Dr. Christine M. Reed

Regents/Foundation Professor
Director, Nebraska Municipal Clerks Institute and Master Academy
Date of Appointment: 1982

Phone: 402-554-2864
E-mail: creed@mail.unomaha.edu
Fax: 402-554-2682
Office: CB 111

Primary Expertise

Public and Administrative Law
Environmental and Animal Law and Ethics
Health Care for People with Disabilities

Education

B.A., Government Connecticut College 1971
M.A., Political Science Brown University 1974
Ph.D., Political Science Brown University 1983

Courses Taught

Foundations of Public Administration (doctoral core seminar)
Public Administration and Democracy
Seminar in Administrative Law

Professional Research

Dr. Reed's research in public and administrative law during the past year has focused on the evolution of institutional reform litigation in the policy area of health and disabilities, examining the effects of “new governance” on judicial intervention in public administration. Dr. Reed has received funding from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to examine the risk factors for placing children with special health care needs in nursing facilities, as well as to conduct an independent assessment of the state’s Medicaid Managed Care program and to facilitate the state’s five year needs assessment for the federal Title V Children with Special Health Care Needs program.

Dr. Reed developed her interests in environmental and animal ethics during her professional development leave 10 years ago. Her most recent work focuses on the public management of wild horses in the U.S., Western Europe and Asia. Dr. Reed's recent search in both areas has appeared in Public Administration Review, International Journal of Public Administration, Administrative Theory & Praxis, Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Policy, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics and Administrative Law and Regulatory News.

Professional Activities

Dr. Reed is an associate member of the American Bar Association and past chair of two sections of ASPA: the Section on Public Law and Administration and the Section on Environmental and Natural Resource Administration. She has served on the editorial boards of both Public Administration Review and Administrative Theory & Praxis. Currently, she directs the Nebraska Municipal Clerks Institute and Master Academy. She serves on the Doctoral Program Committee. Between 1995 and 2000 she was Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, then Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean for Graduate Studies both on an interim basis. Dr. Reed has served on the Nebraska Governor's Developmental Disability Planning Council, the Nebraska Medicaid Management Care Commission, and several advisory committees to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services related to Children with Special Health Care Needs. Dr. Reed currently serves as one of two Nebraska Network Members for Family Voices, a national network of parents and professionals caring for children with complex medical conditions.

Hobbies & Interests

Dr. Reed started playing classical piano ten years ago, and is currently a student in the studio of Dr. James Johnson, Spire Chair of Keyboard Music at UNO. She plays instrumental music for St. John’s parish at Creighton University. She has a 22-year-old son, Charley, who is a senior at UNO majoring in broadcasting, and a 20-year-old daughter Brenda, who is a junior at UNO majoring in exercise science. Dr. Reed continues to pursue her life-long passion for horses by owning and riding Grace, her Arabian mare.