Glenn College Faculty News

This fall, John Bartle, a Distinguished Professor of Public Administration and Dean Emeritus at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, College of Public Affairs and Community Service, has joined the Glenn College as a Visiting Fellow. Bartle’s research is focused on public financial policy and management, budgeting, transportation, and state and local government. He has published refereed journal articles in Public Budgeting & Finance, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, State and Local Government Review and Public Administration Review. He is the editor of the book “Evolving Theories of Public Budgeting”; the co-author of “Sustainable Development for Public Administration”; and the co-editor of “Management Policies in Local Government Finance.” He conducts research on sustainability in transportation, public financial management and tax policy.

In addition, Shoshanah Inwood, an associate professor in Ohio State’s School of Environment and Natural Resources in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, now holds a courtesy appointment in the Glenn College.  A rural sociologist, Inwood’s career has focused on the intersection of agriculture, environment and society in the context of community and economic development. Inwood has maintained a dual focus studying both the role of communities in food system development and the socio-cultural household level processes that underlay the American food and agriculture system.

The journal Public Administration Review, led by some members of the Glenn College, was ranked No. 1 in public administration by Clarivate’s 2024 Journal Citation Reports, which used 2023 data. Success continues: In the first half of 2024, journal submissions are up 5%, and publication full-text views are up 11% across 211 countries and territories. Those who work to make this journal successful are Professor Jos Raadschelders, co-editor-in-chief; Professor Hongtao Yi, editor and former Glenn College faculty; and Preston Phillips, management analyst. In addition, Associate Professor Erynn Beaton serves as an editorial board member and Daniel Ruggiero, one of our graduate students, is editorial assistant.

Dean Trevor Brown was appointed as the interim dean of the Max M. Fisher College of Business. He will continue to serve as dean of the Glenn College.

Professor Russell Hassan, Ambassador Milton A. and Roslyn Z. Wolf Chair in Public and International Affairs; PhD student Jill Davis; and colleagues wrote “Gender Differences in Workplace Incivility Experiences and Their Impacts on the Wellbeing and Retention of Women in Law Enforcement Organizations” in Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. The research reveals that, compared to policemen, policewomen report significantly higher levels of workplace incivility. Policewomen also report heightened emotional exhaustion and express a greater intention to leave their current positions than policemen. Hassan and Davis also published “Preference for Group-based Social Hierarchy and the Reluctance to Accept Women as Equals in Law Enforcement” in the Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory. Their findings suggest that officers who desire to protect existing power dynamics are more likely to resist organizational diversity efforts and have more negative views about women’s suitability for law enforcement.

Associate Professor Alex Hollingsworth, economics, published “The Gift of a Lifetime: The Hospital, Modern Medicine, and Mortality” in American Economic Review, exploring how access to modern hospitals and medicine affects mortality by leveraging efforts of The Duke Endowment to modernize hospitals in the early 20th century.

Professor Stéphane Lavertu and Assistant Professor Long Tran published “For-Profit Milk in Nonprofit Cartons? The Case of Nonprofit Charter Schools Subcontracting With For-Profit Education Management Organizations” in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Lavertu also wrote a research brief, “Ohio Charter Schools After the Pandemic: Are Their Students Still Learning More Than They Would in District Schools?” for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. It provides an updated analysis of brick-and-mortar charter school performance in the years after the pandemic (2021-22 and 2022-23). He finds that, while their advantage has slightly diminished, charters continue to outperform districts in the post-pandemic years. He also published “Did the Emergence of Ohio Charter Schools Help or Harm Students Who Remained in District Schools?” for the Fordham Institute.

Professor Stephanie Moulton, associate dean for faculty and research, published “Mortgage Borrowing and Chronic Disease Outcomes in Older Age: Evidence From Biomarker Data in the Health and Retirement Study” in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. The study examines the extent to which older adults use home equity to help manage the costs associated with a chronic disease in older age and how such borrowing can affect their ability to manage the disease.

Professor Jos Raadschelders, faculty director, professional development programs, studies the reception of Ukrainian migrants in the European Union and United States in the paper “Managing Forced Migration: Overt and Covert Policies to Limit the Influx of Ukrainian Refugees,” published in World Affairs. He finds that Ukrainian refugees have no problem entering EU countries and receiving help (work permits, housing, etc.), while the United States uses various ways that make entry fairly complicated and thus contain Ukrainian migration. In addition, he co-wrote “New Development: Loyalty to Principle or Politics — The U.S. Civil Service Under Attack … But is it Justified?” in Public Money & Management. He also published a book, “Geschriften Over Overheid en Ambtelijk Apparaat (Essays on Government and Civil Service),” with CAOP in The Hague.

Professor Caroline Wagner was an integral member of a Council of Canadian Academies Expert Panel helping Canada develop a cohesive strategy for making decisions about international science, technology, innovation and knowledge production partnerships. In the “Navigating Collaborative Futures” report, the expert panel presents an evidence-based, data-enabled framework to help organizations articulate partnership goals; identify, evaluate and weight appropriate indicators of partnership value; and determine whether to pursue or continue a partnership.

Greg Wilson, Assistant Professor - Provost’s Fellow, published “An Invisible Impediment to Progress: Perceptions of Racialization in the Nonprofit Sector” in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. The paper challenges race-neutral perceptions of the nonprofit sector by showing how Black-led organizations perceive racialization across key areas central to success: leadership, funding, data, collaboration and volunteering.

Professor Emeritus Charles Wise’s “The Courts and the President,” a Cambridge Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration publication, analyzes the evolution of federal judicial treatment of presidential directives and the legal bases and principles employed in federal court decisions, and it discusses implications for presidential, congressional and federal agency policymaking.

A study by Associate Professor Wendy Xu, public health, finds that fewer rural than urban Americans seek and continue care for substance use disorders. “Rural–Urban Differences in Out-Of-Network Treatment Initiation and Engagement Rates for Substance Use Disorders” was published in Health Services Research.

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