Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998

Teaching and Research Interests: Public Policy, Comparative Public Policy,  Privatization and Public Sector Reform, Information Technology and Open Source Solutions.

Selected Publications:

Books

Mission Expansion in the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Albany, NY: SUNY University Press, 2010). with Susan Hoffmann.

How Governments Privatize: The Politics of Divestment in the United States and Germany (Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2002).
The book won the Charles H. Levine Award for the best book in public policy and administration published in 2002 by the International Political Science Association.

Articles

2010 “Engaging Citizens on the Internet: An Assessment of Local Governments in Ohio” International Journal of Electronic Government Research on Citizens and E-Government. 6(2): forthcoming, with John Hoornbeek.

2009 “Not all housing GSE’s are alike : An analysis of the Federal Home Loan Bank System and the foreclosure crisis” Public Administration Review 69(4): 613-622, with Susan Hoffmann.

2008 “Why governments innovate: A study of the adoption of open source solutions in four European cities.”  International Public Management Journal, forthcoming.

Book Chapters:

2009 “Adoption and Implementation of Open Source Software by Four European Cities” in Chris Reddick (ed.) Strategies for Local E-Government Adoption and Implementation: Comparative Studies Hershey, PA: IGA Global Publishers.

2008 “Open-Source- Innovation im öffentlichen Sektor“ in Lutterbeck, B. M. Bärwolff, and R. Gehring (eds.) Open Source Jahrbuch 2008 Berlin:Lehmanns Media, forthcoming.

Reports:

2009.  Managing a $700 Billion Bailout: Lessons from the Home Owners' Loan Corporation and the Resolution Trust Corporation Published by the IBM Center for the Business of Government, with Susan Hoffmann.

Curriculum Vita