Publications Authored by Lori A. Brainard

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    Journal Article Teaching and Learning

    Consistency is key in online learning: Evaluating student and instructor perceptions of a collaborative online-course template

    Beth Gordon
    Gina Scutelnicu
    Hillary J. Knepper
    Rebecca Tekula
    Teaching Public Administration

    This study examines the features and benefits of a collaborative online-course template designed for and used by the department of public administration program at a mid-Atlantic university in the USA...

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    Journal Article Case Study

    Administrative decision-making amid competing public sector values: Confederate statue removal in Baltimore, Maryland

    Nicole M. Elias
    Rashmi Chordiya
    Sean McCandless
    Journal of Public Affairs Education

    Confederate monuments conjure competing public sector values. Like many cities in the USA, Baltimore, Maryland had monuments honoring the “Lost Cause of the Confederacy”. This case examines the...

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    Journal Article public service values

    Student public service value priorities

    Eric S. Zeemering
    Journal of Public Affairs Education

    Debates about trade-offs among values are central to the field of public administration and to graduate education in public affairs. Accreditation guidelines from the Network of Schools of Public...

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    Journal Article Inclusion

    Gender in negotiation: Preparing public administrators for the 21st century workplace

    Helisse Levine
    Maria D'Agostino
    Meghna Sabharwal
    Journal of Public Affairs Education

    This exploratory study questions whether Master of Public Administration programs prepare future public administrators to how gender plays out in negotiations that occur in organizations. Negotiated...

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    JPAE- Book Review Sustainability

    Sustainability and resilience planning for local governments: The quadruple bottom line strategy

    Richard M. Jacobs
    Journal of Public Affairs Education

    With concerns about the environment shaping federal, state, and local governmental policies, public administrators are increasingly being called to account for how government is addressing...

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    Journal Article Curriculum

    The crisis of policy education in turbulent times: Are schools of public affairs in danger of becoming irrelevant?

    Angela M. Evans
    Jenny Knowles Morrison
    Matthew R. Auer
    Journal of Public Affairs Education

    The work of crafting sustainable solutions to complex policy problems requires decision makers and implementers to secure buy-in from a diverse set of stakeholders. Those stakeholders operate in...

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    Journal Article Assessment

    Competencies and outcomes in public affairs education

    Edward T. Jennings, Jr.
    Journal of Public Affairs Education

    To herald JPAE’s 25th volume, it is appropriate to look back at a bit of history and look forward to future research. Just as governments have faced demands to demonstrate results, so also did...

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    Journal Article Competencies

    Administering prevention or administering atrocities? Public affairs education in dark times

    Nadia Rubaii
    Sebastian Lippez-De Castro
    Susan Appe
    Teaching Public Administration

    Despite repeated calls to temper the bureaucratic ethos and its associated process-oriented pathologies with more of a democratic ethos grounded in normative values and the public interest, the...

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    Journal Article Cultural Competency

    Including women in public affairs departments: Diversity is not enough

    Jessica Sowa
    Lauren Hamilton Edwards
    Maja Holmes
    Journal of Public Affairs Education

    The representation of women in faculty roles within universities broadly and within public affairs departments specifically has been evolving over the past three decades. However, diversifying gender...

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    Conference Presentation Diversity

    Online Proceedings of the 2018 Global Summit: Supporting Diversity in Graduate Education

    Council of Graduate Schools
    Educational Testing Service
    University of Johannesburg

    "In November of 2018, CGS and the University of Johannesburg cohosted the 2018 Strategic Leaders Global Summit on Graduate Education in Johannesburg, South Africa, with support from ETS. Senior...