Suzanne J. Piotrowski, PhD Associate Professor – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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Available now from the SUNY Press “The author heightens sensitivity to, and awareness of, the possibilities of unforeseen outcomes in efforts at public management reform.” ~ Harold C. Relyea, Government at the Dawn of the 21st Century For More Information	Suzanne J. Piotrowski is an Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark. She earned a Ph.D. in political science from School of Public Affairs at American University, Washington, D.C and a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Delaware. She is a member of the Board of the Directors of the New Jersey Foundation for Open Government. Piotrowski is also on the Sunshine Advisory Board for the Citizen Access Project at the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, University of Florida. Dr. Piotrowski's research focuses on nonmission-based values in public administration, including administrative transparency and ethics. Piotrowski's work on governmental transparency includes access to documents through mechanisms such as freedom of information and open meetings laws. Her current research focuses on defining and measuring municipal transparency. She authored the book, Governmental Transparency in the Path of Administrative Reform from the Sate of University of New York Press (2007). Piotrowski has also written widely on public management and freedom of information issues including book chapters, journal articles, case studies, and encyclopedia articles. Dr. Piotrowski's work is published in Public Administration Review, the American Review of Public Administration, the Chinese Public Administration Review, the Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce, Open Government: a journal on Freedom of Information, the Journal of Cooperative Education, and the Journal of Public Works Management and Policy.