Public Policy

University Library Leads Way To Providing Long Term Open Access to Public Policy Research

Aug. 22, 2008 — Becoming part of what is expected to become the largest online repository of public policy research in the world was an easy choice, says David Lewis, Dean of the IUPUI University Library.   Full Story

Chronic Lead Poisoning From Urban Soils: Could Water Cure A Public Health Menace in the U.S.?

Aug. 19, 2008 — Chronic lead poisoning, caused in part by the ingestion of contaminated dirt, affects hundreds of thousands more children in the United States than the acute lead poisoning associated with imported toys or jewelry. Could treating contaminated soil with water prevent this public health scourge?   Full Story

Professor Bravo’s Course Recognized by National Anti-Trafficking Organization

Aug. 15, 2008 — A class designed and taught by Karen E. Bravo, Associate Professor of Law at Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, has been recognized nationally as a model for integrating the subject of human trafficking into the higher education syllabus.   Full Story

President Bush Appoints Victoria Champion to National Cancer Advisory Board

July 24, 2008 — Victoria L. Champion, Associate Dean for Research, Edward W. and Sara Stam Cullipher Endowed Chair, Mary Margaret Walther Distinguished Professor at the Indiana University School of Nursing was recently appointed to the National Cancer Advisory Board by President George Bush. This is a six year appointment, ending in 2014.   Full Story

IUPUI Director Ian McIntosh at International Peace Conference

July 16, 2008 — Every two years, peace researchers from around the world gather to exchange ideas and experiences, to initiate joint projects, and develop new avenues for research. The International Peace Research Association (IPRA) conference focuses on the most urgent challenges for peace. IUPUI's Director of International Partnerships, Ian McIntosh, who teaches a class on Truth and Reconciliation at IUPUI, will address the conference on the subject of 'measuring reconciliation'.   Full Story

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Introduction to Public Affairs

Computers in Public Affairs

Environment: Problems and Prospects

Urban Structure and Policy

Computer Applications in Public Affairs

Urban Development and Planning

Metropolitan Development

Public Management Information Systems

The Planning Process

Land Use Planning

Geographic Information Systems for Planning

PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE:

Analysis of survey data involving game designed to ascertain leisure-time preferences for F. Stuart Chapin, Jr., 1972

Consultant on population distribution models for Section 208 water quality planning study being conducted for the Region J Council of Governments, Research Triangle, North Carolina, 1974

Consultant on the costs of housing to Orange County, California Supervisor Thomas Riley, 1975

Consultant on the evaluation of recreation planning proposals to the Orange County, California, Environmental Management Agency, 1977

Member of the Statewide Liaison Committee on Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning of the California Articulation Conference, 1976-1977

Lecturer in Short Course on Urban Planning, University of Louisville, 1979

Member of the Regional Development Committee, Indiana Heartlands Coordinating Commission, 1979-1980

Consultant on evaluation methodologies for highway bypass evaluation to D. E. McGillem & Associates, Indianapolis, 1980

Consultant on population projection to the Indiana Heartlands Coordinating Commission, 1982

Presentation on "Microcomputer Applications in Public Health" to the Indiana Public Health Association, 1983

Presentation on "Microcomputer Applications in Public Health" to the Indiana Association of Sanitarians, 1983

Consultant on microcomputer systems acquisition to the Indianapolis Growth Project, 1983

Consultant on microcomputer acquisition and invited participant in Symposium on Computers and Planning, School of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1983

Presentation of workshop on "Microcomputers in Public Management" in State Capitol Management Program, 1985

Presentation of workshop on "Microcomputers in Public Management" to the Indiana Chapter of the International Association of Personnel in Employment Security, 1985

Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American

Alfred Tat-Kei Ho

MAJOR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

• Performance measurement and budgeting

• Applied public finance research

• Information technology management and e-government

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Associate Professor, School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 2004-now

• Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Iowa State University, 1998-2004

• Research Assistant and Associate, Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, 1992-1998

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Society for Public Administration

• Association for Budgeting and Financial Management

• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

• National Tax Association

MAJOR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE

• Performance measurement and budgeting

• Applied public finance research

• Information technology management and e-government

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, Kurt Thurmaier, and Lilly Lu (2006). "Testing the Reluctant Professor's Hypothesis: Evaluating a Blended-Learning Approach to Distance Education." Journal of Public Affairs Education, 12(1), 81-102.

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei (2006). "Accounting for the Value of Performance Measurement from the Perspective of City Mayors." Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory, 16(2), 217-237.

• Premkumar, G., Alfred Tat-Kei Ho, and Pallavi Chakraborty (2006). "E-government evolution - an evaluation of online services." International Journal of Electronic Business, 4(2), 177-190.

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, and Paul Coates (2006). "Public Participation in Performance Measurement & Budgeting." Handbook of Public Financial Management, edited by Howard Frank. NY: Taylor & Francis, 545-566.

• Ni, Anna and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho (2005). "Lessons for IT Managers from Two Information Kiosk Projects," Government Information Quarterly, 22:58-74.

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei and Anna Ni. (2005). "Have Cities Shifted to Outcome-Oriented Performance Reporting? A Content Analysis of City Budgets," Public Budgeting & Finance, 25(2), 61-83.

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, and Anna Ni (2004). "Explaining the Progressiveness of E-Government: A Case Study of Iowa County Treasurers' Offices." American Review of Public Administration, 34(2), 164-180.

• Coates, Paul, and Alfred Tat-Kei Ho (2004). "One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward -- A Consolidation Attempt Without Power Deflation," Reshaping the Local Government Landscape, vol. II, edited by Suzanne Leland and Kurt Thurmaier. M. E. Sharpe.

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei, and Paul Coates (2004). "Citizen-Initiated Performance Assessment - the Initial Iowa Experience," Public Performance & Management Review, 27(3), 29-50.

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei (2003). "Perceptions of Performance Measurement and the Practice of Performance Reporting by Small Cities," State and Local Government Review, 35(3), 161-173.

• Ho, Alfred Tat-Kei (2002). "Reinventing Local Governments and the E-Government Initiative," Public Administration Review, 62(4), 410-420.

COURSES TAUGHT

• SPEA V560 Public Budgeting and Finance

• SPEA V526 Financial Management for the Non-for-Profit Sector

• SPEA V372 Public Budgeting and Finance

• SPEA V361/H352 Financial Management

SERVICE

• Invited presentations before the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Affairs, the Local Government Efficiency Financing Commission of the Indiana Legislature, the Guangdong Finance Department (People's Republic of China)

• Board of editors and reviewer, Public Performance and Management Review, 2003-now

• Reviewer, American Review of Public Administration, 2000-present

• Board of Directors, Iowans for a Better Future, 2001

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• Recipient of the IBM Business of Government Grant. Report topic: "Partnerships

with Citizens in Performance Measurement of Government."

• Iowa State Foundation Award for Early Achievement in Teaching

• Pi Alpha Alpha inductee

David McSwane

David Z. McSwane - Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs. McSwane is an expert in foodborne illness and retail food sanitation. The ultimate goal of his research is to identify hazards associated with contaminated food and implement food safety interventions that will prevent foodborne illness. McSwane also can provide general information about public health and environmental health issues.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Administrator of the Monroe County Health Department, Bloomington, Indiana.

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

• McSwane, D. Z., N. R. Rue, and R. H. Linton. 2005. Essentials of Food Safety and Sanitation. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, NJ.

• McSwane, David. "Food Safety," in Environmental Health: From Global to Local, Howard Frumkin, MD, editor. Jossey-Bass Publishing Company, 2005

• McSwane, D. Z., N. R. Rue, and R. H. Linton. 2004. Food Safety Fundamentals. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, NJ.

• McSwane, D.Z., R.H Linton, and N.R. Rue. 2003. Retail Best Practices and Guide to Food Safety and Sanitation. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, NJ.

• McSwane, D.Z., R.H Linton, and N.R. Rue. 2003. Retail Best Practices and to Food Safety and Sanitation Supervisor's Guide. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, NJ.

• McSwane, David Z. and Richard Linton. (2000)."Issues and Concerns for HACCP Development and Implementation for Retail Food Operations," Journal of Environmental Health. 62(January/February):15-18.

• McSwane, David Z. and Cynthia D. Woodley. (1999). "A Valid Job Analysis is Key to Developing Food Protection Manager Certification Examinations." Journal of Environmental Health 62 (November): 15-21.

• Linton, Richard H., McSwane, David Z., and Cynthia D. Woodley. (1998). "A Comparison of Perspectives about the Critical Areas of Knowledge for Safe Food Handling in Food Establishments." Journal of Environmental Health 60 (April):8 - 15.

COURSES TAUGHT

• Environmental Health

• Environmental Health Policy

• Food Science and Sanitation

SERVICE

• Past President of the Indiana Environmental Health Association and the Indiana Public Health Association

• Past-Chairman of the Board of the Indiana Division of the American Cancer Society

• Diplomate of the American Academy of Sanitarians

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• Walter S. Mangold Award presented by the National Environmental Health Association

• W. George Pinnell Award for Outstanding Service presented by Indiana University

• Tony and Mary Hulman George Achievement Award in the field of environmental health presented by the Indiana Public Health Foundation

• American Cancer Society's St. George Medal for distinguished service in cancer control