Mary Feeney, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Public Administration and Policy (2007)
University of Georgia

Public Administration (M/C 278)
138 CUPPA Hall
phone: 312-355-4734
fax: 312-996-8804
mkfeeney@uic.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Professor Mary K. Feeney is interested in public management, sector distinctions, and science and technology (S&T) policy. She is currently working on research investigating public values, comparisons between the public and nonprofit sectors, rules and red tape, mentoring, and management of science and technology.

Feeney has two forthcoming articles in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. The first paper titled “Public Service in the Private Sector: Private Loan Originator Participation in a Public Mortgage Program” is co-authored with Stephanie Moulton (Ohio State University). The second is co-authored with Hal G. Rainey and is titled “Personnel Flexibility in Public and Nonprofit Organizations. Feeney’s most recent work in S&T policy is “Women in STEM Networks: Who Seeks Advice and Support from Women Scientists?” in Scientometics, co-authored with Margarita Bernal (UIC).

Feeney has published in Administration & Society, American Review of Public Administration, Public Integrity, Public Performance & Management Review, and Research Evaluation and made presentations at annual conferences of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), the Public Management Research Association (PMRA), and the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA).

Feeney has a new book,Rules and Red Tape: A Prism for Public Administration Theory and Research(M.E. Sharpe, Inc. 2011), which is co-authored with Barry Bozeman.