Nishishiba, Masami
Masami Nishishiba (Ph.D, Portland State University) is an Assistant Professor of Public Administration and the Associate Director of the Center for Public Service, at Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University. Her academic expertise encompasses research methods, cultural competence in the public sector, local government performance management, and civic engagement. She has served as a principal investigator and a consultant for numbers of local government focused projects both in U.S. and overseas. Dr. Nishishiba’s publications have appeared in State and Local Government Review, Journal of College and Character, Journal of Public Affairs Education, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Journal of Public Affairs and others. She is also a lead author of a Japanese/English bilingual book Project Management Toolkit: A Strategic Approach to New Local Governance. Dr. Nishishiba has a B.A. in Linguistics from Osaka University, Japan, M.S. in Communication and Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy from Portland State University.
Jones, Matthew A
Matthew Jones (Ph.D, Portland State University) has a B.A. in Criminal Justice from Norwich University and an MPA and Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy from Portland State University. Dr Jones’ interests and research focus on the application of quantitative methods to public performance and evaluation, computer simulation modeling, leadership development, and the use of information technology in the public sector. He has served as a consultant for public organizations in Oregon, Washington, and New York, as well as consulting on national grant funded projects. His publications have appeared in Police Quarterly, Public Administration Review, Law Enforcement Executive Forum, Public Administration Quarterly, The International Journal of Electronic Government Research and Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management. He also has co-produced an edited book on strategic website development for public organizations and Web 2.0 technologies for public service.
Kraner, Mariah A
Mariah Kraner, MA, (Doctoral candidate, ABD, Portland State University) is currently completing her doctorate in Public Affairs and Policy at Portland State University. She holds a B.A. in International Relations from Willamette University and a M.A. in Adult Education & Political Science from Oregon State University. In addition to her studies, Ms.Kraner has over 10 years experience as a project manager, working on both nonprofit and government grants. Ms.Kraner currently serves as a Research Associate at Portland State, where she manages a federal grant-funded randomized control trial to enhance employee health and performance. Ms. Kraner’s research interests include political participation, social network analysis, employee engagement, and international NGOs.
Masami Nishishiba has a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy from Portland State University, with the specialization in research design and analysis. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Division of Public Administration in the Mark. O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University. She teaches Analytic Methods in Public Administration I & II for the MPA and Executive MPA courses. She has also taught Research Design for Thesis and Dissertation, for the master’s and doctoral students in the Hatfield School of Government, and Doctoral Research III (Quantitative Research) for the doctoral program at the School of Education at Portland State University. She has also taught an undergraduate research course Communication Inquiry for the Communications Department at Portland State University. She has also served more than a dozen master’s thesis and doctoral dissertation committees, mostly to advice the student on research design and analysis. Masami is a lead author of English/Japanese bilingual book Project Management Toolkit: A Strategic Framework for New Local Governance (Chihougyousei wo kaeru purojecuto manajimento tsuuru kitto), published by Gyosei in Tokyo, Japan. She is currently working on three book chapters; one on the history of civic engagement, one on the case analysis of community-based evaluation research, and one on measuring local-government capacity.
Matthew Jones has a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy from Portland State University, with a specialization in research methods. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Division of Public Administration in the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government. Matthew teaches Analytic Methods in Public Administration I & II for the MPA and Executive MPA as well as performance measurement at Portland State University. Prior to returning to Portland State University, Matthew was an Assistant Professor of Public Administration at the College at Brockport, State University of New York, where he taught the program’s courses on research design and program evaluation. He has also served as a research methods consultant to Walden University where he drafted quantitative research and program evaluation guides for their doctoral and masters programs.Matthew coedited the book E-Government Website Development: Future Trends and Strategic Models, published by IGI Global. He is currently coediting Public Service, and Web 2.0 Technologies: Future Trends in Social Media, also with IGI Global. Matthew’s key interests are in the area of research methods and his publication plans are to continue to engage in publications that assist researchers, students and instructors.
