@article{mcdonald_maher_2024, title={Bridging the Divide}, url={https://doi.org/10.59469/pfj.2024.16}, DOI={10.59469/pfj.2024.16}, abstractNote={The creation of Public Finance Journal (PF) is the culmination of several years of discussion about how best to address the divide between practitioners’ research needs and academic scholarship. PF’s origin is predicated on the expectation that for a professional discipline such as public administration and the subfield of public budgeting and finance, in particular, there needs to be an easily accessible forum for the dissemination of ideas and solutions. This journal would not be possible without the support of the Government Finance Officers Association, the oversight committees, the editorial board, and those helping with the journal’s management. We are excited about the inaugural edition, where we have reviews of three important books, three thought-provoking research articles, and an article that surveys current research needs in the budget and finance field as expressed by faculty and practitioners.}, journal={Public Finance Journal}, author={McDonald, Bruce and Maher, Craig}, year={2024}, month={Apr} }
 @inbook{hatcher_mcdonald_brainard_2024, title={How to Write a Case Study for Public Affairs}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032720470-13}, DOI={10.4324/9781032720470-13}, author={Hatcher, William and McDonald, Bruce D. and Brainard, Lori A.}, year={2024}, month={Apr} }
 @inbook{rinfret_young_mcdonald_2024, title={Introduction: The importance of mentorship in higher education}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032720975-1}, DOI={10.4324/9781032720975-1}, author={Rinfret, Sara R. and Young, Sarah L. and McDonald, Bruce D.}, year={2024}, month={Apr} }
 @inbook{mcdonald_hatcher_2024, title={Introduction—Teaching Your First Class: Research for the New Faculty Member}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032720470-1}, DOI={10.4324/9781032720470-1}, author={McDonald, Bruce D. and Hatcher, William}, year={2024}, month={Apr} }
 @article{mcdonald_hatcher_2024, title={The curious public administrator}, volume={5}, ISSN={["2047-8720"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1177/01447394241256505}, DOI={10.1177/01447394241256505}, journal={TEACHING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION}, author={Mcdonald, Bruce D. and Hatcher, William}, year={2024}, month={May} }
 @article{hatcher_mcdonald iii_2023, title={Introduction to the issue}, volume={29}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2023.2176047}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2023.2176047}, abstractNote={<jats:p>-</jats:p>}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={Hatcher, William and McDonald III, Bruce D.}, year={2023}, month={Jan}, pages={1–2} }
 @article{mcdonald_hatcher_2023, title={Introduction to the issue}, volume={29}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2023.2211883}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2023.2211883}, abstractNote={<jats:p />}, number={2}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={McDonald, Bruce D. and Hatcher, William}, year={2023}, month={Apr}, pages={117–120} }
 @article{hatcher_mcdonald iii_2023, title={Introduction to the issue}, volume={29}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2023.2242700}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2023.2242700}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={Hatcher, William and McDonald III, Bruce D.}, year={2023}, month={Jul}, pages={259–261} }
 @article{mcdonald iii_2023, title={Lessons in Social Equity: A Case Study Book}, volume={1}, ISSN={["2047-8720"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1177/01447394231154312}, DOI={10.1177/01447394231154312}, journal={TEACHING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION}, author={McDonald III, Bruce D.}, year={2023}, month={Jan} }
 @article{lim_hwang_mcdonald iii_hatcher_2023, title={Ranking scholarly publishers in public administration}, volume={8}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2023.2247806}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2023.2247806}, abstractNote={ABSTRACTPublic administration has dedicated much discussion to the ranking of academic journals, but little to no research focused on the quality and contributions of publishing academic books. To address this gap in the literature, we surveyed public administration scholars who have published books. We used the data from this survey to establish a scholarly ranking of book publishers in the field. The findings of the survey show public administration scholars prefer commercial over academic presses when publishing their books. This could be due to the authors’ decisions, the publishers seeking and supporting research in public administration, or, most likely, a combination of both.KEYWORDS: English-language publisherspublic administration scholarsranking book publishers Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. It states “Assume that you have just completed a book manuscript on a topic in your area of expertise as lead author or editor. Please indicate your ranking of publisher preferences with which you are willing to contract”2. There are three questions provided to which the respondents typed their answers: “What would be the first book publisher to which you would submit the manuscript?;” “What would be the second book publisher to which you would submit the manuscript if the manuscript were rejected at your first attempt?;” “What would be the third book publisher to which you would submit the manuscript if the manuscript were rejected at your second attempt?”Additional informationFundingThe authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.Notes on contributorsSungdae LimSungdae Lim is an assistant professor of public administration at Sam Houston State University. Dr. Lim’s research interests center on nonprofit- and public-sector leadership, public service innovation, and mission-oriented sensemaking with emphasis on social change performance and community engagement. He has published articles with these foci in refereed journals such as Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Nonprofit and Management Leadership, Journal of Civil Society, Nonprofit Policy Forum, International Journal of Public Administration, and Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs.Hyunseok HwangHyunseok Hwang is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Houston. His research interests include organization theory, community resilience, public & nonprofit management, and social entrepreneurship. Hi research has appeared in journals such as Nonprofit Voluntary Sector Quarterly, VOLUNTAS, Nonprofit Policy Forum, City & Community, the Social Science Journal, Social Science Quarterly, Natural Hazards Review, and Journal of Professions and Organization.Bruce D. McDonaldBruce D. McDonald III is a professor of public budgeting and finance at North Carolina State University. He currently serves as the editor-in-chief of Public Administration, co-editor-in-chief of both Public Finance Journal and Journal of Public Affairs Education. He also serves as the editor of Routledge’s Public Budgeting and Finance Book Series and co-editor of Routledge’s Public Affairs Education Book Series. He also sits on several boards of nonprofit organizations, including the North Carolina Public Administration Alliance.William HatcherWilliam Hatcher is a professor of political science and chair of the Department of Social Sciences at Augusta University. He currently serves as the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education. He received both a B.S. in political science (2003) and an MPA (2004) from Georgia College and State University and a Ph.D. in public policy and administration from Mississippi State University (2010). Dr. Hatcher has served as a public planner and as chair of the Board of Adjustment in Richmond, Kentucky. His research has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Public Affairs Education, American Journal of Public Health, American Review of Public Administration, Community Development, and Public Administration Quarterly.}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={Lim, Sungdae and Hwang, Hyunseok and Mcdonald III, Bruce D. and Hatcher, William}, year={2023}, month={Aug} }
 @article{menifield_estorcien_ndongo_quispe_mcdonald iii_2023, title={Retention and recruitment of minority students and faculty in public affairs and administration programs}, volume={9}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2023.2251338}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2023.2251338}, abstractNote={ABSTRACTThe need to improve diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) efforts has reached monumental heights in the past decade as a result of the Black Lives Matter movement and other DEIA efforts. This shift in thought has impacted recruitment and hiring practices in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. For years, universities have tried a variety of mechanisms to increase the pool of minority applicants in PhD programs as well as the faculty ranks. However, many of these efforts have not been sustainable. In this article, we discuss the results from a survey of graduate-level public affairs programs to discern specific efforts to increase the number of minority students pursuing graduate degrees and subsequently the number of minority faculty. In addition, we completed an extant review of the literature to determine additional practices that have proven fruitful in other graduate programs.KEYWORDS: Minority facultyminority studentsrecruitmentretention Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. While not included in a table, 94% of the programs indicated that they have at least one minority student matriculating in their graduate program.Additional informationNotes on contributorsCharles MenifieldCharles Menifield, Ph.D. is Dean Emeritus and Professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University Newark where he teaches courses in public budgeting and financial management. His current research focuses on the use of lethal force in policing.Vernise EstorcienVernise Estorcien, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Public Affairs at the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU Indianapolis. She is a scholar of public policy and administration, police youth engagement, and racial equity.Jean-Claude NdongoJean-Claude Ndongo is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Public Administration at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). His areas of research are public budgeting and finance, public procurement, and disaster and emergency management. He serves as the treasurer for FAU’s Association of Doctoral Students at the School of Public Administration (ADSPA) and the chair of the fundraising committee of the Section on African Public Administration (SAPA) of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA).Merlene-Patrice QuispeMerlene-Patrice Quispe, Ph.D. is a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in the Leadership and Management area at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. Her research interests include examining truth and integrity in budgets, especially as the state, county, and municipal levels; examining the performance of local governments in exécution of their budgets; and furthering the research in performance budgeting by examining if adherence to best practices as recommended by budgetary institutions does, in fact, lead to improved fiscal outcomes.Bruce D. McDonaldBruce D. McDonald III, Ph.D. is a professor of public budgeting and finance at North Carolina State University. He currently serves as the editor-in-chief of Public Administration, co-editor-in-chief of both Public Finance Journal and Journal of Public Affairs Education. He also serves as the editor of Routledge’s Public Budgeting and Finance Book Series and co-editor of Routledge’s Public Affairs Education Book Series. He also sits on several boards of nonprofit organizations, including the North Carolina Public Administration Alliance.}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={Menifield, Charles and Estorcien, Vernise and Ndongo, Jean-Claude and Quispe, Merlene-Patrice and McDonald III, Bruce D.}, year={2023}, month={Sep} }
 @article{hall_macdonald_2023, title={Scholarly hypocrisy or apostasy in public administration: Preaching to the choir, or to an empty room?}, volume={83}, ISSN={["1540-6210"]}, DOI={10.1111/puar.13686}, abstractNote={*This Issue}, number={4}, journal={PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW}, author={Hall, Jeremy L. and MacDonald, Bruce D.}, year={2023}, month={Jul}, pages={725–733} }
 @article{larson_mcdonald_2023, title={Taxation and citizen choice: The effect of a county charter on property taxes}, volume={1}, ISSN={["1540-5850"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1111/pbaf.12336}, DOI={10.1111/pbaf.12336}, abstractNote={Abstract}, journal={PUBLIC BUDGETING AND FINANCE}, author={Larson, Sarah E. and McDonald, Bruce D.}, year={2023}, month={Jan} }
 @article{stivers_mcdonald_2023, title={Teaching public administration historically}, volume={5}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2023.2205805}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2023.2205805}, abstractNote={The American field of public administration and management has a history of neglecting history. As Gaus (1930) observed nearly a century ago, the story of how our field developed is “richer by far than we allow our students to see” (p. 138). Decades later, Durant (2014) asked: Why doesn’t the political economy that influences what and how we study interest us anymore? Why is our research largely “cross-sectional analyses and shorter-term longitudinal ones” rather than using history, context, and contingency to account for how and why things happen as they do (p. 10)? As we see the field today, it has made great strides in refining the use of the scientific method to demonstrate causal or quasi-causal relationships between and among important variables in administrative practice. But, as Gaus (1947) put it, we are not taking time seriously: “that part of science which describes and interprets why particular activities are undertaken by government and the problems of policy, organization, and management that result from such origins” (pp. 9–10). Perhaps it is time for another reminder of the importance of the historical context and capacity of public administration—of the political, economic, social, and cultural forces and trends in which public administration has been practiced and studied and by which it has been, and is still being, fundamentally shaped. And this reminder is twofold, one that refers not only to our need for historical context, and one that looks at why we need it: scholars, practitioners, and students alike.}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={Stivers, Camilla and McDonald, Bruce}, year={2023}, month={May} }
 @article{mcdonald iii_2023, title={The dark horse of public administration: The challenge of pedagogical research}, volume={2}, ISSN={["2047-8720"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1177/01447394231159983}, DOI={10.1177/01447394231159983}, abstractNote={ Research on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) has tended to have a bad reputation within the field of public administration. In this manuscript, I discuss the issue of impactful research within the field and provide an argument for why we should be focusing more on pedagogical research than more traditional avenues. Not only does pedagogical research directly impact what and how we teach in the classroom, but it is tends to be read and cited at higher rates than some of the subfields within the discipline. }, journal={TEACHING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION}, author={McDonald III, Bruce D.}, year={2023}, month={Feb} }
 @article{rinfret_young_mcdonald_2023, title={The importance of mentorship in higher education: An introduction to the symposium}, volume={29}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2023.2260947}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2023.2260947}, abstractNote={: a process for the informal transmission of knowledge, social capital, and psychosocial support perceived by the recipient as relevant to work, career, or professional development; mentoring entails informal communication, usually face-to-face and during a sustained period of time, between a person who is perceived to have greater relevant knowledge, wisdom, or experience (the mentor) and a person who is perceived to have less (the protégé).}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={Rinfret, Sara R. and Young, Sarah L. and Mcdonald, Bruce D.}, year={2023}, month={Oct}, pages={398–403} }
 @article{mcdonald_hatcher_bacot_evans_mccandless_mcdougle_young_elliott_emas_lu_et al._2023, title={The scholarship of teaching and learning in public administration: An agenda for future research}, volume={12}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2023.2294654}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2023.2294654}, abstractNote={Two essential questions for those leading the field of public administration are: What do we teach our students, and how do we train them? As scholars, we pay significant attention to our research, often to the detriment of recognizing the potential for merging our research with teaching through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). However, given our students' leadership positions, SoTL-related work is vital to their success. In this article, we have come together to reflect on the state of SoTL's work in public administration. Through this reflection, we explore the windows of opportunity for research that we see emerging. Included among these opportunities is the need for research on how we can best serve students in and out of the classroom, as well as research the most effective way of managing our programs. We also see the need for research into faculty development, instructional design, and the return on investment for a public administration degree. Lastly, we argue for improved recognition of the value and contribution of SoTL-related work in tenure and promotion standards.}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={Mcdonald, Bruce D. and Hatcher, William and Bacot, Hunter and Evans, Michelle D. and Mccandless, Sean A. and Mcdougle, Lindsey M. and Young, Sarah L. and Elliott, Ian C. and Emas, Rachel and Lu, Elaine Yi and et al.}, year={2023}, month={Dec} }
 @article{mcdonald_bacot_barth_2023, title={The story of the NCPAA: The right time and place}, volume={3}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2023.2182560}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2023.2182560}, abstractNote={Within their academic discipline, public administration faculty and students find their professional homes in associations such as the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and the Public Management Research Association. These organizations provide valuable opportunities for networking and collaboration at the national and international level. But what about state-level connections? In 2019, we sought to create similar opportunities within North Carolina. We wanted a way for our students to present their research and a means to improve faculty engagement across the state. We also wanted to promote public administration and MPA programs throughout the state. The result of our efforts was the establishment of the North Carolina Public Administration Alliance (NCPAA).}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={McDonald, Bruce and Bacot, Hunter and Barth, Thomas}, year={2023}, month={Mar} }
 @article{hatcher_mcdonald_2023, title={What kind of editorship has this been<SUP>1</SUP>}, volume={29}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2023.2289313}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2023.2289313}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={Hatcher, William and Mcdonald, Bruce D.}, year={2023}, month={Oct}, pages={394–397} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Academic and Professional Approaches to Financial Condition Analysis}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-15}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-15}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Case Study of Commerce, California}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-14}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-14}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Case Study of Flint, Michigan}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-10}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-10}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Case Study of Havelock, North Carolina}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-13}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-13}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Case Study of North Lauderdale, Florida}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-12}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-12}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Case Study of Wichita, Kansas}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-11}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-11}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @article{mcdonald_2022, title={Celebrating the centennial anniversary of Public Administration}, volume={100}, ISSN={["1467-9299"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12836}, DOI={10.1111/padm.12836}, number={1}, journal={PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION}, publisher={Wiley}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2022}, month={Feb} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Conclusions and Lessons Learned}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-16}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-16}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @article{kim_mcdonald_shon_2022, title={Does the charter form lead to lower borrowing costs? Examining the case of California local governments}, volume={93}, ISSN={["1467-8292"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1111/apce.12320}, DOI={10.1111/apce.12320}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={1}, journal={ANNALS OF PUBLIC AND COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS}, author={Kim, Junghack and McDonald, Bruce D., III and Shon, Jongmin}, year={2022}, month={Mar}, pages={85–102} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Foreword to Municipal Case Studies}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-9}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-9}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Inputs}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-2}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-2}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Introduction}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-1}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-1}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @article{hatcher_mcdonald_2022, title={Introduction to the issue}, volume={28}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2022.2041298}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2022.2041298}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={Hatcher, William and McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2022}, month={Jan}, pages={1–2} }
 @article{hatcher_mcdonald_2022, title={Introduction to the issue}, volume={28}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2022.2110745}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2022.2110745}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={Hatcher, William and McDonald, Bruce D. I. I. I. I. I. I.}, year={2022}, month={Jul}, pages={235–236} }
 @article{mcdonald_hatcher_2022, title={Introduction to the issue}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2022.2063540}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2022.2063540}, journal={Journal of Public Affairs Education}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III and Hatcher, William}, year={2022}, month={Apr} }
 @article{hatcher_mcdonald_2022, title={Introduction to the symposium on international and comparative public administration education}, volume={28}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2022.2145051}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2022.2145051}, abstractNote={We live in a global society. Our countries may maintain their own borders and bureaucratic structures, but the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the problems that arouse out of it have highlighted the intermingled relationship we have with all parts of the globe (McDonald et al., 2022). The interconnectedness of the globe can even be seen from our own experience as co-editors-in-chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education. In the early days of the pandemic, printing of the journal was temporarily halted as our publisher had challenges getting access to paper from its distributor in one country, trouble shipping the paper to its printer in another, and finally delivering the hardcopies to the United States. Although this example focuses on JPAE, we are not alone. What happens in one country impacts and effects those around it. But what does this mean for public affairs education? From our standpoint, we believe that it means we should be preparing our students to engage in an international arena. Over the past five years we have sought to use our role as co-editors-in-chief to shape the discussion around what we should teach and how we should teach students in public administration programs. While we have seen the importance of an improved understanding of international and comparative public administration arise, we have not seen the field react as we would hope. Currently, only about a fifth of programs accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) have a course offering in this area for their students (Manoharan et al., 2022). We believe that this is nowhere near high enough. After all, if you think that the public administration programs of the United States do not need more focus on international and comparative public administration, you might consider taking a second look at who your students are. A growing demographic within all MPA programs in the United States is that of international student, many of whom intend to return to their countries and become public servants after graduation. Even if the courses had little meaning for students staying in country after graduation, do we not have a responsibility for training those students who will go out afterwards? Our intent with this symposium to start broaching the issue in a more public setting. When planning the symposium, we invited authors to explore all facets and corners of the international and comparative world and its relevancy for public administration. The result is the collection of six papers that are presented to you here. Each article takes its own view of topic, ranging from explorations of what we should teach students and why to the challenges that our international counterparts face with their own teaching and research. We are excited to be able to publish six new pieces of research, but we also believe that these pieces of research are just a beginning. More work is needed, we know this, but we hope that}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={Hatcher, William and McDonald, Bruce D.}, year={2022}, month={Oct}, pages={354–357} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Outcomes}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-4}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-4}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Outcomes}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-5}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-5}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Outcomes}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-6}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-6}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Outputs}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-3}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-3}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Policy Actions}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-7}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-7}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @inbook{maher_park_mcdonald_deller_2022, title={Policy Actions}, url={https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429270765-8}, DOI={10.4324/9780429270765-8}, author={Maher, Craig S. and Park, Sungho and McDonald, Bruce D. and Deller, Steven C.}, year={2022}, month={Dec} }
 @article{mcdonald_hall_o'flynn_thiel_2022, title={The future of public administration research: An editor's perspective}, volume={100}, ISSN={["1467-9299"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12829}, DOI={10.1111/padm.12829}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={1}, journal={PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION}, publisher={Wiley}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III and Hall, Jeremy L. and O'Flynn, Janine and Thiel, Sandra}, year={2022}, month={Jan} }
 @article{mcdonald_2021, title={A human capital model of the defense-growth relationship}, volume={58}, ISSN={["1873-5355"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2019.04.005}, DOI={10.1016/j.soscij.2019.04.005}, abstractNote={This paper develops a model to illustrate how human capital investments made by the defense sector impact economic performance. Emphasizing the on-the-job accumulation of human capital during military service, the model demonstrates the effect of investments on the accumulation of human capital and output of the defense sector, whose military good has a spillover effect on general production. Calibrated with data from the United States for the years 1949 to 2014, investments are shown to positively impact both the accumulation of human capital and economic growth. The measured benefits are seen to be lower than investments made into formal education.}, number={2}, journal={SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2021}, pages={247–261} }
 @article{mcdonald_2021, title={A new era for Public Administration}, volume={99}, ISSN={["1467-9299"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12727}, DOI={10.1111/padm.12727}, number={1}, journal={PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION}, publisher={Wiley}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2021}, month={Mar}, pages={3–4} }
 @article{mcdonald_2021, title={Achieving Social Equity: From Problems to Solutions}, volume={7}, ISSN={["2381-3717"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.20899/jpna.7.2.297-299}, DOI={10.20899/jpna.7.2.297-299}, abstractNote={The recent publication of Achieving Social Equity: From Problems to Solutions, edited by Mary E. Guy and Sean A. McCandless (2020), sparks a move forward in the literature about social equity. To date, much of the literature on social equity has focused on its overall importance (see Frederickson, 2010), as well as the conditions of inequality within the discipline (see Bodkin & Fleming, 2019; Thomas, 2019) and within practice (see Blessett et al., 2019). Despite the attention that has been given to social equity, the National Academy of Public Administration recently included the need to foster social equity as one of the grand challenges for public administration (Gerton & Mitchell, 2019), suggesting it may be time to move the research on social equity into a new era. Guy and McCandless do just that. Rather than discussing the presence of social equity issues with public organizations, the text seeks to advance our understanding by connecting the literature on social equity with the practicality of the situations that administrators face. This is accomplished over a masterfully curated set of 13 chapters, each which focuses on a unique, but vital perspective on social equity.}, number={2}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT AFFAIRS}, publisher={Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2021}, pages={297–299} }
 @article{kim_shon_mcdonald_2021, title={Does School District Board Type Affect Fiscal Conditions? Examining Debt Positions}, volume={7}, ISSN={["1557-9271"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2021.1939738}, DOI={10.1080/15309576.2021.1939738}, abstractNote={Abstract In the United States, the question of which is a better form of governance and leadership – elected or appointed – is considered to be a relevant issue in public administration. Many studies have advocated the appointed form in terms of professional management and fiscal performance. However, there is limited knowledge about the application of this form of government to school districts that are the main issuers in the municipal bond market, but financially rely on state governments. We discuss whether the type of education board in the school district (i.e. appointed or elected boards) affect debt positions. We expect school districts with citizen-elected boards to be more likely to reduce debt positions due to the reelection concerns of board members. Using a panel dataset of New Jersey school districts from 1997 to 2016, we are able to estimate the impact of board type on the cumulative debt of a board. The findings offer evidence that, when compared to appointed school boards, elected school boards are more likely to reduce their long-term debt and interest payments, as well as long-term debt as a percentage of own-source revenue.}, journal={PUBLIC PERFORMANCE & MANAGEMENT REVIEW}, author={Kim, Junghack and Shon, Jongmin and McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2021}, month={Jul} }
 @article{mcdonald_2021, title={Ethics and Public Policy: A Philosophical Inquiry}, volume={23}, ISSN={["1558-0989"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/10999922.2020.1768780}, DOI={10.1080/10999922.2020.1768780}, number={2}, journal={PUBLIC INTEGRITY}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={McDonald, Bruce D.}, year={2021}, pages={205–207} }
 @article{hatcher_mcdonald_2021, title={Introduction to the issue}, volume={27}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2021.1882199}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2021.1882199}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Hatcher, William and McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2021}, month={Jan}, pages={1–3} }
 @article{mcdonald_hatcher_2021, title={Introduction to the issue}, volume={27}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2021.1921452}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2021.1921452}, number={2}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III and Hatcher, William}, year={2021}, month={Apr}, pages={121–122} }
 @article{hatcher_mcdonald_2021, title={Introduction to the issue}, volume={27}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2021.1960748}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2021.1960748}, abstractNote={On behalf of the editorial team, our editorial board, and the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration, we would like to thank you for reading the latest issue of the Journal of Public Affairs Education. The issue includes a variety of essays, research articles, technology reviews, and book reviews. All with an underlying focus on improving the field of public administration and how we teach and mentor students in our academic programs. The issue tackles one of the most pressing problems our field, the abuse of power through faculty engaging in acts of sexual misconduct against students and others members of our field. The issue also includes an editorial on network theory, key research articles on public administration education, and two essays reviewing “tech” to be used in the classroom. The issue contains the next installment in JPAE’s series of editorials on macro issues and theoretical concerns facing public administration education and our overall field. Network theory is a crucial to public administration theory and practice, and in their editorial, Kapucu and Hu (2021) discuss the need to incorporate network theory into our curricula and classrooms. They sketch a guide to help programs achieve this goal through using social network analysis, applying network theory to leadership topics, focusing on collaborative networks, and applying other facades of the network literature in our classrooms. The first article of this issue is one that addresses a serious problem within the field, the issue of sexual misconduct taking place between faculty and students. Universities typically prohibit such relationships, however allegations of a faculty member conducting a decades long series of abuse (see Morgan, 2021) shows that more needs to be done to protect our students and establish a positive and safe environment for learning. To help lead this effort, S. L. Young and Wiley (2021a) talk about the instance of faculty misconduct in universities and within the field of public administration. They also help to provide guidance on how programs can better protect students in the future. In the wake of the news story regarding the faculty member’s behavior and the publishing of the article online with the journal, a number of other journals in the field carried a shortened letter on the piece that is published in this issue. In this letter, Young and Wiley (2021b, 2021c, 2021d, 2021e, 2021f, 2021g, 2021h, 2021i, 2021j, 2021k) remind us that academia and the pursuit of education should be a safe space for any who come to it. As a field dedicated toward public service, we have a higher level of responsibility as we work to train future public administrators and model appropriate work-place behavior for them. As a journal focused on public affairs education, we support an open and encouraging for all and are dedicated toward publishing research that helps the field to achieve that goal.}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Hatcher, William and McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2021}, month={Jul}, pages={263–266} }
 @article{goodman_hatch_mcdonald_2021, title={State Preemption of Local Laws: Origins and Modern Trends}, volume={4}, ISSN={["2398-4929"]}, DOI={10.1093/ppmgov/gvaa018}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={2}, journal={PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE}, author={Goodman, Christopher B. and Hatch, Megan E. and McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2021}, month={Jun}, pages={146–158} }
 @book{mcdonald_jordan_2021, title={Teaching Public Budgeting and Finance}, ISBN={9781003240440}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003240440}, DOI={10.4324/9781003240440}, publisher={Routledge}, author={McDonald, Bruce D. and Jordan, Meagan M.}, year={2021}, month={Nov} }
 @article{mcdonald_2021, title={Teaching in uncertain times: The future of public administration education}, volume={39}, ISSN={["2047-8720"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1177/0144739420963154}, DOI={10.1177/0144739420963154}, abstractNote={The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), and its resulting coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), needs no introduction. Since the outbreak began in December 2019, governments and nonprofit organizations around the globe have rushed to contain the pandemic and to assist those who have been impacted (McDonald and Larson, 2020; Wu et al., 2020). As the world struggles to respond, within the field of public administration, journals such as Public Administration Review, Administrative Theory and Praxis, and Review of Public Personnel Administration have led the charge to engage researchers on projects that may assist or inform the work of our practitioner counterparts (see Deslatte et al., 2020; Kettl, 2020; Maher et al., 2020; McDonald et al., 2020). While the research has assisted in moving the recovery forward, one area that still needs attention is what the outbreak means for public administration education. We are currently in a state of uncertainty. The spring 2020 semester that shifted programs online has ended, but the planning for the 2020–2021 academic year is still underway. Despite the reopening of many economies, the anticipated second wave looms over the heads of students, faculty, and administrators alike. It is in this purgatory that two questions of pedagogy come to mind: What does the pandemic mean for the state of online education in public administration. What does it mean for how we train students going forward? It is these two questions that I would like to address in this article.}, number={1}, journal={TEACHING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2021}, month={Mar}, pages={3–8} }
 @article{bak_jin_mcdonald_2021, title={Unpacking the Transformational Leadership-Innovative Work Behavior Relationship: The Mediating Role of Psychological Capital}, volume={7}, ISSN={["1557-9271"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2021.1939737}, DOI={10.1080/15309576.2021.1939737}, abstractNote={Abstract This study explores how the mechanisms of transformational leadership influence innovative work behavior in the public sector and examines the mediating role of psychological capital. Based on the responses of 2,070 Korean central and local government employees, the results indicated that transformational leadership influences innovative work behavior indirectly through psychological capital. This study’s findings contribute to an advanced understanding of the transformational leadership-innovative work behavior relationship and the importance of psychological capital in the public sector.}, journal={PUBLIC PERFORMANCE & MANAGEMENT REVIEW}, author={Bak, HyeonUk and Jin, Myung H. and McDonald, Bruce D.}, year={2021}, month={Jul} }
 @article{mcdonald_decker_johnson_2021, title={You Don't Always Get What You Want: The Effect of Financial Incentives on State Fiscal Health}, volume={81}, ISSN={["1540-6210"]}, DOI={10.1111/puar.13163}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={3}, journal={PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III and Decker, J. W. and Johnson, Brad A. M.}, year={2021}, month={May}, pages={365–374} }
 @article{gatti schafer_hatcher_mcdonald_2020, title={Academics of PA or: How we learned to stop working and find some balance}, volume={26}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2020.1841999}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2020.1841999}, abstractNote={When we launched our podcast, Academics of PA, in the spring of 2019, we did so with the intent to learn more about the personal and procedural aspects of contemporary public administration scholar...}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Gatti Schafer, Josephine and Hatcher, William and McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2020}, month={Oct}, pages={406–408} }
 @article{mcdonald_larson_2020, title={Implications of the Coronavirus on Sales Tax Revenue and Local Government Fiscal Health}, volume={6}, ISSN={["2381-3717"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.20899/jpna.6.3.377-400}, DOI={10.20899/jpna.6.3.377-400}, abstractNote={The outbreak of COVID—19 has raised considerable alarm about public health and safety. The response to the outbreak, however, has also brought concern regarding its impact on local governments in the United States. Local governments have been a primary respondent in the fight against the COVID—19 disease, but the response has also reduced income from a key source of revenue, sales tax. Using North Carolina counties as a case study, we explore the shock to sales and use tax revenue faced by local governments from COVID—19; we, then, estimate its impact on county fiscal health. Our results show that while many local governments were financially struggling before the outbreak, the drop in sales tax revenue severely threatens their ability to provide continued response to the virus as well as their ability to remain solvent.}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT AFFAIRS}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III and Larson, Sarah E.}, year={2020}, pages={377–400} }
 @article{mcdonald_hatcher_2020, title={Introduction to the Symposium on Work-Life Balance}, volume={26}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2020.1844478}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2020.1844478}, abstractNote={As editors, we have sought to use our role to shape the discussion on the science of teaching and learning within public administration. While we have seen the conversation advance, we have also be...}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III and Hatcher, William}, year={2020}, month={Oct}, pages={402–405} }
 @article{mcdonald_hatcher_2020, title={Introduction to the issue}, volume={26}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2020.1724006}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2020.1724006}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III and Hatcher, William}, year={2020}, month={Jan}, pages={1–3} }
 @article{hatcher_mcdonald_2020, title={Introduction to the issue}, volume={26}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2020.1809240}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2020.1809240}, abstractNote={The UNESCO International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019 (IYIL) came to an end shortly before the publication of this issue of NJAS. According to UNESCO’s Strategic Outcome Document for IYIL, over eight hundred IYIL events were held around the world in 2019. In Africa, these events ranged from a major regional gathering of the African Union Commission and African Academy of Languages (ACALAN) at the African Union Commission Headquarters in Addis-Ababa, to plans for the development of a reality TV game show in Nigeria entitled “Can You Really Speak Your Language?” In November 2019, UNESCO released a document outlining key outcomes and conclusions of the IYIL (UNESCO 2019). Many of these are relevant to the work and mission of NJAS, and I will outline some of them here. UNESCO declares that multilingualism and linguistic diversity are essential components of development, peace, and human flourishing. Languages are key parts of their speakers’ identities, and the right to speak one’s own language(s) is recognized by UNESCO as a basic human right. However, current “sustainable development” practices are often orthogonal to the needs and goals of speakers of indigenous languages, and they may even be exclusionary of these speakers. Therefore, indigenous language speakers (and especially women and youth) must be involved in development as agents and directors, rather than merely as recipients or targets of such efforts. Recognizing the ubiquity of language in human lives and societies, the document concludes:}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Hatcher, William and McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2020}, month={Jul}, pages={251–253} }
 @article{mcdonald_goodman_hatch_2020, title={Tensions in State–Local Intergovernmental Response to Emergencies: The Case of COVID-19}, volume={12}, url={https://doi.org/10.1177/0160323X20979826}, DOI={10.1177/0160323X20979826}, abstractNote={The current outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19), has spurred a large governmental response from all levels of the U.S. intergovernmental system. The emergency and disaster response system of the United States is designed to be bottom-up, meaning responses are intended to begin at the local level with state and federal governments stepping in to assist with resources and oversight as needed (Rubin and Barbee 1985; Schneider 1995, 2008). The response to the current outbreak, however, has been something else entirely, as each level of government competes with the others over dwindling resources and the authority to respond to the crisis. We examine how the U.S. intergovernmental system of emergency response is designed, how state and local governments have responded to the COVID-19 crisis thus far, and how this crisis has further exposed tensions in the state-local intergovernmental system. We use the National League of Cities’ (2020) COVID-19 Local Action Tracker to examine city and state responses to the pandemic. We argue state-local intergovernmental response is associated with many issues related to intergovernmental relations broadly, particularly conflict about the “best” emergency services provider. This leads some states to prefer a local response with state support and other states to prefer a more uniform, statemandated response enabled by state preemption of local actions. The latter has revealed an often-dormant means of state preemption of local ordinances: the executive order preemption. Accessible through the emergency powers afforded to U.S. governors, this type of preemption is uncommon because it is overshadowed by legislative and judicial preemptions. This article seeks to explore descriptively the prevalence of executive order preemptions and discuss the implications of these preemptions in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. These preemptions vary in their content,}, journal={State and Local Government Review}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III and Goodman, Christopher B. and Hatch, Megan E.}, year={2020}, month={Sep}, pages={0160323X2097982} }
 @book{mcdonald_hatcher_2020, place={New York}, title={The Public Affairs Faculty Manual}, ISBN={9781003019817}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003019817}, DOI={10.4324/9781003019817}, abstractNote={The Public Education series, edited D. III, publishes books designed to assist faculty in the classroom and in the management of public administration, public affairs, and public policy programs. To accomplish this, the book series explores evidence-based practices, commentary about the state of public administration education, and pedagogical perspectives. The Routledge Public Affairs Education series examines the future of public administration education, teaching practices, international public administration education, undergraduate public administration programming, and other relevant topics to advance the fieldís knowledge. For more information about the series, or to submit a book proposal,}, publisher={Routledge}, year={2020}, month={Feb} }
 @article{mcdonald_hatcher_2019, title={Introduction to the issue}, volume={25}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2019.1568795}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2019.1568795}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={McDonald, Bruce D. and Hatcher, William}, year={2019}, pages={1–2} }
 @article{hatcher_mcdonald_2019, title={Introduction to the issue}, volume={25}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2019.1655978}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2019.1655978}, abstractNote={It is with sadness that we open the latest issue of the Journal of Public Affairs Education with the news of H. George Frederickson’s passing. He was a giant among men, a true force within the fiel...}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Hatcher, William and McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2019}, month={Jul}, pages={283–284} }
 @article{mcdonald_hatcher_2019, title={Introduction to the issue}, volume={25}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2019.1690346}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2019.1690346}, abstractNote={The mission of the Journal of Public Affairs Education is to serve the fields of public administration, public affairs, and public policy through the publication of impactful research on the scholarship of teaching and learning and the management of public affairs programs. We are excited for this issue because it serves as an immediate representation of that mission. Not only are we able to recognize the 2019 recipients of awards from the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (see McDonald & Hatcher, 2019), but we are also able to engage with the broader community of public administrators with the publication of Gerton and Mitchell’s (2019) editorial. In their editorial “Grand challenges in public administration: Implications for public service education, training, and research,” Gerton and Mitchell (2019) connect the National Academy of Public Administration’s (NAPA) work on establishing the definitive list of the grand challenges for public administration with the curriculum and focus of public administration education. Over the past several years, NAPA has been hard at work establishing what challenges the field is faced with and how the government must work to address those challenges. While NAPA only recently announced their list of challenges, we are excited to have partnered with the academy on the publication of the editorial about how these challenges can be incorporated into the public affairs classroom. We are also happy to present several new pieces of research in this issue. In the first research article, Slagle and Williams (2019) provide a discussion on the training and education of Ph.D. students in public administration has changed over the past two decades. Their findings show that from 2000 to 2015 there was a significant increase in doctoral dissertations being completed from online, for profit institutions, with approximately 36% of all public administration doctorates being awarded by online institutions. At the same time, there has been a decrease in the overall number of public administration doctorates being awarded. Denison and Kim’s (2019) article continues the discussion of public affairs education forward by focusing on the nonprofit financial management coursework of MPA and MPP programs. There has been a growing focus on the}, number={4}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III and Hatcher, William}, year={2019}, pages={429–431} }
 @article{jin_mcdonald_park_yu_2019, title={Making public service motivation count for increasing organizational fit: The role of followership behavior and leader support as a causal mechanism}, volume={85}, ISSN={["1461-7226"]}, DOI={10.1177/0020852316684008}, abstractNote={ Many studies in public administration have modeled employees’ person–organization fit perceptions as a function of public service motivation, but previous work has not adequately addressed the causal relationship between these concepts. This article represents the first attempt to explain the “black box” that links public service motivation to person–organization fit. Given the various positive benefits associated with person–organization fit in the literature, an understanding of the mechanisms that underpin its relationship with public service motivation has important managerial implications for leaders regarding their interactions with individual employees. Extending the work-based affect model designed by Yu, we explore how PSM increases person–organization fit perceptions through employee followership and leader support as a potential causal chain. The results from a survey of 692 faculty members at a public university are consistent with the predicted three-path mediation model. Among these respondents, higher levels of public service motivation were associated with greater followership behavior, which, in turn, increased positive perceptions of person–organization fit through greater leader support. }, number={1}, journal={INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Jin, Myung H. and McDonald, Bruce D., III and Park, Jaehee and Yu, Kang Yang Trevor}, year={2019}, month={Mar}, pages={98–115} }
 @article{halla_hatcher_mcdonald_shields_sowa_2019, title={The art of peer reviewing: Toward an effective developmental process}, volume={25}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2019.1616657}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2019.1616657}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT A core feature of academic research is the peer review process. The thinking behind this process is straightforward: in an effort to ensure the validity of research, opinions regarding the reliability, thoroughness, and appropriateness of reports on research findings are solicited from outside experts before they are cleared for publication. However, little guidance is provided in the literature or in the development and training of scholars regarding precisely what constitutes effective peer review. The aim of this article is to help to fill this gap. Drawing on our experience as scholars and editors of academic journals, we trace the peer review process from the selection of reviewers through to the crafting of a coherent set of recommendations for the author(s) of a manuscript under consideration. We conclude by urging peer reviewers to approach the process with the care, professionalism, and rigor demanded by this fundamental part of the scholarly endeavor.}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Halla, Jeremy L. and Hatcher, William and McDonald, Bruce D., III and Shields, Patricia and Sowa, Jessica E.}, year={2019}, month={Jul}, pages={296–313} }
 @article{jin_mcdonald_park_2018, title={Does Public Service Motivation Matter in Public Higher Education? Testing the Theories of Person-Organization Fit and Organizational Commitment Through a Serial Multiple Mediation Model}, volume={48}, ISSN={["1552-3357"]}, DOI={10.1177/0275074016652243}, abstractNote={ To address some of the inconsistencies in the literature regarding links between public service motivation (PSM) and individual performance, this study proposes and tests a three-path mediation model in public higher education in which the relationship is mediated by person–organization fit (P-O fit) and organizational commitment (OC) in serial. Based on a sample of 692 faculty at an urban public university, we find that P-O fit and OC as a causal chain mediate the relationship between PSM and organizational citizenship behavior and that this mediated relationship varies depending on the specific context of the performance dimensions. While PSM has positive influence on service through its effect on P-O fit and OC in serial, the results indicate an indirect negative effect on research productivity and no association with teaching. The results regarding both direct and indirect effects further reveal that the directions and significance of the relationships can vary depending on how performance is conceptualized. }, number={1}, journal={AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Jin, Myung H. and McDonald, Bruce and Park, Jaehee}, year={2018}, month={Jan}, pages={82–97} }
 @article{mcdonald_2018, title={Exorcising Our Demons: Comments on a New Direction for Public Administration}, volume={4}, ISSN={["2381-3717"]}, DOI={10.20899/jpna.4.1.116-120}, abstractNote={The field of public administration has grown accustomed to the presence of an identity crisis. In his opus, Dubnick (2018) addresses the existence of this crisis, noting where we are as a field and highlighting some of the debate that got us there. In response to Dubnick, I argue that our position as a profession rather than a discipline relates to the failure of the field to pay attention to our history. Giving consideration to our history, we find that public administration as a discipline contains those who study public administration, and a profession or practice of those who are public administrators. As a field, the conversation should move beyond the study or the practice and accept the duality that is a sign a mature subject area.}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT AFFAIRS}, publisher={Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2018}, pages={116–122} }
 @article{mcdonald_hatcher_2018, title={From the editors}, volume={24}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2018.1431462}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2018.1431462}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={McDonald, Bruce and Hatcher, William}, year={2018}, pages={1–2} }
 @article{hatcher_mcdonald_brainard_2018, title={How to write a case study for public affairs}, volume={24}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2018.1444902}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2018.1444902}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT A case study is a story narrative that places readers into the shoes of a protagonist so that they can gain the experience of addressing a particular problem or issue. When used effectively in the classroom, case studies can help students bridge the gap from theory to practice. Although public affairs incorporated the case approach in the earliest training programs, the field currently lacks the volume of case studies that are found in other professional disciplines. To encourage the development of more case studies in public affairs, this article provides guidance to authors on the fundamentals of a case study and how to write an effective case study.}, number={2}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={Hatcher, William and McDonald, Bruce D., III and Brainard, Lori A.}, year={2018}, pages={274–285} }
 @article{mcdonald_mcdougle_2018, title={Introduction to the Issue}, volume={4}, ISSN={["2381-3717"]}, DOI={10.20899/jpna.4.1.5-6}, abstractNote={Introduction to the Issue}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT AFFAIRS}, publisher={Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III and McDougle, Lindsey M.}, year={2018}, pages={5–6} }
 @article{mcdonald_hatcher_2018, title={Introduction to the Issue}, volume={24}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2018.1491711}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2018.1491711}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III and Hatcher, William}, year={2018}, pages={293–294} }
 @article{mcdougle_mcdonald_2018, title={Introduction to the Issue}, volume={4}, url={https://doi.org/10.20899/jpna.4.2.131-133}, DOI={10.20899/jpna.4.2.131-133}, abstractNote={Introduction to the Issue}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs}, publisher={Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs}, author={McDougle, Lindsey M. and McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2018}, month={Aug}, pages={131} }
 @article{mcdonald_hatcher_2018, title={Introduction to the issue}, volume={24}, ISSN={["2328-9643"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2018.1463681}, DOI={10.1080/15236803.2018.1463681}, number={2}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III and Hatcher, William}, year={2018}, pages={133–134} }
 @article{mcdougle_mcdonald_2018, title={Letter from the Editors}, volume={4}, ISSN={["2381-3717"]}, DOI={10.20899/jpna.4.1.3-4}, abstractNote={Letter from the Editors}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT AFFAIRS}, publisher={Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs}, author={McDougle, Lindsey M. and McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2018}, pages={3–4} }
 @article{mcdonald_2018, title={Local Governance and the Issue of Fiscal Health}, volume={50}, url={https://doi.org/10.1177/0160323X18765919}, DOI={10.1177/0160323X18765919}, abstractNote={ Since the start of the Great Recession, the issue of fiscal health possesses a prominent place in the management of local governments. To ensure the government’s continuation and its provision of services, administrators must balance the demands of the public with the resources it has available. Although a number of measurement approaches appear to help administrators, there is a lack of agreement on how fiscal health should be measured. To aid in the management of local governments and push the academic literature forward, this article investigates the measurement systems of financial condition established in the literature while considering their implications on governance. }, number={1}, journal={State and Local Government Review}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2018}, month={Mar}, pages={46–55} }
 @article{diebold_reitano_mcdonald_2018, title={SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF: STRATEGIC SELECTION OF PENSION POLICIES USED TO DEFER REQUIRED CONTRIBUTIONS}, volume={36}, ISSN={["1465-7287"]}, DOI={10.1111/coep.12236}, abstractNote={The administrators of state‐sponsored defined benefit public pension plans have considerable discretion to determine the accounting and actuarial parameters used to calculate the normal cost contributions and amortization payments that, together, comprise the sponsoring state's annual required contribution amount. Using longitudinal data from the Public Pension Database and a fixed effects approach, we find evidence that suggests plan administrators decisions about cost and amortization methods are influenced by the normal cost and amortization payments, respectively. When these costs increase, administrators tend to use less prudent methods that defer, or keep low, the pension contributions required from the state while, simultaneously, and perversely, improving the appearance of the plan's funded status and the state's funding discipline. (JEL H75)}, number={3}, journal={CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC POLICY}, publisher={Wiley-Blackwell}, author={Diebold, Jeffrey and Reitano, Vincent and McDonald, Bruce}, year={2018}, month={Jul}, pages={505–525} }
 @article{kim_mcdonald_lee_2018, title={The Nexus of State and Local Capacity in Vertical Policy Diffusion}, volume={48}, ISSN={["1552-3357"]}, DOI={10.1177/0275074016675966}, abstractNote={ This article examines the vertical diffusion of a policy between a state and its local governments. Although policy diffusion typically relies upon multiple mechanisms, diffusion between a state and its local governments relies primarily on coercion. Using a case study of state-mandated adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), we show that the coercion mechanism is dependent upon the capacity of the state and local governments to adopt and implement a policy, as well as the discretion available to a local government. Utilizing data from all 50 states as of 2008, our findings show that the vertical diffusion of a policy is reliant on a state’s fiscal capacity and the personnel capacity of the local government. We also found that strong institutional autonomy at the local level leads a state to adopt a GAAP mandate. }, number={2}, journal={AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Kim, Junghack and McDonald, Bruce D., III and Lee, Jooho}, year={2018}, month={Feb}, pages={188–200} }
 @article{eger_mcdonald_miller_2017, title={Helpful local surtaxes? Florida and disadvantaged families}, volume={43}, ISSN={["1743-9388"]}, DOI={10.1080/03003930.2016.1263188}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Well-intended tax policy often produces unintended consequences. In this article, we look at one such tax policy, specialised surtaxes in the State of Florida. Surtaxes are frequently adopted to provide financial assistance to poverty-based local programmes and services. Despite the intended benefits, we show that the contributors of the tax have been able to capitalise the cost into the residential property market, ultimately placing the burden of the surtax upon the population its revenue intends to help.}, number={2}, journal={LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Eger, Robert J., III and McDonald, Bruce D., III and Miller, D. Ryan}, year={2017}, month={Apr}, pages={170–193} }
 @article{jin_mcdonald_2017, title={Understanding Employee Engagement in the Public Sector: The Role of Immediate Supervisor, Perceived Organizational Support, and Learning Opportunities}, volume={47}, ISSN={["1552-3357"]}, DOI={10.1177/0275074016643817}, abstractNote={ Supervisor support is often argued to be a meaningful predictor of employee engagement; however, existing research has yet to fully support this hypothesis. Drawing from the research on social exchange theory, organizational support theory, and job characteristics model, this study investigates the mediating role of perceived organizational support in the link between supervisor support and employee engagement. How this mediating effect might be moderated by learning opportunities in the job is also considered. Data from a sample of 1,251 employees from state and local government agencies show that supervisor support affects employee engagement both directly and indirectly through its influence on perceived organizational support. In turn, this influences the variance in employee engagement. Results further show that the path linking supervisor support to organizational support is moderated by learning opportunities, such that the positive relationships become invigorated among individuals who reported having opportunities to learn and grow in their job. }, number={8}, journal={AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Jin, Myung H. and McDonald, Bruce}, year={2017}, month={Nov}, pages={881–897} }
 @article{jin_mcdonald_park_2016, title={Followership and job satisfaction in the public sector The moderating role of perceived supervisor support and performance-oriented culture}, volume={29}, ISSN={["1758-6666"]}, DOI={10.1108/ijpsm-05-2015-0101}, abstractNote={Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to explicate the role of followership behavior on employee job satisfaction as well as the conditions that may moderate its impact.}, number={3}, journal={INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT}, publisher={Emerald}, author={Jin, Myung and McDonald, Bruce and Park, Jaehee}, year={2016}, pages={218–237} }
 @article{jin_mcdonald_park_2016, title={Person–Organization Fit and Turnover Intention: Exploring the Mediating Role of Employee Followership and Job Satisfaction Through Conservation of Resources Theory}, volume={38}, DOI={10.1177/0734371x16658334}, abstractNote={This study examines the mediating role of employee followership and job satisfaction in the relationship between person–organization (P-O) fit and turnover intention. Understanding the mechanisms that link P-O fit and turnover intention may provide useful intervention strategies for leaders and human resource professionals to effectively manage and interact with their followers. Using Hobfoll’s conservation of resources theory, we explore a three-step mediation model in which high P-O fit is related to turnover intention through employee followership and job satisfaction. This model is tested using cross-sectional survey responses from 692 faculty at an urban public university. The authors discuss the implications of the results as well as the limitations of the study for future research.}, number={2}, journal={Review of Public Personnel Administration}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Jin, Myung Hun and McDonald, Bruce and Park, Jaehee}, year={2016}, month={Jul}, pages={167–192} }
 @article{mcdonald_reitano_2016, title={Sanction Failure: Economic Growth, Defense Expenditures, and the Islamic Republic of Iran}, volume={42}, ISSN={["1556-0848"]}, DOI={10.1177/0095327x16631095}, abstractNote={Political actors have assumed that economic sanctions hinder a nation’s stability by reducing its economic growth, though history has shown otherwise. One potential explanation for this phenomenon is that any decline in a growth is offset by the economic benefit they receive from a response of increased militarization. Using a defense-driven model, we test this explanation with data Iranian from 1959 to 2007. The findings show that economic sanctions have limited the development of Iran, but the influence of an increasing defense sector offsets the sanctions, suggesting sanctions may be ineffective due to the substitution effect from defense expenditures.}, number={4}, journal={ARMED FORCES & SOCIETY}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III and Reitano, Vincent}, year={2016}, month={Oct}, pages={635–654} }
 @article{mcdonald_2015, title={A “Dirty” Approach to Efficient Revenue Forecasting}, volume={1}, DOI={10.20899/jpna.1.1.3-17}, abstractNote={A “dirty forecast” refers to any forecast conducted where non-traditional, coincident indicators are included. These coincident indicators tell us about the behavior within an environment in the here and now rather than measure the environment itself. By focusing on behavior, dirty forecasts are able to pick up changes in the environment well before the changes become measurable outcomes. Dirty processes have been used for some time in economics, but their use in local government forecasting is relatively new. This paper explores the use by discussing what dirty forecasts are and how they can be used to obtain better, more efficient estimates of local government revenues and expenditures. This foundation is then demonstrated with a case study from the city of Seattle.}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs}, publisher={Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs}, author={McDonald, Bruce D}, year={2015}, month={Mar}, pages={3} }
 @article{mcdonald_2015, title={Does the Charter Form Improve the Fiscal Health of Counties?}, volume={75}, ISSN={["1540-6210"]}, DOI={10.1111/puar.12389}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={4}, journal={PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW}, publisher={Wiley-Blackwell}, author={McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2015}, pages={609–618} }
 @article{mcdonald_gabrini_2014, title={Determinants of Charter County Decisions: An Event History Analysis of Florida Counties}, volume={24}, DOI={10.1093/jopart/mut083}, abstractNote={The establishment of a county charter, or “home-rule” provision, is intended to remove the resolution of local problems from the state legislature’s busy agenda and give the county greater control over its regional affairs. Although the literature has paid significant attention to the institutional determinants of local city structure and reform, little is understood about how and why a county would reform its governing system. For example, not all counties able to adopt a charter do so, nor are all adoption attempts successful. Using an event history analysis approach and data of Florida counties from 1973 through 2008, we draw on the theory of constitutional contracts to determine the demographic, economic, and political determinants of charter adoption.}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={McDonald, B. D. and Gabrini, C. J.}, year={2014}, month={Jan}, pages={721–739} }
 @article{an introduction to dirty forecasting_2013, journal={Government Finance Review}, year={2013} }
 @article{mcdonald_2013, title={Sanction Failure: Economic Growth, Defense Expenditures, and the Islamic Republic of Iran}, DOI={10.2139/ssrn.2285895}, abstractNote={Political actors have assumed that economic sanctions hinder a nation’s stability by reducing its economic growth, though history has shown otherwise. One potential explanation for this phenomenon is that any decline in a growth is offset by the economic benefit they receive from a response of increased militarization. Using a defense-driven model, we test this explanation with data Iranian from 1959 to 2007. The findings show that economic sanctions have limited the development of Iran, but the influence of an increasing defense sector offsets the sanctions, suggesting sanctions may be ineffective due to the substitution effect from defense expenditures.}, journal={SSRN Electronic Journal}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={McDonald, Bruce D.}, year={2013} }
 @article{spillovers of veterans hospice care_2013, journal={Political and Military Sociology: An Annual Review}, year={2013}, month={Jan} }
 @article{what we do and do not know_2013, journal={Political and Military Sociology: An Annual Review}, year={2013}, month={Jan} }
 @article{eger_mcdonald_2012, title={Moving toward comparability: Assessing per student costs in K-12}, volume={24}, DOI={10.1108/jpbafm-24-04-2012-b004}, abstractNote={The current classifications for public school costs are provided by the National Center for Educational Statistics. To improve comparability between school districts, we provided an alternative classification with fewer numbers of expenditure categories, distinctions between school-based and non-school based administration costs, and school levels. The new classification was then applied to five comparable urban school districts. We found (1) that teacher salaries per student are affected by school level disaggregation; (2) that separating administrative costs into school-based and nonschool- based provides for an observable cost relationship; and (3) that curriculum and instructional support per student differ by school level disaggregation. The alternative classification may assist auditors and investigators whose role is to assess the costs performance of urban school districts by providing comparable school level and cost type.}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management}, publisher={Emerald}, author={Eger, Robert J., III and McDonald, Bruce D., III}, year={2012}, month={Mar}, pages={609–638} }
 @article{reconsidering the defense-growth relationship_2012, journal={Political and Military Sociology: An Annual Review}, year={2012}, month={Jan} }
 @article{eger_mcdonald_wilsker_2012, title={Religious Attitudes and Charitable Donations}, DOI={10.2139/ssrn.2256020}, abstractNote={Nonprofit organizations play a vital role in the United States, often providing goods and services to populations where no alternative is available. We expand the understanding of nonprofit management by focusing on the influence of an individual’s religious attitude on their charitable donations. Using a survey of 1,530 households, we find that religiously conservative individuals contribute more than liberals both in terms of support to religiously affiliated nonprofits and total donations to nonprofit organizations. The findings of this study hold important implications for nonprofits in terms of the types of services they provide and the stipulations placed upon service recipients.}, journal={SSRN Electronic Journal}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Eger, Robert J. and McDonald, Bruce and Wilsker, Amanda L.}, year={2012} }
 @article{mcdonald_2010, title={The Bureau of Municipal Research and the Development of a Professional Public Service}, volume={42}, DOI={10.1177/0095399710386309}, abstractNote={ This article explores the professionalization of public administration in terms of its relation to the New York Bureau of Municipal Research. The formation of the New York Bureau of Municipal Research in 1907 served as the catalyst for the creation and expansion of a professional public service. Although public administration has failed to transform into a profession, this article shows that the Bureau contributed to professionalization by (a) developing a body of knowledge and theory for the field, (b) developing a school in which to train persons in that knowledge, and (c) promoting a place where the training and knowledge can be applied. }, number={7}, journal={Administration & Society}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={McDonald, Bruce D.}, year={2010}, month={Nov}, pages={815–835} }
 @article{mcdonald_eger_2010, title={The Defense-Growth Relationship: An Economic Investigation into Post-Soviet States}, volume={16}, DOI={10.2202/1554-8597.1191}, abstractNote={An important question stemming from the collapse of the Soviet Union is how defense spending has influenced the economic performance of the 15 member states since their establishment as market economies. This study furthers the understanding of the relationship between defense spending and economic growth using data from the states of the former Soviet Union from 1992 to 2007. A nonlinear production function was used for direct effects, and models of investment and employment were employed for indirect effects. Contrary to expectations, the findings show that continued reliance on the defense sector in post-Soviet states has helped overall economic growth. Similarly, the growth effect of defense spending has remained nearly constant since the collapse of the Soviet Union.}, number={1}, journal={Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy}, publisher={Walter de Gruyter GmbH}, author={McDonald, Bruce D and Eger, Robert J}, year={2010}, month={Sep} }
 @article{mcdonald_miller_2010, title={Welfare programs and the state economy}, volume={32}, DOI={10.1016/j.jpolmod.2010.08.003}, abstractNote={Welfare policy has been controversial and support is often drawn along political affiliation lines, the economic return of investment in welfare programs is frequently cited as a justification for new and expanded policies. To investigate the direct and indirect effects of welfare programs on economic performance, the authors develop a multilink approach, through employment and investment. The relationship is then tested with data from each of the United States from 1976 to 2006. Findings show welfare programs have no direct effect on a state's economy. Indirectly, welfare has a negative effect through investment, though the effect on employment is minimal.}, number={6}, journal={Journal of Policy Modeling}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={McDonald, Bruce D. and Miller, D. Ryan}, year={2010}, month={Nov}, pages={719–732} }