Affiliated Faculty

Alwan, Layth C., Ph.D. University of Chicago (Business Administration)
Dr. Alwan specializes in operations management, statistical quality control, and forecasting. His research includes developing model-based approaches for purposes of more effective statistical process monitoring. He teaches courses in data analysis, operations management, and quality management. His work has appeared in numerous journals including Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Communications in Statistics, IIE Transactions, Production and Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, and others. Dr. Alwan has also authored a textbook titled Statistical Process Analysis.

Arnold, Patricia, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, CPA (Business Administration)
Dr. Arnold teaches courses in financial accounting, accounting theory, and financial statement analysis. Her research in the area of critical accounting theory focuses on the broader social implications of accounting policy choices and the role accounting plays in social, political, and historical contexts. Dr. Arnold is a member of the American Accounting Association and is active in the Public Interest Section. She has taught health care accounting at the Harvard School of Public Health and lectured on financial accounting at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has numerous articles on the social implications of accounting policy choices in journals including Accounting, Organizations and Society (United Kingdom), Critical Perspectives on Accounting (United States), and the Accounting and Accountability Journal (Australia).

Bohte, John, Ph.D., Texas A&M University (Political Science)
A Political Science faculty, research interests include Education Policy and Organization Theory and his teaching interests include Public Budgeting and Finance, Public Administration, and Public Policy. He is currently working on a study that examines the role charter schools play in stimulating performance gains in traditional public schools. Selected Publications: "Political Transaction Costs and the Politics of Administrative Design." The Journal of Politics, "Not with a Bang, But a Whimper: Explaining Organizational Failures." Administration and Society, March, 2003, 104-121. and "School Bureaucracy and Student Performance at the Local Level." Public Administration Review, January/February, 2001, 92-99.

Cheng, Rita H., Ph.D., Temple University, CPA, A.O. Smith Professor, (Business Administration)
Dr. Cheng is actively involved in research focusing on the quality of accounting and financial reporting by government and nonprofit organizations. Dr. Cheng has presented several workshops on technical and emerging nonprofit and governmental accounting issues to Wisconsin CPAs. She works with local nonprofits and governments to develop government accounting systems and offers professional advice on emerging accounting issues.

Marcus E. Ethridge, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University (Political Science)
Professor Ethridge specializes in institutional and legal concerns of public administration and American government. He is the author of Legislative Participation in Implementation, co-editor of Reaching Decisions in Public Policy and Administration, and The Research Experience, and author of articles in The American Journal of Political Science, Polity, American Politics Quarterly, Midwest Review of Public Administration, and Law and Policy Quarterly.

Hatch, Dennis R., M.P.A., Cert. Judicial Administration, University of Southern California
Mr. Hatch is coordinator of programs and internships for the MPA Program. He has held managerial positions in municipal government, most recently as Contract Administrator, City of Milwaukee. Prior to becoming the Program's Coordinator, Mr. Hatch was active as a government consultant and lobbyist.

Ihrke, Douglas, Ph.D., Northern Illinios University (Political Science)
Dr. Ihrke is an Associate Professor in Political Science is specializing in personnel management, organization theory, and municipal management. He is co-author of articles in Public Personnel Management, Public Administration Quarterly, and the Journal of Management History. His current research interests include examining the impact of management innovation and policy board conflict on service delivery at the municipal level, and the role leadership plays in motivating employees at all levels of government.

Mordecai Lee, Ph.D., Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (Political Science)
Professor Lee is Associate Professor of Governmental Affairs at UWM's School of Continuing Education. His nonacademic experiences include Legislative Assistant to a Congressman, Wisconsin State Representative, State Senator, Commissioner on the Metropolitan Milwaukee Sewerage District board and executive director of a non-profit agency. His academic areas of expertise include public administration and nonprofit management. He has authored a book (The First Presidential Communications Agency) and written articles in Public Administrative Review, Nonprofit Management & Leadership, Public Administration Quarterly, Jewish Political Studies Review, International Journal of Public Administration, Journal of Public Affairs, Management Decision and Public Relations Review.

Peracchio, Laura, Ph.D., Northwestern University (Business Administration)
Dr. Peracchio specializes in the application of consumer behavior research to marketing issues. Dr. Peracchio serves on the board of directors and marketing advisory committees for the American Cancer Society, Jewish Family Services, and the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. She has published her research in the Journal of Consumer Research and Journal of Marketing Research and has also received research awards from the American Marketing Association, the Marketing Science Institute, and the Journal of Consumer Research.

Stephen L. Percy, Ph.D., Indiana University, is Professor of Political Science, and Director, Center for Urban Initiatives and Research (Political Science)
Dr. Percy specializes in urban politics, public policy and implementation, and urban service delivery. He is the author or co-author of four books, the most recent of which is Disability Civil Rights and Public Policy: The Politics of Implementation. Journal articles by Professor Percy have appeared in the Journal of Politics, Public Administration Review, Publius, Social Science Quarterly, Urban Affairs Quarterly, and Journal of Urban Affairs. He is also co-author of American Government: The Political Game, a textbook for introductory courses in American Government.

Ragins, Belle, Ph.D., University of Tennessee (Business Administration)
Dr. Ragins teaches, consults, and conducts research on diversity, mentoring, and gender issues in organizations. Her current research examines the development of mentoring relationships and explores how gender and diversity affect mentoring. Dr. Ragins has written more than 70 papers for presentations at national and international conferences and for publication in leading academic journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Applied Psychology and Psychological Bulletin. She is co-author of the book Mentoring and Diversity: An International Perspective. Her research was highlighted in U.S. News and World Report, Barron's Magazine, Harvard Business Review, Newsday, Wall Street Journal, Working Woman Magazine, and over 30 newspapers throughout the country.

Rast, Joel, Ph.D., University of Oregon Business (Political Science)
Dr. Rast teaching in Political Science his interests include Urban Development and Redevelopment since World War II, Urban Politics, Environmental Politics, and Intergovernmental Relations. Selected publications include: "Business Leadership on Smart Growth: Lessons from Chicago." International Journal of Public Administration (forthcoming). "Manufacturing Industrial Decline: The Politics of Economic Change in Chicago, 1955-1998." Journal of Urban Affairs, U.S. Department of Transportation, Transportation and Environmental Justice: Case Studies. Washington, DC: US Department of Transportation, 2000 (co-authored with the Louis Berger Group). Remaking Chicago: The Political Origins of Urban Industrial Change, DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 1999.

Yasai-Ardekani, Masoud, Ph.D., City University Business School, London (Business Administration)
Dr. Yasai specializes in strategic planning. He has conducted major empirical studies of strategic planning practices of both private and public sector organizations. Dr. Yasai is a member of the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society. He has presented his research at international conferences and has published numerous articles in the leading management journals: Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Management Information Systems Quarterly, and Management Science.