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Joined faculty in 1977; specialist in state and local government budgeting, school finance, income distribution, and social welfare policy; Ph.D. in economics, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1977; M.S. 1973; A.B., Clarke College, 1970.

Degrees
Bachelor of Arts (Mathematics), cum laude, Clarke College, 1970
Master of Science (Economics), Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1973
Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1978. Dissertation: "The Income Distribution Effects of High Energy Prices."

Primary Teaching Areas and Experiences
Teaching Area: State and Local Government Budgeting; Economic Insecurity, Non-profit management, Statistics.

Assistant Professor (1977-1992), Associate Professor (1992-present), Wichita State University.

Publications
"Juvenile Justice Reform in Kansas: If At First You Don’t Succeed. . . .," Policy Studies Journal, forthcoming. With Delores Craig-Moreland.

"Contracting with Nonprofits: Reaganomics Made Me Do It," Public Management 83:3, (April, 2001), pp. 10-13. With William P. Buchanan.

Enhancing the Delivery of Public Services by Nonprofit Agencies. Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs for Sedgwick County Kansas and the Kansas Health Foundation, November, 2000.

Community Assessment and Focus Group Findings. Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs for the Child Care Association of Wichita/Sedgwick County, October, 2000.

Neighborhood Service Center Productivity Analysis. Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs for City of Wichita, June, 1997.

"Management and Governance in Midsized Urban and Suburban School Districts" in John J. Gargan (Editor), Handbook of Local Government Administration. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, 1997, pp. 487-516.

"Tax and Spending Limitations in Kansas," State Tax Notes, June, 1996.

"Organizational Culture and Management Capacity in a Social Welfare Organization: A Case Study of Kansas," Public Administration Quarterly, 19:2 (Summer, 1995), pp. 243-264.

"Managerial and Organizational Impediments to Effective Welfare Reform," Journal of Health and Human Resource Administration, 14:4 (Spring 1992), pp. 445-464.

Research
Principal Investigator, "An assessment of the status and effectiveness of local government contracting with nonprofit human service organizations." Funded by Sedgwick County Kansas and the Kansas Health Foundation. Final report: Enhancing the Delivery of Public Services by Nonprofit Agencies, November, 2000.

Principal Investigator, "Conduct a Community Needs Assessment for an umbrella agency that administers local Head Start and Local Head Start programs." Funded by the Child Care Association of Wichita/Sedgwick County. Final Report: Community Assessment and Focus Group Findings, October, 2000.

Principal Investigator, "An evaluation of staff productivity at four neighborhood service centers." Funded by the City of Wichita. Final Report: Neighborhood Service Center Productivity Analysis, June, 1997.

Significant Practioner Activity
Director of Institutional Research, Wichita State University (1998-2000).

Director of Research and Accountability, Kansas Corporation for Change, Topeka, Kansas (1992-1994). Responsibilities: supervise and conduct research and evaluation activities for a public-private partnership charged with planning, research, coordination, and evaluation of child and family policy in Kansas; present research findings and make policy recommendations to legislators and other government officials; consult with local organizations and public officials on system reform of children’s policy with emphasis on outcome measurement, organizational effectiveness, and performance-based budgeting.

Academic and Professional Activity
"Performance Contracting for Nonprofits," presented at the national meeting of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, Kansas City, Missouri, October 2000.

"Designing School Funding to Meet Equality and Efficiency Standards," 5^th Annual Midwest Regional Public Finance Conference, Wichita, February 2000.

"Privatizing Child Welfare: Issues and Questions," presented at the national meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 1997.

Public Service Activities
WSU representative to the Kansas Children’s Research Network, a committee of the Kansas Board or Regents to advise the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet and legislators on proven interventions to improve child well-being, 2000 - present.

"The Budget: A Tool for Successful Supervisors," Supervisory Training for the Child Care Association of Wichita/Sedgwick County, November 2000.

"Local Government Budgeting," presented (with John Wong) to contingent of visiting Russians sponsored by Friendship Force, September 2000.

"Enhancing the Delivery of Public Services by Nonprofit Agencies," presented to retreat of the Board of Directors, Communities in Schools, August 2000.

"Public Budgeting Laboratory: Operating and Capital Budgets," presented (with W. Bartley Hildreth) as pre-conference training session at the 5^th Annual Midwest Regional Public Finance Conference, February 2000.

Member, Sedgwick County Truancy Prevention Coalition, 1997 - 2000.

Member, Board of Directors Wichita ACTS on Truancy, 1998- 2000.

Member, Operations Committee of Sedgwick County Permanency Planning Council, a Kellogg-funded project to remove barriers to expeditions permanency for abused and neglected children, 1996 - 2000.

"The Budget Process and the Role of the Budget in City Council Decision Making," Municipal Leadership Workshop for local government elected officials, September 1999.

Member, Research Work Group, Governor’s Committee on Children and Families. Chair, Blueprint Subcommittee. 1998. This group of researchers advised the Governor’s Committee on the effectiveness of various policies designed to improve outcomes for children and families in Kansas.

Member, Wichita Regional Interagency Council, Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, 1994- 2000.

Member, Board of Director, Kansas Action for Children, 1990-1998

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