SPAA doctoral (Ph.D. and DPA) dissertations
Adams, Barbara A. K. (August 1994 - DPA): "The unprepossessing Mr. Ryan: Understanding exemplary legislative leadership"
Ahmed, Saleh Abdel Rahman (August 2004 - Ph.D.): "From violence-prone to violence-prepared organizations: Assessing the role of human resources management in preventing workplace violence in American city governments"
Amarnath, Sivaswami (Nat) (December 1989 - DPA): "Assessment inequities of residential properties in nine Michigan townships"
Amspaugh, Michael Bennett (December 2006 - DPA): "Results of early implementation of government accounting standards board statement no. 34 in 15 Ohio public school districts"
Baxter, Randy Jay (December 2010 - Ph.D.): "Applying case characteristics to expand outcome measures and strengthen effectiveness in a state family preservation services program"
Beaudin-Seiler, Beth M. (May 2015 - Ph.D): "National quality awards in healthcare and actual quality in U.S. hospitals"
Bernhard, Margaret (June 2003 - DPA): "Essential elements of an implementation process for grant-funded projects/programs in nonprofit organizations"
Bowers, Henry Joseph (June 2000 - DPA): "Public policy: Affirmative action, social equity and employment patterns in Michigan's construction industry 1966-1997"
Brandell, Cherise E. (June 2003 - Ph.D.): "Public discourse and social capital: An assessment of open, honest and fair in one community’s public deliberation processes"
Brown, Phillip A. (April 1996 - DPA): "The Public Administrationist as Civic Shaman: The Self-Reflective Integrator of Policy Frames of Reference and Social Character"
Brown, Robert P. (April 1994 - DPA): "Guiding the wild heart: Steering the state safely between Scylla and Charybdis"
Buzas, Larry A. (April 1996 - DPA): "Lobbying in the nonprofit sector: A study of practice and values"
Carr, Sharon (April 1998 - DPA): "A study of local-cosmopolitan orientation with a university support staff"
Clarke,Judith Brown (December 2007 - Ph.D.): "Evaluating the effectiveness and benefit-cost of the Michigan background check program using crime opportunity theory"
Clay, Velma Lee (April 1998 - DPA): "African American females and the glass ceiling in the defense logistics agency"
Cole, Timothy Jerome (April 2000 - DPA): "Practitioners' perspectives on alternatives to the paper-based system for preventing welfare fraud"
Collins, Patricia A. (April 2002 - DPA): "Organizational alignment: A tool for obtaining greater organization efficiency and effectiveness in a state government agency"
Constandt, James Ross (August 1987 - DPA): "School district current operating expenditures: A comparative analysis of Michigan school districts having a student population of 10,000 to 50,000 for 1984-85"
Crews, John E. (August 1990 - DPA): "Demographic characteristics, rehabilitation outcomes, and family concerns of individuals who are older and blind"
Dawoody, Alexander Rayssan (December 2004 - Ph.D.): "U.S. policy toward Iraq within the context of complexity theories"
DeSonia, Amy Sue (June 2007 - Ph.D.): "An evaluative model for incorporating diversity training into teacher preparation"
Dykman, Connie Dunham (December 1989 - DPA): "Conversion of the Coldwater Regional Mental Health Center: The impact on employees"
Earl, Catherine Ellen (April 1998 - DPA): "Health care benefits of nursing students as predictors of intentions to care for AIDS patients"
Ekpunobi, Abel E. (April 1999 - DPA): "Judicial decision making under Michigan sentencing guidelines"
Filipova, Anna A. (December 2007 - Ph.D.): "Perceived organizational support and ethical work climates as predictors of turnover intention of licensed nurses in skilled nursing facilities"
Fisk, Terry Lee (April 2004 - DPA): "A comparative study of factors related to adoption, management, and impact of police consolidation and amalgamation in Norfolk County, England and Kent and Ottawa counties, Michigan, United States"
Francke, Carol L. (August 1994 - DPA): "Effective changes in hospital patient accounting since the prospective payment system (PPS)"
Freed, David E. (December 1999 - DPA): "Implementing organizational change in a public agency"
Green, Daryl D. (December 2013 - Ph.D.): "Exploring police active shooter preparedness in Michigan: A grounded study of police preparedness to active shooter incidents, developing a normative model"
Gregory, Warren Charles (December 1999 - DPA): "Symbolic politics: Government's war against the working class"
Guetschow, Gregg G. (August 2007 - Ph.D.): "Coordination, collaboration, and culture: Local economic development in a time of networks"
Hacker, Anne Julie (August 2006 - Ph.D.): "Unintended consequences in public policy: Formulation and implementation of Michigan's safe delivery of newborns law"
Higbea, Raymond J. (December 2006 - Ph.D.): "Nongovernmental program replication and implementation: What can community-based programs to support the uninsured learn from other communities?"
Homant, Susanne F. (April 2006 - DPA): "The war on drugs V. the war on pain: Do controlled prescribing laws have a role?"
Hopkins, Roxana Marie (December 1999 - DPA): "Site-based management and student achievement"
Houston, James H. (April 2003 - DPA): "Drug courts: A study of retention and suspension in the Kalamazoo County drug court program"
Howe, Dale Kennedy (April 2002 - Ph.D.): "Demographic factors predictive of medicaid enrollment in Michigan counties"
Hurley, Daniel J. (December 2002 - Ph.D.): "A study of the leadership preparedness of U.S. public university chief business offices"
Hurren, James P. (June 1996 - DPA): "Implementation of an "Early Return to Duty" policy within the Michigan Civil Service: An exploratory study"
Islam, Khandaker N. (April 2014 - Ph.D.): "A study on generic substitution policy as a cost"
Juta, Sylivia T. (April 2014 - Ph.D.): "The growing women’s political activism in Africa, 1990-2010: An explanatory analysis of institutions and contexts"
Kadlecek, James M. (August 1996 - DPA): "Intergovernmental cooperation in metropolitan Grand Rapids, Michigan"
Kangas, Timothy J. (June 2004 - Ph.D.): "Child welfare and devolving federalism: An analysis of the effects of federal funding schemes on selected child welfare outcomes in Michigan"
Kariuki, Peter Kiiru (December 2006 - Ph.D.): "The challenges of implementing privatization reform program of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Kenya 1979 to 2002"
Kemp, Edmund Paul (June 1987 - DPA): "Alcoholism treatment and its effect on subsequent health care costs: A Medicaid study of cost differences by treatment setting"
Ketrow, Richard A. (June 2005 - Ph.D.): "A leadership model for Roman Catholic social service agencies"
Kimball, Linda Gail (April 2001 - DPA): "The grandparent-raising-grandchildren phenomenon in Michigan"
Kitts, Gary R. (April 1995 - DPA): "Public choice or public spirit: Toward a more comprehensive theory of regulation"
Korpela, Craig (December 2006 - Ph.D.): "The cover-up is more damaging than the sin: Sexual scandals at the cabinet and sub-cabinet levels"
Latuszek, Doty (December 2004 - Ph.D.): "Effectiveness of teaching modalities for pre-college level mathematics course"
Lauber, Cheryl (December 2000 - DPA): "Developmental, psychosocial, and economic predictors of healthy newborns in Michigan's teenage pregnancies"
Lee, Shyu-tu (August 1985 - DPA): "Beyond the contingency theory: Environment, structure and administrator's coping ability in the public sector"
Leneway, Robert J. (June 1991 - DPA): "A comparative study of employment outcomes of the projects with industry and the state/federal vocational rehabilitation programs"
Liles, Richard J. (December 1987 - DPA): "An analysis of the use of special masters for assuring compliance with judicial decrees in corrections litigation"
Lovell, Robert G. (August 1996 - DPA): "Cost sharing under complex federalism: Welfare reform cost neutrality calculations"
Maki, Robert E. (June 1990 - DPA): "The relationship between private and commercial vehicle driver records and accidents in Michigan"
McConnell II, Leonard Robert (August 1986 - DPA): "Perceived barriers and proposed solutions for employment of the handicapped: Attitudes of employers and employment agencies"
McKay III, Eugene H. (December 2003 - Ph.D.): "Student satisfaction with Michigan community college distance education courses"
Meriweather, Ruby Miranda (April 2005 - DPA): "Factors affecting treatment program development in a mental health facility serving prisoners"
Meserve Erbisch, Pamela Sue (December 2004 - DPA): "Management style, organizational climate, and organizational performance in a public mental health agency: An integral model"
Moxley,David P. (December 1999 - DPA): "Foundations of board development: Theory and practice in community service organizations"
Muladore, Robert G. (April 2006 - Ph.D.): "Implementing community policing successfully: An analysis of the degree of police engagement with the philosophy and practice of community policing"
Muterera,Jonathan (April 2008 - Ph.D.): "The relationship between leadership theory behaviors, follower attitudes and behaviors, and organizational performance in United States county governments"
Myers, Maureen Elizabeth (April 2000 - DPA): "The perceived economic, social, and cultural impacts of gaming on a Michigan Indian tribe"
Nanzer, Bruce A. (June 2003 - Ph.D.): "Ownership and stewardship: Attitudes among Michigan’s voters impacting opposition to great lakes water diversions"
Neubecker, James (April 1996 - DPA): "An evaluation of privatization, taxes, and user fees as alternative strategies for municipal trash collection"
Newman, Diana L. (December1996 - DPA): "The impact of patient representative on satisfaction"
O'Brien, Robert Michael (June 1988 - DPA): "The effects of participative management of teacher satisfaction during periods of organizational decline"
Ormes, Walter S. (December 1996 - DPA): "The measurement of dental disease in a correctional setting: The importance to functional service delivery"
Panico, Russell T. (December 2016 - Ph.D.): "An analysis of campus violence threat assessment policy implementation at Michigan community colleges"
Park, Jung Sam (December 1998 - DPA): "The impact of social, political, and economic forces on environmental protection efforts"
Petras, Christopher (December 1996 - DPA): "Millage election outcomes in Michigan public school sistricts: A test of the rational choice and social psychological voting models"
Phillips, Randall Earl (April 1996 - DPA): "Crises in the regulation of long-term care"
Pierce, Eileen L. (August 2011 - Ph.D.): "Citizen-informed performance measurement and reporting in local government: Key factors for effective democratic governance"
Poleski, Kristin L. (June 2016 - Ph.D.): "To promote or not to promote: An inquiry into the experience of female police officers and their decisions to pursue promotion"
Powell, Emma A. (April 2017 - Ph.D.): "Aligning national nonprofit expectations with local efforts to serve the mission"
Quarles, Nancy L. (December 2001 - Ph.D.): "Visionary leadership: The importance in the public sector from the perspective of city managers"
Rafels, Sylvia Marie (December 2001 - DPA): "Women and combat: Impediments to the total integration of women in the military"
Rao, Gondy Bhaskara (April 1988 - DPA): "Determination of a "Benchmark" rate of return for regulated small telephone utilities in the state of Michigan"
Reece,Mark Steven (December 2007 - Ph.D.): "Economic impacts of casino gambling on rural Michigan communities"
Rich, David L. (December 2007 - DPA): "A heuristic study of the decision to privatize local government services"
Richardson, Carole A. (June 1999 - DPA): "The role of access in evaluating distance learning program effectiveness"
Rundhaug, Daniel L. (December 2013 - Ph.D.): "Leadership loss within independently-controlled Protestant churches: Protecting against leadership turmoil and turnover"
Schilling, Kenneth John (June 2005 - DPA): "The one-stop permit and plan review center: Three case studies"
Shoemaker, Roger J. (December 1989 - DPA): "Corporate resistance to early return to work policy"
Sibilsky-Soule, Cheryl Kay (April 2005 - Ph.D.): "Collaboration through partnerships: A review of six Michigan communities"
Slater, Kenneth O. (August 1986 - DPA): "A historical analysis of public policy for the care and treatment of people who are mentally retarded in Michigan"
Sleymann, Alee A. (April 2006 - Ph.D.): "A study on perceptions of civil engineers regarding mandatory continuing education"
Smith, Gerald H. (April 1992 - DPA): "The rise and decline of mental health hospitals in the state of Michigan"
Sobie, Robert J. (June 2006 - Ph.D.): "Electronic government accessibility for people with blindness or low vision who utilize assistive computer technology"
Soper, Josef R. (December 1985 - DPA): "The implementation of deterrence: A multi-approach assessment of the impact of recent changes in anti-drunk driving legislation on reducing alcohol-involved fatalities"
Sundberg, Carol Marie (August 2004 - Ph.D.): "Examining the meaning and experience of self-determination and its impact on quality of life for individuals with cognitive disabilities"
Terpstra, Duane (December 2005 - DPA): "Job perceptions within campus law enforcement"
Trusty, Kelly A. (December 2013 - Ph.D.): "SIMO: Modeling and measuring the relationships between strategy, IT/mission alignment maturity, and nonprofit organizational outcomes"
Tsai, Michael Kuan (April 1989 - DPA): "The impact of self-esteem and locus of control on expectancy theory predictions of work effort"
Vinson, John Nathaniel (December 2004 - Ph.D.): "Leadership competency needs of future U.S. campus law enforcement ddministrators"
Wallace, Christine M. (April 2004 - Ph.D.): "The theory of transpersonal leadership: A grounded theory study"
Walters, James J. (December 2006 - Ph.D.): "Funding Michigan K-12 education adequacy without rewarding inefficiency"
Wang, Jianfeng (August 2005 - Ph.D.): "An empirical study of fiscal decentralization of local governments in China"
Westcot, David D. (August 2003 - Ph.D.): "An analysis of the level of union membership in the United States since the implementation of NAFTA"
Wieber, James Robert (December 1987 - DPA): "The ddea of good government: The evolution of administrative thought and practice in the American republic"
Williams, Sherie Lynn (August 2003 - Ph.D.): "Examination of the skills and dispositions needed for assistant principals to be effective disciplinarians"
Woell, R. Dee L. (December 1985 - DPA): "Predicting agency survival as a function of constituency support in the Michigan mental health system"
Wright, D. Wayne (April 1994 - DPA): "The effects of utilitarianism on performance appraisal and selected output measures in a Weberian bureaucracy"
Wu, Yung Sung (December 1987 - DPA): "Development of Michigan JTPA Title IIA performance standards regression models under the new Federalism"
Zahradnik, Anne G. (June 2006 - Ph.D.): "Providing uninsured adults with free or low-cost primary care: Does it influence their use of hospital emergency departments?"
Zandstra, Gerald L. (August 2007 - Ph.D.): "Public administration theory and views of the human person"
Zator, Roselyn (August 2011 - Ph.D.): "Exploring collaborative governance: Case studies of disruptions in coastal zone management collaborations and resulting effects upon the collaborations and outcomes"
Zivic, Rosemary Clare (April 1997 - DPA): "Outcomes related to the quality of life of oncology patients aged 65 and older following initial cancer treatment"
Zweiback, Damita Jo (December 2004 - DPA): "The relationship between locus of control and nutrition health status among adult WIC participants"