DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & URBAN STUDIES

FACULTY

Sonia A. Alemagno, Ph.D.
(Interim Chair)
Case Western University
Medical Sociology,
Health Services Research,
Drug Abuse Prevention
and Criminology
Email: alemagn@uakron.edu

Julia Beckett, Ph.D., J.D.
Ph.D. University of Colorado,
Denver; J.D. Washington University, St. Louis
Public Law, Budgeting and Finance,
and Local Government
Email: jbecket@uakron.edu
Website: http://gozips.uakron.edu/~jbecket


Raymond W. Cox III, Ph.D.
(MPA Coordinator/Internship Coordinator)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University
Public Administration,
Organization Theory,
Ethics and Leadership
Email: rcox@uakron.edu
Website: http://gozips.uakron.edu/~rcox

RaJade M. Berry-James, Ph.D.
(Pi Alpha Alpha Advisor/
Assistantship Coordinator)
Rutgers, The State University (Newark)
Quantitative Research Methods,
Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis,
Public Administration and
Public Personnel Management
Email: rmberry@uakron.edu
Website: http://gozips.uakron.edu/~rmberry


Lucinda M. Deason, Ph.D.
Michigan State University
Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Methods, Health, Aging, and Public
Policy, Health Disparities, Health
Literacy, and Cultural Competence
Email: deason@uakron.edu
Website: http://gozips.uakron.edu/~deason


Francois K. Doamekpor, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Public Finance and Economics,
Statistics and Comparative Administration
Email: fdoamekpor@uakron.edu
Website: http://gozips.uakron.edu/~fdoamekpor


Nancy K. Grant, Ph.D.
(Interim Associate Chair)
University of Texas at Arlington
Public Administration, Policy Analysis,
and Emergency Management
Email: nkgrant@uakron.edu
Website: http://gozips.uakron.edu/~nkgrant

Ralph P. Hummel, Ph.D.
New York University
Philosophy of Work and
Governance, Political
and Organization Theory,
Bureaucracy, and Personnel
Email: hummel@uakron.edu
Website: http://gozips.uakron.edu/~hummel


Peter J. Leahy, Ph.D.
(Professor Emeritus)
Syracuse University
Quantitative Research Methods
and Evaluation, Human Services
Administration, and Statistics
Email: leahy@uakron.edu
Website: http://gozips.uakron.edu/~leahy


Janet Foley Orosz, Ph.D.
(Professor Emeritus)
The Ohio State University
Strategic Management, Public Budgeting,
and Public Organization Theory
Email: foleyorosz@uakron.edu


Ramona Ortega-Liston, D.P.A.
Arizona State University
Public Administration, Ethics,
Leadership and Decision Making,
Comparative Public Administration
Email: ramona3@uakron.edu
Website: http://gozips.uakron.edu/~ramona3


Gregory K. Plagens, Ph.D.
University of South Carolina
Public Administration, Policy,
and American Government
Email: gkp4@uakron.edu