Jocelyn Johnston Professor Public Administration and Policy
- Degrees
- PhD, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
MPA, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
BA, Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy, LeMoyne College - Bio
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Professor Johnston鈥檚 current research focuses on government contracting, public management, and intergovernmental programs and policy. Her publications can be seen in such scholarly journals as the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, and Administration and Society. Her funded research includes several studies of social welfare reform in the states funded by the Federalism Research Group, State Capacity Project, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany (funded by the Kellogg Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and others), and the States of Kansas and Pennsylvania. Johnston has served on executive committees and editorial boards for several leading professional organizations and journals.
Professor Johnston also has extensive practical experience, having served for ten years in local government administering federally and state funded social welfare programs. She has served as Chair of the National Association for Budgeting and Financial Management and the Public Administration Section of the American Political Science Association. She serves currently on the Executive Committee of the Public Management Research Association.
- See Also
- SPA Department of Public Administration and Policy
- For the Media
- To request an interview for a news story, call 小蓝视频 Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.
Teaching
Fall 2024
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PUAD-609 Topics in Public Management: State and Local Management
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PUAD-610 Public Administration Capstone
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PUAD-899 Doctoral Dissertation
Spring 2025
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PUAD-610 Public Administration Capstone
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PUAD-610 Public Administration Capstone
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PUAD-899 Doctoral Dissertation
Partnerships & Affiliations
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Public Management Research Association
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American Political Science Association
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Association for Budgeting and Financial Management
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Association for Public Policy and Management
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American Society for Public Administration
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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Research Interests
Government contracting, public management, intergovernmental programs and policy, social welfare policy and administration.
Selected Publications
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- 鈥淐ontracting: Promise, Performance, Perils, Possibilities,鈥 (forthcoming), with Barbara S. Romzek, in Robert F. Durant, Ed., The Oxford Handbook of American Bureaucracy, Oxford University Press. 聽 聽
- 鈥淐ommentary on J. Edwin Benton, 鈥楾rends in Local Government Revenues: The Old, the New, and the Future鈥,鈥 (forthcoming)聽 proceedings from聽 鈥淭he Changing Landscape of Local Public Revenues,鈥澛 2009 Land Policy Conference, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, May 31-June 2, 2009, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 聽 聽
- 鈥淎merican Exceptionalism, Human Resource Management,聽 and The Contract State,鈥 (2009),聽 with Robert F. Durant and Amanda M. Girth, Review of Public Personnel Administration, 29, 3, September: 207-229 聽 聽
- 鈥淲elfare Reform 鈥 a Devolution Success Story?鈥 (2008), in Paul Posner and Timothy Conlan, eds., Intergovernmental Management For The 21st Century, sponsored by the National Academy of Public Administration.聽 Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution Press. 聽 聽
- 鈥淪ocial Welfare Contracts as Networks: The Impact of Network Stability on Management and Performance,鈥 (2008), with Barbara S. Romzek, Administration and Society, 40, 2, April:聽 115-146. 聽 聽
- 鈥淪tate Social Services Contracting: Exploring Determinants of Effective Contract Accountability,鈥 (2005), with Barbara S. Romzek, Public Administration Review, 65, 4, July/August. 聽 聽
- 鈥淭raditional Contracts as Partnerships:聽 Effective Accountability in Social Services Contracts in the American States," (2005), with Barbara S. Romzek, in Carsten Greve and Graeme Hodge, eds., The Challenge of Public-Private Partnerships- Learning from International Experience (Edward Elgar Publishing.) 聽 聽
- 鈥淭he Challenges of Contracting and Accountability across the Federal System: From Ambulances to Space Shuttles,鈥 (2004), with Barbara S. Romzek and Curtis Wood, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 34, 3, Summer. 聽 聽
- 鈥淭he Impacts of School Finance Reform in Kansas: Equity is in the Eye of the Beholder,鈥 (2004) with William Duncombe, in John Yinger, ed., Helping Children Left Behind:聽 State Aid and the Pursuit of Educational Equity, John Yinger (MIT Press). 聽 聽
- 鈥淐ontracting and Accountability: A Model of Effective Contracting Drawn from the U.S. Experience,鈥 (2004) with Barbara S. Romzek, in Unbundled Government: A Critical Analysis of the Global Trend to Agencies, Quangos, and Contractualisation, Christopher Pollitt and Colin Talbot, eds. (London: Routledge).
Professional Presentations
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- 鈥淭he Challenges of Government Contracting,鈥 presented to the Copenhagen Business School鈥檚 Danish Public Executive Program, 小蓝视频, October 29th, 2009, Washington, DC. 聽 聽
- 鈥淜atrina and Rita: Challenges to the Federal-State Social Safety Net鈥 presented at Carmen Group Policy Forum, "Katrina: Rebuilding After Disaster,鈥 School of Public Affairs, 小蓝视频, November 7th, 2005. 聽 聽
- 鈥淗ealth, Education, and Welfare:聽 Do We Really Have Options?鈥 presented at the Economic Policy Conference, Policy Research Institute, University of Kansas, October 17th, 2002 聽 聽
- 鈥溾橬ew鈥 Federalism??? Or The Devolution Tortoise and the Centralization Hare,鈥 presented at the Mid-America Intergovernmental Audit Forum sponsored by the U.S. General Accounting Office, Kansas City, Missouri, May 3, 2001. 聽 聽
- 鈥淪tate and Local Finance,鈥 presented at Seminar on Innovation in Mexican and U.S. Local Government Relations, February 21st, 2001, University of Kansas. 聽 聽
- "School Finance Reform in Kansas: An Update," presented at the University Forum, University of Kansas, September, 1996.
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
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- Kaufman Award for the best paper in Public Administration presented at the 2001 American Political Science Association national conference, with Barbara S. Romzek. 聽 聽
- Vice Chancellor鈥檚 Administrative Fellow, University of Kansas, 2001-2002. 聽 聽
- John Ben Snow Foundation Doctoral Fellowship, Syracuse University, 1993. 聽 聽
- Emil and Maud Beck Family Doctoral Scholarship, Syracuse University, 1992 聽 聽
- New York State Government Finance Officers Association Scholar, 1989
Grants and Sponsored Research
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- 鈥淢anaging the Market鈥:聽聽 Examining the Effects of Noncompetitive Provider Markets on the Management of Government Contracts,鈥 小蓝视频 Faculty Research Award, $10,000, 2008-09.聽 聽 聽
- 鈥淢edicaid and Faith-Based Organizations: A Preliminary Review,鈥 funded by the Federalism Research Group, State Capacity Project, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany.聽 Completed 3/04 聽 聽
- 鈥淢edicaid Sustainability:聽 Budgetary and Administrative Actions in 2003 for FY 2004,鈥 funded by the Federalism Research Group, State Capacity Project, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany.聽 Completed 2/04. 聽 聽
- 鈥淪taff Development in a State Medicaid Agency: A Case Study of Pennsylvania,鈥 funded by the Federalism Research Group, State Capacity Project, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany (Kellogg Foundation funding), and the State of Pennsylvania.聽 Completed 6/03. 聽 聽
- 鈥淔ood Stamp Take-Up and Welfare Reform,鈥 funded by the Federalism Research Group, State Capacity Project, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany, Kellogg Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funding.聽 Completed 12/02. 聽 聽
- 鈥淢edicaid Sustainability: Budgetary and Administrative Action in 2002,鈥 funded by the Federalism Research Group, State Capacity Project, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funding.聽 Completed 7/02. 聽 聽
- 鈥淚mplementing Welfare Reform, Round Two,鈥 funded by the Federalism Research Group, State Capacity Project, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany, Kellogg Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funding.聽 Completed 7/02. 聽 聽
- 鈥淢edicaid Take-Up and Welfare Reform,鈥 funded by the Federalism Research Group, State Capacity Project, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany, Kellogg Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funding.聽 Completed 11/01. 聽 聽
- 鈥淢anaging鈥 Medicaid Managed Care: A Ten-State Comparison,鈥 funded by the Federalism Research Group, State Capacity Project, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany and the Center for Health Care Strategies.聽 Completed 7/01. 聽 聽
- 鈥淲elfare Reform Implementation Update,鈥 funded by the Federalism Research Group, State Capacity Project, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany, Kellogg Foundation funding.聽 Completed 9/00. 聽 聽
- 鈥淭heory Building for State Social Service Contracting: Policy Rationales, Institutional Adjustments and Accountability,鈥 Co-PI with Barbara S. Romzek, University of Kansas General Research Fund, 1999-2000 award. 聽 聽
- 鈥淚mplementing Medicaid Managed Care,鈥 funded by the Federalism Research Group, State Capacity Project, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany, Kellogg Foundation funding.聽 Completed 4/00. 聽 聽
- 鈥淎n Evaluation of the Kansas Medicaid Managed Care Program in Kansas, and Additional Management Topics on an Ad Hoc Basis,鈥 (Michael Fox, PI), funded by the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.聽 Completed 3/00. 聽 聽
- 鈥淣ational Study of County Revenue Capacity and Fiscal Conditions,鈥 funded by the National Association of Counties, with Michael Pagano and Philip Russo.聽 Completed 11/99. 聽 聽
- 鈥淧rivatization of State Social Services: The Kansas Experience with Medicaid Case Management,鈥 funded by a PriceWaterhouse Coopers Research Fellowship, from PriceWaterhouse Coopers Endowment, with Barbara Romzek.聽 Completed 10/99. 聽 聽
- 鈥淪tatus and Prospects for Access by Medicaid Beneficiaries to Dental Health Services in Kansas,鈥 (Raymond Davis, PI), funded by the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund.聽 Completed 6/99. 聽 聽
- 鈥淚mplementing Medicaid Reform in Kansas: A Pilot Study,鈥 funded by the Federalism Research Group, State Capacity Project, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany, Kellogg Foundation funding.聽 Completed 2/99. 聽 聽
- 鈥淚mplementing Welfare Reform in Kansas,鈥 supplemental research funded by the Federalism Research Group, State Capacity Project, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany, Kellogg Foundation funding.聽 Completed 11/98. 聽 聽
- 鈥淣ational Study of County Revenue Capacity and Fiscal Conditions,鈥 with Michael Pagano and Philip Russo, National Association of Counties funding.聽 Completed 7/98. 聽 聽
- 鈥淓valuation of Medicaid Managed Care Program,鈥 State of Kansas, Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services funding, with Michael Fox and Raymond Davis.聽 Completed 6/98. 聽 聽
- 鈥淚mplementing Welfare Reform in Kansas,鈥 Field Research Associate (Kansas) Report for the Federalism Research Group, State Capacity Project, Rockefeller Institute of Government, SUNY Albany, Kellogg Foundation funding.聽 Implementing Welfare Reform.聽 Completed 12/97. 聽 聽
- 鈥淎ssessing the Status of the Uninsured in the State of Kansas; Assessing the Managed Care Industry in Kansas,鈥 with Raymond Davis, Michael Fox, and Barbara Langner, Kansas Department of Health and Environment funding. Completed 12/97.
小蓝视频 Experts
Area of Expertise
Government contracting and contract management; public management, intergovernmental programs, state and local government programs and policy
Additional Information
Jocelyn Johnston鈥檚 research focuses on government contracting, state and local government programs and policy, intergovernmental fiscal relations, and public management. Johnston's work includes several studies of social welfare reforms in the states.
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call 小蓝视频 Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.