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School of Public Affairs and Administration
A Canadian citizen, she has over 12 years of experience working in the public and nonprofit sector both in Canada and the United States. She holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree from the University of Ottawa ('93), a Master of Arts Degree in Canadian Studies from Trent University ('97) and then relocated to the United States where she worked at the county government level and the cultural and heritage nonprofit sector. She then completed a Master of Science Degree in Communications Management from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University (2005) and then began her doctoral degree full-time.
Currently, she is working on several research projects. These include being part of the International Working Group on Online Consultation and Public Policy Making (2006-2009) www.reconnectingdemocracy.org. The University at Albany’s Center for Technology in Government (CTG) selected four groups of international researchers to receive funding to advance digital government research on issues that cross national boundaries. U.S. participation in the groups will be supported by $280,000 over the next three years, made possible through a $1 million grant to CTG from the National Science Foundation’s Digital Research Program.
Peer Reviewed Publications
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- “Information Technology and Public Performance Management: Examining Municipal E-Reporting”, 3rd edition of Handbook of Public Information Systems, CRC Press (forthcoming 2009)
- “Public Performance Reporting: A Bibliographic Essay” Public Performance and Management Review (forthcoming December 2008)
- "Trails As An Economic Development Strategy: A Case Study" (1999) Journal of Applied Recreation Research. 23(2): 127 - 145.
Courses Taught
- Philanthropic Public Service, 4th year undergraduate course, Rutgers University, Spring 2009 (syllabus)
- Analytical Methods, Executive MPA course, Rutgers University, Spring 2009 (syllabus)
- Technology and Public Administration, core MPA course, Rutgers University, Fall 2008 (syllabus)
- Citizen Surveys (online), MPA course, Rutgers University Fall 2008 (syllabus)
- Management Techniques, MPA course, Rutgers University, Summer 2008 (syllabus)
- Research Design for Public Communications, Executive MPA course, Rutgers University, Trenton Program, Spring 2008
- Analytical Methods: Statistics for Public Managers, Executive MPA course, Rutgers University, Newark Program, Fall 2007
- Speech Communication as Critical Citizenship, freshman general education course, Communications Department, Kean University, Union, New Jersey, 2004-2005
Working Papers/Conference Papers
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A Biographical Essay of Municipal Reform: The Case of Ontario, Canada
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Who Cares?
Implementation of Ontario’s Municipal Performance Measurement System Presented to the Annual Conference of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, August 27, 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Results-Based Management and Public Sector Performance in Ontario: A Revolutionary Advance or Passing Fancy? co-authored with Dr. Frank Ohemeng for presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, March 11, 2008
- Lessons to be Learned: Municipal Performance Reporting in Ontario
Presented November 3, 2007
at the Annual Public Performance Measurement and Reporting Network, Newark, New Jersey
- Uses and Reporting of Performance Measurement Results
in Small and Medium Cities in Ontario, Canada, April 2007 PPT
- Ontario's Municipal Government Reforms: What Have We Learned? Prepared for presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, March 27, 2007
- The Privatization of the American Neighborhood:
What Does It Mean for the Citizenship Model? December 2006
- After the Policy is Written:
Citizen Involvement in
Municipal Performance Measurement PowerPoint presentation to the ASPPA Annual Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 17, 2006
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