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
- Urban Affairs & Metropolitics
- Race & Social Equity
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”
- “Intersectionality and the Social Construction of the Urban Poor: Implications for Social Welfare Policy and 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”
- “Immigrants, Elite Framing and Social Welfare Utilization: Latinos and SNAP uptake”