Hometown: Current: Urbana, IL (Grew up in Effingham, IL)
Undergraduate Institution and Major: Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, B.A. in Recreation Administration with an option in Therapeutic Recreation and a Psychology Minor
Graduate Institution and Major: Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, M.A. in Gerontology
Hometown: La Salle-Peru
Undergraduate Institution and Major: Illinois State University, Psychology
Graduate Institution and Major: Illinois State University, MBA
Hometown: Greenview, Illinois
Undergraduate Institution and Major: University of Illinois – Springfield, Business Administration
Graduate Institution and Major: University of Illinois – Springfield, MBA, Certificate in Entrepreneurship
Dissertation: “Assessing responsibility in professional street-level bureaucrats.”
Bio: John Petter graduated in 2002, one of the first four DPA graduates at UIS. He is retired from the State of Illinois nearly 20 years of that time as an administrator in the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Human Services. His research interests have been in public service motivation and organizational dynamics, as well as in understanding and applying research findings in administrative settings in the public sector.
Dissertation: "Home rule and local government autonomy: The determinants of fiscal health of Illinois municipalities"
Dissertation: "The impact of state capital budget and management programs on state capital budget decisions and economic performance"
Dissertation: Organization and democracy: Mary Parker Follett and the science of administration.
Dissertation: "Gender and governors’ policy agendas"
Dissertation: "Evaluation of the quality of drinking water sources and obstacles to potable drinking water in west point and suburban Monrovia, Liberia"
Dissertation: "Public safety radio communications: A case study of a metropolitan county of southwestern Illinois"
Bio: Nancy L. Huyck graduated in 2012 and is a member of the 2006 cohort. Dr. Huyck is an associate professor in the MPA program at SIUE where she teaches both core and elective courses. Her research interests include radio interoperability, public HR management and program evaluation.
Email: nelling@siue.edu