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2012
January 2012
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
BYBEE, Ashley-Louise N.	Goldstone	Narco State or Failed State? Politics and Narcotics in Guinea-Bissau
FAZZARI, Justin D.	Fuller	A Study of Metropolitan Economies from 1980 - 2000: Examining Changes in Metropolitan Sectoral Employment and Poverty
FONTANEZ, Paul J.	Fuller	Determinants of Kyrgyz Economic Growth
LI, Huaqun	Haynes	Regional Economic Inequality and Foreign Direct Investment in China
MUTONE-SMITH, Danielle Marie	Tolchin	Food Aid Reform: The Basis for an NGO Led Reform Process
SOUSA, Sonia A.	Fuller	Entrepreneurship and Initiatives in European Union Regional Competitiveness
TIAN, Fangmeng	Hart	Emigration of Chinese Scientists and its Impacts on National Research Performance from a Sending Country Perspective
ZHOU, Xin	Gifford	Transit Oriented Development: Does It Provide a More Affordable Way of Life? Examining Transit Oriented Development's Impacts on Household Travel Decisions
2011
August 2011
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
KELEKAR, Uma	Stough	Fiscal Interactions among Local Government Units – A Spatial Analysis of the Health and Education Expenditures in the Philippines
ONWUDIWE, Ruby	Goldstone	Globalization, Extractive FDI and the Effects of Multinational Corporations on Conflict Situations in Developing Countries
2011
May 2011
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
ABDUKADIROV, Sherzod A.	Goldstone	Emergence of Political Parties during Democratic Transitions: An Agent-based Approach
COLE, Benjamin R.	Goldstone	Re-conceptualizing Democracy: Harnessing Social Complexity at the State-Society Interface
HARDY, Matthew	Gifford	Simplified Integrated Transportation and Land Use Modeling to Support Metropolitan Planning Decisions: An Application and Assessment
SONG, Chunpu	Stough	The Regional Macroeconomic Effects of Public Infrastructure in China
2011
January 2011
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
ASLAM, Ghazia	High	Dictatorship As a Bargaining Process: The Case Of Pakistan
CENGIZ, Mahmut	Shelley	The Globalization of Turkish Organized Crime and the Policy Response
CUDA, Daniel L.	High	Competition, Depot Maintenance, and Businesslike Reform of the Department of Defense
HARE, Forrest B.	Sommer	The Interdependent Nature of National Cyber Security: Motivating Private Action for a Public Good
ROUGH, Jill A.	Mayer	Is the Abrams Doctrine Valid?: Exploring the Impact of Army National Guard Mobilization on Public Support for the War on Terror
VU, Ha	Root	Fiscal Policy in Vietnam: Does It Spur Regional Concentration?
2010
August 2010
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
KRUEGER, Richard D.	Pfiffner	Technology Transfer and U.S. National Security Policy: The Joint Strike Fighter
QIAN, Haifeng	Acs	Regional Systems of Entrepreneurship: The Nexus of Human Capital, Knowledge, and Entrepreneurial Activity
May 2010
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
BARTON, Richard A.	Pfiffner	Postal Reorganization Legislation: Comparative Case Studies of the Legislative Process
FANDL, Kevin J.	Goldstone	Beyond the Invisible: The Impact of Trade Liberalization and Formalization on Small Businesses in Colombia
KAY, Ward R.	Mayer	Where's the "Public" in Public Policy: Skewed Democratic Pluralism vs. Nuanced Public Opinion in Attitudes toward Unauthorized Immigrants
KELLER, Bradford M.	Fuller	Higher Education and Employment: An Examination of How Support for Higher Education Can Improve Long-Term Economic Performance
KLOC, Michelle L.	Koizumi	Policy Options for Use of Media Directed to Increase the Supply of Bachelors Educated Nurses in the U.S.A.
SUTTER, Ryan C.	Stough	The Psychology of Entrepreneurship and the Technological Frontier - A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Regional Entrepreneurship in the United States
VEGA, Henry, L.	Button	Developing Countries and Their Airborne Export Flows of Perishable and High-Tech Goods
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January 2010
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
AU, Caterina	Stough	Diffusion and Adoption of Genetically Modified Cotton: Interaction of Agricultural Policies and Farm Households in the United States
CHECHERITA, Cristina	Hughes Hallett	A Macroeconomic Analysis of Investment Under Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and Its Policy Implications - the Case of Developing Countries
DO, Soo Gwan	Acs	Does Social Capital Matter? The Impacts of Social Capital on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth in the Knowledge Economy
HAMILTON, Robert	Perry	Foreign Science & Engineering Doctoral Attainment in American Universities
LAVENDER, Wayne	Rozell	Worldview and Public Policy: From American Exceptionalism to American Empire
MAGNESS, Phillip	High	From Tariffs to the Income Tax: Trade Protection and Revenue in the United States
TIRTOSUHARTO, Darius	Stough	Regional Competitiveness in Indonesia: The Incentives of Fiscal Decentralization on Efficiency and Economic Growth
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2009
August 2009
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
PRASAD, Nikhilesh	Goldstone	Modernization as a Social Process: The Case of Britain
May 2009
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
CHAPMAN, Lynn	Haynes	The Effects of Monetary Policy on U.S. Regional Employment 1999-2004
HARTKE, Jason	Pfiffner	The Environmental Presidency: Explaining Environmental Policy by Direct Action
O'NEIL, Sean	Addleson	The Formation of Collaborative Inter-Organizational Networks
SHOEMAKER, Melissa	Wedel	A House Divided: Evolution of EU Asylum Policy After The Bosnian War
SOKOLOWSKI, Eugene	Fauntroy	The Transitional Component of the African-American Electorate in the 2004 Presidential Election: Issue Orientation and the Voting Decision
VIRGILL, Nicola	Acs	Export Processing Zones: Tools of Development or Reform Delay?
January 2009
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
HOLLEY JR, William T.	Fuller	Assessing the Impact of Prison Siting on Rural Economic Development
JEFFERSON, Katherine D.	Stough	Transportation Policy and Quality of Life: An Analysis of the Socioeconomic Effects of Implementing Ramp Metering, High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes and High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes Within an Urban Transportation Network
LIU, Yanchun	Haynes	Impacts of Telecommunications Infrastructure and Its Spillover Effects on Regional Economic Growth in China
MAY, Kyle P.	Hart	Internet Disseminated Medical Information: An Investigation of Three Regulatory Policy Tools
METSCHER, Karen Noelle	Goldstone	Population Health Measures as Indicators of Fertility Change
SCHUM, Richard M.	Sibley	A Study in Direct Democracy: The Citizen Initiative & the Determinants of Voter Behavior
WEISSBURG, Paul	Rudder	Shifting Alliances in the Accreditation of Higher Education: On the Long-Term Consequences of Delegation of Government Authority to Self-Regulatory Organizations
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2008
August 2008
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
BENEDICT, Jeri	High	An Industry Study of Commercial High-Spatial-Resolution Satellite Remote Sensing
DESAI, Sameeksha	Acs	Essays on Entrepreneurship and Postconflict Reconstruction
GORY, Duane	Pfiffner	State Control Over NGOs That Are Not Financially Dependent On The State
SUNDERBRUCH, Jude	Pfiffner	An Assessment of Neofunctionalist Spillover in Security Structures of the Post-Cold War European Union
TRAMPE, Paul	Mayer	The Effects on Work Effort of the Simultaneous Phase-Down of Multiple Assistance Programs
May 2008
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
AUGUSTINE, Charles D.	Gifford	Evaluating the Emissions Contribution of Unresolved Vehicle Inspection Failures
DIAMOND, David B.	Auerswald	Public Policies for Hybrid-Electric Vehicles: The Impact of Government Incentives on Consumer Adoption
LEARY, Mary A.	Schintler	Policy Intersections or Policy Chasms - State Elder Mobility Policy, Practice and Long-term Care Reform
MORRIS, Andrea Y.	Fuller	Affordable Housing: A Question of Definition A Case Study on the Housing Markets of Arlington County, VA and Montgomery County MD
JACKSON, Scott	Stough	Mulling Over Massachusetts: Health Insurance Mandates and Entrepreneurs
January 2008
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
BOOPPANON, Sarasin	Reinert	The Effects of Bilateral and Regional Investment Agreements on the FDI Inflows into ASEAN Countries
CHENEY, David	Kash	Information Technology, Science, and Public Policy
MOORE, Lewis	Stough	Weather-Related Crashes on Public Lands
THOMAS, Kevin	Addleson	Resistance to Wireless Telecommunication Antenna Siting: A Comparative Case Study of Regulatory Policy
ZHANG, Ting	Schintler	It's Never Too Late: Elderly Entrepreneurship in the Aging Economy
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2007
August 2007
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
KOCORNIK-MINA, Adriana	Stough	The Effects of Space of Inter-State Growth Dynamics and Income Disparities in India - Modeling the Simultaneous Growth of a System of Spatial Units
LIN, Xintong	Sibley	E-Government Implementation and Practices for Policy Goals - A Methodology and Case Studies
May 2007
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
AGARWAL, Vertica	Reinert	The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Income Inequality: A Study of India
COLEMAN, John J.	Tolchin	Controlling Prescription Drug Abuse By Design
HOFFMAN, Linda E.	Armor	Collaborating Virginia Welfare and Workforce Services
KUILER, Erik W.	McNeely	The Search for Eudaimonia: An Analysis of International Development, Migration, and Gender Equality
NAREL, James L.	Avruch/ Pfiffner	Humanitarian and Military Organizational Cultures and the Challenges of Contemporary Complex Emergencies
SALAZAR, Maria E.	Stough	Local Economic Development in Mexico: A Comparative Study of the Methods and Goals of Local, State and Federal Economic Development Agencies
January 2007
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
WATKINS, Shanea	Armor	The Effect of Charter Schools on Academic Achievement and Achievement Gaps
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2006
August 2006
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
FLETCHER, Charles V.	Armor	Politics and Military Base Closures
HARPEL, Ellen D.	Fuller	The Role of Professional and Business Services in Metropolitan Economies
May 2006
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
AUGER, Robin N.	Kash	Public-Private Collaboration in Technological Innovation: An Examination of U.S. Experiences Since World War II
CALHOUN, Todd R.	High	An Investigation into the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Freedom in Host Countries
STURTEVANT (FOWLER), Lisa Ann	Fuller	Immigrant Suburbs: An Analysis of the Residential Mobility and Location Decisions of Recent Immigrants
HOLZHEIMER, Terry F.	Stough	Smart Growth Policies and the Public Sector Costs of Growth
KIM, Sung Jae	Reinert	The Impact of Standards and Institutional Capacity on International Trade: An Examination of Food and Agricultural Products
STABILE, Bonnie B.	Tolchin	Balancing Morality and Economy: The Case of State Human Cloning Policies
WANG, Emily Xiaoxia	Stough	China As Public Venture Capitalist: Attainment and Policies
January 2006
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
CHENG, Shaoming	Stough	Heterogenous Preferences in the Location Choice of Japanese Investors in China: A Mixed Logit Approach
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2005
August 2005
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
DEVIRGILIO, Mark	Sibley	Balancing Information Access and Security (BIAS): Explaining Three Decades of United States Encryption Policymaking
DING, Lei	Haynes	Telecommunications Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development in China
LINDSEY, Bruce	Armor	The Effect of Computers on the Mathematics Achievement of American 8th Grade Students
SHOCKLEY, Gordon	Stough	The Function of Policy Entrepreneurship in American Politics: The Return of Stability to Federal Arts Policy
STEVENS-THOMPSON, Yolanda	Perry	Analysis of the Eligibility Determination Methods for Medicaid's Aged and Disabled Waiver
SULLIVAN, Ellen	McNeely	The Webmaster's Tale: Joining the EU Information Society
WALTERS, Julie	McNeely	Assisted Living Regulation in the United States: Institutional Responses to a New Industry
May 2005
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
BELLAS, Dean Demetrius	Fuller	Fiscal Impact Simulation Modeling: Calculating the Fiscal Impact of Development
ELROD, Catherine Schrader	Perry	Individuals with Chronic and/or Disabling Conditions: Determinants of Utilization of Physical Rehabilitation Services
GORDON IV, John	Pfiffner	The Quadrennial Defense Review: Analyzing the Major Defense Review Process
HAN, Lianchao	Kash	The New Food Pyramid: Culture, Policy and Technology in the TransAtlantic GMO Controversy
RUSTICI, Thomas C.	High	The Economic Effects of the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930 and the Beginning of the Great Depression
January 2005
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
BAHARMAST, Al	Sommer	A Decision Framework for the Adoption of Business Process Collaboration in Supply Networks
FRANK, Peter	Stough	Nonprofit Entrepreneurship in Regional Economies: Organization Creation and Economic Growth
LOYOLA-TRUJILLO, Jose	Fuller	The Spatial Relocation of Mexico's Largest Exporting Industries: A Comparative Study of Five Metropolitan Areas
MARWAH, Sanjay	Haynes	Opportunity Structures and Crime in Suburban Los Angeles
MCNAMARA, Castilla Florence	Stough	Science Policy for Biomedical Crises: Examination and Analysis of the Synoptic Strategy
VACHAL, Kimberly J.	Button	Economic Growth of Nonmetropolitan and Agricultural Region Cities (Jan. 2005)
YANG, Guang	Stough	Spatial Proximity, Functional Closeness and Regional Competitiveness
ZANGARDI, John A.	LaPorte	Regulation of Internet Top Level Domain Names
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2004
August 2004
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
FARR, DeAnn J.	Armor	Interstate Equity in Health Policy
THIBAULT, Marc A.	PErry	A Multivariate Analysis of US Coast Guard Enlistment Propensity
TRANG, Nga T.	Armor	Building Social Capital through Girl Scouts
ZHAO, Zuoquan	Stough	The Economic Growth of a Nation: A Spatial Perspective
May 2004
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
ARENA, Peter M.	Stough	High Technology Employment Growth in Metropolitan America: An Empirical Investigation
FAROOQUE, Mahmud A.	Kash	The Evolution of Technological Forecasting and the Contemporary Policy Systems, 1935-1999
FRYE, Douglas W.	Gulledge	E-Procurement in the Private and Public Sectors
GORMAN, Sean P.	Stough	Networks, Complexity, and Security: The Role of Policy in Critical Infrastructure Protection
HENRY, Sandra M.	Fuller	An Econometric Analysis of Internet Adoption in Latin America and the Caribbean: 1996-2000
JONES, Boyd A.	Gulledge	Information Technology Enabled Public Sector Service Satisfaction
LI, Ning	Kash	Innovation Systems and Technology Spillovers: Economic, Geographic, and Institutional Perspectives
MAGGIO, Mark E.	Stough	Decision-making on Controversial Transport and Enforcement Technology Applications
MAXWELL, Sarah P.	Armor	The Changing Nature of the Feminist Movement
SCHALLER, Robert R.	Kash	Technological Innovation in the Semiconductor Industry: A Case Study of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS)
VENERI, Michael C.	Pfiffner	The Goldwater-Nichols Act and the Joint Duty Promotion Requirement: An Analysis of the U.S. Military's Implementation of a Congressional Mandate
January 2004
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
AL-FAHAD, Mohammad Y.	McNeely	Bridging the Global Digital Divide: Internet Diffusion in Muslim Countries
BRAGG, Michelle L.	Fuller	Social Fathering Among African American Men and the Impact on Child and Family Outcomes
CHOKPRAJAKCHAT, Srisombat	Tolchin	Thailand's Agenda Setting Process: The Foundation of the Special Investigation Department Using the FBI
MAAS, Gerard C., Jr.	Stough	Federal Workforce Restructuring: Agency Responses to External Pressures
POMMERENING, Christine	Tolchin	The Development of Governance Structures For the Internet. Principles and Practices in the Case of the Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
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2003
August 2003
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
VLAICU, Sorina O.	McNeely	Patient Rights versus Managed Care: A Policy Formulation Model
May 2003
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
FABSITZ, Richard R.	Kash	Shifting Federally Funded Research Into Pasteur's Quadrant: A Case Study of the SBIR Program at NIH
LEE, Margo M.	Mahler	Coping Strategies of Scientific Organizations
PELLETIERE, Danilo	Reinert	Why Do Countries Protect Used Goods Markets: An Inquiry Into the Used Automobile Trade
TUCKER, Jonathan C.	Hill	An Analysis of Industry Support for the NSF's Engineering Research Centers
VANCE, Walter K.	Pfiffner	Financial Management Information Produced as a Result of the CFO Act and Its Use by Federal Government Agencies, the OMB and Congress
XIE, Qingshu	Fuller	The Dynamics of Regional Income Convergence in the U.S. 1970-2000
January 2003
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
BORDEAUX, John M.	Fukuyama	Self-Organized Air Tasking: Examining a Non-Hierarchical Model for Joint Air Operations
HEARNE, Sheila M.	Regan	Medical Records: The Role of Advocacy Coalitions in Policy Change
LE FAVOUR, John W.	Tolchin	Examination of the Influence of TRICARE Implementation on Ambulatory Health Care Utilization
PALUBINSKAS, Ginta T.	Stough	Economic Transformation: The Full Societal Transformation Thesis
THOMAS, William C.	Tolchin	Cultural Transformation in the U.S. Air Force
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2002
August 2002
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
ADASE, James	Hill	Cultural Divide Between Science and Diplomacy at the Department of State
HIRA, Ronil	Gulledge	Electronic Commerce and Manufacturing Supply Chain Integration and Management: Approaches to Improve Government Policies
RIGGLE, James	Conlan	The Future of American Federalism: Modeling State Politics and Policy
May 2002
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
ALLEN, Benjamin L.	Fukuyama	Consumption Taxation of Electronic Commerce: A Comparison of United States (US) and European Union (EU) Policies, 1997 to 2000
AUD, Susan L.	Armor	Competition and Efficiency Effects of Charter Schools
DEFRANK, Anthony J.	Scimecca	The Path to Firearms Control: Understanding Government Regulation at the End of the 20th Century
January 2002
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
MICHAEL, George J.	Fukuyama	The U.S. Response to Domestic Right Wing Terrorism and Extremism: A Government and NGO Partnership
KATCHANOVSKI, Ivan	Lipset/ Kash	Regional Political and Policy Divisions in Ukraine and Moldova
CURTIS, Michael R.	Kash	Technological Innovation and Public Private Sector Collaborations: The Case of the Advanced Turbine System Program
MUSTAFA, Shahid S.	Sibley	Factors that Explain Internet Growth in Africa: An Empirical Model
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2001
August 2001
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
BORTHWICK, R. Bruce	Stough	Intermodal Intercity Passenger Travel for the Washington Baltimore Region
KULCHITSKY, Dmytro Roman	Lavoie	Computerization, Knowledge and Information Technology Initiatives: The Cases of Jordan and Israel
MCQUADE, Samuel C., III	Sibley	Cops Versus Crooks: Technological Competition and Complexity in the Co-Evolution of Information Technologies and Money Laundering
May 2001
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
BROOK, Douglas A.	Pfiffner	Business Style Financial Statements Under the CFO Act: An Examination of Audit Opinions
COX, Kenneth E.	Button	Economies of Speed: Policy Implications of High Speed Technologies on the U.S. Maritime Transportation System
EMMONS, Elinor K.	Gulledge	Public Policy Implications From Private Sector Enterprise Integration
FITZSIMMONS, Carolyn	Sibley	Knowledge Spillovers From Joint Government-Industry Supported Research: A Case Study from the Automotive Industry
GOODLOE, John M.	Lavoie	Money, Democracy, and the Southern Tradition
HIGGINS, Lindley R.	Fuller	Assessing the Economic Impact of Community Based Home ownership Programs on Inner-City Neighborhoods
LITZELMAN, Michael	Perry	Cost Effectiveness and Cost/Benefits of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Demining Programs
MOHD AMIN, Fatima	Hill	Innovation in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Malaysian Information Technology (IT) Industry
WILSON, Aleta M.	Stough	Federal Procurement Policy: Effect on Minority Owned Businesses
WILSON, Clay, III	Stough	Protection of Rights in Intellectual Property: How Will Public Policy Control Copyright Piracy in the Age of the Internet?
January 2001
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
ALPERT, Sheri	Lipset	Machine Tractable Human Tissue: Policy Implications for Medical Privacy
LALL, Somik	Haynes	The Role of Infrastructure in Regional Growth
OLSON, Warren	Kash	Urban Information Systems Technology: Tools and Policy Implications for the Military and Law Enforcement in the 21st Century
RESTON, Russell	High	The Philippine Economy Under Ramos: A Comparative Scorecard
WARFIELD, Wallace	Lipset	Politics, Parties, and Conflict Resolution: The Role of Urban Politics in the Management and Resolution of Community Conflict
YILMAZ, Serdar	Haynes	Regionalization of Telecommunications Investment: Is Telecommunications a Tool in Interregional Economic Competition?
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2000
August 2000
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
PHILOGENE, G. Stephane	Haynes	A Comparative Statics Analysis of Efficiency and Productivity Changes of the National Institutes of Health's General Clinical Research Centers: 1990-1997
SALEM, Pofen	Fuller	The Internationalization of Small Business Service Firms in Metropolitan Economies: A Case Study of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area
STALEBRINK, Odd J.	Gifford	Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting in Transition: A Study of "Earnings Management" Under the Accrual and Consolidation Model
May 2000
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
GETTMAN, Jon	Fuller	Portfolio Variance Analysis and Sustainable Rural Economic Development
PERINO, George H., Jr.	Gulledge	Complexity: A Cognitive Barrier to Defense Systems Acquisition Management
PETRIE, Ann	Mahler	Human Services Coalition: A Theory of Governance
RAY, Marcella Ridlen	Lipset	Out of the Shadows: An Empirical Analysis of How Civil Society in the U.S. Changed During the 20th Century
January 2000
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
ARIEIRA, Carlos	Haynes	Human Capital and Social Capital within Brazilian Families
HSING, Yulan	Haynes	Regional Hub Port Performance and Institutional Evaluation: Data Envelopment Analysis for the Port of Kaohshiung
POOLE, Kenneth	Fuller	The Role of the Practitioner Networks in the Successful Diffusion and Implementation of Policy Innovations: Lessons from Enterprise Zone Experiences
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1999
August 1999
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
WILLIAMS, Rhys M.	Kash	The Exchange of Knowledge During Federal Laboratory/Industry Commercial Innovation: Toward New Federal Public Policy Framework
May 1999
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
AL-SALLOUM, Tariq M.	Haynes	Policy Choices In Developing Countries: The Case Of Privatization in Saudi Arabia
DINC, Mustafa	Haynes	The Dynamics of Efficiency in the State Higher Education Systems in the U.S.: 1974-1994
HANCOCK, John A.	Pfiffner	Officer Performance: Do the Service Academies Make a Difference? An Examination of the U.S. Navy
MORSTEIN, Jennifer	Perry	Determining the Structure of the Global Dual Use Nuclear Trade Network
SAGER, Michelle	Conlan	Cooperation Without Borders: Federalism and International Trade
January 1999
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
PANDIT, Nitin S.	Haynes	Policy Design For Retail Electric Institutions: Artificial Intelligence Representations for a Common Property Resource Approach
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1998
August 1998
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
ABEL, Troy D.	Stough	Paths to New Public Policy: Civic Factors and Local Voluntary Environmental Efforts
AL-NSOUR, Maen F.	Stough	Economic Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma: The Case of Israel and the Arab States
BENSON, Brien	Lipset	Transit Privatization: A Study in the Policy Process
JIN, Dengjian	Kash	Knowledge Regimes and National Competitiveness
JOHNSON, Kirk A.	Stough	What Factors Explain Edge Cities?
KILPATRICK, Henry E.	Stough	Dynamic Increase Return to Scale, Technology Growth, Lock-in and Hysteresis: A Study of Evolutionary Growth of the Semiconductor Industry in the U.S.
May 1998
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
SPENGLER, Arthur W.	Stough	Why Local Government Employees Choose to Bargain Collectively: The Role of Collective Voice in the Competition For Budget Resources in An Era of Fiscal Discontent
TALKINGTON, Scott W.	Lipset	The Influence of Political Values and Campaign Spending in 1996 Congressional Elections
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1997
August 1997
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
BAKER, Paul M.A.	Harrington	Local Government Internet Sites as Public Policy Innovations
CZARDA, Lawrence D.	Stough	The Productive Efficiency of Metropolitan County Government: Analysis of the Impact of Government Structure
ESSIS, Jean-Mathieu	Clements	State Preferences in Multilateral Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy Making: An Empirical Analysis of the 1995 N.P.T. Review and Extension Conference
PENNY, Robert G.	Harrington	An Assessment of the Relative Importance of Public Sector Versus Private Sector Export Assistance in the Export Performance of Virginia Manufacturers
May 1997
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
FLACH, Helen R.	Mahler	Influence of the Organizational Culture in Implementing Radical Mission Change in an Agency: The U.S. Soil Conservation Service, 1985-1995
KULIG, Nancy Lynn	Mahler	The Archetype Model of Leadership
January 1997
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
FRASER, Ronald R.	White	Policy Subsystems and the Idea Whose Time Has Come
HENNESSEY, J. Thomas, Jr.	Pfiffner	Organizational Culture and the "Reinvention of Government"
LI, Qiangsheng	Haynes	Regional Dynamics and Growth Advantages of the Washington Metropolitan Economy: An Extended and Integrated Shift-Share Approach
MASTAL, Margaret F.	Mahler	Governance in American Health Care Organizations: 1984-1993 Elements and Patterns
VALENTINE, Patrick F.	Heclo	Equality and Efficiency: Telecommunications Policy and Conflicting American Principles
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1996
August 1996
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
COBIN, John	Ellig	Building Regulation, Market Alternatives and Allodial Policy
DONNELLY, Daniel K.	Mahler	The Effect of Met Expectation on Organizational Commitment
LUNN, Maxine P.	Lipset	Community at a Crossroads - Latino Community Participation in Agenda Setting in Washington, D.C.
POOL, Amy C.	Lipset	The Path to Power: The Evolution of Rights Discourse in the Twentieth Century United States
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1995
August 1995
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
ADAMS, Richard C.	Kash	Culture, Policy, and Technology Innovation: U.S. and Japanese Performance in Electro/Mechanical Technologies
DUNCAN, Robert A.	Conlan	In Case of Emergency... Coordination of Emergency Management at the Local Level
HANNA, Mitri	White	Perspectives on Decision Making: The Third United Nations Law of the Sea Conference, 1973-1982
May 1995
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
EHRESMANN, Elaine C.	Connelly	A Marketing Process Model: An Analysis of the National Capital Area's Coordinated Care Program (TRICARE)
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1994
August 1994
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
MADISON, John J.	Kash	The Scientific Elite: Enterprising Participants in Science Policy Development
UNDERHILL, Jack A.	N Hart-Nibbrig	Putting the Pieces Together: An Integrated Approach to Moving Poor Mothers from Poverty to Independence
May 1994
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
HOUGH, Paul G.	Gulledge	Reforming the Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System in the Department of Defense: A Study of Budget Process and Rules
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1993
August 1993
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
BECK, Richard T.	Mahler	Engagement: Promoting Intergroup Collaboration and Innovation in Effective Research and Development Management
MEDLOCK, Kathleen V.	Pfiffner	A Critical Analysis of the Impact of the Department of Defense Reorganization Act on American Officership
PRICE, James E.	White/ Cole	An Investigation of the Relationship Between Perceived Leadership and Managerial Effectiveness in Matrix Organizations
May 1993
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
BAILEY, Marshall, H. III	Stough	Public Administration Efficiency Through Total Quality Management
COTTER, Joseph D.	Clark	Keeping the Faith: An Analysis of Ideological Continuity in the FSLN's Revolutionary Leadership in Transition to Revolutionary Rulership in Nicaragua
DESANTIS, Mark F.	Stough	Leadership, Resource Endowments and Regional Economic Development
ROGERS, Modestine	N Hart-Nibbrig	The Effects of Judicial Intervention on the Development of Deinstitutionalization Policy for Persons with Mental Disabilities
January 1993
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
BODILLY, Susan J.	Mahler	Organizational Factors the Affect School Reform Efforts: Analysis of High School Attempts to Integrate Academic and Vocational Education
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1992
May 1992
Students	Chair	Dissertation Title
CHUDY, John P.	White	Political Management and Economic Policy Reform: An Exploration of Structural Adjustment Experience
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Faculty have received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and are Fulbright Scholars and Mellon Fellowship recipients.

In 2009 and 2010, the School’s 45 faculty produced 16 books, 78 book chapters, 23 edited volumes, and 203 refereed journal articles.