CURRICULUM VITAE
John F. Brennan
Department of Public and International Affairs
University of North Carolina Wilmington
601 South College Road
Wilmington, NC 28403
cell phone: (216) 346-6049
e-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Studies and Public Affairs, August 2006
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY, Cleveland, Ohio
Specializations: Urban Economic Development and American Public Administration
Master of Arts, December 1993
College of Arts and Sciences
MIAMI UNIVERSITY, Oxford, Ohio
Major: Geography
Specializations: Urban Planning and Marketing Geography
Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, May 1991
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON, Akron, Ohio
Major: History Minor: Geology
RELEVANT ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor for the Department of Public and International Affairs’ Master of Public Administration
Program, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 7/15 to present.
Assistant Professor for the Department of Public and International Affairs’ Master of Public Administration
Program, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 8/09 through 6/15.
Program Manager and Senior Research Associate for Cleveland State University’s Maxine Goodman Levin
College of Urban Affairs, 6/07 to 8/09. Coordinated academic and contract research for the Ohio University
Program, the Department of Urban Studies, the Center for Public Management, and the Center for Economic
Development.
Research Consultant for CGI Management Information Systems and Management Consultants, Inc., Cleveland,
Ohio, 3/03 to 8/03. Performed labor market analyses to inform the firm’s specialty in human resource management
consulting.
Senior Research Associate for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Department of Assessment, Research
and Evaluation, 1/01 to 3/03 and 8/03 to 6/07. Conducted program evaluations to inform the policy directives of
the district and facilitated external research projects performed by university and nonprofit/think tank scholars.
Research Assistant for the Cleveland State University Levin College of Urban Affairs, 6/98 to 12/00. For the
Urban Center’s State and Intergovernmental Initiatives Program, conducted policy research and program
evaluations.
Graduate Research Assistant for the Cleveland State University’s Levin College of Urban Affairs, 9/93 to 5/98.
Completed various survey, policy, and academic research projects for the Department of Urban Studies, the
Housing Policy Research Program, and the Economic Development Center.
Graduate Teaching Assistant for Miami University’s Department of Geography, 8/91 to 8/93. Assisted in the
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teaching of undergraduate human and physical geography courses and assisted in the operation of the Department’s
Geographic Information Systems laboratory.
COURSES TAUGHT
Cleveland State University:
UST 290
Urban Geography
UST 301
Urban Development
UST 401
Computer Applications for Urban Research
UST 403
Cartography and Graphics
UST 615
Economic Development and Budgetary Policy
University of North Carolina Wilmington:
PLS 101
American National Government (both In-class and Online)
PLS 202
Contemporary Political Issues (under preparation for Spring 2017)
PLS 304
Introduction to Public Policy Analysis**
PLS 308
Public Administration
PLS 422
Contemporary Foreign Policy
PLS 491
Directed Independent Study**(Policy Analysis, American National Government)
PLS 498
Internship in Public and International Affairs** (49 Students over 8 semesters)
PLS 501
Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts (both In-class and Online)
PLS 504
MIS and Computer Applications
PLS 505
Policy Analysis
PLS 507
Applied Management Tools
PLS 526
Sustainable Cities (under preparation for Spring 2017)
PLS 528
Introduction to Local Government Administration
PLS 541
Public Economics and Cost-Benefit Analysis
PLS 545
Government Planning and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (with Dr. Kirsten Kinzer)
PLS 548
Energy Policy (with Dr. Mark Imperial) (originally taught as a 592 section)
PLS 591
Directed Independent Studies (Housing Analysis, Town Planning, Cost Benefit Analysis, GIS)
PLS 592
Regional Economic Development Policy
PLS 595
Capstone in Public Administration
**Prepared PIA course for inclusion in UNCW University Studies Curriculum (PLS 304 with Dr. Mark Imperial)
SOLICITED TEACHING PRESENTATIONS
At the request of Dr. Candice Bredbenner, Associate Professor in the UNCW Department of History, I conducted
two research workshops, one for each her Fall 2013 HST 290 course sections—The United States in the
Progressive Era, 1890-1920. I introduced to the students the availability and use of Progressive Era primary digital
resources that included government documents, public domain monographs, newspapers, and magazines through a
variety of digital tools and databases including Google Books, the Internet Archive, JSTOR, UNZ.org, the
HathiTrust, and the Digital Public Library of America, among others.
TEACHING HONORS
John Pope Center for Higher Education “Spirit of Inquiry” Award, Fall 2011 for the PLS 501“Statistics for Public
Managers and Policy Analysts” course taught in Fall 2010. Awarded Second Place from among 67 courses
nominated in the State of North Carolina.
RESEARCH RECORD
Master's Thesis:
The Suburbanization of Union Township, Butler County, Ohio, 1955-1971. This study documents the initial stages of the
suburbanization of Union Township, Butler County, Ohio. December, 1993.
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Doctoral Dissertation:
An Intellectual History of Metropolitan Government in the United States. This study traced and examined the major streams
of intellectual thought (urban theory (planning and administration), political theory, and economic theory) that
influenced metropolitan government initiatives in the United States since the late 19th Century. Committee
Members: Edward W. Hill, Larry Ledebur, Norman Krumholz, and Ethan Seltzer (Portland State University).
August, 2006.
Peer Reviewed Publications (for multi-authored articles, the order of my authorship is in parentheses; in reverse
chronological order):
1. “Considering the Role of Social Capital for Economic Development Outcomes in United States Counties.”
With Michele Hoyman, Jamie McCall, and Laurie Paarlberg. Forthcoming in Economic Development Quarterly.
(fourth author). Accepted for publication on June 8th, 2015.
2. “Pragmatism, The New Republic, and American Public Administration at its Founding.” With Lawrence F. Keller.
Forthcoming in Administration & Society. (lead author). Published online at:
http://aas.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/12/10/0095399714558714.abstract (lead author)
3. “The impact of Depression-era Homeowners’ Loan Corporation lending in Greater Cleveland, Ohio.” Urban
Geography, volume 36, issue 1, January 2015.
4. “Exploring the Impact of Nonprofit Organizations on Economic Growth in U.S. Metropolitan Regions.” With
Laurie Paarlberg and Michele Hoyman. Nonprofit Policy Forum, volume 5, February 2014. (lead author)
5. “The Radical Right, the National Municipal League Smear File, and the Fight over Metropolitan Government in
the United States during the Postwar Years.” Public Voices, volume 13, October 2013.
6. "Contingent Valuation and Estimates of Residents' Support for Revitalization Plans: A Better Tool for Public
Officials?" With Mark Rosentraub. American Review of Public Administration, volume 41, November 2011. (second
author)
7. “America’s Central Cities as the Location for Work: Can Cities Compete with Their Suburbs?” With Edward W.
Hill. Journal of the American Planning Association, volume 71, Autumn, 2005. (second author)
8. “A Methodology for Identifying the Drivers of Industrial Clusters: The Foundation of Regional Competitive
Advantage.” With Edward W. Hill. Economic Development Quarterly, volume 14, February 2000. (second author)
9. “What is a Central City in the United States?” With Edward W. Hill and Harold Wolman. Urban Studies, volume
35, November 1998. (second author)
10. “Development and Issues of Inner-City Retail Niche Markets.” With Robert Simons, in Megatrends in Retail
Properties, volume 3, Fall 1996. (second author)
Other Professional and Academic Publications including magazine articles, book chapters, and
institutional reports: (for multi-authored publications, the order of my authorship is in parentheses; in reverse
chronological order):
1. “Debating Metropolitan America, 1946-1970.” An accepted book chapter in the CQ Press Guide to Urban Politics
and Policy, a SAGE reference publication edited by Christine Kelleher Palus and Richardson Dilworth. Accepted
for publication on August 27th, 2015 and published in February 2016.
2. “Northeast Ohio Economic Brief.” The Ohio Urban University Program and The Center for Economic
Development, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University. June 2009.
3. “2008 Northeast Ohio Barometer of Economic Attitudes.” With Molly Schnoke and Kathryn Wertheim Hexter.
The Ohio Urban University Program and the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland
State University. Fall 2008. (third author)
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4. “A Multivariate Analysis of the Impact of Student Wellness on Student Achievement in the Lakewood City
Schools.” The Ohio Urban University Program and the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs,
Cleveland State University. Fall 2008.
5. The Wisconsin Manufacturing Study: An Analysis of Manufacturing Statewide and in Wisconsin’s Seven Economic Regions.
One of seven co-authors and data analyst/methodologist. A report prepared by the MPI Group for the
Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership, September 2005.
6. Industry-based Competitive Strategies for Ohio: Managing Three Portfolios. One of fourteen co-authors and lead
methodologist. A report completed by Deloitte Consulting, Cleveland State University, and OSA Strategy for
Techsolve and the Ohio Department of Development, May 2005.
7. “Slanted Pavement: How Ohio’s Highway Spending Shortchanges Cities and Suburbs.” With Dr. Edward W.
Hill, Billie Geyer, Kevin O’Brien, Claudette Robey, and Robert Puentes. This research was published in March
2003 as a Brookings Institution Center for Metropolitan Policy Discussion paper and then as a book chapter in
Taking the High Road: A Metropolitan Agenda for Transportation Reform, published by the Brookings Institution Press
in 2005. (sixth author)
8. Where are the Jobs?: Cities, Suburbs, and the Competition for Employment. With Dr. Edward W. Hill. November 1999.
A Brookings Institution Center for Metropolitan Policy Survey Series Paper. (lead author)
9. “Measuring Metropolitan Manufacturing Competitiveness” with Dr. Edward W. Hill. Economic Development
Commentary, volume 23, number 2, Summer 1999. (lead author)
10. “The Metalworking Cluster in Northeast Ohio: A Briefing Paper.” The Urban Center, Levin College of Urban
Affairs, Cleveland State University. June 1998.
11. “Formula of Success: Markets Determined the Rankings” in Industry Week magazine’s April 7, 1997 “World
Class Communities: The Atlas of U.S. Manufacturing” special issue. With Dr. Edward W. Hill and Dr.
Zhongcai Zhang. (second author)
Articles being prepared for Resubmission or Initial Peer Review:
1. “Governance of the Metropolis: Home Rule, the Administrative City and the Administrative State.” With Dr.
Lawrence F. Keller. A revised manuscript is being prepared for resubmission to Public Administration Quarterly.
2. “Were Straight Loans Really that Bad? An Evaluation of Key Assumptions that Led to Federal Mortgage
Lending Reform during the Great Depression.” A revised manuscript is being prepared for resubmission to Sage
Open.
3. “George Gallup, Public Opinion, and Public Administration.” Targeted for submission to Public Administration
Review.
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“‘Mr. Hayek meet Mr. Merriam’: The University of Chicago Debate and the Future of Government Planning in
the United States.” Targeted for submission to Planning Perspectives.
5. “Deweyan Ethics, Pragmatism, and City Management during the early years of American Public
Administration.” Targeted for submission to Public Voices.
6. “The Early Use of the Census Tract as an Instrument of Segregation in U.S. Cities.” Targeted for submission to
Historical Geography.
7. “The Pragmatism of City Management: Richard Childs, Henry Waite, A.R. Hatton and a most ‘Practical’
Profession.’” With Dr. Lawrence F. Keller. Targeted for submission to Administration & Society.
8. “Charles A. Beard and his Pragmatic Approach to American Public Administration.” Targeted for submission
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to Administrative Theory and Praxis.
9. “Finding the Roots of Nonprofit Practice in American Pragmatism: William James, Jane Addams, John Dewey
and the ‘Will to Believe’.” Targeted for submission to Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.
10. “A Case Study of the Housing Segregation Impacts of the Federal Housing Administration: Greater Cleveland,
Ohio, 1935-1976.” With Dr. James Greer. Targeted for submission to The Journal of Economic History.
11. “The Curious Case of Franklin Ford and his Pragmatic Conception of Urban Governance during American
Public Administration’s Founding Era.” Targeted for submission to American Review of Public Administration.
RESEARCH GRANTS
UNCW Summer Research Initiative, 2010. Subject: “Investigating Homeowners’ Loan Corporation Lending in
Metropolitan Cleveland, Ohio during the Great Depression.”
Award of $3,500. This research grant led to one accepted publication, one publication that is currently under
review, and three publications that are in various stages of research.
UNCW Cahill Research Grant, 2015. Subject: “Understanding the impact of McCarthyism on American Public
Administration Institutions during the 1950’s and 1960’s.” Award of $4,800. The intent of this research is the
publication of one book/monograph or several peer-reviewed articles. The research entails extensive archival
research at several location in the United States.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS: (in reverse chronological order)
1. “The Administrative Vision of Charles Beard.” Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Conference for Public
Administration, October, 2015. Charleston, South Carolina.
2. “The Rise and Decline of Metropolitan Reform in the United States, 1946‐1970: Intellectual Ideals Meet
Practical Application.” The Seventh Biennial Conference of the Urban History Association, October 11, 2014.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3. “The Ties that Bind Us: Exploring Associational Social Capital and its Impact on Economic Development.”
With Michele Hoyman, and Jamie McCall. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April
3, 2014. Chicago, Illinois.
4. “The Pragmatism of City Management: Richard Childs and Henry Waite at the Founding” with Dr. Lawrence F.
Keller. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, October 1, 2013. Charlotte,
North Carolina.
5. “The Nature of Automobility in Metropolitan Cleveland during the Great Depression.” Annual Meeting of the
Association of American Geographers, April 11, 2013. Los Angeles, California.
6. “The Radical Right, the National Municipal League Smear File, and the Fight over Metropolitan Government in
the United States during the Postwar Years.” American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference,
March 2, 2012. Las Vegas, Nevada.
7. “Were Straight Loans Really that Bad? An Evaluation of Key Assumptions that Led to Federal Mortgage
Lending Reform during the Great Depression.” Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association,
November 17, 2011. Boston, Massachusetts.
8. “The Impact of the Homeowners’ Loan Corporation Lending in Greater Cleveland, 1933-1936.” Annual
Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, April 14, 2011. Seattle, Washington.
9. “Measuring the Impact of Nonprofit Organizations on Economic Growth in the United States” with Dr. Laurie
Paarlberg and Dr. Michele Hoyman. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Conference for Public Administration,
October 13, 2010. Wilmington, North Carolina.
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10. “Explaining the Variation in Sustainability for America’s Large Cities” with Dr. Milan Dluhy, Ms. Suzanne
Gooding, and Mr. James Harder. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Conference for Public Administration,
October 14, 2010. Wilmington, North Carolina.
11. “Excellence in Governance: Home Rule and Constitutional Politics in the Contemporary City” with Dr.
Lawrence F. Keller. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, October 15,
2010. Wilmington, North Carolina.
12. “Municipal Home Rule and the Administrative State” with Dr Lawrence F. Keller. Annual Meeting of the
Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, October 1, 2009. Louisville, Kentucky.
13. “Identifying Large Central Cities that are Competitive Employment Locations: The Index of Competitive
Central Cities.” with Dr. Edward W. Hill. Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of
Planning (ACSP), October 24, 1999. Chicago, Illinois.
14. “The Idea of Metropolitan Government in the United States: A History.” Roundtable discussion with Dr. Kate
Foster, Dr. Carl Abbott and Dr. Stephen Wheeler. Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools
of Planning, October 23, 1999. Chicago, Illinois.
15. “Where is the Renaissance?” with Dr. Edward W. Hill. Conference on the Interdependence of Cities and
Suburbs, September 19, 1998. Organized by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Brookings Institution.
Chicago, Illinois.
16. “Cluster-based Economic Development” with Dr. Edward W. Hill, Dr. Jocelyn Fagan, and Dr. James Robey.
American Chamber of Commerce Research Association (ACCRA) Annual Meeting; June 3, 1998. Seattle,
Washington.
17. “An Analysis of the Industrial Clusters that Drive the Economy of the Cleveland Metropolitan Region.” with
Dr. Edward W. Hill, Dr. Ziona Austrian and Dr. Jocelyn Fagan. Annual Conference of the Association of
Collegiate Schools of Planning, November 5, 1997. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
18. “The Theoretical Roots of Metropolitan Regional Governance in the United States.” Annual Conference of the
Urban Affairs Association, April 17, 1997. Toronto, Ontario.
19. “Classifying Central Cities in the United States” with Dr. Edward W. Hill and Dr. Harold Wolman. Association
of Collegiate Schools of Planning and the Association of European Schools of Planning Joint International
Conference, July 25, 1996. Toronto, Ontario.
SERVICE
Departmental and Program Service:
-Member, MPA Faculty Search Committee, Fall/Spring 2014-2015
-Member, MCOP Faculty Search Committee, Spring/Summer 2014
-Member, MPA Faculty Search Committee, Fall/Spring 2012-2013
-Member, MPA Faculty Search Committee, Fall/Spring 2011-2012
-Member, MPA Awards and Scholarships Committee, Academic Years 2011-2012 to present
-Member, MPA Assessment Committee, Academic Years 2011-2012 to present
-Member, 9/11 Remembrance Committee, Summer and Fall 2011
-Member, Poli-Sci Days Committee Member, Fall 2010 and Fall 2012
-Member, Faculty Peer Review Committee, Academic Years 2009-2010, 2010-2011
-Undergraduate Internship Advisor, Fall 2010 to May 2014, approximately 50 internships
were supervised.
-Undergraduate Student Academic Advisor, Academic Year 2011-2012 and Spring 2016 (~25 Students)
-Graduate Student Academic Advisor, Fall 2009 to the present (~15 Students per year)
-Faculty Advisor to the MPA Graduate Student Association, Spring 2010 to Fall 2013.
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-Successfully prepared three courses for inclusion in UNCW University Studies Curriculum
-Member, Curriculum Committee, Fall 2014 to Fall 2015.
-Faculty Advisor to the Undergraduate Public Administration Minor, January 2015 to present
-Member, Scheduling Committee, Fall 2015 to present
-I have agreed to take on the role of Assistant Chair, Department of Public and International Affairs (beginning July
1st, 2016).
University Service:
-Faculty Advisor, Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, UNCW Chapter, Fall 2010 to present
-Member, Career Services Community Engagement Director Search Committee, Summer 2012
-Member, 9/11 Remembrance Committee, Summer and Fall 2011
-Instructor, Academy for Strategic Management, Fall 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 (Performance Measurement,
with Dr. Milan Dluhy, Mr. Frank Blackley, and Dr. Mark Imperial)
-Member, UNCW Economic Transformation Council, January 2013 to present
-Member, UNCW Faculty Senate, January 2015 to present
Professional Service:
-Associate Editor, Economic Development Quarterly, 10/07 to present. Duties include the assignment of manuscripts to
reviewers, reviewing manuscripts pertinent to my expertise, and participating in meetings and discussions with the
other editors and associate editors regarding journal operations and policy.
-Peer Reviewer, Journal of the American Planning Association, American Review of Public Administration, Urban Studies, Journal
of Urban Affairs, Economic Development Quarterly, Public Administration Review, and Public Voices
-Peer Reviewer, Oxford University Press, September 2013, revision Catherine F. Smith’s Writing Public Policy: A
Practical Guide to Communicating in the Policy-Making Process.
-Peer Reviewer, Sage Publications, March 2011, Book Manuscript on Local Economic Development
Administration.
Public Service:
-Committee Member, Interview Committee for the Hiring of Assistant Fire Chief, City of Wilmington, North
Carolina. June 2012.
-Committee Member, Mayor’s Budget Advisory Committee, City of Lakewood, Ohio. August 2006 through March
2008.
-Volunteer Tutor, Cleveland Municipal School District, 2003-2007
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS, PAST AND PRESENT
American Educational Research Association, American Evaluation Association, American Planning Association,
Association of American Geographers, Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, American Society for
Public Administration, Midwest Political Science Association, Social Science History Association, Southeastern
Conference for Public Administration, Urban Affairs Association, Urban History Association
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
Statistical Software: SPSS, LISREL, HLM, STATA, MINITAB, SYSTAT, JMP
Other Software: ArcGIS, GeoDa, GeoDaSpace, MapInfo GIS, IMPLAN, GIMP
Advanced techniques used in research settings: Multiple Regression, Logistic Regression, Spatial Regression,
General Linear Modeling, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Analysis of Covariance, Discriminant Analysis, Cluster
Analysis, Multidimensional Scaling, and in-depth and systematic qualitative archival research.
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PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Dr. Edward W. Hill, Dean and Distinguished Professor
Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
([email protected])
Dr. Lawrence F. Keller, Associate Professor Emeritus
Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
([email protected])
Dr. Laurie Paarlberg, Associate Professor
Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
([email protected])
Dr. Mark Rosentraub, Bruce and Joan Bickner Endowed Professor of Sport Management
The University of Michigan Center for Sport Management, University of Michigan
([email protected])
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