2011 Teaching Public Administration Conference

TUESDAY, MAY 17

9:00 am – 10:45 am

Pre-Conference Workshop: Quality Matters and Online Instruction Tools and Techniques

Dr. Deb Gearhart, Director eCampus, Troy University

PC 1 Slides

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pre-Conference Workshop: The Mysterious Neglect of Law in the MPA Curriculum

Dr. David Rosenbloom

PC 2 Slides

 

 

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Opening Welcome

Plenary Session

 

1:45 pm – 3:15 pm

Concurrent Sessions I

 

Teach Students How to Apply Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Improve Government Decision Making

Becky Starnes (Demonstration Project)

Panel 1 Slides

 

Meeting the Needs of Professionals who Administer Government For the People: Using Practitioner Feedback to Develop Relevant Professional Curriculum

Alex Heckman, Redd Branner, Lewis Chongwony and Leslie King

Panel 2 Slides

Integrating Issues of Social Equity into the MPA Curriculum

 Heather Wyatt-Nichol, Edwina Dorch, Warren Haynes and Samuel Brown

Panel 3

Wyatt-Nichol Slides

Dorch Slides

 

Experiential Learning Opportunities in Public Administration "What Works, What Does Not Work"

Nicola Bivens and Anita Bledsoe-Gardner (Workshop)

Panel 4

 

 

 

 

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions II

 

Transitioning to Online Teaching: Tips on being a Successful Teacher

Deb Gearhart

 

Video Demonstration: Making a Documentary as a Learning and Communicating Tool

Bob Cunningham

Panel 5:

Gearhart Slides

See Webcast Archives for Video  Demonstration

 

Moderator: Manfred Meine

 

Using Community Engagement in Graduate Methods Education

Meena Chary

 

The Impact of Project 100% on Student Voting at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

Leland Coxe

 

Taking the Classroom to Town Hall: The Experiences of a Partnership between James Madison University's Public Policy and Administration Programs and the Town of Elkton, VA

Nicholas Swartz and Reid Wodicka

 

An Effective MPA Capstone: Outcomes at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

Richard Orman and Col. James Stormes

Panel 6:

Coxe Slides

Swartz/Wodicka Slides

Orman/Stormes Slides

 Moderator:  Diane Kimoto

 

A Model of Administrative Themes for Use across the Curriculum

Catherine Horiuchi

 

Applying Framing Theory to Examination of State/Local Government Pension Issues in Public Administration

Richard Wandling

 

Teaching Ethics Using Literature

Charles Mitchell

 

Incorporating Civic Literacy into Public Administration Programs

Thomas Poulin

Panel 7:

Horiuchi Handout

Wandling Slides

Wandling Handout

Mitchell Slides

Poulin Slides

 

Elevating Asynchronous Distance Learning through Excellent Online Discussions

David Baker (Workshop)

Panel 8: Slides

Panel 8: Handout

 

 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18

9:00 am – 10:30 am

Plenary Session

 

 The MPA Program and Workplace Competencies:  Local Government Perspectives

Moderator: John Dunning

 

William E. Harrell, City Manager, Chesapeake; Jack Tuttle, City Manager, Williamsburg; James A. Gray, Assistant City Manager, Hampton; Robert R. Morin, Director of Human Services, Virginia Beach; and Regina Hilliard, Director of Human Resources, Virginia Beach

Intro Slides

See Webcast Archives for Panel Session

 

10:45 am – 12:15 pm

Concurrent Sessions III

 

The Technology Trap: The Realistic Use of Technology for Teaching

Susanne Beaumaster and Elaine Ahumada (Roundtable)

Panel 9:

Slides

Handouts

Moderator:  Ellen Rosell

 

Development of a New Master of Research Administration Program: Administering Research for the Public Good

Jo Ann Smith

 

Increasing Teaching and Learning Effectiveness at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, In an Era of Change and Reform

Charlene Roach and Gloria Davis-Cooper

 

The University and the Citizen-Student: Redefining a Democratic Learning Experience

Ellen Szarleta

 

Efficacy of Liquidated Damages in IT Procurement and Contracting

Hal Moeller

 

Panel 10:

 

Smith Slides

Roach Slides

Moeller Slides

 

 

The Kimoto Leadership Model: Guiding Students in Their Career Paths

Lorne Mulder, Diane Kimoto, Jenny Frasco and Cory Jackson

 

Panel 11:

Slides

 

  

Moderator:  Samuel Shelton

 

ICT and its Impact on Classroom Learning

Alexander Dawoody

 

Communication and Public Administration: Preparing Future Administrators in a Technological Age

Claire Connolly Knox

 

Maximizing Reflexivity and Praxis by Recognizing and Counteracting the Constraints Imposed by Stimulus-Response Learning

Robert Peters

 

Identifying the Most Effective Instructional Strategies to Achieve the Learning Objectives of Bloom's Six Cognitive Domains

Blue Wooldridge and Susan Gooden

Panel 12:

Dawoody Slides

Knox Slides

Knox Handout

Peters Slides

Wooldridge Slides

 

12:30 pm –   2:00 pm

Keynote Speaker:

David Rosenbloom

 

The Mysterious Neglect of Law in the MPA Curriculum

Lunch

Slides

2:15 pm – 3:45 pm

Concurrent Sessions IV

 

Tearing Down Walls: The MPA Program in the Virtual Space Classroom

Moderator:  Celeste Murphy Greene

 

Quality Assurance in Online MPA Programs

Ellen Rosell

 

For the People, By the People and From the People: Using Blogs and Social Media to Teach Public Administration and Civic Engagement

Tammy Esteves

 

On Line MPA Programs: Are Academics and Practitioners Wired and Connected?

Kim Loutzenhiser and Kristie Roberts

 

Video Demonstration: E-Advising Excellence: The New Frontier in Faculty Advising

Dayna McDaniel, Leora Waldner and Murray Widener

Panel 13:

Rosell Slides

Esteves Slides

Esteves Video

Loutzenhiser Slides

McDaniel Slides

 

 

Moderator:  Robert Abbey

 

Our Historical Challenge for Government and Public Sector Administrators

Sandra Mobley, Sylvia Statton and Amanda Simon

Time for Youth - Video Presentation - Amanda Simon, President

 

Federal Bureaucracy and the Challenge of Effectiveness

Hakim Guidoum

 

Ambiguities: Latent and Patent: Government's Duty to Clarify and Bidder's Duty to Inquire

Hal Moeller

 

Laughing at, with, and for Bureaucrats: Humor as a Pedagogic Tool Wilbur Rich

Panel 14: The

Mobley Slides

Simon Non-Profits Video

Guidoum Slides
Moeller Slides

"Academically Adrift": Implications for Public Administration Education

Dan Balfour (Roundtable)

Panel 15:

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4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions V

 

Closing the Loop: Assessing NASPAA Standards on Diversity

 RaJade Berry-James, Susan Gooden and  Ramona Ortega 

Panel 16:

Berry James Slides

Gooden Slides

Moderator:  Wilbur Rich

 

The Governance Challenge: Keeping Historical Mission at the Forefront - A Study of Distance Education Program Implementation at Historically Minority Institutions in the University of North Carolina System

Monica Price

 

Ethical, Academic and Practical Considerations for Online Teaching: Does the Search for Quality and Integrity Come at the Expense of Academic Freedom?

Manfred Meine and Robert Abbey

 

Teaching MPA Research Methods and Data Analysis as Hybrid Courses: Advantages and Challenges for Distance Course Delivery

Sandra Pavelka and Howard Smith

 

The State of Online Education in Public Affairs and Administration Programs

Augustine Hammond

Panel 17:

 

Meine Slides

Pavelka Slides

Hammond Slides

 

 

Moderator:  Margaret Stout

 

Virginia College and University Legislative Redistricting Competition

 John McGlennon

 

Undergraduates and Public Service Motivation

Tory Weaver

 

Public Administration 101: Giving Voice to Undergraduate Education

Diane Kimoto

 

AmeriCorps: Love It or Lose It

Jenna Carrigan and Cory Jackson

Panel 18:

McGlennon Slides

Weaver Slides

Kimoto Handout

Carrigan Slides

 

THURSDAY, MAY 19

9:00 am – 10:30 am

Concurrent Sessions VI

 

The Troy Experience with Teaching at a Distance: Comparability Among In Class, On Line, and Hybrid Courses

David Shetterly, Robert Abbey, Manfred Meine and Samuel Shelton

Panel19:

Slides

Handout

 

Moderator:  Margaret Stout

 

Spirituality in the Public Workplace

Gary Roberts

 

Ministry" in Public Administration: Serving in Government for and by the People

Richard Jacobs

Panel 20:

Roberts Slides

Roberts Handout