TEACHING & RESEARCH

Local and State Politics and Management: State‑Local Relations; Urban Management; Regional Governance; Intergovernmental Relations; Multi­-community and Cross‑sector Collaboration; Fiscal Stress and Alternative Service Delivery; Capacity‑Building for Governance; Reinvention themes (benchmarking, performance measurement, strategic planning and visioning processes); Growth management and planning; Emergency Management; County Government and State-County Relations..

Public Policy: Comparative State Policy and Management; Local/State Policy; Growth Management/Land Use; State/Local Capacity‑Building; Influence of Professionals on Public Policies; Local/State Policies for Hazards, Environmental Policy, Energy Conservation, Infrastructure and Economic Development; General Questions of Governance; Policy Design and Implementation; Regionalism.; Emergency Management/Homeland Security Policies

Public Administration: Local/State Government Management/Reinvention; Role of Professionals in Local Government; Elected/Appointed Official‑Board Relationships; Dissemination of Scientific and Technical Information; Emergency Management; Public Management; Professionalism; General issues of Governance.

“Outstanding/Excellent” Student/Faculty Teaching Evaluations (available upon request)—all courses, undergraduate, master’s level and Ph.D..

Interactive Video Teaching, beginning 1993. First long‑distance instructor from Penn State Harrisburg to Penn State's University Park campus. Classroom multi‑media applications, websites, etc. Beta-tester for Jenzabar.com, course management system. ANGEL (PSU course management system) used for all courses. Conference interactive video presentations. Extensive use of Internet for teaching, including web-based syllabi. Have conducted internet training workshops for elected and appointed county, municipal, and state officials in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 2002 Geographic Information System (ArcGIS) certificate, Penn State.