DISSERTATION COMMITTEES   Gouk Tae Kim The Scientific Science Policy Framework: Implications for STI (Science, Technology, and Innovation) Policy and Evaluation (2012)</TD> </TR> Stephanie Kay Goodwin Development of the University Health Index to Examine the Interface between Campus Environment and Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Weight in College Students (September 2011) George R. Davis, Jr. Freshmen Student-Athletes: An Examination of the Decision-Making Process and Satisfaction (April 2006) Matthew Lloyd Collins An Elaboration and Analysis of Two Policy Implementation Frameworks to Better Understand Project Exile (December 2002)</TD> </TR>   THESIS/PROFESSIONAL PAPER COMMITTEES Chad A. Reed Understanding Gordian’s Knot: The Department of Defense...

Course Description PA and Policy Inquiry serves as the "methods" course for the MPA curriculum. However, unlike traditional methods course, this course is aimed at those who are or soon will be administrators, as opposed to those who wish to be Social Science Researchers. The course covers the same concepts, same designs, and same tools, but has a different focus. This course is focused on potential action and decision making informed by analytical analysis. While the student will be able to design and understand research set up to provide causal explanation, this will not be the main focus. Learning Objectives...

Course Description The worlds of Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation, while overlapping and sharing similarities in terms of general logical approach, are quite different in their level of focus, level of detail, and overall purpose. While the person put in charge of evaluating the success of a particular government program will be necessarily focused on whether or not predicted outcomes have been achieved or processes of delivery have been adequately established, the policy analyst will generally be more concerned with understanding the political and economic issues involved with the passage of a policy (which could affect many different programs) and...

Purpose of Class: To introduce Master's-level CPAP students to some of the systems and technologies they are likely to encounter in today's governmental agencies. In addition to understanding what they are, the purpose of this course is to provide hands-on exposure to these systems and technologies.   Class Project: So that the systems and technologies considered in this course are not considered isolated and un-related to each other, an over-riding project that involves the use of every technology introduced will be employed. The project to be used this semester is the building of the first e-government web-presence for a rural...