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Outreach
- Research and Teaching Collaboration Within the University
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Joint Appointments
Gary T. Henry is Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Urban Affairs and the Department of Political Science.
Ross Rubenstein is Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies, and Educational Policy Studies in the College of Education.
Michael Rushton is Associate Professor in Public Administration and Urban Studies and the Department of Economics.
Benjamin P. Scafidi, Jr. is Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies.
Other Activities
The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
The Andrew Young School and the Robinson College of Business led the consortium of U.S. and South African institutions in the second year of a U.S. Agency for International Development $5 million grant to create a business-training and skills-development institute in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Health Policy Center
continued its relationship with the Center for Health Services Research at the Robinson College of Business in its Long-Term Care Partnership study, under the direction of James P. Cooney Jr.
served as a member of the AYSPS-College of Education Dan Sweat Chair search committee.
was a reviewer of GSU Perspectives course proposals.
is a member of the GSU Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Committee.
was a member of the Social Science Chair’s committee on the core curriculum.
collaborated with Robert Curry, Director, Center for Health Services Research at The Robinson College of Business on Comparative Analysis of Prescription Drug Use in Nursing Facilities and Home & Community-Based Care, and collaborated with James Cooney on risk adjustment study of Long-term care population.
developed a GSU Perspectives course entitled "Contemporary Policy Issues Around You."
collaborated with Professor Harry Dangel, College of Education, to deliver a special seminar “Teaching Skills for College Instructors” in light of the first year of the Indonesian Masters Program in Economics, Spring 2002.
collaborated with the School of Social Work to implement a Freshman Learning Community and served on the Georgia State Task Force for Service-Learning.
served as member on the dissertation committee of Lynn Jones in the School of Accountancy.
served as a joint faculty member of the Institute of Health Administration in the Robinson College of Business.
continued to teach MBA 8231, Economics for Managers, a foundation course in the M.B.A. program in the Robinson College of Business.
served as departmental foundation course coordinator for MBA 8231, "Economics for Managers," in the M.B.A. program of the Robinson College of Business. He has been directly involved with the negotiations with the Robinson College regarding the role of economics in the M.B.A. program.
served as a Teaching Associate from the Economics Department for the Georgia State University Center for Teaching and Learning.
served on the Advisory Committee for the University Center for Teaching and Learning.
served on a Freshmen Learning Community panel for visiting faculty and administrators from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) on April 15, 2002.
served as a member of a University focus group evaluating the perspectives courses and freshmen learning communities on November 14, 2002.
participated with 20 assistant professors from across the University in a meeting sponsored by Provost Ron Henry to provide feedback to the university on improving the first-year experience for new professors, September 2002.
assisted colleagues at GSU with econometric, data and programming problems/issues, including Martin Grace and Richard Phillips of Risk Management and Insurance, Dan Franklin of Political Science, and others in the departments of Decision Science and Math.
served on the doctoral committee for Wes McCoy, in the College of Education's Department of Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology.
served on the Promotion and Tenure Committee for Political Science.
served as Chair of the Dissertation Committee for Dana Rickman, Political Science, and as Co-Chair for the Dissertation Committee for Andrew Mashburn, Psychology.
see Joint Appointments.
met with Susan Kelley, Dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences, and Jim Wolk of the School of Social Work to learn which faculty in their schools were doing research related to child policy.
conducted an e-mail survey of GSU faculty to determine who was conducting research related to child policy. Met with some of these individuals to explore collaboration.
presented “The Child Policy Initiative at Georgia State University” to the Center for Research on Atypical Development and Learning’s [CRADL’s] Brown Bag Lunch, September 25, 2002.
provided Health Policy Center data on the 84 children in the custody of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice to David Houchins of the School of Education in order to co-author a journal article.
initiated and led a team consisting of the Health Policy Center, Dr. Jim Emshoff of the Department of Psychology, and the Family Connection Partnership to submit a $1.3 million proposal to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for “Community-Based Measures of Effective Collaboration.” Although the proposal was not funded in the initial phase, it ranked highly enough to be considered for funding in subsequent years if additional funding becomes available.
(with Dr. Michael Workman, Florida State University and Dr. William Bommer, Georgia State University). “The Effects of Cognitive Style and Media Richness on Commitment to Telework and Virtual Teams,” Journal of Vocational Behavior, forthcoming.
served as member of the GSU Human Resource Roundtable, and attended monthly meetings.
served as Senior Associate, Beebe Institute of Personnel and Employment Relations.
attended Open Houses for the Executive M.B.A. and M.B.A. programs in the Robinson College of Business.
met with Roger Weed of the Counseling & Psychology Department within the College of Education, to discuss opportunities for collaboration in rehabilitation counselor education.
served as Co–chair of the M.B.A. Program Committee for the Economics Department, and represented the Economics Department at M.B.A. Open House receptions in February and June of 2002. He redesigned the M.B.A. 8231 Diagnostic Exam and Exemption Exams, and researched online offerings at other Universities for the M.B.A. 8231 class.
served as Member of the Provost's Committee for International Strategic Initiatives.
presented as part of a panel discussion on “Strategies for Teaching Large Classes,” sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning, December 2, 2002.
presented "Nonprofit Management Education at Georgia State" to the students in the American Humanics program, a national alliance of colleges, universities and nonprofit organizations preparing undergraduates for careers with youth and human service agencies, sponsored by the Office of African-American Programs, Dean of Students Office, April 25, 2002.
collaborated with Early Childhood Education faculty Molly Weinburgh and Sunya Collier in the development of the Standards-based Assessment of Classroom Technology Integration (SACTI), an instrument designed to assess teacher use of technology. This copyrighted instrument is aligned with state and national technology standards and is designed to be completed by multiple raters including the teacher, supervising faculty member, and cooperating teacher during in-service placement.
co-authored a conference paper with Robert H. Howard in the Department of Political Science.
served as dissertation committee member for Joy Mordica in the Department of Educational Policy Studies.
served on the Advisory Board for the Principal's Center in the College of Education and served on an ad hoc advisory group for the Principal’s Center’s effort to develop a Leadership Institute at GSU.
team-taught "Leadership, Change and Policy" in the Department of Educational Policy Studies in the College of Education, and guest lectured in Catherine Freeman’s Economics of Education (EPEL 8490) course.
reviewed grant applications and provided suggestions for MaryBeth Gasman and Cindy Gerstl-Pepin in Educational Policy Studies, and reviewed and commented on manuscripts for David Rowe and Marci Middleton, doctoral students in Educational Policy Studies.
served on doctoral committees for three Educational Policy Studies graduate students: Julie Turner (Chair), Susan Edwards, and Joy Mordica. Supervised directed readings courses for Rodney Lyn in Educational Policy Studies.
served on the Dan Sweat Chair search committee (AYSPS/Educational Policy Studies) and on the search committees for educational research in the Department of Educational Policy Studies in the College of Education.
and Benjamin P. Scafidi, Jr. were co-coordinators of the Educational Policy Group in AYSPS and the College of Education.
see Joint Appointments.
see Joint Appointments.
see Ross Rubenstein.
taught an extra course in Executive MBA program in Robinson College of Business Administration, for Winter 2002 semester.
served as Chair of the dissertation committee for Boaz Yam in the Department of Risk Management and Insurance, and as member of the dissertation committee for Nick Marudas in the School of Accountancy.
served as Chair of the Search Committee for the Dan Sweat Chair, which is coordinated jointly with the College of Education.
developed and taught the course “Science and Technology: The Levers of Growth,” part of the “Perspectives 2002” series.
chaired the dissertation committee for Clifton Wilkinson, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science.
presented at the Accepted Student Reception for new GSU undergraduates, Spring 2002.
served as a summer research supervisor at the Georgia State University McNair Achievement Program, Summer 2002.
(with Sarah Eschholz of the Department of Criminal Justice) is principal investigator for "Women and Philanthropy," a study commissioned by the United Way's Women's Foundation of Greater Atlanta, April 2001-February 2002.
served as dissertation member for Dana Rickman, doctoral student in the Department of Political Science.
presented “To Give, To Volunteer, To Trust: How Strong is the Philanthropic and Civic Tradition in Metro Atlanta?” to the Georgia State University Foundation Board, Atlanta, Ga., June 17, 2002.
worked with MaryBeth Gasman, School of Education, in developing an African American Philanthropy Proposal, now under review for funding.
worked with Audrey Gramling from the Dept. of Accounting on a nonprofit grant proposal.
wrote a letter of support to Mark Reed and Sarah Eschholz of the Criminal Justice Department for a grant they applied for through the Office of Victims of Crime, entitled “Connecting Crime Victims in Crisis: An Initiative to Link Faith-Based and Secular Crime Victim Services in Urban Areas,” June 26, 2002.
worked closely with doctoral students Dana Rickman and Chenaz Seelarbokus of the Ph.D. Political Science Program and Christopher Horne and Laura Malone of the Joint GSU/GaTech Ph.D. Public Policy Program.
served on dissertation committees for Ping Zhou in the School of Accountancy.
provided advice on econometric issues to Larry Brown in the Department of Accounting.
(with Greg Geisler of the School of Accountancy). "The Use of Compensation for Tax Avoidance by Owners of Privately-Held Corporations," Journal of American Taxation Association, under review.
served as an associate in the GSU Gerontology Center.
worked with Damon Camp, GSU Criminal Justice Department, on a state law enforcement training and research proposal.
served as chair of the dissertation committee for George Meals, Ph.D. student in political science.
at the request of the Provost’s Office and the Office of the President, she served as a facilitator for a two-day workshop offered as a pilot program to enhance professional development of women faculty members at GSU. The workshop was designed and evaluated by the Washington D.C. office of the American Association for University Women.
was a Finalist in an Instructional Innovation competition, and presented a short summary of the Award design of the HRD capstone course, showing how the design incorporated a segment for the Romanian study abroad exchange.
taught the perspectives course, Pers2001Y, "Wrapped in Red Tape? The Relationship Between Citizens and Government in Developed and Emerging Governments."
collaborated with the Center for Teaching and Learning for preparing graduate students to teach.
