MPA students present research at conference

ASU will host the 6th Annual Georgia Public Administration Academic Conference on Friday, March 5, from 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., in E151 Allgood Hall. The conference is sponsored by the Georgia Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration. The event will feature presentations by faculty and students from colleges and universities across Georgia and will be free and open to the public. Students in ASU’s Master of Public Administration program will present their research at the conference. Below is a detailed schedule of presentations. For more information, call Dr. Saundra Reinke, director of the Master of Public Administration program, at 737-1710.

9:30-10:00
Welcome by Dr. Samuel Sullivan, vice president for academic affairs

10:00-11:15
Panel One: Making the Tough Call: Decision-Making in the Public Sector, Chair/Discussant: Dr. Gwen Wood, Augusta State University

Investigating Freedom to Vote Preference on Federal Courts: A Cross-Judicial Study, Cole Taratoot, Georgia State University

The Ethical Dilemmas of a State-sponsored Lottery: A Painless Tax or Robin Hood Reversed? William Hatcher and Dr. Clifton Wilkinson, Georgia College and State University

Using the Courts to Define State and Local Governments’ Rights, Erica Lynn Rohlfs, State University of West Georgia

11:15-noon
Panel Two: E-Government at the Cutting Edge, Chair/Discussant: Dr. Chris Grant, Georgia College and State University

Centralizing CDC’s IT Infrastructure: Supporting the Public Health Mission, Joseph O’Donald, Center for Disease Control

Punch vs. Touch: A Comparative Study of Voting Technology, Patrick Clayton, Augusta State University

Noon-1:00
Lunch and Poster Session Presentation
Alternative Approaches to Evaluating STEM Education Partnerships: A Review of Evaluation Methods and Initiation of a Collaboratively Constructed Model, Brecca Berman, Georgia Institute of Technology

1:00-2:15
Panel Three: Emergency Management: Lessons Learned from Disaster Chair/Discussant: Dr. Randall Miller, Augusta State University

Chernobyl: A Failure of Public Administration, Tom Chumbley, Augusta State University

Are Nonprofits Ready for Disaster? A Critique of Golden Harvest Food Bank’s Emergency Response Plan, Tammy Jackson, Augusta State University

Mount St. Helen’s: Are We Ready for Next Time? Donnie Porter, Augusta State University

Columbine: Lessons Learned, Patrick Clayton, Augusta State University

2:30-3:45
Panel Four: Public Policy: Challenges and Controversies, Chair/Discussant: Dr. Paul Harris, Augusta State University

An Analysis of Factors that Affect TANF Recipients in the State of Mississippi from Achieving Employment Sustainability and Self- Sufficiency, Dr. Kristie Roberts, Clark-Atlanta University

Queen Anne’s Gate: A Case Study on Mixed Income Housing Development, Tiffany Brown, Clark-Atlanta University

Partial Birth Abortion Policy: Protection or Invasion of Rights?, Meagan Potts, State University of West Georgia

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration: An Agency of the U.S. Department of Labor, Tasha Fields, North Georgia College and State University

4:00-5:30
Panel Five: No Child Left Behind: A Roundtable Discussion, Moderator: Christina Jeffrey

No Child Left Behind: An Exercise in Cynicism? Joanna Summerlin, State University of West Georgia

6:00
Dinner and Annual Meeting
Rae’s Coastal Cafe

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