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Faculty Research

PMAP faculty often work with affiliated research centers and publish reports based on their work:

The Briefing and the AYSPS Annual Report feature faculty publications and research.

Recent Working Papers


Shena Ashley

  • Ashley, Shena and Lewis Faulk (2008) Conceptualizing Philanthropic Risk: Toward A Methodology for Risk in Philanthropy
  • Ashley, Shena (2008) The Role of Proximity in Philanthropic Giving
  • Ashley, Shena (2008) An Analysis of the Rural/Urban Divide in Georgia Philanthropy
  • Ashley, Shena (2009) Redistributive Patterns of Private Philanthropy vs. Government Grantmaking

Carolyn Bourdeaux

  • "Integrating Performance into a Legislative Budget Process"
  • "A Perception of Legislative Responsibility for State Budget Problems"

Gregory B. Lewis

  •  “The Friends and Family Plan: Assessing the Impact of Knowing Someone Gay on Support for Gay Rights”
  •  “Does Believing Homosexuality Is Innate Lead to Support for Gay Rights?” 
  •  “STEMMING INEQUALITY? Employment and Pay of Female and Minority Scientists and Engineers.”   With Seong Soo Oh.
  •  “Representation of Lesbians and Gay Men in Federal, State, and Local Bureaucracies.”   With David W. Pitts.

Janelle Kerlin

  • "Organizational Dimensions of the Afghan Diaspora in the United States," chapter in The Role of Diasporas in Developing the Homeland.

Christine G. Roch

  • with Nevbahar Ertas. "The Boundaries of Interpersonal Influence: Opinion Leaders in Private and Local Public Goods Markets."

Cynthia Searcy

  • Cynthia Searcy (2008) Charter School Finance: An Examination of Schools of Choice in Georgia
  • Cynthia Searcy with Charles Brecher (2008) School Choice and No Child Left Behind: A Fiscal Analysis of Fie Distressed School Districts

William L. Waugh

  • Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction, New York, N.Y.: Taylor and Francis, working.
  • Emergency Management: A Global Introduction, Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, working.
  • (with Kathleen Tierney). Editors. Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government, 2nd Edition, Washington, D.C.: International City/County Management Association, working.

Katherine Willoughby

  • “Modern Budgeting in the States: Gubernatorial Agendas and Budgeting at the Sub-National Level.”
  • and Hai (David) Guo. “State Government Purchasing: Advancements in E-Procurement.”
  • “Linking Public Budgeting and Business Practices: The Case of Charlotte, North Carolina.”

Dennis Young

  • with Bruce Seaman, editors. Nonprofit Economics and Management: The State of Research.