Research Interests:

• Social Policy Adoption & Administration
• Administrative Contracting & Cross-Sector Governance
• Street-Level Implementation & Administrative Discretion
• Program Evaluation & Performance Management
• Policy Innovation & Diffusion
• Representative Bureaucracy
• Race & Social Equity
• Urban Affairs & Metropolitics

Working Papers:

“Harnessing the Promise of Public-Private Partnerships: Lessons for State Contracting Reforms”

“Gender and City Management: Improving Social Welfare Administration?”

“Representative Dimensions of Employee Attitudes in Public and Nonprofit Agencies”

“Measuring City Council Professionalism: Examining Municipal Governments in California”

“Representative Bureaucracy and Executive Networks: Mayors and City Managers in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area”

“Race, Gender and City Management Networks: Prioritizing Social Service Administration?”

“Privatization and Public Service Motivation: How Administrative Contracting Influences Attitudes Toward Serving the Public Good”

“E-Government in Social Service Provision: Promise and Equity Considerations”

“Elite Framing and Social Welfare Utilization: Latinos and SNAP uptake”

“Tools of the Just City: Examining Equity Toolkits at the Municipal-Level”

“Representative Bureaucracy and Urban Planning”