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Kenneth J. Meier, Coordinator, is the Charles H. Gregory Chair of Liberal Arts and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University and Professor of Public Management at the Cardiff School of Business, Cardiff University (Wales). His current research interests include questions of representation and equity in regard to race and ethnicity and the role that public program management has on effective governance.
E-mail: kmeier@polisci.tamu.edu
Phone:
979-845-4232
Fax: 979-847-8924
Sylvia Manzano, Assistant Professor and Co-Director of PERG. Dr. Manzano received her PhD in political science from the University of Arizona. Her research interests include state and local politics, political behavior, and the politics of race and ethnicity, especially as they relate to Latino participation, representation and policy outcomes. Her current research agenda on state politics and representation is supported by a National Science Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship for the 2007 and 2008 academic years.
E-mail: smanzano@politics.tamu.edu
Tami Hayes, Office Associate
E-mail: trhayes@politics.tamu.edu
Phone:
979-845-9261Fax: 979-847-8924
Claudia N. Avellaneda, a lecturer in the political science department at Texas A&M University. She completed her Doctor of Philosophy degree in political science at Texas A&M University in December 2007. Professor Avellaneda’s research interest is in comparative governmental performance with a regional focus on Latin America. Within it, she explores the impact that decentralization, legislation patterns, and managerial quality have on governmental performance.
Her dissertation examines the impact that managerial quality—assessed with mayoral qualifications—has on municipal performance in the Latin American countries. She conducted field research in Colombia, surveyed, and interviewed roughly 200 mayors from 12 Latin American countries.
E-mail: cavellaneda@politics.tamu.edu
Alisa Hicklin
is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Hicklin received her Ph.D. in Political Science from
Texas A&M University in 2006. Her research interests include Higher
Education Policy, Higher Education Management, and General Policy
Implementation. Her research emphasizes policy specific questions
related to race, class, and ethnicity.
E-mail: ahicklin@ou.edu
Phone: 405-325-0107
Eric Gonzalez-Juenke, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado - Boulder, received his B.A. (1999) and M.A. (2002)
in Political Science from the University of North Texas. His
dissertation examines how racial minorities turn their preferences
into policy in the face of institutional constraints, entrenched
majority interests, and policy incrementalism (Texas A&M Ph.D.
expected Fall 2004). He examines these questions within the context
of the U.S. education system. His other research interests include
the effects of minority representation in legislative and
bureaucratic institutions, policy change, inter-institutional
interactions over time, and the cross-national analysis of education
policy as it pertains to racial and ethnic minorities.
E-mail: ejuenke@polisci.tamu.edu
Holly T. Goerdel, Comparative Public Policy Specialist, Assistant Professor of Public Administration at the University of Kansas. Her interests include
Comparative Public Policy, Public Policy in the New Europe,
Comparative Political Economy and Eurogovernance. Specifically her
research for TEEP has focused on the influence of
organizations/structures on public school dropout rates. Other areas
of research include Public Health Policy and Tobacco.
E-mail: hollygoerdel@politics.tamu.edu
Rene
Rocha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Iowa. He received his B.A. from the University of Texas - Pan American in 2002 and his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2006. His interests include Latino Politics, Education Policy, and Political Behavior. Rene was the recipient of the SWPSA's 2005 Ted Robinson Memorial Award for best research proposal by a graduate student in the field on Minority Politics.
E-mail: rene-rocha@uiowa.edu
Nick
Theobald, Visiting Assistant Professor
of Political Science at the University of Kansas. His areas of interest are policy implementation,
bureaucratic politics, representative bureaucracy, and political
methodology. He is working on research on school finance reform,
bilingual education, span of control in organizations, and state
budgetary decisions.
E-mail: theobald@politics.tamu.edu
Daniel Hawes, Research Associate, is
a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Texas
A&M University. Daniel received a B.A. from the University of
Texas-Pan American in Edinburg, Texas. His areas of interest include
public administration, public management, public policy, education policy,
and diversity issues in higher education.
E-mail: dhawes@politics.tamu.edu
Jose Villalobos, Research Associate, is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University. He received a B.A. from the University of Texas at San Antonio. His areas of interest include presidential management, presidential-bureaucratic policymaking, the public presidency, presidential-congressional relations, mass media and the rhetorical presidency, and studies on immigration policy and Latino politics.
E-mail: jvillalobos@politics.tamu.edu
Bettie Ray Butler, a Ph.D. student in the Department of
Political Science at Texas A&M University. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in
Political Science from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in 2004.
Her research interests include Educational Policy with a concentration on issues of equity
and representation in the African American communitiy.
E-mail: bettieray@politics.tamu.edu
Sara Jordan, Research Associate, is a doctoral student in the Department
of Political Science at Texas A&M University. Sara received a B.A. from the Unversity of South Florida. Her areas of
interest include political theory, public administration, and health policy.
E-mail: sjordan@politics.tamu.edu
Nicolai Petrovsky, Research Fellow at Cardiff Business School
(U.K.). At Cardiff, Mr. Petrovsky is working on the two-year grant
funded project "Leadership Change and Public Services: Reinvigorating
Performance or Reinforcing Decline?" Also, he is currently working on
his Texas A&M dissertation, which deals with bureaucracy as a commitment
device. His dissertation includes a formal model and empirical chapters
on English local governments and Mexico. After completing his undergraduate
education in Konstanz, Germany and Madrid, Spain, Mr. Petrovsky earned a
Master's degree in political science from the University of North Texas.
His main research interest is to empirically investigate the role of bureaucracy
and the policy outputs produced in new and established democracies.
E-mail: petrovsky@politics.tamu.edu
Stephen Sargent, Research Associate, is a doctoral student in the Department
of Political Science at Texas A&M University. Stephen holds a B.A. from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX. His areas of
interest include public mangement, and criminal justice policy.
E-mail: sargent13@politics.tamu.edu
Erica Solis, Research Associate, is a doctoral student in the Department
of Political Science at Texas A&M University. Erica received a B.A. from Hendrix College in Conway, AR. Her areas of
interest include public administration and education policy.
E-mail: ecsolis@politics.tamu.edu
Meredith Walker, Research Associate is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Texas A&M University in 2007. She was also a participant in the 2006 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute at Duke University. Her research interests include public policy and public management, educational policy, criminal justice policy, and issues of equity and representation among African-American, Latino, and low-income individuals.
E-mail: mwalker@politics.tamu.edu
Chris Olds, Research Associate, is a doctoral student in the Department
of Political Science at Texas A&M University. Chris received a B.A. from UC - San Diego. His areas of
interest include political behavior, public administration, and public policy.
E-mail: colds1@politics.tamu.edu
Erin K. Melton, Research Associate, is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science at
Texas A&M University. She received her Bachelor of Science degrees in both Political Science and Religion
from Lincoln University in 2006. Her research interests include Latino political participation, public policy,
and issues of equity and representation in the African American and Latino communities.
E-mail: melton@politics.tamu.edu
Mark Ramirez, Research Associate, is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University. Mark received a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies degree in Economics and Political Science from Arizona State University. His research interests include public opinion, representation, and racial politics. Currently, he is examining variation in policy responsiveness across multiple stages of the policy process and how criminal justice policy preferences change in response to perceptions of African-Americans. Mark was the recipient of the 2006 Warren E. Miller Scholarship at the ICPSR.
E-mail: mdramir@politics.tamu.edu
Sade' Walker, Research Associate, is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political at Texas A&M University. She also received her Bachelor of Science from A&M. Her research interests include drug policy, education policy, urban politics, and African American political behavior.
E-mail: sawalker@politics.tamu.edu
Matthew Weber, Research Associate, is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University. Matthew received his Bachelor of Science degrees in both Political Science and Psychology from Bradley University in 2007. His areas of interest include public administration, public management, public policy, non-profits, and equity issues in education.
E-mail: mwweber@politics.tamu.edu
Morgen Johansen, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University. She received both her MA (University of Kansas) and her BA (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA) in Political Science. Her research interests include campaigns and elections, health and education policy, and public management.
E-mail: msjohansen@politics.tamu.edu
Ling Zhu, Research Associate, is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University. She received her Bachelor of Law degree from Fudan University (Shanghai, China), and her M.A. from Purdue University. Her research interests include public management, school health policies and health-related risk management.
E-mail: lingzhu@polisci.tamu.edu
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