Faculty and Staff

Research and professional interests: Literature and politics; biblical criticism; Missouri politics

Research and professional interests: State legislative politics; job satisfaction; survey research methodology; applied survey research for governmental, commercial, and non-profit organizations

Research and professional interests: International relations of East Asia

Research and professional interests: Use of Information technology in decision making; computer simulation and modeling for disaster response; social vulnerability; integration of geographic information systems in public service

Research and professional interests: Employee motivation; local government employee compensation; Public service motivation; cooperation and conflict among local elected officials

Research and professional interests: Latin American politics (especially Brazil, Mexico and Bolivia); social movements; land reform; taxation; social policy

Research interests: American political parties, political party activism, intra-party integration, interest group politics

Research and professional interests: Chilean labor politics and women’s social and political participation in Latin America; Latin-American student movements and attempts to explain why student mobilization varies across the region

Research and professional interests: The law of church and state; constitutional law; modern and contemporary liberal political thought; American political thought; religion and politics

Research and professional interests: Public risk management; public procurement; politics in state budgeting; interstate fiscal disparities; revenue forecasting; China’s pension system; China revenue policies China’s health policies

Research and professional interests: Bureaucracy; red tape; leadership; strategic management; program evaluation