The College was active in the profession in 2000. We edited or co-edited
four journals, and refereed for about 100 different journals. We served
the profession with membership on numerous advisory and executive boards,
and with peer reviewing of programs and faculty. We also served the public
with numerous assignments on boards of directors and advisory councils
to public and private agencies.
Gary T. Henry is Co-Editor of New Directions
for Evaluation.
Bill Kahnweiler is Co-Editor of The Organization
Development Journal.
John Clayton Thomas is Co-editor of The American
Review of Public Administration.
William L. Waugh, Jr., is Co-editor of Policy
Studies Review.
James Alm
served as a member of the Executive Committee of the National Tax Association.
is Guest Editor of a special issue of Public Finance Review
(forthcoming). He served on the Editorial Board of Public Finance
Review, and served as referee for The American Economic Review,
Contemporary Economic Policy, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Economic Behavior
and Organization, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Energy and
Development, Journal of Public Economics, National Tax Journal, Public
Finance Review, and The Quarterly Journal of Economics and Finance.
served on dissertation committees for three students (two completed)
at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Jay Bae
consulted for the Harvard Medical School, Division of Aging, on evaluation
design and data issues for the program, "Aging, Mental Health, and Substance
Abuse in Primary Care," jointly sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Administration, Veterans Administration, and Health Resource and
Services Administration.
served as referee for the Journal of Behavioral Health Services and
Research and Medical Care.
Roy Bahl
serves on the Editorial Boards of Cityscape: Journal of Policy Development
and Research, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial
Management and the American Review of Public Administration.
He served as referee for the American Review of Public Administration,
Growth and Change, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and
Financial Management, Publius, Regional Science and Urban
Economics, and Urban Studies.
serves as a Director of the Southern Growth Policies Board. He served
as a member of the Project Advisory Committee on International Commerce
(PACIC), and on the business award selection committee.
serves as a member of the Board of Visitors of the Martin School of
Public Administration at the University of Kentucky.
serves as faculty associate of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
in Cambridge, Mass.
served on the finance committee of the National Association of Schools
of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA).
wrote a book review on Helen F. Ladd's Review of the Challenge of
Fiscal Disparities for State and Local Governments (Edward Eglar Cheltenham,
1999) for Regional Science and Urban Economics, forthcoming.
Jameson Boex
served as referee for the Journal of Economic Education and the
American Education Research Journal.
Arthur C. Brooks
was appointed to the Editorial Board of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector
Quarterly.
served on the Executive Committee of the 26th Annual Conference on Social
Theory, Politics, and the Arts, Washington D.C., October 2000.
served as a referee for Public Administration Review, the Journal
of Public Economic Theory, and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.
wrote the book review of Andrew L. Pincus' Tanglewood: The Clash
Between Tradition and Change (Boston: Northeastern Univ. Press) for
the Journal of Cultural Economics, forthcoming.
served on the National Policy Board of Americans for the Arts.
appeared on the bank of Experts in cultural policy by the Center
for Arts and Culture in Washington, D.C.
served as member of the Grants Advisory Committee, The Aspen Institute
Nonprofit Sector Research Fund.
Ronald G. Cummings
served as as a member of the Editorial Council of the Natural Resources
Journal, and as a member of the Advisory Board of Environmental
and Development Economics.
wrote the report, An Economic Exploration Of The Proposed ASM 2525/5015
Emissions Testing Program, submitted to the Environmental Protection
Division, February, 2000.
served on the Environmental Protection Agency's Project Proposal Review
Committee.
served as referee for the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management,
American Economic Review, Land Economics, and Environmental
and Development Economics.
Jennifer Edwards
served on the advisory committee for "How to Improve the Quality of Health
Care Delivered to Children Served by State Agencies," a workshop sponsored
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for HealthCare
Research and Quality, Washington, D.C., April 2000.
Paul G. Farnham
served as reviewer of "International HIV/AIDS Analysis Paper, Draft 1,"
for the Office of the Director, National Center for HIV, STD, & TB Prevention,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, August 2000.
served as referee for Inquiry and Urban Affairs Review.
Atef Ghobrial
wrote a book review of Compendium of International Air Transport
(A.D. Groenewege (ed.), International Air Transport Association), Journal
of Air Transport World Wide, February 2000.
joined the Professor-In-Industry Outreach Program by Delta Air Lines.
The program provides research opportunities for professors from prestigious
universities.
serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Air Transport Worldwide,
and served as a referee for Transportation Research and the Journal
of Air Transport Worldwide.
served as an external reviewer for promotion to the professorship rank
of a faculty member at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
wrote an article on the role of transit technology for mobility of special
population. The article appeared in the newsletter of the Greater Cities
Universities, summer 2000.
Shiferaw Gurmu
served as a referee for the Journal of Econometrics, Journal
of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics,
and Empirical Economics.
Carol D. Hansen
served as a referee for the Human Resource Development International
Journal, the Cutting Edge (best papers of the year, sponsored
by the Academy of Human Resource Development and the American Society
of Training and Development), the Academy of Human Resource Development
Conference, and the Eastern Academy of Management Global Conference.
organized a panel on international Human Resources for the Eastern Academy
of Management.
was invited to publish a summary of her research in international human
resource development in the UNESCO Encyclopedia for Global Sustainable
Development.
Amy Helling
is a member of the editorial board of Economic Development Quarterly.
She served as a reviewer of proposals for funding submitted to the University
of California Transportation Research Center; reviewer of paper proposals
for the Transportation Research Board annual conference; and as referee
for Environment and Planning B, Public Works Management and
Policy, and the Journal of the American Planning Association.
was appointed to the Associated Collegiate Schools of Planning Committee
on Reassessing Scholarship.
Gary T. Henry
serves on the advisory board of the American Journal for Evaluation,
and served as Associate Editor for Evaluation Review. He served
as referee for the American Journal of Evaluation, Educational
Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Evaluation and Program Planning,
Public Administration Review, State and Local Government Review,
Evaluation Review, and Educational Measurement and Testing:
Issues and Practice.
has been asked by North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt to serve as technical
advisor for "First In America by 2010," North Carolina's performance report
aimed at moving that state to the top tier in education.
Julie L. Hotchkiss
serves on the editorial board for the Eastern Economic Journal.
Served as referee for the Journal of Education Economics, Eastern
Economic Journal, Southern Economic Journal, Economic Development
and Cultural Change, and Journal of Macroeconomics.
Bill Kahnweiler
served as a referee for International Journal of Organizational Analysis
and Human Resource Development Quarterly.
served as a book manuscript reviewer for Berrett-Koehler Publishers and
MCB University Press.
was asked and agreed to serve on an international committee of the American
Society for Training and Development. This group works to bridge the interests
of human resource development researchers and practitioners.
was asked and agreed to serve as an expert reviewer for the American
Society for Training and Development's Year 2000 Excellence in Practice
Awards. He evaluated candidates in two categories -- career development
and change management.
is Project Director of a training and development grant funded by Georgia
Quick Start, a unit of the State of Georgia Department of Technical and
Adult Education. Additional funding received for 3rd year of operation
in 2000.
Bruce Kaufman
is Co-editor of the annual research volume, Advances in Industrial
and Labor Relations, JAI Press. He served as a member of the editorial
boards for the Journal of Labor Research, Human Resource Management
Review, and International Journal of Human Resource Management
Education.
Susan Laury
served as referee for Experimental Economics, Games and Economic
Behavior, and the National Science Foundation.
Gregory B. Lewis
serves as a member of the editorial board of the American
Review of Public Administration and the Journal of Public Administration
Research and Theory. He served as referee for Public Administration
Review and the Review of Public Personnel Administration.
served as a member of the committee choosing the best paper published
in American Review of Public Administration in 1999 and is serving
on the same committee for the coming year.
served as program chair of the Public Administration section of the
American Political Science Association for its 2000 annual meeting and
is now the section chair-elect.
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
served as Guest Editor for a two issue Symposium on Fiscal Management
in Transition Economies for the Journal of Budgeting, Accounting, and
Financial Management that will be printed in 2001.
Served on the World Bank Advisory Board for the Russian Federation.
Served as a World Bank Peer Reviewer.
Served as referee for the National Tax Journal, Journal of
Urban Economics, the Journal for Budgeting and Finance, and
The National Science Foundation.
Julia Melkers
served as Chairperson of the Research, Technology and Development Topical
Interest Group in the American Evaluation Association.
was selected to serve on the editorial board of Evaluation and Program
Planning, and served as a referee for the American Review of Public
Administration, Public Administration Review, Journal of
Environmental Planning and Management, and the National Science Foundation.
Karen Minyard
served as President (starting October) and President-Elect (until October)
of the Georgia Rural Health Association.
Harvey K. Newman
serves as a member of the editorial board of Atlanta History: A Journal
of Georgia and the South and served as a referee for the Journal
of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, Policy Studies Journal,
and Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South.
served as an outside reviewer for Promotion and Tenure materials, College
of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University.
reviewed the book, Olympic Dreams: The Impact of Mega-Events on Local
Politics by Matthew J. Burbank, Greg Andranovich, and Charles H. Heying,
for Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, Colorado.
served as institutional representative for the Urban Affairs Association
and as Chair, Program Review and Evaluation Committee, Urban Affairs Association.
His book, Southern Hospitality: Tourism and the Growth of Atlanta,
was nominated for the 1999 Book of the Year Award, Historical Division
by the Georgia Writers Association.
Lloyd G. Nigro
served on the board of editors of Public Administration Review,
Public Organization Review, Policy Studies Review, the Review
of Public Personnel Administration, and the International Journal
of Public Administration. He was member of the American Society of
Public Administration, the American Political Science Association, and
the Public Administration Theory Network. He served as referee for State
and Local Government Review and the American Review of Public Administration.
served as member of the Executive Committee, Section on Personnel Administration
and Labor Relations, ASPA.
served as Chair of the Selection Committee, PAR Marshall Dimock Award
Best Lead Article for 1999.
served as a Consultant to the State of Georgia Merit System.
Judith M. Ottoson
served as referee for Adult Education Quarterly and Health
Education and Behavior.
elected as president of Atlanta-area Evaluation Association on December
6, 2000. Initiated and convened the planning committee to start this affiliate
of the American Evaluation Association.
served on the local planning committee for the American Public Health
Association, Health Education and Health Promotion Section, annual conference,
2000-01.
served on the local planning committee for the Society for Public Health
Education 2001 Annual Meeting.
served as Associate Professor promotion reviewer for the University of
Wisconsin at Madison.
M. Melinda Pitts
wrote a book review of A Review of Latinas and African American Women
at Work (Irene Brown, editor) for Industrial and Labor Relations
Review, January 2000.
Theodore H. Poister
serves on the editorial boards of The American Review of Public
Administration, Public Productivity & Management Review,
and Public Works Management & Policy. He served as referee
for Public Administration Review, American Review of Public
Administration, Public Productivity & Management Review, Transportation
Research Record, and State and Local Government Review.
was named a Fellow of the Center for Accountability and Performance of
the American Society for Public Administration.
Felix Rioja
served as referee for Public Finance Management.
Mark D. Rivera
served as a Finance Committee Member for the Atlanta Area Evaluation
Association (AaEA), a regional affiliate of the American Evaluation Association.
Worked closely with a subcommittee to develop AaEA by-laws.
Christine H. Roch
served as a referee for the Southeastern Political Review.
Ross Rubenstein
received the Joseph S. Wholey Distinguished Scholarship Award for the
year's best scholarly paper on performance-based governance, from the
American Society for Public Administration, for his paper, "Using Adjusted
Performance Measures for Evaluating Resource Use" (written with Leanna
Stiefel and Amy Ellen Schwartz), March 2000.
served as a referee for the National Tax Journal.
served on the Governmental Accounting Standards Board advisory committee
for GASB's school district financial statements user guide.
served as a reviewer for the "Scholars of Policy Analysis" awards from
the American Education Research Association.
Francis W. Rushing
serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Private Enterprise.
served as Secretary/Treasurer for the Society of Economics Educators.
serves as Chairman of the Board of Advisors for Georgia REAL Enterprises.
serves as member of the Executive Committee, Chair of the Program Committee,
and Member of the Board of Advisors for the Georgia Council on Economic
Education.
Benjamin P. Scafidi
served as referee for the Southern Economics Journal.
Bruce A. Seaman
served as referee for the Journal of Cultural Economics.
Organized the Biennial Conference of the Association for Cultural Economics,
International (ACEI), in the role of President-Elect of the ACEI, Minneapolis,
Minn., May 28-31, 2000.
served as external faculty reviewer for a proposal to shift from a Doctor
of Arts to a Ph.D. in Economics program at the Middle Tennessee University,
on behalf of the Tennessee Board of Education, Nashville.
contributed the paper, "Economic Development and Community Infrastructure,"
to the National Center for Arts and Culture project, "Art, Culture and
the National Agenda," report made public October 2000.
wrote a book review on The Public Life of the Arts in America
(edited by Joni M Cherbo and Margaret J. Wyszomirski, Rutgers University
Press, 2000) for the Journal of Cultural Economics, forthcoming.
David L. Sjoquist
serves on the Board of Editors for the National Tax Journal.
He served as referee for the Journal of Public Economic Theory,
National Tax Journal, Papers in Regional Science, Public
Finance Review, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Review
of Regional Studies, State and Local Government Review, Urban
Affairs Review, Urban Studies, and the National Science Foundation.
Charlotte Steeh
served as referee for Public Opinion Quarterly, American Journal
of Sociology, and American Sociological Review.
Paula Stephan
served as member of the Joint Committee on Economic Assessment, University
of California, 2000-2002.
served as member of the Study Panel for Science and Engineering Workforce
Data 2000, National Science Foundation, 2000-2001.
served as member of the Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science,
and Technology-Ethics and Values Studies, Research on Science and Technology
(SDETS), National Science Foundation, 1999-2001.
served as member of the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and
Engineering (CEOSE), National Science Foundation, 1999- 2002; and served
as CEOSE Liason, SBE Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation 2000-2001.
served as member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Center for Science,
Policy, and Outcomes (CSPO).
Greg Streib
served as referee for Public Administration Review, the American
Review of Public Administration, and State and Local Government
Review.
Laura Taylor
served as chair for the Committee for the Summer Workshop of the Association
of Environmental and Resource Economists (committee selects the topic,
location and format of the workshop as well as the papers presented at
the workshop, scheduled for June 2001).
served as referee for the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management,
Land Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics,
Resource and Energy Economics, Journal of Environmental Management,
and Environmental and Resource Economics.
John Clayton Thomas
serves as Associate Editor of The Journal of Urban Affairs.
served as referee for Public Administration Review, State and
Local Government Review, Economic Development Quarterly, and
Urban Affairs Review.
David M. Van Slyke
served as referee for the Journal of Public Administration Research
and Theory and the American Review of Public Administration.
He served as reviewer for the 2000 Academy of Management National Conference,
Public and Nonprofit Division.
Mary Beth Walker
served as referee for the National Tax Journal.
Sally Wallace
served on the editorial board of Public Budgeting and Finance,
and served as referee for the National Tax Journal and Regional
Science and Urban Economics.
William L. Waugh, Jr.
William L. Waugh, Jr., was elected to a three-year term on the Certification
Commission for the Certified Emergency Manager program which is administered
by the International Association of Emergency Managers.
William L. Waugh, Jr., serves on the executive board of the Section on
Emergency and Crisis Management of the American Society for Public Administration,
the editorial board of the International Journal of Economic Development,
the editorial board of the Public Organization Review, the advisory
board of Annual Edition: Terrorism and Political Violence, Duskin
Publishing Group/McGraw-Hill, the advisory board for the Policy Studies
Organization's book series with Nelson-Hall Publishers, and the advisory
board for the Creativity Plus Association. He served as referee for Policy
Studies Journal, International Journal of Mass Emergencies and
Disasters, International Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management,
State and Local Government Review, Annals of Tourism Research
in 2000, and Marcel Dekker Publishers.
wrote book reviews for Perspectives on Political Science and the
International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters in 2000.
served as instructor at the Third Annual Higher Education Project Workshop
at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Emergency Training
Center in Emmitsburg, Md., July 2000.
conducted two accreditation reviews for the Distance Education and Training
Council's Accreditation Commission.
served as an active member of Amnesty International - USA, regularly
contacting foreign governments when human rights violations were exposed
or suspected.
was elected to the board of directors of the Family Assistance Foundation,
a nonprofit foundation to help commercial airlines comply with the provisions
of the Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Act of 1996.
Verna J. Willis
serves as reviewer for monographs submitted to ERIC (Educational Resources
Information Center), most recently for a monograph on experiential learning.
She served as referee for the Human Resource Development Quarterly, The
Organization Development Journal, and Proceedings of the Academy of Human
Resource Development.
was quoted at length in a new Prentice-Hall publication from the UK.
The quotation is presented as a highlighted section (pp. 64-65) with the
subtitle "The Intellectual Roots of Human Resource Development'' in John
Walton's 613-page text, Strategic Human Resource Development.
was quoted in a special report on the pioneering work of Reginald Revans,
published in the November issue of the UK Training Journal, a Fenman
publication.
is acknowledged as originator of the concept, title, and executive role
of Chief Learning Officer a position now held by a growing number of human
resource development executives, and is cited for her "early attempt [1991]
to make organizational learning a top priority for corporate America"
in the November issue of Online Learning. The magazine proposes and encourages
innovative strategies for business.
serves as liason and coach for human resource development (HRD) graduate
students who provide action learning opportunities for area business organizations.
Three managers at Worldspan were voluntary action learning clients during
spring semester, and these clients received formal consultant reports
from the students during a culminating event at GSU in May.
attended the May dissertation defense of Robin Lackey at the University
of New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M. She was requested to serve on Dr. Lackey's
committee as outside expert on Chief Learning Officers and their practices.
assisted organizers with marketing, conference registration, and the
enlistment of student volunteers for the International Alliance for Learning,
which convened in Atlanta in January 2000.
Katherine G. Willoughby
served as a referee for State and Local Government Review, American
Review of Public Administration and Public Budgeting and Finance.
wrote a book review on The Future of State Taxation, (David Brunori
(ed.), Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute, 1998), Public Budgeting
and Finance, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 118-120, Spring 2000.
Yongsheng Xu
served as referee for the International Economic Review, Journal
of Economic Theory, Mathematical Social Sciences, Review
of Economic Design, Social Choice and Welfare, and Theory
and Decision.
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