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Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy and Administration

Dr. Ana-Maria Dimand started at Boise State University in 2020 and is currently an assistant professor with the Department of Public Policy and Administration. She received a Ph.D. in public affairs, and a graduate certificate in public finance, procurement, and contract management both from Florida International University, as well as a Bachelor of Laws from Romanian-American University. Dr. Dimand’s research interest include public management, environmental policy, collaborative governance, and local government. She is affiliated with a number of associations including the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, the American Society for Public Administration, and the International City/County Management Association to name a few.

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Dr. Ana-Maria Dimand started at Boise State University in 2020 and is currently an assistant professor with the Department of Public Policy and Administration. She received a Ph.D. in public affairs, and a graduate certificate in public finance, procurement, and contract management both from Florida International University, as well as a Bachelor of Laws from Romanian-American University. Dr. Dimand’s research interest include public management, environmental policy, collaborative governance, and local government. She is affiliated with a number of associations including the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, the American Society for Public Administration, and the International City/County Management Association to name a few.

Peer-Reviewed Articles (12)

Bottom-Up Innovation Adoption of Green Public Procurement in the United States (Ana-Maria Diamand and Shaoming Cheng) Local Government Studies (2023)

Climate change and its outcomes are complex issues facing communities worldwide. Among policy options to address such issues, existing scholarship focuses mainly on regulatory policies. An innovative market-based policy option is green public procurement (GPP), ...

Human Capital Drivers of Employee Intent to Innovate: The Case of Public Procurement Professionals (Ana-Maria Diamand, Sawsan Abutabenjeh, Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa, et al.) Review of Public Personnel Administration (2023)

Innovation is often promoted as the path to overcoming the burdens of bureaucratic organizations and fostering improved service to the public. In a moment where governments face dynamic administrative and policy challenges, there is great ...

Social Equity in Federal Contracting During Emergencies: A Portfolio Management Perspective (Ana-Maria Diamand, Andrea S. Patrucco, Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa, et al.) Public Administration Review (2023)

While the U.S. federal government strives to advance social equity in government contracting through various policies to support small disadvantaged business enterprises (SDBEs), entry barriers persist. Drawing on federal government spending data from the initial ...

How Can Procurement Create (Sustainable) Public Value Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal? (Andrea S. Patrucco, Ana-Maria Dimand, Milena I. Neshkova, et al.) Public Administration Review (2023)

The economic response of the US government to the COVID-19 pandemic envisions massive investment in infrastructure construction. Yet, governments contract out public works and might lack the capacity to meet the increased demand for new ...

The Nexus Between Gender Diversity and Research Performance: The Case of Public Procurement (Sawsan Abutabenjeh, Ana-Maria Dimand, Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa, et al.) International Journal of Public Administration (2023)

Although the nexus between performance and gender diversity has been widely researched in different contexts, we know little about the role gender diversity in co-authoring procurement research plays on research productivity. Using diversity performance literature ...

Determinants of the Success of Cooperative Public Procurement (Sawsan Abutabenjeh, Ana-Maria Diamand and Jie Tao) Public Performance & Management Review (2023)

Governments at all levels face pressures to provide the best quality services by optimizing expenditures. Collaborative governance, which has been advanced as a tool to improve public service delivery, is widely discussed in mainstream public ...

Determinants of Local Government Innovation: The Case of Green Public Procurement in the United States (Ana Maria Dimand) International Journal of Public Sector Management (2022)

Purpose – Green public procurement (GPP) may be a viable solution and an innovative policy tool for public managers to address complex environmental issues facing communities globally. Given their substantial purchasing power, local GPP initiatives ...

Community Social Capital, Political Values, or Organizational Capacity?: Indicators of Engagement in Sustainable Public Procurement at the Local Level (Evelyn Rodriguez-Plesa, Ana-Maria Dimand and Mohamad G. Alkadry) Journal of Cleaner Production (2022)

Local governments are responsible for addressing environmental, social, and economic issues affecting their communities. Sustainable public procurement (SPP) offers a mechanism for local governments to address such issues by strategically utilizing government funds to efficiently ...

Democracy, Complexity, and Science: Exploring Structural Sources of National Scientific Performance (Travis A. Whetsell, Ana-Maria Dimand, Koen Jonkers, et al.) Science and Public Policy (2021)

Scholars have long hypothesized that democratic forms of government are more compatible with scientific advancement. However, empirical analysis testing the democracy–science compatibility hypothesis remains underdeveloped. This article explores the effect of democratic governance on scientific ...

A Review of Public Administration Research: Where Does Public Procurement Fit In? (Evelyn Trammell, Sawsan Abutabenjeh and Ana-Maria Dimand) International Journal of Public Administration (2020)

This study conducts a content analysis of public procurement research in top ranked public administration journals to identify prevalent procurement topics and where gaps exist. This research is unprecedented and illustrates the current integration of ...

Journal of Public Affairs Education at 25: Topics, Trends, and Authors (Jos Raadschelders, Travis Whetsell, Ana-Maria Dimand, et al.) Journal of Public Affairs Education (2019)

Upon the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Journal of Public Affairs Education (JPAE), this article examines its development from 1995 to 2018. Many scholars in public affairs and administration have published in its ...

The Power of Public Procurement: Social Equity and Sustainability as Externalities and as Deliberate Policy Tools (Mohamad G. Alkadry, Evelyn Trammell and Ana-Maria Dimand) International Journal of Procurement Management (2019)

Cities in the USA are facing the impacts of climate change and socio-economic disparities on a daily basis. In response, local governments are leading other public and even private organisations on sustainability efforts in general ...

Democracy, Globalization, and Science (Travis A. Whetsell, Koen Jonkers, Ana-Maria Dimand, et al.) Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (2019)

The relationship between democracy and science has long been discussed by scholars. However, the question has not been adequately addressed empirically at the international level. Using panel data on 161 countries over a seven-year period, ...

Job Order Contracting (JOC) as an Alternative Project Delivery Method: Challenges and Opportunities (Andrea S. Patrucco and Ana-Maria Dimand) (2021)

In 2021, Gordian and NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement partnered to conduct market research on construction project delivery method challenges and opportunities. The scope of this research was to better understand construction procurement trends, ...

Congress Passes $1T Infrasructure Bill: But How Does the Government Go About Spending That Much Money? (Ana Maria Dimand) The Conversation (2021)

The U.S. Congress passed an infrastructure bill that funds more than a trillion dollars in nationwide federal spending on Nov. 5, 2021.The bill puts about US$240 billion toward building or rebuilding roads, bridges, public transit, airports and railways. More than ...

The Trump Administration Feuded with State and Local Leaders Over Pandemic Response – Now the Biden Administration is Trying to Turn Back a Page in History (Ana Maria Dimand and Benjamin M. Brunjes) The Conversation (2021)

As the U.S. recovers from the pandemic, the Biden administration is working to rebuild relationships across levels of government, from the top to the bottom, that were strained during the presidency of Donald Trump. In ...

Reviews and Commentaries (2)

A Good Life on a Finite Earth: The Political Economy of Green Growth (Ana M. Dimand) PAR: Public Administration Review (2019)

“Having your cake and eating it too, fantasy or reality ?” (Schmalensee 2012, 56 as cited by Fiorino 2018, 26). Daniel Fiorino (2018) seeks to make the case for a positive relationship between economic growth and the environment, ...

Green Public Procurement as Tool for the Green New Deal (Ana-Maria Dimand) PAR: Public Administration Review Blog (2019)

In 2018, the Federal government spent around 890 billion dollars on contractual services and supplies. State and local governments spend an additional 1.72 trillion dollars annually. By leveraging its vast purchasing power, governments can put their enormous leverage ...

Social Capital, Political Values or Organizational Capacity?: Indicators of Engagement in Sustainable Procurement at the Local Level (Mohamad Alkadry, Evelyn Trammell and Ana-Maria Dimand) PMRC 2019: Public Management Research Conference (2019)

Total government spending accounts for 32% of the Gross Domestic Product in the United States (Office of Management and Budget, n.d.). How government spends its money and where it spends its money can be engineered ...