002 The New Jersey Initiative: Building Management Capacity in New Jersey Municipalities. Syracuse, New York: Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute. (Contributor).

Jacobson, Willow, and Jessica Crawford. “Innovations in State Human Resource Practices: Examples from the States.” (Alan K. Campbell Institute Working Paper Series). 2001.

Selden, Sally, Willow Jacobson, and Jessica Crawford. “State Report 2001: Human Resource Management.” (Alan K. Campbell Institute Working Paper Series). 2001.

Ingraham, Patricia, Sally Selden, and Willow Jacobson. “The State of Human Resource Management in State Government.” (Alan K. Campbell Institute Working Paper Series). 2001.

Jacobson, Willow. “Searching for Synergy: Collaborative Theory vs. Practice.” Master’s Exit Project, 1998.

Kara Millonzi joined the School of Government in 2006. She specializes in local government finance law, general county law, school finance, utilities finance, development finance, and incorporation. She administers the Coates’ Canons Local Government Law Blog and has authored well over 100 posts on issues related to local government law and finance. Millonzi also administers NC Finance Connect, an online community portal, centered around the topic of local government finance. She has authored numerous publications, including A Guide to Billing and Collecting Public Enterprise Utility Fees for Water, Wastewater, and Solid Waste Services, Introduction to Local Government Finance (4th edition), and The Governance and Funding Structure of North Carolina Public Schools. She teaches several core finance courses and directs the NC County Attorneys Conference and Fundamentals Workshop and Local Government Finance Officers Conference each year. (A complete list of Kara’s blogs, courses, publications, and other resources are located under the corresponding tabs on this page.)

Millonzi is the lead faculty for Lead for North Carolina, a fellowship program that aims to recruit, train, and place the state’s most promising young leaders in paid local government fellowships as a means of strengthening our public institutions, supporting our local communities, and cultivating a new generation of public service leaders. Before joining the School, Millonzi practiced law with Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP in Boston and clerked for the Honorable Louis F. Oberdorfer, United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She is a member of the North Carolina State Bar and the Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Millonzi earned a B.A. in economics, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University at Buffalo and an M.A. in economics from the University of Maryland at College Park. She earned a J.D., with highest honors, Order of the Coif, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she served as editor in chief of the North Carolina Law Review.

Selected Publications

Millonzi, Kara. 2018. Introduction to Local Government Finance (4th ed). The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government.

Millonzi, Kara. 2008. A Guide to Billing and Collecting Water, Wastewater, and Solid Waste Utilities. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government.

Coates Canons Local Government Law Blog.