Michael DeLorenzo
Public Administration
michaeld@uic.edu

Education
PhD academic advisor
James Thompson

Graduate degrees
Ohio State University, M.A. Education, Sports Management, 1984

Undergraduate degrees
Colorado State University, B.A. History, 1982

Research interests
Michael's interests include government administrative reorganizations, specifically the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the impact of its reorganization on the success and failures of the agencies within DHS.

Publications
"Hendrick, R., DeLorenzo, M., Haller, M., Husarek, L., Jacob, B., Khovanova, K., Miller, G. (2006)

Assessing the Financial Condition of Local Government (Part II): What is Financial Condition and How is it Measured, In J. Rabin, B. Hildreth, and G. Miller, Public Budgeting Laboratory, (Athens, GA: Carl Vinson Institute of Government)."

Presentations
"Financing Campus Transformation: Integrated Public/Private Strategies, Campus of the Future Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii (July 2006)

Event Public Safety, International Association of Assembly Managers, San Antonio, Texas (August, 2006)"

• Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs/Executive Associate Director of campus Auxiliary Services University of Illinois at Chciago 2006-Present
• Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago 2005-2006
• Executive Associate Director of Auxiliary Services, University of Illinois at Chicago 2001-2005
• Director of the Pavilion, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1997-2001

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Shelley Fulla
Public Administration
sfulla@att.net

Education
PhD academic advisor
Eric Welch

Graduate degrees
University of Illinois at Chicago, M.P.A., 2000

Undergraduate degrees
University of Illinois at Chicago, B.A. Psychology, 1994

Research interests
Dissertation Topic: There is an expansive knowledge gap in the academic literature about the adoption and implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems in public organizations. There is not even adequate information on who is adopting ERP in the public sector or how successful they are. Because public organizations differ substantially from private organizations, the ERP literature from our corporate counterparts is limited in its usefulness. The proposed survey will expend general knowledge of ERP implementation and adoption to include public sector organizations. The survey will be distributed to approximately 1,000 city and county agencies. The theory developed under this model is to be able to predict adoption rates based on the institutional features of the government as well as organizational capacity issues.

Publications
Fulla, Shelley. "Change Management: Ensuring Success in Your ERP Implementation." Government Finance Review, In Press (2007).

Haller, Megan, Eric Welch, Jie Lin and Shelley Fulla. "Economic costs and Environmental Impacts of Alternative Fuel Vehicle Fleets in Local Government: An Interim Assessment of a Voluntary Ten-Year Fleet Conversion Plan." Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, In Press (2007).

Welch, Eric W. & Fulla, Shelley. "Virtual Interactivity Between Government and Citizens: The Chicago Police Department's Citizen ICAM Application Demonstration Case." Political Communication 22. (2005): 215-236.

Thompson, James and Shelley Fulla "Effecting Change in a Reform Context: The National Performance Review and the Dilemma of Micro-level Reform." Public Performance and Management Review, 25. (2001): 155-175.

Presentations
Welch, Eric and Shelley Fulla. "A Theoretical Framework for Describing Virtual Interactivity between Government and Citizens: A Study of the Chicago Police Department's Citizen ICAM Application." American Political Science Association Conference, September 2002.

Welch, Eric and Shelley Fulla. "Management of Feedback: Implications for Interactivity Between Government and Citizens." Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 2002.

• Senior Manager, Government Finance Officers Association, December 2005 - Present
• Assistant Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health, December 2004 - December 2005
• Director of Grants Management, City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications, May 2004 - December 2004
• Project Manager, Chicago Police Department, November 2001 - December 2004
• Grants Research Specialist, Chicago Police Department, November 1999 - November 2001
• Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, St. Ignatius College Prep, June 1998 - November 1999
• Program Manager, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, April 1997 - June 1998
• Victim-Witness Coordinator, Cook County State's Attorneys Office, February 1995 - April 1997

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Benedict S. Jimenez
Public Administration
bjimen2@uic.edu

Education
PhD academic advisor
Karen Mossberger

Graduate degrees
University of the Philippines, M.P.A. Public Policy Analysis and Program Implementation, 2002

Undergraduate degrees
University of the Philippines, B.A. Political Science, 1998

Research interests
Benedict has previously worked in the areas of rural development, international trade, local government capacity building, poverty reduction, and citizen participation. As a PhD student at CUPPA, he is currently interested in governance structures of service implementation networks.

Publications
Jimenez, Benedict. "Toward Food Security and Higher Farm Incomes: Public Sector Intervention in China's Rice Sector: Some Policy Lessons for the Philippines." in State Intervention in the Rice Sector in Selected Countries: Implications for the Philippines.Quezon City, Philippines: SEARICE, (2005).

Jimenez, Benedict. "International Trade as a Tool for Development: The Case of the Philippines." In Proceedings of the Conference on Financing for Development. Philipines: Social Watch, (2001).

Presentations
Jimenez, Benedict. "Good Governance of Social Safety Net Programs in the Philippines." University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration and Governance, Philippines, 2005.

Jimenez, Benedict. "The WTO Agreement on Agriculture and the Philippines: Issues and Policy Options." PRRM-World Bank Capacity Building on the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, Philippines, 2002.

Jimenez, Benedict. "Toward A Sound and Comprehensive Anti-Corruption Program: The Philippine Perspective Paper." La Liga Policy Institute, Philippines, 2003.

• University Fellow, UIC, 2006-2007
• Graduate Research Associate, Government Performance Project, UIC CUPPA (under Professor Michael Pagano), January 2007 to present
• Project Manager for Counter-Terrorism and Engaging with Islam Portfolios, British Embassy in Manila, October 2003 to July 2006
• Proposal Development Adviser, Voluntary Service Overseas, March to May 2005
• Senior Technical Associate for International Development Cooperation, Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (Quezon City, Philippines), April 2000 to January 2003

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Kamna Lal
Public Administration
klal2@uic.edu

Education
PhD academic advisor
Rebecca Hendrick

Graduate degrees
DAVV (India), M.S. Environment Science, 1999
JNU (India), M.S. Applied Economics, 2002
University of Alabama at Birmingham, M.P.A. Community Planning and Development, 2006

Undergraduate degrees
RDVV (India), B.S. Environment Science, 1997

Research interests
Kamna's current research interests include issues of bureaucratic behavior in local governments, environmental issues in infrastructure development and planning and housing policy issues.

Presentations
Lal, Kamna. "Lead Contamination and Declining Property Values: Exploring Housing Policy using GIS in Jefferson County, Alabama." SeCOPA 2005 Annual Conference.

Handley, Donna and Lal, Kamna. " Evaluating Her Productivity: The representation of women in Public Administration." MPSA 2007 Annual Conference.

• Research Associate, The Leprosy Mission, India, 2003-2005
• Project Associate, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi, 2002-2003

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Gena L. Miller
Public Administration
gmille2@uic.ed

Education
PhD Academic Advisor
Karen Mossberger

Graduate Degrees
Roosevelt University, MA Clinical Professional Psychology, 2003

Undergraduate Degrees
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, BA English, 1997

Research Interests
Gena is very interested in the economic development activities of government and non-profit organizations as a whole. In particular, she has recently become very interested in investments in human capital (investments in education, training, technology, human services, etc). What does the United States and State governments invest in its human citizens in order to increase the workforce's ability? What do States and local government's do to contribute to this investment? How does the federal government's investment compare internationally? What does greater or more specific investment in human capital mean for a country's overall workforce? Also, State and Local government economic development activities that focus on science and technology growth are of interest.

Publications
Hendrick, Rebecca; DeLorenzo, Michael; Haller, Meghan; Husarek, Laura; Jacob Benoy; Khovanova, Keseniya; and Miller, Gena. 2006. What is Financial Condition and How is it Measured? In "Assessing the Financial Condition of Local Governments" by Hildreth, B. and Miller, G. Public Budgeting Laboratory. Athens, GA: Carl Vinson Institute of Government.

Tolbert, Caroline, Karen Mossberger, Bridgett King, Gena Miller "Are All American women making progress online? African-American Women and Latinas" (forthcoming in Information Technologies and International Development)

Presentations
Midwest Political Science Association, April 2007 - Are All American Women Making Progress Online? African-American Women and Latinas, by CarolineTolbert, Karen Mossberger, Bridgett King, and Gena Miller

• Family Resource Development Coordinator, Children's Home & Aid Society of IL, Chicago, 1999-2004
• Program Specialist, U.S Department of Health and Human Services, Chicago, 2004 - present

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Rob Seidner
Public Administration
rseidn2@uic.edu

Education
PhD academic advisor
James Thompson

Graduate degrees
Heller School for Social Policy & Management, Brandeis
University, MBA, YEAR

Undergraduate degrees
Brandeis University, B.A. Politics and Psychology, 1998

Research interests
Human Capital research is the center of Rob's interest. He divides his research between the broader study of how strong Human Resource Management tools have a positive impact on operations and more specifically, how they enhance Federal government operations. With his MBA advisor, he is authoring a study on how relational coordination, a subset of social capital theory, shows tremendous competitive advantage. He has also co-written a chapter on Human Capital in the service sector to be published by Sage in 2008. Having entered Federal service as a Presidential Management Fellow, Rob has a particular focus on recruitment issues. Rob has lectured extensively on public service and is writing a chapter on best practices in Federal recruitment strategies. He plans to continue examining leadership in Federal activities and HR systems.

Publications
Hoffer-Gittell, Jody, R Seidner and J Wimbush (in review)."A Social Capital Model of High Performance Work Systems."

Hoffer-Gittell, Jody, and R Seidner (forthcoming)."HRM in the Service Sector" Handbook of Human Resource Management, Sage.

Presentations
Seidner, Rob and James Thompson. "Snapping the Payband: Lessons from the post-China Lake Federal Demonstration Projects" American Society of Public Adminsitration 2007 Annual Meeting.

Seidner, Rob. "Navigating USAjobs." Presented at University of Chicago, Notre Dame University, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Lake Forest College, Government-College Relations Council, DuPage Executive Network and others 2005-2007.

Seidner, Rob. "Presidential Management Fellows." University of Illinois-Chicago, Brandeis University, Federal Executive Board-Chicago. 2005-2006.

• HR Specialist, US Office of Personnel Management, Human Capital Leadership & Merit System Accountability, 2004-current
• Research Assistant, Heller School for Social Policy & Management, 2003
• Communications and fundraising, various nonprofits including People for the American Way and Public Agenda, 1998-2002

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Jill Mason Terzakis
Public Administration
jterza2@uic.edu

Education
PhD academic advisor
Karen Mossberger

Graduate degrees
DePaul University, M.B.A. Finance with concentration in Real Estate, 1999

Undergraduate degrees
Lake Forest College, B.A. English Literature with concentration in Secondary Education, 1988

Research interests
Jill's research interests include affordable housing and mixed use/mixed income communities, privatization, and education.

Publications
Contributing Author. The Civic Federation, "Status of Local Pension Funds, February 2005.

Contributing Author. The Civic Federation, "The City of Chiago Fiscal Year 2005 Proposed Budget: Analysis and Recommendations."

Contributing Author. The Civic Federation, "The Chicago Transit Authority Fiscal Year 2005 Proposed Budget: Analysis and Recommendations."

Contributing Author. The Civic Federation, "The State of Illinois Fiscal Year 2005 Proposed Budget: Analysis and Recommendations."

Mason, Jill, "The Difference in Income Limits: City Mortgage Program and HUD Programs." Prepared for, and distributed to, Senior Management, City Aldermen, and Affordable Housing Advocates of the City of Chicago, May, 2003.

Mason, Jill, "Chicago Historic Bungalow Initiative: Financing Packages." Prepared for, and distributed to, Senior Management, City Aldermen, and Affordable Housing Advocates of the City of Chicago, October, 2000.

Mason, Jill, "Current Disclosure Practices: State Housing Agency Financial Reporting" Journal of Housing Finance. John Nuveen & Co. Incorporated. June, 1995.

Mason, Jill, "A Housing Analyst Looks at the U.S. Tax Code: Pre-Ullman, Post-Ullman, and the AMT." Journal of Housing Finance. John Nuveen & Co. Incorporated. June, 1995.

Mason, Jill, "Multi-Family Money Market Credits: Looking Beyond the Credit Enhancement." Journal of Housing Finance. John Nuveen & Co. Incorporated. June, 1993.

Mason, Jill, "Cross-Calling and the Mortgage Forgiveness Clause: The Case of California Housing Finance Authority." Journal of Housing Finance. John Nuveen & Co. Incorporated. June, 1993.

Presentations
Mason, Jill "Tax Law: The Next Disclosure Issue." National Federation of Municipal Analysts Annual Conference, May, 1997.

Mason, Jill "How will the Credit Quality of State Housing Agency Bonds be Affected by the Reinvention of HUD?" Intitute of International Research, December, 1995.

• Vice President, Scott Balice Stratefies, 2005-present
• Senior Policy Advisory, The Civic Federation, 2004-2005
• Assistant Commissioner, Special Finance, City of Chicago Department of Housing, 1999-2003
• Senior Municipal Housing Bond Analyst, John Nuveen & Co., 1989-1998

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Valerie Werner
Public Administration
vwerne1@uic.edu

Education
Graduate degrees
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, MA Psychology and Education, 1992
Licensed in the State of Illinois: Marriage and Family Therapist, 1996 - current

Undergraduate degrees
Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana, BA Sociology, 1988

Dissertation
"The Development of Mary Parker Follett's Theories within the Context of Culture, Community and Gendered Normative Behavior"

Publications
Living With Welfare Reform, a Survey of Low Income Families in Illinois. Work, Welfare and Families; the Chicago Urban League; the Center for Urban Economic Development, University of Illinois at Chicago. Funded by a grant from the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, January 2000.

Welfare Reform at Age One: Early Indicators of Impact on Clients and Agencies Based on Reports from Community-Based Service Providers. Work, Welfare and Families; the Chicago Urban League; with The Center for Urban and Economic Development, University of Illinois at Chicago

Presentations
Planners Network Conference "Women of Northern Ireland Creating a Fair and Equitable Society." June, 2006, University Of Illinois at Chicago.

IV International Conference "Women on the Threshold of the XXI Century." November 2001, University of Havana, Cuba.

Gender and Power: "The Shaping of a Theoretical Feminist Perspective: Mary Parker Follett on a New Way of Communicating".

Women and Health Care: "The Effects of Case Management on Families Stress Levels in Home Care for Chronically Ill Children."

• Director, 10/06 - present, UNVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, Urban and Public Affairs Undergraduate Program
• Acting Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, 01/07 - present, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, College of Urban and Public Affairs
• Grant Writing Certification, 02/2006, The Grant Institute, Los Angeles, CA
• Assistant to the Director, 11/03 - 10/06, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, Urban Planning and Policy Program
• Marriage and Family Therapist, 2/2002 - present, Private Practice
• Administrative Assistant I, 07/99 - 11/03, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC)
• Committee Advisor, 1999 - 2000, Department of Human Services/Department of Children and Family Services Service Coordination Advisory Committee, Chicago, IL
• Supervisor, Counselor, 08/97 - 03/98, ERIE TEEN HEALTH CENTER, TEEN PARENT SERVICES, Chicago, IL
• Supervisor/Social Worker, 10/95 - 08/97, UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY, Chicago, IL
• Senior Social Worker, Crises Counselor, 1992-1995, COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ, Santa Cruz, CA
• Eligibility Worker II, AFDC, 1990 - 1992, COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ, Santa Cruz, CA
• Crises Counselor and Rape Advocate, 1989 - 1991, WOMEN'S CRISIS CENTER, Santa Cruz, CA

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Carly S. Wobig
Public Administration
wobigcs@uic.edu

Education
PhD academic advisor
Eric Welch

Graduate degrees
Georgetown University, M.A. National Security Studies, 2003

Undergraduate degrees
Michigan State University, B.A. Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy and International Relations, 2000

Research interests
Carly's research experience and interests focus on the implications of emerging science and technology for public administration. While at the Wilson Center Carly explored genomics, emerging behaviors, strategic planning, long-term and emerging trends, complexity and chaos, scientific uncertainty in decision-making, and the convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive technology (NBIC).

Publications
Wobig, CS., Rejeski, DW. eds. Bold Moves for Governments: Essays from the NASA and UN Global Delphi Survey on Global Grand Challenges, Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Johns Hopkins University Press, In press, expected Spring 2007.

Keiner, S., Rejeski, DW., Wobig, CS. Facing the Future: State Foresight is a Key Tool in Planning for the Upcoming Challenges. State Government News. October, 2002.

Rejeski, DW., Wobig, CS. Long Term Goals for Governments. Foresight, 4(6), 2002, 14-22.

Presentations
"The Importance of Scenarios in Policy Making," Association of Professional Futurists Annual Meeting, Austin Texas, February 2003.

"US Experience with Foresight in Governance," Conference on Foresight Strategies and Tools in the European Union. European Union, Brussels, Belgium, July, 2002.

• University of Illinois at Chicago, January 2007- Present
  Research Assistant to Professor Lenny Davis, Department of English, Project BioCultures
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, January 2001-May 2006
  Policy Analyst & Program Coordinator, Foresight & Governance Project
  Policy Analyst & Program Coordinator, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
• Michigan State University, October 1997 - December 2000
  Research Assistant, Department of Surgery, College of Human Medicine

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Nilay Yavuz
Public Administration
nyavuz2@uic.edu

Education
PhD academic advisor
Eric Welch

Graduate degrees
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, MPA, 2005, Public Administration
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, M.S.Political Science and Public Administration, 2004

Undergraduate degrees
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, B.S. Political Science and Public Administration, 2001

Research interests
Nilay's research interests focus on public safety and perceptions of safety, particularly in the transportation area. Since 2006, she has been working on a research project titled "The Effects of Crime and Perceived Safety on Travel Behavior", funded by Chicago Transit Authority. While she plans to continue her research work in transportation area, she is also interested in exploring the role of information technology in emergency management as a possible dissertation topic.

Publications
Yavuz, N., Welch, E. W., and P. S. Sriraj. (Forthcoming). "Individual and Neighborhood Determinants of Perceptions of Bus and Train Safety in Chicago: An Application of Hierarchical Linear Modeling." Transportation Research Record: Journal of Transportation Research Board.

Yavuz, N., Welch, E. W., and P. S. Sriraj. 2007. "Individual and Neighborhood Determinants of Perceptions of Bus and Train Safety in Chicago: An Application of Hierarchical Linear Modeling." Proceedings of the Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.

Yavuz, N. and L. Vanik. 2006. "Associations Between Perceptions of Transit Safety and Neighborhood Safety In Chicago: An Exploratory Analysis." Proceedings of the Transport Chicago 2006 Conference, Chicago, IL.

Presentations
Yavuz, N., Welch, E. W., and P. S. Sriraj. "Individual and Neighborhood Determinants of Perceptions of Bus and Train Safety in Chicago: An Application of Hierarchical Linear Modeling." Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 2007.

Yavuz, N. and L. Vanik. "Associations Between Perceptions of Transit Safety and Neighborhood Safety In Chicago: An Exploratory Analysis." Transport Chicago 2006 Conference, Chicago, IL.

• Research Assistant, Urban Transportation Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2006 - Present
• Intern, Chicago Transit Authority, Planning and Development-Market Research Division, Summer 2006
• Equity Program Assistant, Office of Social Equity, Shippensburg University, PA, 2003 - 2005
• Intern, Discovery Center of Science and Technology, Bethlehem, PA, Communications and Development Department, 2004 - 2005
• Teaching Assistant, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, Political Science and Public Administration Department, 2001 - 2003

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