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At its commencement ceremony Saturday, May 18 the School of Public Policy will confer Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees on ten candidates. A Ph.D. is the highest academic degree one can earn and requires extended study and intense intellectual effort. In earning a Ph.D., the students mastered their specific subject completely and extended the body of knowledge about that subject by researching, writing and successfully defending their theses.
The following students will receive their Ph.D. in Public Policy. Their thesis topics and faculty advisors are also listed.
Benjamin L. Allen
Consumption Taxation of Electronic Commerce: A Comparison of United States
(US) and European Union (EU) Policies, 1997 to 2000
Dr. Francis Fukuyama
Susan L. Aud
Competition and Efficiency Effects of Charter Schools
Dr. David Armor
R. Bruce Borthwick
Intermodal Intercity Passenger Travel for the Washington-Baltimore Region
Dr. Roger Stough
Michael R. Curtis
Technological Innovation and Public-Private Sector Collaboration: The
Case of the Advanced Turbine System Program
Dr. Don Kash
Anthony J. DeFrank
The Path to Firearms Control: Understanding Government Regulation at the
End of the 20th Century
Dr. Joseph Scimecca
Ivan G. Katchanovski
Regional Political and Policy Divisions in Ukraine and Moldova
Dr. Don Kash
Dmytro Roman Kulchitsky
Computerization, Knowledge and Information Technology Initiatives: The
Cases of Jordan and Israel
Dr. Don Lavoie
Samuel C. McQuade III
Cops Versus Crooks: Technological Competition and Complexity in the Co-Evolution
of Information Technologies and Money Laundering
Dr. Edgar Sibley
George J. Michael
The U.S. Response to Domestic Right Wing Terrorism and Extremism: A Government
and NGO Partnership
Dr. Francis Fukuyama
Shahid S. Mustafa
Factors that Explain Internet Growth in Africa: An Empirical Model
Dr. Edgar Sibley