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Alexis Halley

Alexis Halley, DPA, is an assistant professor who will join the Department of Public Administration in Fall 2009.  She holds M.P.A. and D.P.A.  degrees in Public Administration from the University of Southern California, and a Master of Science in Educational Research and B.S. in Psychology and Government from The Florida State University.  Her research, professional interests and publications are in policy design, implementation, and evaluation, executive leadership, boundary theory, and the relationship between public administration and community. 

Dr. Halley is the founding co-director of the John C. Stennis Congressional Staff Fellows Program and is a “pracademic” with federal, state, regional, and county government experience.  She has taught at George Washington University, Cal State East Bay, Cardean University (Unext.com), and Keller Graduate School of Management.  Her doctoral dissertation received the Reining Award for Best Dissertation. 

She is the co-editor of Who Makes Public Policy: The Struggle for Control between Congress and the Executive (Chatham House, 1994), and recent co-author of “The Paradoxical Status of Planning and Time in Today’s Public Environment,” International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior (2008).

Contact Info:

E-mail: ahall30@uis.edu
Office: PAC 424
Telephone: (217) 206-8327