PhD Dissertations, Job Placements & Fellowships
Recent PhD Dissertations
Title: The effects of politicization in public organizations
Author: Fuenzalida, Javier
Chair: Riccucci, Norma M.
Title: Determinants of the capital structure of municipal water utility systems: an empirical study of Texas public water systems
Author: Jn-Marie, Monique
Chair: Riccucci, Norma M.
Title: Public sector collective bargaining during municipal State takeovers: towards a theory of local government employees
Author: Viswanath, Shilpa
Chair: Riccucci, Norma M.
Title: Financing social missions: essays on the role of commercialization in nonprofit organizations in the U.S.
Author: Xu, Chengxin
Chair: McDougle, Lindsey
Title: Targeting cooking gas benefits in India
Author: Yerramsetti, Srinivas
Chair: Riccucci, Norma M.
Title: Quality improvement or symbolic adoption
Author: Ballard, Andrew
Chair: Holzer, Marc
Title: Accountability, effectiveness and efficiency
Author: Friday, Robert Lewis
Chair: Van Ryzin, Gregg
Title: Intraorganizational relationships and conflicts within multisite nonprofit organizations
Author: Meyer, Seth J.
Chair: McDougle, Lindsey
Title: Skills and personality traits of the collaborator
Author: Osowski, Joshua L.
Chair: Van Ryzin, Gregg
Title: Determinants of the capital structure of U.S. public finance infrastructural enterprises
Author: Sonola, Olugbenga
Chair: Charles, Cleopatra
Title: Creating public values through cross-sector collaboration
Author: Yun, Jung Ah (Claire)
Chair: Riccucci, Norma M.
Title: Open government performance
Author: Ingrams, Alex
Chair: Holzer, Marc
Title: Human resource strategies in response to local government cutbacks
Author: Kim, Min-Hyu
Chair: Van Ryzin, Gregg
Title: The Great Recession, government performance, and citizen trust
Author: Lee, Yunsoo
Chair: Van Ryzin, Gregg
Title: Information and donations
Author: Li, Huafang
Chair: Van Ryzin, Gregg
Title: Equity as an outcome
Author: Wright, Jermaine
Chair: Van Ryzin, Gregg
Title: Neoliberalism and urban education
Author: Davis, Kevin W.
Chair: Sadovnik, Alan
Title: Reputation management
Author: Deat, Felix
Chair: Piotrowski, Suzanne J.
Title: The impact of social media on local government transparency and citizen engagement
Author: Mahajan-Cusack, Lisa (author)
Chair: Holzer, Marc
Title: A phenomenological examination of racial microaggressions in intraracial therapeutic counseling relationships
Author: Redding-Raines, Audrey
Chair: Riccucci, Norma
Title: Exit, voice, and loyalty under municipal decline
Author: Shinohara, Shugo
Chair: Thompson, Frank J.
Title: The effect of Compstat on interjurisdictional public budgeting
Author: Adamitis, Lawrence R.
Chair: Holzer, Marc
Title: Institutionalization of knowledge management in the federal government
Author: Alers-Tealdi, Lourdes
Chair: Riccucci, Norma M.
Title: Toward financially effective contract management
Author: Kim, Soojin
Chair: Holzer, Marc
Title: From mandatory to voluntary
Author: Peng, Shuyang
Chair: Van Ryzin, Gregg G.
Title: Explaining government performance on e-participation in New Jersey
Author: Zheng, Yueping
Chair: Holzer, Marc
Recent PhD Job Placements
Arizona State University
Bridgewater State University, MA
Grand Valley State University, MI
International University of Japan
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
New Jersey Department of Health
New Mexico State University
Nova Southeastern University, FL
Seattle University, WA
Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Superior Court of New Jersey
The City University of New York (CUNY)
Tilburg University, Netherlands
University of Georgia
University of Houston-Downtown (UHD)
University of Nebraska Omaha
University of New Mexico
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Recent PhD Fellowships
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) Doctoral Seminar Fellows
ARNOVA's competitive fellowship provides intellectual and research advice and mentoring and networking opportunities to doctoral candidates pursuing studies related to the fields of nonprofit, philanthropic, voluntary action, or civil society studies.
2021
2020
American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Founders' Fellows
ASPA's most competitive fellowship program supports the next generation of public service leaders through a series of professional development opportunities. Participants attend and present at ASPA's annual conference on a subject matter paper on an issue related to their scholarship or work, which is also published in PA TIMES Online if they wish.
Class of 2022
Class of 2021
Class of 2018
Rutgers University Graduate School Newark (GSN):
Dean's Dissertation Fellowship
Awarded to doctoral students in good academic standing who have completed all coursework and research credits, this highly competitive dissertation completion fellowship includes a stipend of $20,000 plus graduate fellow health benefits.
2021-2022
2019-2020