Faculty & Staff Directory

Maria Aristigueta

Maria Aristigueta, Director

Public Management Faculty – Institute for Public Administration
mariaa@udel.edu
302-831-4570
188 Graham Hall

Research Interests: Administrative behavior, performance measurement, policy analysis, strategic management

David Ames

David Ames

Urban Affairs Faculty – Center for Historic Architecture and Design
davames@udel.edu
302-831-1050
331 Alison Hall West

Research Interests: Historic preservation, urban geography, urban and regional planning

Deborah Auger

Deborah Auger

Public Management Faculty – Center for Community Research and Service
auger@udel.edu
302-831-1696
298J Graham Hall

Research Interests: Nonprofit management, public policy and administration, state and local government, U.S. social policy

John Byrne

John Byrne

Urban Affairs Faculty – Center for Energy and Environmental Policy
jbbyrne@udel.edu
302-831-8405
278B Graham Hall

Research Interests: Technology, environment and society, international political economy, sustainable development, environmental justice

Karen Curtis

Karen Curtis

Urban Affairs Faculty – Center for Community Research and Service
kacurtis@udel.edu
302-831-6854
298L Graham Hall

Research Interests: Social and economic opportunity, nonprofit leadership and management, applied research and public policy analysis, qualitative methods

Kathyrn Denhardt

Kathyrn Denhardt

Public Management Faculty – Center for Community Research and Service
kgden@udel.edu
302-831-3264
298E Graham Hall

Research Interests: Civic engagement, collaborative decision-making and conflict resolution, human resources management, ethics in public service

Bernard Dworsky

Bernard Dworsky

Public Management Faculty - Institute for Public Administration
bdworsky@udel.edu
302-831-8710
191A Graham Hall

Research Interests: Water resource management, intergovernmental relations, and regional planning

James Flynn

James Flynn

Public Management Faculty - Institute for Public Administration
jflynn@udel.edu
302-831-4658
180C Graham Hall

Research Interests: Personnel administration, quality improvement initiatives, educational governance, legislative management, professional development, human resources management

Edward Freel

Edward Freel

Public Management Faculty - Institute for Public Administration
efreel@udel.edu
302-831-8943
179C Graham Hall

Research Interests: Civic education, learning initiatives, public administration

Audrey Helfman

Audrey Helfman

Leadership Faculty
ahelfman@udel.edu
302-831-1708
186B Graham Hall

Research Interests: Leadership, human resource development, and organizational change

Raheemah Jabbar-Bey

Raheemah Jabbar-Bey

Urban Affairs Faculty – Center for Community Research and Service
jabbarra@udel.edu
302-831-8564
298P Graham Hall

Research Interests: Resident leadership in community and economic development planning and implementation, organizational capacity building of nonprofits, community-based groups, urban policy analysis

Eric Jacobson

Eric Jacobson

Public Management Faculty - Institute for Public Administration
ericj@udel.edu
302-831-1711
178A Graham Hall

Research Interests: Public economics, health policy, employee compensation and benefits, tourism development and research, analytic methods

Jonathan Justice

Jonathan Justice

Public Management Faculty - Institute for Public Administration
justice@udel.edu
302-831-1682
298N Graham Hall

Research Interests: Public budgeting and finance, local economic development, public-sector accountability and decision making, the intersections of urban planning and public administration, and institutional analysis and development

Gerald Kaufman

Gerald Kauffman

Public Management Faculty - Institute for Public Administration
jerryk@udel.edu
302-831-4929
DGS Annex

Research Interests: Water resources and watershed planning, management, and policy

Jerome Lewis

Jerome Lewis

Public Management Faculty - Institute for Public Administration
jlewis@udel.edu
302-831-1709
180B Graham Hall

Research Interests: Public administration, personnel management, urban planning, political leadership

Arno Loessner

Arno Loessner

Emeritus
loessner@udel.edu

Research Interests: Financial management, nonprofit management, comparative international, public administration

John McNutt

John McNutt

Urban Affairs Faculty – Center for Community Research and Service
mcnuttjg@udel.edu
302-831-0765
298D Graham Hall

Research Interests: Civil Society and Nonprofit Organizations, Information Technology, Post-Industrial Social Welfare Policy, Community Practice.

Anthony Middlebrooks

Anthony Middlebrooks

Leadership Faculty – Center for Community Research and Service
tmiddleb@udel.edu
302-831-8548
188A Graham Hall

Research Interests: Cognitive science and motivation, management and strategic planning, leadership, and research methods including program evaluation

James Morrison

James Morrison

Leadership Faculty
jlm@udel.edu
302-831-8541
188C Graham Hall

Research Interests: Multi-cultural leadership decision-making processes and electronic information searching and access strategies for documenting credible sources as a basis for data collection

Edward O'Donnell

Edward O'Donnell

Public Management Faculty - Institute for Public Administration
troutbum@udel.edu
302-831-4928
DGS Annex

Research Interests: Land use planning, growth management, infrastructure/community facilities, natural-resource protection, state growth-management policies, and intergovernmental coordination

Steven Peuquet

Steven Peuquet

Urban Affairs Faculty – Center for Community Research and Service
speuquet@udel.edu
302-831-1689
298G Graham Hall

Research Interests: Strategic planning, housing, homelessness, electronic community networks, public policy analysis and evaluation

Jeffrey Raffel

Jeffrey Raffel

Public Management Faculty - Institute for Public Administration
raffel@udel.edu
302-831-1685
191B Graham Hall

Research Interests: Educational policy, policy analysis, urban management

Edward Ratledge

Edward Ratledge

Urban Affairs Faculty – Center for Advanced Demography and Survey Research
ratledge@udel.edu
302-831-1684
282 Graham Hall

Research Interests: Management information systems, econometrics, criminal justice systems

Chandra Reedy

Chandra Reedy

Urban Affairs Faculty – Center for Historic Architecture and Design
clreedy@udel.edu
302-831-8238
323 Alison Hall

Research Interests: Material Culture research and preservation, technological history and change, materials and technology in traditional Asian villages

Breck Robinson

Breck Robinson

Urban Affairs Faculty - Institute for Public Administration
robinsob@lerner.udel.edu
302-831-1788
190B Graham Hall

Research Interests: Public finance, banking, mortgage finance, banking regulation.

Rebecca Sheppard

Rebecca Sheppard

Urban Affairs Faculty – Center for Historic Architecture and Design
rjshep@udel.edu
302-831-3625
323 Allison Hall

Research Interests: Historic preservation planning, history of rural landscapes and the built environment, landscape preservation

Paul Solano

Paul Solano

Public Management Faculty – Center for Community Research and Service
solano@udel.edu
302-831-1693
190C Graham Hall

Research Interests: Financial administration and public finance, political economy, health economics

Karen Stein

Karen Stein

Leadership Faculty
kstein@udel.edu
302-831-8714
182B Graham Hall

Research Interests: Interrelationships among leadership, power and social responsibility, the role of leadership in promoting effective consumer advocacy and policies, and elder abuse and neglect

Douglas Tuttle

Douglas Tuttle

Public Management Faculty - Institute for Public Administration
dougt@udel.edu
302-831-0
177C Graham Hall

Research Interests: State and local government personnel development, strategic planning, emergency service planning and public service quality assessment

Young-Doo Wang

Young-Doo Wang

Urban Affairs Faculty – Center for Energy and Environmental Policy
youngdoo@udel.edu
302-831-1706
276 Graham Hall

Research Interests: Energy and water conservation policy, economic analysis of alternative energy options, transportation research, econometric applications

Leland Ware

Leland Ware

Urban Affairs Faculty - Institute for Public Administration
lware@udel.edu
302-831-3930
180D Graham Hall

Research Interests: Civil rights law and public policy

Robert Warren

Robert Warren

Urban Affairs Faculty - Institute for Public Administration
rwarren@udel.edu
302-831-1686
298H Graham Hall

Research Interests: Urban and regional government, telecommunications and information policy, urban planning and development, cultural theory

Margaret Wilder

Margaret Wilder

Urban Affairs Faculty
mwilder@udel.edu
302-831-6294
298A Graham Hall

Research Interests: Community development policy and organizations; economic development policy and planning; housing problems and policy; race, gender, and economic mobility

Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson

Public Management Faculty – Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research
rwilson@udel.edu
302-831-6643
286 Graham Hall

Research Interests: Survey research, evaluation research, health services research

Danilo Yanich

Danilo Yanich

Urban Affairs Faculty – Center for Community Research and Service
dyanich@udel.edu
302-831-1710
298F Graham Hall

Research Interests: Criminal justice policy, media and public policy, international comparative governance

 

Administrative Staff

Megan Aroge

Megan Argoe

Staff Assistant – Leadership Program
mhargoe@udel.edu
302-831-8711
189 Graham Hall

Linda Boyd

Linda Boyd

Administrative Coordinator
lcboyd@udel.edu
302-831-8289
184 C Graham Hall

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Al Frankel

Graduate Services
frankel@udel.edu
302-831-0735
186 A Graham Hall

Diana Simmons

Diana Simmons

Administrative Assistant
dwalls@udel.edu
302-831-1687
184 A Graham Hall

Barbara Vent

Barbara Vent

Senior Secretary – Leadership Program
bvent@udel.edu
302-831-8712
189 Graham Hall