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Response to: Big Questions Surrounding Gender Equity
(2018-07-09)This post is a response in the John Jay Women in the Public Sector blog. It responds to a post by Maria D'Agostina and Nicole Elias original (included here too) which looked at issues surrounding gender equity in academia ... -
Encouraging Creativity in Applied Research Design
(2018-06-02)This conference presentation examines ways to infuse creativity into the applied research process. We draw from creativity literature in philosophy, pragmatism, management, organizational psychology, environmental psychology, ... -
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Pragmatism and Public Administration Theory: On Christopher Ansell's Pragmatist Democracy
(2018-06)This paper is part of a panel discussion of Christopher Ansell’s 2011 book Pragmatist Democracy at the Public Administration Theory Network annual conference. It presents Pat Shields’s reflections on the book, a short ... -
How Jane Addams Ideas of Peace became part of a US Army War College (Parameters) Publication
(2018-03-27)This presentation, given at the Texas State Department of Political Science, traces an intellectual journey that led to a publication in the US Army War College journal Parameters. It is the story of how ideas emerge and ... -
Effective Writing: Useful Tools
(2018-03-09)This Powerpoint presentation demonstrates useful tools for writing research papers (20+ pages). One of the tools (Step notebook) helps to transform a writing assignment into a project, that is then managed. This makes the ... -
Limits of Negative Peace, Faces of Positive Peace
(U.S. Army War College, 2017)This commentary reminds policymakers of the opposing forces of positive and negative peace within the sphere of national defense. Lest leaders balance the dominate strategy of active defense with the state of positive ... -
Peace in the Neighborhood: A Challenge to Policing - Defining Peace
(2018-03)The policing literature has not critically examined a core concept – peace. This paper is an initial step to address this omission. We borrow from recent scholarship in security studies, which is currently re-evaluating ... -
Extending the Legacy of Morris Janowitz Pragmatism, International Relations and Peacekeeping [Presentation]
(2013-06)In the Professional Soldier, Morris Janowitz articulated a conception of international relations clearly grounded in the pragmatism of John Dewey. He developed his conception of pragmatism as a way to analyze officer ... -
Publishing in Academic Journals: Some Helpful Tips from an Experienced Editor
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Promoting Peace: Overcoming the Dominance of Negative Peace - Jane Addams's Peaceweaving
(2017-02-28)No abstract prepared. -
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Goodbye Don't Ask Don't Tell - Hello Women in Combat: The Obama Legacy
(2017-02-02)No abstract prepared. -
Jane Addams's Peaceweaving: A Feminist Response to Paternalism, Militarism, and World War I
(2017-03-24)No abstract prepared. -
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Strategies for Successfully Completing a Dissertation: Lowering Anxiety, Managing a Project, Creating Theory and Thinking about Football
(2017-10-05)No abstract prepared. -
Recovering Jane Addams: Ethics, Social Work, Social Justice and Peace
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Achieving Organizational Flexibility through Ambidexterity
(US Army War College, 2017-08)This article introduces the concept of organizational ambidexterity and explains its value to military planning and problem-solving from the tactical to strategic levels. -
Looking Back: How Jane Addams Challenged the Frontiers of Public Administration, Sociology, Social Work, Peace Studies and Philosophy - and why it matters today
(2017-06)This paper examines Jane Addams pioneering contributions to five fields. The late 19th and early 20th Century was a time when many academic and professional fields were becoming self-aware. Chicago transitioned from a ...
