Kody Kinsley serves as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. In his role, he led operational aspects of COVID-19 response, including purchasing and distribution of personal protective equipment, scaling access to testing, and contact tracing. In addition to the COVID-19 response, Kinsley leads North Carolina’s behavioral health and intellectual and developmental disability policies and systems. His work focuses on re-designing the public insurance system, combating the opioid epidemic, and improving operations of state organizations and the broader delivery system. His policy efforts have focused on supporting trauma-informed and resilient communities and schools, diverting and treating justice-involved populations, and increasing community levels of care. Kinsley’s past experience spans the public and private sectors, including positions at the White House, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, leading operations for a behavioral health care service provider in western North Carolina, and most recently serving as the presidentially-appointed Assistant Secretary for Management for the United States Department of the Treasury. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Brevard College and his master of public policy from the University of California, Berkeley.
Christopher A. Cody is a Principal Researcher at American Institutes for Research, where he serves as the project director for their postsecondary administrative data division and longitudinal studies work with the National Center for Education Statistics. Prior to joining American Institutes for Research, Cody was the director of research and public policy at The Public School Forum of North Carolina. While there, he was also a fellow with the education policy fellowship program sponsored by the Institute for Education Leadership. Cody earned his bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University, his master’s degree in public affairs from Western Carolina University, and his Ph.D. in public administration from North Carolina State University.
Selected Publications
Cody, C. A., Lawrence, K. L., Prentice, C. R., & Clerkin, R. M. (2022). Examining the relationship between board member selection criteria and board boundary spanning into internal, upward, and outward accountability environments. Nonprofit Management and Leadership,1-23. https://doi.org/10.1002/nml.21511CODYET AL.23
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.
“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).
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. 4th 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%
Whitney Afonso is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Government. Whitney’s research focuses on state and local public finance with an emphasis on local sales taxes. Whitney won the Burkhead Award for best manuscript published in Public Budgeting and Finance in 2015 and the Curro Award for best student paper in 2010. She also has served on the executive committee of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management since 2018. In addition to her traditional research and teaching, her position at UNC engages her with elected officials and practitioners within the state. She is the liaison for the North Carolina Local Government Budget Association. Whitney received her bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University, completed a master’s program at Texas A&M University, and received her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia.
Selected Publications
Afonso, Whitney B., 2019. “The Barriers Created by Complexity: A State-by-State Analysis of Local Sales Tax Laws in Light of the Wayfair Ruling,” National Tax Journal, National Tax Association; National Tax Journal, vol. 72(4), pages 777-800, December.
Afonso, W.B. (2019), “The Impact of the Amazon Tax on Local Sales Tax Revenue in Urban and Rural Jurisdictions.” Public Budgeting & Finance, 39: 68-90.
Spreen TL, Afonso W, Gerrish E. “Can Employee Training Influence Local Fiscal Outcomes?” The American Review of Public Administration. 2020;50(4-5):401-414.
Nelson, K.L. and Afonso, W.B. (2019), “Ethics by Design: The Impact of Form of Government on Municipal Corruption.” Public Admin Review, 79: 591-600.
“Citizens Engaging Government: The Case of Participatory Budgeting in Greensboro” 2017. Public Administration Quarterly 41(1): 7-42.
“Time to Adoption of Local Option Sales Taxes: An Examination of Texas Municipalities.” 2016. Public Finance Review. DOI: 10.1177/1091142116673147
“The Effect of Connecticut’s Income Tax Adoption on Migration.” 2016. Journal of Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X16000234
“The Equity of Local Sales Tax Distributions in Urban, Suburban, Rural, and Tourism-Rich Counties in North Carolina.” 2016. Public Finance Review 44(6): 691-721.
“Leviathan or Flypaper: Earmarked Local Sales Taxes for Transportation.” 2015. Public Budgeting & Finance 35(3): 1-23.[1]
“State Income Taxes and Military Service Members’ Legal Residency Choices.” 2015. Contemporary Economic Policy 33(2): 334-350.
“Fiscal Illusion in State and Local Finances: A Hindrance to Transparency.” 2014. State and Local Government Review 46(3): 219-228.
“Local Sales Taxes as a Means of Increasing Revenues and Reducing Property Tax Burdens: An Analysis Using Propensity Score Matching.” 2014. Public Budgeting & Finance 34(2): 24-43.
John Quinterno joined the School of Government as an adjunct instructor for the MPA Program in 2015. He is the founder and principal of South by North Strategies Ltd., a research consultancy specializing in economic and social policy. He is the author of Running the Numbers: A Practical Guide to Regional Economic and Social Analysis. Over the course of his career, Quinterno has directed applied research projects into matters of labor economics, workforce development, regional policy, social insurance, and postsecondary education, and his writings on policy matters have appeared in numerous publications. He is also a visiting lecturer at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, where he teaches a course on regional analysis. Quinterno holds a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and an M.P.A. from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Selected Publications
Quinterno, John. Running the Numbers: A Practical Guide to Regional Economic and Social Analysis. New York City, New York. Routledge, 2014.
Kristen Glasener joined the School of Government as adjunct faculty for the MPA Program in 2017. She has previously worked in the nonprofit and higher education sectors, primarily in the areas of college access and admissions. She also taught research methods at Boston University School of Social Work. Glasener is currently a research assistant and Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Michigan’s Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education. Her research focuses on higher education access and equity, college admissions and enrollment management, and financial aid policy. Kristen earned her B.A. in psychology from The Ohio State University and an M.S.W. from Boston University.
Glasener, K. M., Martell, C. A., & Posselt, J. R. (2019). “Framing diversity: Examining the place of race in institutional policy and practice post-affirmative action.” Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 12(1), 3–16.
Furquim F, Glasener KM, Oster M, McCall BP, DesJardins SL. “Navigating the Financial Aid Process: Borrowing Outcomes among First-Generation and Non-First-Generation Students.” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 2017;671(1):69-91.
Michael N. Bastedo, Nicholas A. Bowman, Kristen M. Glasener & Jandi L. Kelly (2018) “What are We Talking About When We Talk About Holistic Review? Selective College Admissions and its Effects on Low-SES Students,” The Journal of Higher Education, 89:5, 782-805