trachtenberg school of public policy and public administration
Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
Compiled by Jennifer Javier (MPA 2011), Courtney Lerch (MPA 2011), and Anna Zimbrick (MPA 2010)
Welcome Dr. Hilton! Shanghai; Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan; Southwest
The Trachtenberg School is delighted to welcome Dr Rita University, Chongqing The lectures covered the presidential
Hilton to the faculty this year She is teaching the combined MPA/ election and transition to the new administration, the politics of
MPP capstone in the fall and the MPP capstones in the spring disaster management, and the impact of the Internet on political
Dr Hilton is a Managing Research Scientist at Mirum Corporation participation in the United States
(Alexandria, Virginia) and a leadership coach with the National
Leadership Institute at the University of Maryland, University Ed Berkowitz
College Dr Hilton’s academic credentials span the fields of Dr Ed Berkowitz has finished a draft of his book about the
economics, public administration, and industrial/organizational modern media, tentatively titled “From the Talkies to Television:
psychology Her publications have appeared in the Journal of Some People, Pictures, and Programs “ The draft has been sent
Theoretical Politics and the Handbook of Public Administration She to Cambridge University Press His collection of Social Security
worked in the infrastructure and urban development sectors at documents, published by Congressional Quarterly Press, won
The World Bank for 15 years, where she played a key role in their mention as a Choice Academic Book of the Year and received
initiative to better coordinate and collaborate with non-profit honorable mention and first runner up in the Prose Awards
organizations in developing countries Her primary research of the American Association of Publishers Dr Berkowitz also pub-
interests are leadership and team effectiveness and training lished an essay on Social Security in an edited volume published
leaders in critical thinking by Oxford University Press, and he participated in a documentary
movie project about the place of Social Security in American life
Bill Adams
Dr Bill Adams and Dr Donna Infeld co-authored the front-page Paul Binkley
lead article in the August issue of the PA Times about public Paul Binkley was a panelist at the 52nd Annual Southeastern
opinion toward federal government employment In addition, he Federal Recruiters Council Conference held in Orlando, Florida,
has been awarded a Fulbright to teach in Malaysia in the spring in July He was also invited to be the keynote speaker for a sym-
of 2010 He will be teaching in the Department of Administrative posium on recruitment at Old Dominion University in August
Studies and Politics at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur In both cases, he spoke to a group of career professionals and
federal recruiters on best practices related to recruiting and
Nancy Augustine supporting students and alumni through the federal hiring
Dr Nancy Augustine joined the Pew Center on the States as a process Also, in early October, Paul spent 6 days in Baghdad
Program Manager, Research in February Her work focuses on teaching Iraqi faculty members about the U S higher education
state fiscal policy issues as well as strategic management and system as part of a State Department program administered by
development opportunities for the center the Academy for Educational Development (AED)
Steven Balla Lori Brainard
Dr Steven Balla published “Municipal Environments, Nonprofit Dr Lori Brainard, MPA Program Director, has returned to GW
Entrepreneurs, and the Development of Neighborhood Informa- from parental leave She had a wonderful time bonding with
tion Systems” in I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Informa- her son, Marc, but is eager to jump back into work She has a
tion Society He also recently received several grants, one of which publication entitled “Cyber-Communities” forthcoming in
was from the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the Elliott School International Encyclopedia of Civil Society, and her “Pilot Project for
to conduct a survey in China on “Public Participation and Health the Democracy Workshop” (with R Stoker, E Lawrence, W Miller
System Reform in China ” Dr Balla received a two-month and J Dryzek) was published by GWIPP in January In March,
extension on his Fulbright Scholar Award, which will allow him to Dr Brainard traveled to Chicago to present “Connecting
remain in Beijing to conduct the survey During his time in China, Virtually with The Urban Community: A Study of Participants in
he has delivered lectures at the following universities: Ocean Police Related Discussion Groups in a Major American City” with
University, Qingdao; Northwest University, Xi’an; Tongji University, co-authors J G Mcnutt and Mariglynn Collins (a TSPPPA PhD
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