Doctoral Student Profiles
Aleks Pitt
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Change Management, Planning and evaluation, and Policy change and employee satisfaction
apitt@unomaha.edu
Allegra Gibson
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Public budgeting, Communication, and Organizational values
ahardin@unomaha.edu
Andres Gomez
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Migration and security, Government organizations, Policy making process, and Policy networks
agomezlopez@unomaha.edu
Andrew Burk
Bobita Mohajan
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Citizen participation in digital government, Digital government in 311 services, and Artificial Intelligence in local government
bmohajan@unomaha.edu
Bunmi Lawoyin
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Urban Management, Public Policy, Public and Nonprofit Management, Community Development
blawoyin@unomaha.edu
Camtrice Botos
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Organizational Theory, Philanthropy & Fundraising, Power & Identity, and Community Engagement
clbexten@unomaha.edu
Carol Redwing
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Social Equity, Intersectionality, The Climate Crisis, Posthuman Theory, Indigenous Sovereignty, U.S. Federal Indian Policy, Philanthropy and Democracy, Ethical AI, and Emergency Management
credwing@unomaha.edu
Charita Dailey
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Social capital theory, Philanthropic particularism, Philanthropic paternalism, and Social equity
cdailey@unomaha.edu
Claire Hoff
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Nonprofit Management, Critical Theory, Organizational Learning, and Equitable Evaluation
clairebuddenberg@unomaha.edu
Dakota Caldwell
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Disability, Neurodivergence, Theory Development, Semiotics, Project/Program Management, Health Risks and Impacts, and Economic Risks and Impacts
Dakotacaldwell@unomaha.edu
Dan Hayes
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Nonprofit Finance, Government Budgeting, Public Administration
Danielhayes@unomaha.edu
Daniel Fitzgerald
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Democratic governance and accountability, Community resilience and adaptive governance, Urban sustainability and Environmental policy, Urban political economy and fiscal innovation, and Informal economies
danfitzgerald@unomaha.edu
Erik Servellon
Doctoral Student
eservellon@unomaha.edu
Fakhrul Patwary
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Health policy analytics, policy process, and evaluation—integrating data-driven methodologies to assess, inform, and optimize evidence-based policy interventions
fpatwary@unomaha.edu
Ibrahim Shafau
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Critical Theory & Pedagogy, Public Policy, and Nonprofit Management
ishafau@unomaha.edu
Ignacio Ruelas
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Public Finance and Budgeting, Fiscal Federalism
iruelasavila@unomaha.edu
Jaewon Oh
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Public Budgeting & Financial Management, Financial Condition of Local governments, Fiscal Institutions, and Public Policy
joh@unomaha.edu
Jihoo Han
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Public Budgeting & Financial Management, Local Government Finance, Fiscal Health and Sustainability, Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations, Spatial Econometrics
jihoohan@unomaha.edu
Jiyun Baek
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Public Management, Digital Governance, Human Resource Management
jiyunbaek@unomaha.edu
John O’Halloran
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Digital governance, Algorithmic oversight, Critical infrastructure risk, and Evidence based policy
johalloran@unomaha.edu
Jonathan Wong
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Civic Engagement, Critical Race Theory, Public Policy & Process
jwong@unomaha.edu
Jungmin Hwang
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Public Budgeting & Financial Management, Fiscal Stress & Health in Local Governments, Performance-Based Budgeting, Time-Series Forecasting
jungminhwang@unomaha.edu
Kaci Richter
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Nonprofit news, Public service journalism, and Public value.
Krichter5@nebraska.edu
Kenya Love
Keristiena Dodge
Leticia (Stacey) Tetteh
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Social Equity, Educational Philanthropy, Post colonial theories, Democratic Plurality, Civic Engagement
ltetteh@unomaha.edu
Melanie Chapman
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Public Policy, Public Administration Theory
mmchapman@unomaha.edu
Michael Lee
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Transportation Policy and Budgeting, Social Equity, Nonprofit Resiliency, Pension Fund Management and Reforms, AI in Government Finance, Cross-sector Collaboration
mlee50@unomaha.edu
Monica Lea
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Administrative ethics, Social media and algorithms, Philanthropy, Nonprofit management and resilience
mlea2@unl.edu
Paola Briones
Rachael Mcleod
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Social and racial justice, Public administration, Higher education, Equity interventions
rmcleod@unomaha.edu
Richard K. Nkrumah
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Public Budgeting & Finance, IT in Public Service
rnkrumah@unomaha.edu
Roger Garcia
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Municipal Governance and Leadership, Nonprofit Governance and Leadership, LatCrit
rogergarcia@unomaha.edu
Ryan Rouse
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Public Administration Theory, Organization Theory, Algorithmic Governance, Psychoanalysis, Public Management, Public Policy
rrouse@nebraska.edu
Shawn Maxwell
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Peer Networks, Collaborative Governance, Collaborative partnerships Among Nonprofits, Governance in Rural Communities, Open Systems Theory & Process Evaluation
shawnmaxwell@unomaha.edu
Sheldon Brennemann
Sher Jan Ahmadzai
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Public Policy, Policy Formulation, Governance
sahmadzai@unomaha.edu
Sukwon Choi
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: AI Governance, AI Regulatory Framework, Renewable Energy
sukwonchoi@unomaha.edu
Taylor Smith
Tracy McTavish Mlady
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Data literacy, Digital governance, Analytics
tmctavishmlady@unomaha.edu
wcjensen@unomaha.edu
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Telework and remote working, Public Service Motivation
wcjensen@unomaha.edu
Xiaowei Song
Doctoral Candidate
Research Areas: Capital Planning & Budgeting, Infrastructure Financing, Performance Budgeting & Management, Citizen Participation, Public Policy Evaluation
xiaoweisong@unomaha.edu
Yuriko Doku
Doctoral Student
Research Areas: Leadership, Gender inequality, Mentoring, Community engagement, Migration, Social equity, Gender budgeting
ydoku@unomaha.edu2024 Job Placements
Yeonkyung Kim
Kean University | Ph.D. graduate, 2024
Research Areas: Technology & Data Analysis, Public Policy
yekim@kean.edu
Yi Fan Wang
National Cheng Kung University | Ph.D. graduate, 2024
Research Areas: Digital Governance, Artificial Intelligence, Policy Implementation, and Phenomenology
molinawang@gs.ncku.edu.tw
Grace (Seoeun) Jung
University of La Verne | Ph.D. graduate, 2024
Research Areas: Social Equity, Nonprofit Management, Technology & Data Analysis
sjung@laverne.edu2023 Job Placements
Bit An
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | Ph.D. graduate, 2022
Research Areas: Public budgeting and finance & nonprofit financial management
anb@uwgb.edu
Felipe Blanco
University of Colorado Denver | Ph.D. graduate, May, 2023
Research Areas: Social Equity and Comparative Public Administration
felipe.blanco@ucdenver.edu
Wei-Jie Liao
John Jay College of Criminal Justice - CUNY | Ph.D. graduate, May, 2023
Specializations: Public Budgeting & Finance, Public Policy
wliao@jjay.cuny.edu