Organized Section 6: Volcker Junior Scholar Research Grant

Public Administration Section Award Recipients 

Volcker Junior Scholar Research Grant
The APSA Organized Section for Public Administration invites applications and research proposals from junior scholars researching public administration issues affecting governance in the United States and abroad. Proposals will be judged on their potential to shed new light on important public administration questions, their scholarly and methodological rigor, and their promise for advancing practice and theory development. Individual grants are not renewable.
  

2018	Gordon Abner, University of Texas
2017	Kristen Carroll, Texas A&M University
2016	Jennifer Dodge, University at Albany, State University of New York “Technological controversies and emerging governance: The case of “fracking” in New York and Pennsylvania.”
2016	Sanghee Park, Boise State University “Cutback or Collaboration? Finding a tipping point for saving without damaging performance.”
2016	Agustin Leon-Moreta, University of New Mexico “Inequality and the Quality of Local Government in the United States.”
2015	Eunju Rho, University of Akron Contracting for Government Services: Toward a Comprehensive Model
2015	Alisa Moldavanova, Wayne State University The Public Purpose of the Arts: Social Connectedness, Survival, and Sustainability of Arts Organizations
2014	Cullen Merritt, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Multi-Dimensional Publicness and Publicity Valuable Outcomes: An Analysis of Behavioral Health Organizations
2014	Amanda Rutherford, Texas A&M University Rational Action or Trial and Error?: Identifying the Determinants and Implications of Strategic Management
2014	Randall Davis, Southern Illinois University Examining the Mixed Effects of Goal Ambiguity Using a New Multidimensional Goal Scale
2013	Benedict Jimenez, Northeastern University Fiscal Retrenchment and Recovery in Municipal Governments
2012	Aroon Manoharan, Kent State University Determinants of the Stages of County E-Government in the United States
2011	William Resh, American University Political Control, Managerial Trustworthiness, and Active Dyadic Trust: Antecedents of Intellectual Capital and Bureaucratic Discretion in Federal Agencies
2010	Amanda Girth, Ohio State University Perspectives From the Front Lines of Contracting: Examining Accountability and Discretion Through the Enforcement of Contract Incentives
2009	Yuen Yuen Ang, Stanford University Local Budget Allocation in One-Party Regimes: Analyzing New Data from Oniva, 1979-2005
2008	Susan Webb Yackee, University of Wisconsin Does Political Accountability Lead to Regulatory Delay? An Empirical Assessment of Federal Agency Rulemaking
2007	Simon Andrew, University of North Texas Self-Organizing Governance within the Administrative Framework of Regional Emergency Preparedness Planning
2006	Heather Getha-Taylor, Syracuse University Specifiying and Testing a Model of Collaborative Capacity: Identifying Competencies and Incentive Structures in the Department of Homeland Security
2005	Alisa Hicklin Fryar, Texas A&M University Public and Private Networking in the Quest for Diversity: Public Management in Higher Education
2004	Donald Moynihan, Texas A&M University What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Performance? A Content Analysis of Legislative Discussion of Performance Information
2003	Laura Evans, University of Michigan Political Disadvantage and Policy Spillovers: The Interactions of Tribal Governments and Nearby Authorities
2003	Kimberley Johnson, Columbia University Stateways: Public Administration in the Jim Crow South, 1930-1954
2003	Yilin Hou, University of Georgia Budgetary Decision-Making in Reforming Countries: Mechanisms, Theory, and Rationale - The Case of China 1950-2000