Outreach - University, College and Department Service
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

James Alm participated in the AYSPS evaluation committee for the Dean of the AYSPS; was the AYSPS representative on the University’s AYSPS evaluation committee; was chair of the AYSPS search committee for the Director of the Health Policy Center; was a member of the Department of Economics Program Review; served as member of the Department of Economics public economics search committee; served as member of the GSU Provost’s Department Chair Advisory Group; and served as member of the GSU Provost’s Enrollment Management committee. He served on dissertation/thesis/paper committees for Shelby Frost, Ph.D. (from University of Colorado at Boulder), Co-chair, Stephanie Zobay, Ph.D., Co-chair, Mikhail Melnik, Ph.D., Chair, Douglas Campbell, Ph.D., Chair, Jason Calder, M.A., member, Fredrick Gugkang, M.A., Co-Chair, Rachmaery Indhayani, M.A., Co-Chair, Merinda Pandowo, M.A., Co-Chair, Marlene Sigar, M.A., Co-Chair, Adit Sukmana, M.A., Co-Chair, and Ferdinand Tumewu, M.A., Co-Chair. He served as advisor for several students in the first-year year of the Indonesian Masters Degree Program:
Fredrick Gugkang, Rachmaery Indhayani, Merinda Pandowo, Marlene Sigar, Adit Sukmana, and Ferdinand Tumewu, and as advisor for several students in the second-year of the Indonesian Masters Degree Program: Andry Asmoro, Margaretha Bolang, Muhammad Fahlevy, Ahya Ihsan, Ikhsan, and Isfandiarni.

Jay Bae served as Member of the Undergraduate Policy Committee; served as Faculty Advisor to B.A. and B.S. in Economics majors; organized the Annual Department Fall Picnic; served as department representative for the Freshmen Incept Program during the summer; and served as GSU Annual Campaign Coordinator for the Health Policy Center. He has been working to develop a graduate level course in health economics, in collaboration with Paul Farnham. He served as reader in the dissertation committee for Generosa Kagaruki.

Roy Bahl spoke about the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at the Georgia State University Alumni Association, Atlanta, Ga., March 6, 2002, and and the Georgia State University Alumni Association, Washington, D.C., October 23, 2002. He co-chaired the dissertation committees for Stephanie Zobay and served as a member of the dissertation committee for Baoyun Qiao.

Jameson Boex led a special Project Management Skills Workshop for the Indonesian Masters Program in Economics in Spring, and in collaboration with Sally Wallace, taught a session of the Applied Research Workshop on the use of Econometric Views for economic analysis for the program during Fall 2002.

Richard Charles served as faculty advisor for the Gamma Sigma chapter of the Alpha Eta Rho aviation fraternity at GSU.

Kelly Edmiston served on the Admissions and Coordination Committee for the joint Ph.D. Public Policy Program with Georgia Tech, the graduate committee of the Department of Economics, faculty advisor to the undergraduate economics club and Omicron Delta Epsilon honor society, Fiscal Research Program captain for the 2002 State Charitable Contributions Campaign, the Economics department internal review committee, the regional economics/macroeconomics recruiting committee for the 2002-2003 academic year, and the public economics and urban-regional economics educational policy committees. He served as Chair on the dissertation/thesis committees of Diane Weinman and Ryan Champion (economics) and as a member on the committee of Lynn Jones (accounting), Sasatra Sudsawasd (economics), and F. Javier Arze (economics), and as reader on the committee of Craig Gordon (public policy).

Paul G. Farnham chaired the AYSPS Academic Program Committee, which reviews all issues pertaining to AYSPS academic programs. He served on the University Advisory Committee for the Freshmen Learning Communities and on several subcommittees. He reviewed proposals for the learning communities and helped develop policies for the program. He also coordinated the AYSPS response for the University Freshmen Learning Communities Program. He served as a senator from the Economics Department in the Georgia State University Senate. He was a member of the APACE and Budget committees. He participated in the Nonprofit Leadership Forum in the spring, and in planning of the 2003 Nonprofit Leadership Forum and other activities of the AYSPS Nonprofit program. He served as chair of the dissertation committee for Angela Blair Hutchinson.

Paul Ferraro served on the recruiting committee for Environmental and Experimental Economics in Spring 2002, served on the Department of Economics photocopying policy committee, and gave an invited presentation to the Economics Graduate Student Association on post-graduate academic and non-academic job searches in April. He served as Chair of Toshihiro Uchida’s Dissertation Committee, and as Co-advisor to Muhammad Zamhuri's master’s paper.

Shelby Frost developed template WebCT courses for the Economics principles courses and presented a training seminar to help instructors, especially Graduate Teaching Assistants in Economics, get started with WebCT.

Shiferaw Gurmu served as Doctoral Program Coordinator for the Department of Economics; coordinated departmental computer and technology activities; served as Chair of the Economics Graduate Committee; served as Member of the Departmental Summer Research Grant Committee; served as Member of the AYSPS Technology Committee; and served as Member of the AYSPS Academic Program Committee in Spring 2002. He served on dissertation committees for William Joey Smith (Chair, completed December 2002), Generosa Kagaruki, Wasseem Mina (completed Fall 2002), Jim Barnhart, Boaz Yam, Minglai Zhu, and Diane Weinman.

Carol D. Hansen served as a member of the PAUS committee investigating student demand and capacity issues, member of the PAUS international collaboration committee, member of the University Committee for Admissions and Standards, and coordinator of the MSHRD program. She participated in the tenure review of Ross Rubenstein, the search committee for a nonprofit faculty member, and the committee to determine graduate faculty status in PAUS. She worked with HRD faculty to revise the MSHRD curriculum. She advised the following doctoral students in the AYSPS: Howard Bailey, Dissertation Chair; Lori Fancher, Program Chair; Ken Little, Program Chair; Kim Magee, Dissertation Chair; and Katherine O’Neil, Dissertation Chair. She advised approximately 30 students in the MSHRD program and 45 students in the BS in HR & P program.

Amy Helling served as a member of the AYSPS Academic Programs Committee, as Chair of the AYSPS Faculty Affairs Committee, and as the AYSPS representative on the University committee evaluating GSU Vice President for Student Services Hazel Scott. She developed the new PAUS policy on GRAs, served on a PAUS faculty search committee (public finance/economic development), a PAUS third-year review committee (Judith Ottoson), on the PAUS committee on graduate faculty status, and on the PAUS Admissions Committee. She also served as the PAUS/AYSPS Web page coordinator. She took responsibility for the planning and economic development specialization in the BS in Urban Policy Studies, the MS in Urban Policy Studies and the MPA, by advising 22 undergraduate and 31 graduate students, maintaining a Web page for the specialization, responding to inquiries from prospective students, and providing recommendations. She served on the dissertation committee for Kathy Brice.

Gary T. Henry served on the Promotion and Tenure Committee for Public Administration and Urban Studies, and served as Chair of the Dissertation Committee for Craig S. Gordon.

Monica Herk engaged in strategic planning and activities to develop a Child Policy Center at AYSPS; participated as an active member of the management team of the Health Policy Center, including participation in a two-day strategic planning retreat in September; and participated as a member of the Education Policy Group within AYSPS.

Julie L. Hotchkiss served on the University search committee for Director of Benefits/HR Customer Service; served as School representative to the university committee to evaluate dynamic undergraduate e-mail groups; and served on the GSU Web Advisory Committee; represented AYSPS at the Fall Panther Preview. For the Department of Economics, she served as Ph.D. Placement Director; Undergraduate advisor for all BBA students; library acquisition liaison; Web page liaison to the AYSPS; Member of the Undergraduate Program Committee; and Member on the following Educational Policies Committees within the economics department: Econometrics & Statistics, Labor Economics & Industrial Relations. She determine course equivalency on matters of College of Business Transfer credit for undergraduate economics courses; she wrote and graded graduate field exams for labor economics; and she wrote the initial draft for the description of the labor economics field description for the department's self study. She served as Chair for the dissertation committee of Olga Pavlova and Generosa Kagaruki, and as member of the dissertation committee of William J. Smith. She served as faculty supervisor of Roy Wada's Master's paper.

Bill Kahnweiler served as Coordinator of the B.S. HRP&D (Human Resource Policy and Development) degree program. In this capacity he provided leadership and oversight of the program’s curriculum, staffing, and operations. He served as chair of the PAUS Department’s Part-time Instructor Selection and Evaluation Committee. He was a member of the PAUS Department Chair’s Advisory Committee on Department Instructional Capacity and Demand. He served as the PAUS Department coordinator for the State Charitable Contributions Campaign. He served as a member of the Selection Committee for the position of “Professional Career Counselor” for GSU’s Career and Job Search Services. He served as AYSPS’s representative on GSU’s “The Campus Response to the 9/11 Anniversary” Coordinating Committee. He served as a member of the post-tenure review committee of Greg Streib. He served as a member of the dissertation committee of Jonathon Dawe and the doctoral program committee of Mary Hooper. He served as advisor to approximately 30 M.S. HRD students, and 140 undergraduate students (approximately 100 active students).

Bruce Kaufman served as Chair, Annual Review Committee for Associate Professors, Economics Dept.; Chair, Labor Curriculum Committee, Economics Dept.; Member, AYSPS Academic Affairs Committee; and AYSPS coordinator, State Charitable Contribution Campaign. He served as member of dissertation committees for Olga Pavlova and Generosa Kagaruki, and served as supervisor of Hsin-Hui Chiu’s Master Thesis.

Glenn Landers served as Georgia Health Policy Center representative on the college Web Oversight Committee.

Susan Laury chaired the recruiting committee for Environmental and Experimental Economics, Spring 2002; managed the Experimental Economics Lab; managed and supervised the IEM Lab; served on the Web Oversight Committee and the Technology Needs Committee; organized the Environmental and Experimental Economics Seminar Series; served on the Academic Program Committee; and served as member of the GSU Responsible Conduct of Research Advisory Committee and member of the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on the Responsible Conduct of Research. She guest lectured for Christine Roch and Paul Ferraro in September 2002.

Gregory B. Lewis serves on the Admissions and Coordinating Committee of the Georgia Institute of Technology-Georgia State University joint Ph.D. program in public policy. In the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies, he served on the faculty steering committee and the committee redesigning the M.S. UPS degree, and he chaired the promotion committee for Harvey Newman. He serves on the AYSPS promotion and tenure committee and the search committee for the director of the Health Policy Center. For the first half of the year, he served as a member of the University Senate, the Graduate Council, APACE, the Faculty Affairs Committee, the Faculty Benefits Subcommittee, and the Faculty-Graduate Student Mentoring Subcommittee. In the fall, he served on the University Senate Subcommittee on Strategic Planning. He served as primary advisor for most of the joint doctoral students, dissertation committee chair for David Rein, and on the dissertation committees of Angela Blair Hutchison and Dennis Keith Burns.

Jorge Martinez-Vazquez served as Chair of the Self-Study of the Economics Department; Chair of the Summer Research Course Releases Committee; Member of the Educational Policies Committee; Member of the Public Finance/Urban Economics Committee; Member of the Educational Policies Committee, Microeconomic Theory; Member of the Dissertation Workshop Committee; Member of the AYSPS Tenure and Promotion Committee; and Member of the Provost's Committee for International Strategic Initiatives. He co-coordinated the Indonesia Masters Program with James Alm, and gave two lectures for the Indonesian Masters students on tax and expenditure incidence. He served as chair for the dissertation committees of Javier Arze, Robbie Collins, Steve Everhart, Eunice Heredia, Wasseem Mina, Baoyun Qiao, and Darmen Zhumadil; served as member of the dissertation committees for Olga Pavlova and Sasatra Sudsawasd; and advised Muliadi Widjaja, Syahruzah, Agus Tony Poputra, Faisal, Lusiana Lukman, K.W. Benny Lontoh, Margaretha Bolang, and Muhammad Fahlevy of the Indonesia Masters Program on their Mini-thesis papers.

Robert E. Moore regularly attended and frequently organized or assisted in the organization of the following committees and groups: AYSPS Faculty meetings, AYSPS Management Committee meetings, Dean's Staff meetings, Chairs' and Deans' meetings, PR group meetings, Personnel and Facilities meetings, and Technology and Web meetings. He coordinated AYSPS development of the Diversity Plan 2002 and Strategic Plan 2002-2007. He reviewed the International Trade course of An-Najah University, West Bank as a part of the AYSPS joint program, and provided commentary and materials for the review of the Development Economics course for An-Najah University. At the University level, he has regularly or frequently represented the Andrew Young School on the following University committees or groups: Dean's Group, Administrative Council, APACE, FACP, Budget, Enrollment Strategic Management, Admissions and Standards, Cultural Diversity, CBSAC, and Research Associate Deans Group. He served as Chair of the dissertation committee for Sasatra Sudsawasd, and member of the dissertation committee of Robbie Collins.

Harvey K. Newman served as Faculty Adviser, Eta Gamma Chapter, Sigma Nu Fraternity; member, AYSPS Academic Programs Committee; member, AYSPS Atlanta Outreach Consortium Task Force; member, DPAUS Pre-Tenure Review Committee for Professor David Van Slyke; chair, DPAUS, Screening Committee for the Amanda Hyatt Fellowship Program; member, DPAUS Promotion and Tenure Committee; member, DPAUS Committee to develop Graduate Faculty membership criteria and to select Graduate Faculty members; member, DPAUS Ad Hoc Committee to develop Writing Across the Curriculum course; member, DPAUS Committee to Revise the MS in Urban Policy Studies degree program; and member, DPAUS Selection Committee for Awards in the Urban Policy Studies Program. He guest lectured on “Nonprofit Public-Private Partnerships in Atlanta” to David Van Slyke’s class in Nonprofit Leadership. He developed the new course, PAUS 8210 – Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector. He assisted in AYSPS development activities with Ronni French, including lunch with prospective donors (e.g., the Amanda Hyatt Fellowship Program), the Coca-Cola High School Student Leadership Conference, and the Atlanta Tribune Awards Dinner honoring Andrew Young. He nominated undergraduate student Jimmy Scott for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Torch of Peace Award, who later received the award at the AYSPS Honors Day.

Lloyd G. Nigro served as Member of the GSU Senate, APACE (Academic Programs Review Subcommittee, Graduate Programs Subcommittee), Admissions and Standards, and Planning and Development Committee; and is part of the MPA program faculty. He provided leadership in curriculum matters such as revision of the M.S. UPS degree and proposal for a B.S. UPS major.

N. Norton served as coordinator of MBA Water Resources Management & Policy Program
N. Norton & V. Norton served as research advisors for nine MPA/MBA students on their required research projects/papers.

Judith M. Ottoson served as the Acting Director of the Applied Research Center from June 2001 through June 30, 2002; served on the transition committee for the ARC; served on the committee for the future of the ARC/SRL; served on the search committee for a Health Policy Center Director; served on the ad hoc personnel committee for a new PAUS secretary; wrote core comprehensive exams for 11 GSU-GA Tech Ph.D. students; and served on the field comprehensive exam committee for Nicole Ferehbach and Dennis Burns.

Theodore H. Poister served as member of the Faculty Senate; active on the following committees: Faculty Affairs, Planning & Development, and Student Discipline; served as member of the ad-hoc committee convened to develop options for the future of the Applied Research Center; and served as Chair, AYSPS Promotion & Tenure Committee. In the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies, he served as member of the Search Committee for Nonprofit Faculty Member; member of the Steering Committee (re-elected); member of the Admissions Committee; Chair of the Three Year Review Committee for David Van Slyke; participant of the Fall PAUS Graduate Student Orientation; and Chair of the ad hoc Committee on Demand and Capacity. He served as guest lecturer on two occasions in the section of PAUS 8171 taught by David Van Slyke in Spring Semester 2002.

Felix Rioja served on the University Senate Athletics Committee; served on the Graduate Committee and the Macro Policy Committee of the Department of Economics, and served as faculty advisor for the Graduate Student Association of AYSPS. He served as Chair of the dissertation committee for Priya Pholpirul, as member of the dissertation committees for Steve Everhart and Waseem Mina, as reader for Sasatra Sudsawasd, and as M.A. paper committee member for Wendi-Ann Francis and Jim Eggers. He supervised five Indonesian M.A. program students' mini-theses.

Christine H. Roch served as member of the GSU Senate Research Committee; served as member of the Senate Research Committee; The Admissions and Coordinating Committee for the Joint Ph.D. Program; the Committee to Review the Comprehensive Exams; B.S. UPS Program Revision; Departmental Scheduling and Overflow Committee; Departmental Library Liaison; and attended Spring Panther Preview. She advised graduate students in the policy analysis track in the MPA program and students in the M.S. UPS program.

Ross Rubenstein served on the search committees for public management and finance in PAUS; served on the GSU Senate Athletics Committee; and served on the chair’s advisory committee in PAUS. He guest lectured in Katherine Willoughby’s Public Budgeting and Finance class in the Indonesian master’s program. He served on the doctoral committee for Stephanie Zobay, supervised Feleicitas Defung’s master’s thesis (Indonesia master’s program), supervised directed readings courses for Craig Hardesty, and advised 25 MPA students.

Benjamin P. Scafidi, Jr. organized the Fiscal Research Program's Lecture Series and the PAUS Seminar Series, served as chair of the GSU Annual Giving Campaign for AYSPS, and served as a member of the Dan Sweat Chair in Education Policy recruiting committee, the undergraduate economics committee, the AYSPS faculty affairs committee, and the search committee for the GSU Assistant Vice-President of Development. He guest lectured on urban education to the undergraduate Urban Economics and the Economics of Poverty courses. He served as dissertation reader for Generosa Kaguaruki, Casey Dawkins, Diane Weinman, and Robbie Collins (Ph.D. student).

Bruce A. Seaman served as Chair, Microeconomic Theory Committee (includes additional tutoring of doctoral students preparing for micro-theory comprehensive exam, summer semesters); constructed and graded all masters micro-theory comprehensive exams; and assisted with research projects for the Indonesian Masters Degree Program. He served as Dissertation committee chair for Jim Barnhart, and served on the dissertation committees of Piriya Pholphirul and Mikhail Melnik.

David L. Sjoquist served as University Representative, ICPSR; Co-Chair, Faculty-Staff Annual Giving Campaign; and Chair, Committee on Service Learning at GSU (established by the Provost). He served as Chair, School Promotion and Tenure Committee; Member, School Management Committee; Member, Search Committee for Regional Economist; Member, Departmental Self Study Committee; Member, PAUS faculty search committee; and Member, Evaluation Committee for the Dean. He served on the dissertation committee of Peter Grigelies, and served as reader for Mikhail Melnik, Diane Weinman, and Toshihiro Uchida.

Charlotte Steeh served as a reader for C.J. Curry’s Ph.D. comprehensive exams.

Paula Stephan chaired the evaluation of Dean Committee, Winter 2002; served on the review committee, Melinda Pitts, Winter 2002; served on the committee to evaluate associate professors, Spring 2002; and continued to serve as College Representative for renovation of the 2 Peachtree Annex Building. She served as mentor on a mentoring grant for Greg Lewis, and guest lectured in Jon Mansfield's course. She served on the dissertation committee for Albert Sumell.

Gregory Streib co-coordinated the PAUS internship program; and chaired the AYSPS technology committee. For the University, he served on the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Subcommittee, and served on the committee charged with the triennial evaluation of the Associate Provost for Information Systems and Technology. He advises many of the MPA students.

Laura Taylor served as Member of the University Senate, sitting on the Academic Programs and Continuing Education Committee and the Admissions and Standards Committee. She served as Member, Strategic Plan Committee of the Provost; Member, Self-Study Group for Department of Economics; Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee; Member, Women’s Professional Development Program; and Chair, Economics Undergraduate Programs Committee. She served as Chair of the Doctoral Thesis Committee for Peter Grigelis, A.J. Sumell, and Peter Bluestone, and as member of the Doctoral Thesis Committee for Toshihiro Uchido. She served as master's paper advisor for Marie Hutchinson, and as advisor for MPA students seeking a concentration in Natural Resource Management.

Erdal Tekin served as member of the Faculty Affairs Committee and member of the Summer Research Committee. He served as Dissertation Committee Member for Olga Pavlova, and as Reader for Generosa Kagaruki.

John Clayton Thomas served as Chairperson, PAUS Promotion and Tenure Committee for Katherine Willoughby Promotion Review; Chairperson, PAUS Ad Hoc Committee to Revise the Master of Science in Urban Policy Studies; Member, PAUS Demand and Capacity Committee; Member, Advisory Committee for AYSPS Quarterly Poll planning; and Member, AYSPS Promotion and Tenure Committee. He prepared a report on findings of the MPA graduate exit survey for use in the MPA reaccreditation process. He guest lectured for Christine Roch's “Urban Political Economy” class.

Geoffrey K. Turnbull served on the GSU Senate Research Committee and Intellectual Property Sub-Committee. He served as Chair, Urban Economics Field Exam Committee; member of the Summer Grant Committee; member of the Mary Beth Walker Post-Tenure Review Committee; member of the Robert Moore Post-Tenure Review Committee; member of the Melinda Pitts Third-Year Review Committee; and Chair, Faculty Evaluation Committee for Assistant Professors. He guest lectured, “The Economics of Zoning,” for Ben Scafidi’s ECON 8300 Urban Economics course. He served as dissertation committee member for Diane Weinman.

Neven Valev assisted in the successful revision of an NSF grant proposal to fund the Summer Internship Program at the Department of Economics for a four-year period, and served as Director of the Summer Internship Program. He served on the Faculty Senate, representing AYSPS on the IS&T, Statutes and Bylaws, Library, and the Research Committees. He served on the student technology fee subcommittee to secure funding for technical equipment for the school's new building. He helped write the grant application for the Humphrey Fellows program at the AYSPS, worked with two Indonesian Masters students on their master’s papers in Spring 2002, and prepared and graded the macroeconomics comprehensive exams. He served as member of the Graduate Program committee, member of the committee for the review of Departmental Summer research grants, member of the Macro, International Economics and Economic Development field committees. He served as dissertation committee member for Waseem Mina, Jim Edgars, Piriya Pholphiral, Jose Rendon-Garza, King Owala (chair), Eric Sarpong (chair), and Wendi-Ann Francis.

David M. Van Slyke directs the nonprofit studies program and nonprofit management certificate program. He was elected representative for the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies Executive Committee; serves on the Amanda G. Hyatt Fellowship Selection Committee in PAUS; served on the Public Administration Nonprofit Management Search Committee, Fall 2001-Spring 2002. He advised the nonprofit management students, some public management students, and the nonprofit management certificate students.

Mary Beth Walker served on the committee to write the internal review report; served as coordinator of the Applied Econometric Workshop; served on the committee to conduct the three year performance review of Dean Bahl; served on the committee to review summer course release proposals; and served on the committee to conduct annual performance reviews for assistant professors. She served on dissertation committees for Joey Smith, Pete Grigelis, Piriya Phophirul, and Javier Arzes, and served as a reader on the dissertation committee for Toshihiro Uchido.

Sally Wallace served on the search committees for the Urban/Regional search, for the Director of the Health Policy Center, and for the Associate VP for Research. She served as chair of the Public Finance Committee (Econ.), member of the Assistant Professor Annual Review committee, and chair of the ARC review committee. She served as a member of the University Senate, serving on the following committees and subcommittees of the Senate: Executive Committee (strategic plan subcommittee), Internal Grants and Grant Review, Nominations Committee, Intellectual Property Rights, Budget (priorities subcommittee), Administrative Support Unit Review Committee, and Cultural Diversity Committee, graduate data base subcommittee. She provided a module for the collaboration with An-Najah National University, and provided comments on their graduate program of study. She presented lectures to the students in the AYSPS Institute Summer Program on fiscal decentralization and grants, revenue assignment and fiscal architecture. She served on dissertation committees for Douglas Campbell, Steve Everhart, and Stephanie Zobay, served as chair of the Masters committee for Ana Rios, and worked with 35 Indonesian students on their masters papers.

William L. Waugh, Jr. served in the University Senate on the Budget and Planning and Development Committees and on the Academic Programs and Continuing Education Committee’s subcommittee for the review of the Economics Department; served on the AYSPS Faculty Affairs Committee; served on the PAUS Promotion and Tenure Committee and chaired one post-tenure review; served on the PAUS Faculty Review Committee; served on the PAUS PTI Committee and is the coordinator of MPA PTIs; served on the PAUS ad hoc committee on International Programs; served as the faculty advisor for Pi Alpha Alpha honor society; served as the coordinator of the JD/MPA program; served as the coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Disaster Management program; and served as the PAUS coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Natural Resource Management program. He nominated Ross Rubenstein for the Policy Studies Organization’s Miriam Mills Award for the Most Outstanding Young Person in Policy Studies for 2002 (and he won).

Verna J. Willis served on the PAUS Admissions Committee, the PAUS Faculty Affairs Committee, and the PAUS Promotion and Tenure Committee. She served as coordinator of the HRD Ph.D. program, and performed interviews and feasibility studies regarding the program. She served as chair of doctoral committees for Jonathan Dawe, Mary Hooper, and Cheryl Johnson Curry, served as member of doctoral committees for Howard Bailey, Kathryn O’ Neill, and Kenneth Little. She worked with M.S. and B.S. students on their practicum processes, advising and evaluating work as mentor/academic adviser.

Katherine G. Willoughby served as Chair, Faculty Search for Junior Member – Public Management and Finance; Co-Coordinator with Gregory Streib, DPAUS Internship Program; Member, Public Management Group; Liaison, DPAUS MPA Advisory Board; Member, Pre-Tenure Review Committee – David Van Slyke; Member, Five-Year Review Committee – Theodore Poister; Member, DPAUS Executive/Steering Committee; and Member, AYSPS Academic Programs Committee. She served as guest lecturer in Ross Rubenstein's class, presenting "Cash Management Practices in U.S. Governments."

Yongsheng Xu served as a member of the graduate committee, graduate micro-committee and principles textbook committee; coordinated the Economics GTAs and Masters Programs in Economics; and served on the Provost’s Committee on Teaching. He was on the dissertation committees of Mikhail Melnik, Sasatra Sudsawasd, and Toshihiro Uchida, and served as reader for Javier Arze's dissertation.