BIOGRAPHY

AUGUSTINE HAMMOND, PH.D.

Professional Experience
8/2006 -                   Assistant Professor – Department of Political Science
                                Augusta State University, Augusta (GA)
6/2006 – 7/2006      Adjunct Professor – Department of Public Administration &Urban
                                Studies
                                The University of Akron, Akron (OH)
7/2005 – 8/2006      Post-doctoral Research Assistant – Institute for Health and Social
                                Policy
                                The University of Akron, Akron (OH)
1/2004 – 12/2005    Private Tutor – McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program
                                The University of Akron, Akron (OH)
8/2001 – 6/2005      Graduate Research Assistant – Institute for Health and Social
                                Policy
                                The University of Akron, Akron (OH)
8/2001 – 6/2005      Guest Lecturer – Department of Public Administration & Urban
                                Studies
                                The University of Akron, Akron (OH)
6/2000 – 8/2000      Intern: Researcher – United Way of Summit County
                                Akron (OH)
8/1999 – 5/2001      Graduate Research Assistant – Department of Public
                                Administration& Urban Studies
                                The University of Akron , Akron (OH)
7/1998 – 7/1999      Research Assistant (Part-time) – Ministry of Finance
                                Head Office, Accra ( Ghana )
12/1998 – 7/1999    Administrative Officer – National Board for Small Scale Industries
                                Head Office, Accra ( Ghana )

Courses Taught – Augusta State University

Research Methods in Public Administration; Quantitative Methods in Public Administration; Governments of Developing Nations; and Introduction to Political Research

Courses Taught – The University of Akron

Urban Policy – Historical Perspectives; Qualitative Research Methods; Basic Quantitative Research; Advanced Research and Statistical Methods; and Program Evaluation

Students Supervised - MPA Capstone Project Second Reader

• Tijwanna Williams, The enterprise team transitional housing and employment training
  program: Client satisfaction and success [Completed, December 2007]
• Deanna Shade, Bridging the digital divide and increasing Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests scores through the use of computer based tutorials [Completed, May 2007]
• Nicole Acevedo, Children’s Art Walk: An assessment of overall effectiveness and satisfaction [Completed, January 2009]
• Shatareia Stokes, What is the perception of diversity on the Medical College of Georgia campus by students? [Completed, January 2009]

Works Published/Accepted For Publication

• Hammond, A., Sloboda, Z., Tonkin, P., Stephens, R., Teasdale, B., Grey, S., et al (2008). Do adolescents perceive police officers as credible instructors of substance abuse prevention programs? Health Education Research, 23(4): 682-696
• Stephens, P., Sloboda, Z., Grey, S., Stephens, R., Hammond, A., Hawthorne, R., et al (in Press). Is the Receptivity of Substance Abuse Prevention Programming Affected by Students’ Perceptions of the Instructor? Health Education and Behavior.

Works in Progress

• Deason, L. M. and Hammond, A. “Regulating the regulators: Analyzing the influence that politics has on nursing home inspectors and quality of care”. Revising for submission to a suitable journal.
• Hammond, A. A panel analysis of relationship between food need and food aid flow to Sub-Saharan Africa: 1994 – 2003. Revising with input from reviewers of International Studies Quarterly for submission to the African Journal of Political Science and International Relations
• Hammond, A. Adolescents’ attitudes toward police instructors of prevention programming: Are they difference across geographic areas? Work in progress for submission to the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Research Monographs/Activities

• Hammond, A. (2008). Drug prevention programs: Adolescents’ attitudes toward police instructors of school-based drug prevention programs. VDM Verlag
  Published Dissertation using multi-level latent variable structural equation modeling to examine students’ attitudes toward police instructors of school-based substance abuse prevention program.

Conference Attendance and Presentations

• Hammond, A. Beyond drug abuse prevention: DARE and adolescents’ image of police officers. Accepted for presentation at the Annual National Conference of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2 – 5. 2009.
• Hammond, A. Panel Chair and Discussant. Annual National Conference of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2 – 5. 2009.
• Hammond, A. Panel Chair. Annual Conference of Georgia Political Science Association, Savannah, GA, November 13 – 15, 2008.
• Hammond, A. Attitudes toward Police Instructors: Adolescents’ Substance Abuse Prevention Study. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, Orlando, FL, September 24 – 27, 2008.
• Hammond, A. Panel Chair. Policy Analysis and Evaluation session of the Annual Conference of Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, Orlando, FL, September 24 – 27, 2008. 
• Hammond, A. Panel Chair. Annual Conference of Georgia Political Science Association, Savannah, GA, November 15 – 17, 2007.
• Hammond, A. & Schweser, E. An Examination of the Relationship between Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Food Production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, Nashville, TN, September 26 – 29, 2007.
• Hammond, A. An Exploratory Analysis of the Teaching of Research Methods in Public Administration. Accepted for presentation at the 30th Teaching Public Administration Conference, Harrisburg, PA, May 24-25, 2007.
• Hammond, A. Program recipients’ attitudes toward instructors of prevention programs. Poster presentation at the 14th Annual National Conference of Society for Prevention Science, San Antonio, TX, May 30 – June 2, 2006.
• Hammond, A. Co-chair. New Minority Track - Leadership Transitions in Public Administration. National Conference of Minority Public Administrators, Winston Salem, NC, February 22 – 26, 2006.
• Hammond, A. (with Kula, F., Ulvi, G., and McCray, D.). Panel: Delivering Democracy in Changing Environments at Home and Abroad - Contradictions of Economic Policies of the World Bank/International Monetary Fund with Democratic Principle of Self-determination of Nations. National Conference of Minority Public Administrators, Winston Salem, NC, February 22 – 26, 2006.  
• Hammond, A. An assessment of Adolescents’ attitudes toward Police Officers and Instructors in School-based drug prevention programs. Paper presented at the 2005 Conference on Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research of The University of Akron, Akron, OH, November 17, 2005.  
• Hammond, A.  Chair and Discussant. Quantitative Methods and Comparative Politics of Developing Countries Session. The 63rd Annual National Conference of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 7-10, 2005.
• Hammond, A.  Discussant. The University of Akron Conference on Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research, Akron, OH, October 21, 2004.
• Hammond, A.  Does food needs determine United States food aid flow to Sub-Saharan Africa? Paper presented at the 62nd Annual National Conference of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 15-18, 2004.
• Hammond, A.  Privatization and economic development in Ghana. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual National Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Cleveland, OH, March 26-29, 2003.
• Hammond, A.  Targeting food aid distribution to Sub-Sahara Africa – The case of Ghana and Somalia. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual National Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Cleveland, OH, March 26-29, 2003.

Grants

• Hammond, A. (2003). Nonprofit Agencies and Empowerment of the Local People for Sustainable Food Aid Monetization in Ghana. Dissertation Grant, The Aspen Institute - Nonprofit Sector Research Fund for 2003-2004. $25,000. Not funded.

Research and Teaching Interests

• Adolescent Substance Use and Behavior Problems; Community Policing and Police-Public Relationship; Economic Development in Developing Economies; Food Aid Distribution; Non-Profit Management; Quantitative Research Methods and Statistics; Public Economics; Fiscal Analysis; Public Budgeting; Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

Honors and Awards

2005         Best Oral Presentation – Conference on Undergraduate and Graduate Student
               Research; The University of Akron
2005         Pi Alpha Alpha – Public Administration Honor Society; The University of Akron
2004         Outstanding Student Research Award; The University of Akron
2001         Pi Alpha Alpha – Public Administration Honor Society; The University of Akron
1995         Meritorious Academic Excellence; University of Cape Coast, Atlantic
                Residence Hall
1994         Dean’s Academic Excellence; University of Cape Coast
1993         Dean’s Academic Excellence; University of Cape Coast

Services

2004               Guest Speaker - Intercultural Communication; School of Communication
                    Studies – Kent State University; Kent (OH)
1999 – 2000     Speaker – Akron International Friendship Speakers’ Service; Akron (OH)
1998 – 1999    Member – Coordinating Committee of National Health Endowment Fund,
                         Ghana.

Professional Memberships

• Georgia Political Science Association, 2008 – present; Member
• Southeastern Conference of Public Administration, 2006 – present; Member
• American Society for Public Administration (Georgia Chapter), 2006 – present; Member
• Midwest Political Science Association, 2004 – present; Member
• American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), 2000 – present; Member
• International and Comparative Administration; Section of ASPA, 2000 – present; Member
• Conference of Minority Public Administrators; Section of ASPA, 2001 – present; Member
• Association for Public Budgeting and Financial Management; Section of ASPA, 2000 – 2001; Member

Research and Technical Skills

1. Statistical Language:
        SPSS; SAS; STATA; Mplus Commands; Minitab; Microsoft Excel

2. Software Programs:
        Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook etc), WEB CT, Scanner;
        Digital Cameras
      Mplus Software Training: Two-day workshop emphasizing multilevel modeling in
      Mplus March 2005]

References available upon request

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