Professor Receives Prestigious National Science Honor
Professor Bruce Weinberg, the Eric Byron Fix-Monda Endowed Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, has been named to the 2024 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows. He was selected for his distinguished contributions to the field of labor economics, particularly for a multidisciplinary approach to studying creativity and innovation, socioeconomic determinants of youth outcomes and technological impact on wage structure.
The Case of Public Administration
In the American Review of Public Administration, Professor Jos Raadschelders and Faculty Emeritus Caroline Wagner examine the evolution and academic status of public administration as a field of study in their article “From Disciplinary Depth to Interdisciplinary Breadth: The Case of Public Administration.” They trace the study of public administration from the late 19th century through the present in three phases: an early developmental period drawing from multiple disciplines; a more inward-focused disciplinary period establishing theoretical identity; and a mature interdisciplinary phase with increased connections to other fields.
Additional Faculty Accomplishments
Dean Trevor Brown published “The Impact of Professor Allan Rosenbaum: Global Champion of Public Administration, Field-Builder, Teacher, and Friend” in Public Administration Review.
The John Glenn College of Public Affairs Regional Food Council Community of Practice, directed by Professor Jill Clark, was named a 2025 Program of Excellence in Engaged Scholarship by Ohio State’s Office of Outreach and Engagement. Through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, Clark and her team facilitated a nationwide community of practice as a collaborative research project to support and build the capacity of food policy councils working at a regional scale to strengthen food and agriculture development. She also published a report, “Understanding Food Systems Governance in a Changing World,” for the Canadian Food Policy Advisory Council.
In the journal Energy Economics and a policy brief, Associate Professor Noah Dormady and colleagues explain how energy generation pricing competition influences costs and recommend policy changes to improve consumer and supplier outcomes.
Professor Ange-Marie Hancock, political science, published “Avoiding Paradigm Voyeurism and Embracing Intersectionality Stewardship: Intersectionality as a Research Paradigm ‘From Below’” in the Oxford Handbook of Engaged Methodological Pluralism in Political Science.
In the journal Policing and Society, Professor Russell Hassan, the Ambassador Milton A. and Roslyn Z. Wolf Chair in Public and International Affairs; former Visiting Faculty Clifford Stott; and colleagues deliver “The Columbus Model: Crowd Psychology, Dialogue Policing, and Protest Management in the U.S.A.,” the first systematic, theory-informed empirical analysis of the Columbus Division of Police Public Order and Public Safety framework. They use participatory action research across more than 60 events to show how specific approaches contain conflict and promote self-regulation within protest crowds, also revealing tensions in organizational change.
In “Employing Synthetic Control Method to Examine Whether State Corporate Tax Rate Reductions Grow Manufacturing Employment,” a study published in Economic Development Quarterly, Professional Practice Associate Professor Jim Landers and doctoral program graduate Ivy Liu find that the rate cuts did not impact manufacturing employment.
Professor Caezilia Loibl, human sciences, and research manager Madeleine Drost, in the journal PLOS One, found that adults over the age of 65 faced increases in loneliness during the pandemic, regardless of income level or wealth. The study, “The Association of Financial Resources and Loneliness Among Older Adults During a State of Emergency,” spotlights the potential dangers of credit card debt. In Financial Planning Review, Loibl published “Life Insurance Product Type, Financial Knowledge, and Financial Adequacy,” a study offering clarity on how different life insurance product types were related to whether households had adequate financial resources if an income earner died.
In Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Professor Brian Mittendorf, accounting, recently published “Charitable Objectives or Donor Benefits? What Sponsor Language Reveals About Donor-Advised Fund Priorities and Resource Flows.” The research shows that donor-advised funds balance client service and mission impact, and the language they use in public outreach can predict their priorities and behavior.
Professor Stephanie Moulton published “Thinking Outside the Credit Box: Strategies to Advance Equity in the Housing Finance System” in Housing Policy Debate. She and a team of housing policy experts draw from recent research to propose changes to the housing finance system that would improve access to mortgages while enabling homeownership stability for low wealth households in the U.S. She also published “Labor Outcomes of Mortgage Payment Subsidies for Unemployed Homeowners” in the Journal of Housing Economics.
Professor Jos Raadschelders’ recent publications include the policy brief “The Future of Global Public Administration in the Age of Democratic Backsliding” with The American University in Cairo’s School of Global Affairs and Public Policy; “Roundtable: Perspectives on The Public,” in Perspectives on Public Management and Governance; and “Loyalty to Principle or Politics: The US Civil Service under Attack…but Is it Justified?” in Public Money & Management.
Faculty Emeritus Caroline Wagner has been tapped to lead an evaluation team of a National Science Foundation-backed center, Safeguarding the Entire Community of the U.S. Research Ecosystem (SECURE), led by the University of Washington with support from nine institutions of higher education. Wagner will help evaluate the effectiveness of the center, which will share information and reports on research security risks, provide training on research security to the science and engineering community and serve as a bridge between the research community and government funding agencies to strengthen cooperation on addressing security concerns. Wagner also has been named to the National Science Foundation’s International Working Group focused on research about research security for a one-year term and elected to a four-year term on the Advisory Board of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics.
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