About Us: Our Faculty and Staff
Faculty/Staff by Location
Blacksburg
Name: Brian Cook
Position: Professor and Program Chair, Center for Public Administration and Policy, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email: brml27@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-3438
Education: BA, Political Science, Cleveland State University, 1977; MA, PhD, Government & Politics, University of Maryland, College Park, 1982, 1984.
Major Areas of Specialization: Public administration history, public administration and constitutionalism, public policy and environmental policy.
Name: Karen Hult
Position: Professor, Department of Political Science and Center for Public Administration and Policy
Book Review Editor, Presidential Studies Quarterly
Email: khult@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5351
Website: http://www.psci.vt.edu/hult/
Education: Dr. Hult received her Ph.D. in political science at the University of Minnesota after also doing graduate work at Harvard and receiving a B.A. summa cum laude from Creighton University.
Major Areas of Specialization: Organizational theory, U.S. national institutions (especially the presidency, executive branch, and the courts), state politics, and social science methodologies.
Laura Jensen
Name: Laura Jensen
Position: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email: jensen7@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-7302
Education: B.A. Music, Wellesley College; M.F.A., Music Composition, Princeton University; M.P.A. and Ph.D., Political Science, University of Connecticut.
Major Areas of Specialization: Social policy and welfare state development; federalism and intergovernmental relations; government accountability; politics of spending and taxation; law and society; American political development.
Michael Jones
Name: Michael Jones
Position: Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email:jonemic1@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-7302
Education:Michael received his PhD in Political Science in 2010 from the University of Oklahoma and holds an MA and BS in Political Science, both granted from Idaho State University.
Major Areas of Specialization:Theories of the Policy Process, the Narrative Policy Framework, Environmental Policy., & Policy and Science Communication
Robin Lemaire
Name:Robin Lemaire
Position: Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email:rlemaire@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-0664
Education:Robin received her PhD in Public Management from University of Arizona.
Major Areas of Specialization: Theories of organizations and the management of public, nonprofit, and health care organizations, with a particular research interest in organizational networks and network analysis.
Joe Rees
Name: Joe Rees
Position: Program Coordinator, CPAP Richmond; Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email: reesj@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 250-5632
Education: Dr. Rees received his Ph.D. in Jurisprudence and Social Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, School of Law in 1986.
Major Areas of Specialization: Ethics, regulation
Minnis Ridenour
Name: Minnis Ridenour
Position: Senior Fellow for Resource Development; Board of Directors, Carilion Foundation; Board of CCS-Inc.; and the Board of the Blacksburg Partnership
Email: ridem@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-1372
Education: Mr. Ridenour earned both his bachelor’s degree in marketing and retailing, and his master’s degree in public finance and higher education administration, from the University of Tennessee.
Major Areas of Specialization: Currently assisting the University with special initiatives such as the Arts Initiative, the NCAA Recertification Process and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech Scientific Review, as well as teaching graduate courses in financial management for governmental and non-profit entities.
Bob Stripling
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Name: Bob Stripling
Position: Professor of Practice, Center for Public Administration
and Policy
Email: chars08@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5133
Education: BA,Texas Tech, MBA University of Virginia.
Major Areas of Specialization: Local government management
Staff
Name: Laura French (Blacksburg)
Position: Office Manager
Email: lhf@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5133
Northern Virginia: Alexandria and Richmond
Ron Boster
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Name: Ron Boster
Position: Adjunct Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy; Special Advisor, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Email: BosterR@pcaobus.org
Phone: (202) 207-9083
Education: B.S. Ed., The Ohio State University; M.S., The Ohio State University; Ph.D., University of Arizona
Major Areas of Specialization: Public policy analysis, the federal budget and economic policy
Matthew Dull
Name: Matthew Dull
Position: Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email: mdull@vt.edu
Phone: (703) 706-8117 (office) or (202) 821-3807
Website: http://www.nvc.vt.edu/mdull/
Education: PhD (August 2006), Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison; BA, University of Notre Dame (1997).
Major Areas of Specialization: Administrative politics and American political institutions; management reform; public policy analysis, professional expertise, and measurement.
Suzette Denslow
Name: Suzette Denslow
Position: Adjunct Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy; Chief of Staff to Mayor Dwight C. Jones, Richmond, VA.
Email: Suzette.Denslow@governor.virginia.gov
Phone: (804) 225-4803
Education:B.S. Urban Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Major Areas of Specialization:Public administration, legislative relations, public budget and finance.
Adam Eckerd
Name: Adam Eckerd
Position: Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration
Email: aeckerd@vt.edu
Phone: (703) 706-8116
Education: PhD (Public Policy and Management, 2011), John Glenn School of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University. MA, (Government, 2003), Johns Hopkins University. BA, (Government, 1998), Shippensburg University.
Major Areas of Specialization: Environmental justice, urban policy, nonprofit management and evaluation.
Jason Fichtner
Name: Jason Fichtner
Position: Adjunct Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy; Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Email: jjfichtner@gmail.com
Phone: (703) 993-4930
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/jasonjfichtner/
Education: Dr. Fichtner received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; his Master of Public Policy degree from Georgetown University; and his Ph.D. in Public Administration & Policy from Virginia Tech.
Major Areas of Specialization: Dr. Fichtner teaches courses in public policy process, public management and public budgeting processes.
Jack Harrald
Name: Jack Harrald
Position: Visiting Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy; Research Professor, CTSP; Director Emeritus of the ICDRM, Professor Emeritus of EMSE
Email: jharrald@gwu.edu
Phone: (202) 994-7153
Education: Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, M.B.A., Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.A.L.S., Wesleyan University; B.S., U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Major Areas of Specialization: Research areas in organizational learning for disaster response and recovery, maritime safety and security, business continuity and crisis management and risk management.
Tom Hickok
Name: Tom Hickok
Position: Professor of Practice, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email: tomtennis3@yahoo.com
Phone: 703-601-4729, x 153 (W)
Education: DPA, University of Southern California; MBA, California State University, Northridge; B.A., Middlebury College
Major Areas of Specialization: Performance management, organizational development and public management.
Anne Meredith Khademian
Name: Anne Meredith Khademian
Position: Director, School of Public and International Affairs; Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email: akhademi@vt.edu
Phone: (703) 706-8119
Website: www.annekhademian.cpap.vt.edu
Education: Ph.D., Washington University, MPA Michigan State University, and BA Michigan State University.
Major Areas of Specialization: Organizational Theory, Public Management, Public Policy, and Political Economy.
Bruce Lawlor
Name: Bruce Lawlor
Position: Professor of Practice, Center for Public Administration and Policy, Director, Center for Technology, Security, and Policy
Email: bruce.lawlor@vt.edu
Phone: (703) 518-8310
Website: www.ctsp.vt.edu
Education: Major General Lawlor has a doctor of science degree in engineering management, a juris doctor degree in law, and a masters degree in national security studies. He is a Harvard National Security Fellow and has served as an instructor at the U.S. Army War College. He is a member of the Vermont, Massachusetts and Florida Bar Associations.
Major Areas of Specialization: Current research focuses on national and homeland security policy, and decision support technology.
Beth Offenbacker
Name: Beth Offenbacker
Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email: boffen@vt.edu
Education:BS, Communications, State University of New York College at Brockport; MA, Public Communication, American University; Ph.D., Public Affairs and Public Administration, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Major Areas of Specialization: Outreach and recruiting for the Richmond program; research interests/specializations include public engagement, inclusive management, decisionmaking, collaboration, deliberation and deliberative practices, planning (transportation, land use and environment), health engagement, data visualization, institutional theory, equity, Web 2.0 and 3.0 technology for public engagement.
Randall Murch
Name: Randall Murch
Position: Adjunct Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy and the School of Public and International Affairs; Associate Director, Research Program Development; Adjunct Professor, Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science; Visiting Professor, Science and Security, Department of War Studies, King's College London (UK)
Email: rmurch@vt.edu
Phone: (703) 518-2719
Education: Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of Puget Sound, 1974; Master of Science, Botanical Sciences, University of Hawaii, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, Plant Pathology, University of Illinois, 1979.
Major Areas of Specialization: Current research focus on security in complex systems; integrative security through science, technology, policy and operations; biosecurity.
Name: Patrick Roberts
Position: Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy; Associate Chair, CPAP, Alexandria
Email: robertsp@vt.edu
Phone: (202) 549-4987
Webpage: http://www.blogs.spia.vt.edu/proberts
Education: Ph.D., Government, University of Virginia (2006).
Major Areas of Specialization: Public administration; institutions and organizations; ethics; American political history; homeland security and disaster policy.
Bob Stephan
Name: Bob Stephan
Position: Professor of Practice, Center for Public Administration and Policy, and Research Professor, Center for Technology Security and Policy (CTSP)
Email: Bob.Stephan@dutkoworldwide.com
Phone: (703) 518-2700
Education: Masters in International Relations,
University of Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and The Johns Hopkins University. BA in political science, United States Air Force Academy.
Major Areas of Specialization: Homeland Security, critical infrastructure protection, risk management. Full bio, click here.,
Colleen Woodard
Name: Colleen Woodard
Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email: cwoodard@fed-tech.com
Phone: (703)-321-0984
Education: Ph.D. in Public Administration - Virginia Tech, M.S. in Adult and Continuing Education - Virginia Tech, BA in History - Alvernia College, certified Senior Human Resource Professional (SPHR) - Society for Human Resources Management.
Major Areas of Specialization: Human resources management, public budgeting, leadership and management, human resources contracting/outsourcing.
Staff
Name: Irene Jung (Alexandria and Richmond)
Position: Student Administrative Coordinator, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email: ijung@vt.edu
Phone: (703) 706-8123
Education: BA in Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis
Professor Emeriti
John Dickey
Name: John W. Dickey
Position: Professor Emeritus, Center for Public Administration and Policy, and Urban Affairs and Planning
Email: jdickey@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 552-6878
Education:: Dr. Dickey received his BS in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University and his MS and PhD in Civil Engineering (Transportation) from Northwestern University.
Major Areas of Specialization: “Genes” of Public Administration (click here to learn more); Computer Support Systems
Larkin Dudley
Name: Larkin Dudley
Position: Professor Emerita, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email: dudleyl@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5197
Education: BA, University of Georgia; MA University of Georgia; and PhD, Public Administration, Virginia Tech.
Major Areas of Specialization: Privatization Policy, Public Management; Organizational Theory, Deliberative Democracy, and Citizen Participation. Dr. Dudley has also pursued interests in women and world development, legislation and lobbying, and the application of law in organizations.
Name: Charles T. Goodsell
Position: Professor Emeritus, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email: goodsell@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 552-9032
Website: Web.Mac.com/Cgoodsell
Education: Dr. Goodsell received his education at Kalamazoo College and Harvard University.
Major Areas of Specialization: Public bureaucracy and the future of public administration.
Name: Philip Kronenberg
Position: Professor Emeritus, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email: philkvt@vt.edu
Website: http://www.nvc.vt.edu/kronenberg
Education: B.S. with honors, Economics and Political Science, Bradley University, 1959, M.A., Economics, Maxwell Graduate School, Syracuse University, 1962, Ph.D. Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, 1969.
Major Areas of Specialization: Public policy theory, organization theory, national & international security studies.
Name: Gary Wamsley
Position: Professor Emeritus, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email: wamsley@vt.edu
Phone: (540) 231-5307
Education: Dr. Wamsley received his education from the University of California at Los Angeles and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh.
Major Areas of Specialization: Comparative and national public administration, organization theory and analysis, civil-military relations, national security policy and processes, and budget theory.
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Name: Orion White
Position: Professor Emeritus, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email: mcswite@sbcglobal.net
Education: Dr. White received his education from the University of Texas at Austin and Indiana University.
Major Areas of Specialization: Semiotics and organization theory, total quality management, organization development, intergovernmental dispute mediation, social change and political change, human services delivery.
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James Wolf
Name: James Wolf
Position: Professor Emeritus, Center for Public Administration and Policy
Email: jfwolf@vt.edu
Phone: (703) 706-8116
Education: Dr. Wolf received his education from LaSalle College, Cornell University Graduate School of Business & Public Administration, and the University of Southern California, School of Public Administration.
Major Areas of Specialization:Complex organizations and the applied behavioral sciences, regionalism and metropolitan transportation planning, and organizational development programs for public agencies.