Resume

• 2008

  Assisted the coordination of the NSF-sponsored program

  Enabling the Next Generation of Hazards and Disaster Research. General research assistance

  including editing

  literature reviews

  hazards and disaster curriculum development

  and some data collection.

  North Carolina State University

  Wayne State University

  I teach courses on public policy and conduct research on the public policy process and hazards and disasters.

  Assistant Professor

  Greater Detroit Area

• 2006

  North Carolina State University

  Responsible for grading and leading discussion sections of American Government course. Led current events discussion and graded exams and papers for a Campaigns and Elections course.

  Teaching Assistant

  Raleigh-Durham

  North Carolina Area

  North Carolina State University

• 2005

  Ph.D.

  Dissertation: Floods

  Hazard Mitigation and Policy Diffusion: Testing the Influences on State Policy Adoption 1968-2008

  Public Administration

  Research interests in hazards and disasters

  public policy and nonprofit organizations.

  North Carolina State University

• 2004

  O'Donovan

  University of North Carolina Wilmington

  Wayne State University

  UNC Wilmington

  North Carolina State University

  Responsible for the financial and administrative management federally sponsored research programs in the social sciences at UNCW. Tracked project finances

  prepared financial reports

  and ensured compliance with grant regulations.

  University of North Carolina Wilmington

  UNC Wilmington

  Taught introductory course in American government.

  Adjunct Faculty

  Wilmington

  North Carolina Area

  Taught courses in public policy

  American government and state and local politics.

  North Carolina State University

• 1999

  The IRIS Center at the University of Maryland

  Managed the implementation of legal

  administrative

  and economic reform programs in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Coordinated research collaborations among think tanks and public policy institutes in the U.S.

  Russia

  and Europe. Managed relationships with clients and sponsors

  including the U.S. Agency for International Development and the World Bank.

  The IRIS Center at the University of Maryland

• 1997

  Master of Community Planning

  Urban Planning

  University of Cincinnati

• 1993

  Russian

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  Political Science and Government

  Ohio University

  Cum Laude

• Data Analysis

  Research

  Statistics

  Program Development

  Public Administration

  Environmental Policy

  Non-profits

  Grants

  SPSS

  Qualitative Research

  Public Policy

  O'Donovan