Dr. Elizabeth Fredericksen earned her B.S. and M.P.A. degrees from the University of Idaho, and then a Ph.D. in Political Science from Washington State University. She joined the faculty of the departments of Public Policy and Administration and Political Science at Boise State University in 1998, where she is also the Director of Graduate Studies for the MPA Program. She teaches both undergraduates and graduate students, and in the MPA program teaches courses on such subjects as public personnel administration, government administration, ethics, and grant writing. She also consults with public, private and nonprofit organizations in ethics, workplace civility, and strategic planning. Dr. Fredericksen's research interests are in Public Administration and Personnel/Voluntary Action including workplace incivility, aggression, and bullying; nonprofit management and organizational capacity; and volunteer program administration. She also studies issues in Civic Engagement and Public Administration looking at factors that influence effective citizen involvement ranging from neighborhood design to residential associations.
Articles
Providing Shelter for the Homeless: Faith-Based Organizations as Instruments of the Public Good (with Stephanie L. Witt), Public Policy Center at Boise State University (2011)
Networked public service delivery requires attention to accountability and implementation in the public interest. Using...
Fostering Neighborhood Viscosity: Does Design Matter? (with Susan G. Mason), Community Development Journal (2011)
Municipal governments often struggle with growth and infrastructure while trying to emphasize collaboration between citizens...
When the Music Stops: Succession is More than Filling Seats, State and Local Government Review (2010)
State and local governments are handling budget challenges brought on by a major recession and...
Accountability and the Use of Volunteer Officers in Public Safety Organizations (with Daniel Levin), Public Performance & Management Review (2004)
Government programs increasingly depend on volunteers to compensate for lagging fiscal support while engaging the...
Building Sustainable Communities: Leadership Development Along the U.S.-Mexico Border, Public Administration Quarterly (2004)
Much attention to revitalization in central urban neighborhoods focuses upon economic development and the infusion...
Books
Human Resource Management: The Public Service Perspective (with W. David Patton, Stephanie L. Witt, and Nicholas Lovrich), Faculty Authored Books (2002)
[This book] is a combination text, reader, and casebook. It includes techniques and practices, as...
Contributions to Books
Sustaining Community Through Collaboration: The Value of Conflict Management Training for Community Leaders (with Nicholas P. Lovrich), Creating Sustainable Community Programs: Examples of Collaborative Public Administration (2001)
Many Americans seem fearful that all is not well in their world despite material abundance...
Don’t Ask - Don’t Tell: Legal Issues and Management Strategies in the Development and Implementation of Binational, Municipal Environmental Agreements (with William G. Weaver), Handbook of Global Environmental Policy and Administration (1999)
Investing in Community Consensus: Implications for Conflict Management Training and Community Leadership, Workbook for Interest-Based Problem Solving in Local Government: Lessons From Fieldwork Experimentation and Follow-up Research (1998)
Presentations
Gender, Leadership, and Workplace Aggression Policy (with Rosanne London), Pacific Northwest Political Science Association (2010)
Public Administration's Perspective on Conflict Management, Western Social Science Association (2010)
Conflict is omnipresent in all organizations and is of special concern for public administrators. Schattschneider...
Identifying and Cueing Network Membership (with Stephanie L. Witt), Western Political Science Association (2009)
Innovations in service delivery require due attention to the accountable implementation of public policy in...