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  • Brad A.M. Johnson - Ph.D.
  • Department of Public Administration - North Carolina State University
  • Phone: (513) 377-5625 - Email: bajohn22@ncsu.edu

EDUCATION 

  • 2022 Ph.D., Public Administration, North Carolina State University
    • Dissertation Title: Inadvertent Leviathans: Policy accretion and complexity in public organizations
    • Defense: February 24, 2022
    • Chair: Jerrell Coggburn, Ph.D.
  • 2020 M.P.A., North Carolina State University
  • 2008 B.S., Urban Studies, University of Cincinnati

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2022 - 

  • Department of Political Science, University of Nevada, Reno
    • Assistant Professor

2018 - 2022

  • Department of Public Administration, North Carolina State University
    • Instructor of Record
    • Research Assistant
    • Teaching Assistant

2021 - 2022

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Published Works 

2022 

  • Johnson, B. A. M., Coggburn, J. D., & Llorens, J. J. (2022). Artificial Intelligence and Public Human Resource Management: Questions for Research and Practice. Public Personnel Management, 51(4), 538–562. https://doi.org/10.1177/00910260221126498
  • Johnson, B. A. M., Wilson, D., Stokan, E., & Overton, M. (2022). Patterns in Local Economic Development in Light of COVID-19. State and Local Government Review, 54(2), 174–191. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160323X221097711
  • Holder, J., Lawrence, K., Leight, M. D., Johnson, B.A.M., Stewart, A. J. “Prepping nonprofit professionals for the “New Normal”: An educational needs-assessment for a transforming world”.

2021  

  • Reitano, V., Jones, P. A., Johnson, B. A. M. “Civic engagement in the budget process” (2021). Journal of Government Financial Management. (Note)

2020

Works Under Review

  • Johnson, B. A. M., Jones, P. A., Reitano, V. “Local government characteristics and the propensity to adopt civic engagement mechanisms”. 
  • Johnson, B. A. M., “Routine nonroutine performance information: The case of public participation”.  
  • Johnson, B. A. M., Nelson, K., Sopher, M., “Subunit dynamics in local government organizations''. 

Book Reviews

2019

PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA

2021

  • Johnson, B. A. M. “Text Analysis for Local Government Organizational Mapping”. Presented virtually at the Public Management Review Conference.
  • Johnson, B. A. M. “Inadvertent Dysfunction: A Theory of Public Organization Accretion”. Presented virtually at the annual conference of the Public Administration Theory Network.
  • Johnson, B. A. M., Sanchez, J. “Local Public Economies: A complex urban governance framework to unify them all?” Presented virtually at the International Research Society for Public Management Conference (ISPRM).
  • Johnson, B. A. M. “Routine Nonroutine Performance Information.” Presented virtually at the American Society for Public Administration.
  • Johnson, B. A. M. Subunit Dynamics in Local Government Organizations. Presented at the American Society for Public Administration. 
  • Johnson, B. A. M. “Constructing Bureaucracy: The Process of Integrating Policy Action.” Presented at the Reappraising Bureaucracy Symposium.

2020

  • Leight, M. D., Lawrence, K., Stewart, A. J., “Prepping nonprofit professionals for the “New Normal”: An educational needs-assessment for a transforming world” Presented virtually at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. 
  • Johnson, B. A. M. “Seeing Ghosts: Toward a Theory of Public Sector Accretion.” Presented virtually at the Public Administration Theory Network Doctoral Showcase. 
  • Johnson, B. A. M. “Routine Nonroutine Performance Information.” Presented virtually at a public administration doctoral Symposium.
  • Johnson, B. A. M. “Ghosts of change past: Toward a theory of public sector accretion.” Accepted at the Public Management Research Conference (Poster). [Conference Cancelled]
  • Minkowitz, H., Johnson, B. A. M. “Civic Engagement as a Dynamic Capability.” Accepted at the annual conference of the Public Administration Theory Network. [Conference Cancelled]
  • Johnson, B. A. M. “Routine nonroutine performance information: The case of public feedback.” Accepted at the annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration 2020. [Conference Cancelled]
  • Johnson, B. A. M., Davis, R., McDonald, B. D. “Government trust and nonprofit support.” Accepted at the annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration. [Conference Cancelled]
  • Johnson, B. A. M. “A new competence: Data as a new language for public administrators.” Presented at the annual conference of the North Carolina Public Administration Association. 

2019

  • Johnson, B. A. M. “Citizen Engagement and the Fiscal Health of Local Governments.” Presented at the annual conference of ABFM.
  • McDonald, B. D., Decker, J. W., Johnson, B. A. M., & Allen, M. M. B. “You Don’t Always Get What You Want: The Effect of Financial Incentives on State Fiscal Health.” Presented at the annual conference of the Western Social Science Association. 
  • Johnson, B. A. M. “Citizen Engagement and the Fiscal Health of Local Governments.” Presented at the annual conference of the Western Social Science Association. 
  • McDonald, B D., Decker, J. W., Johnson, B. A. M., & Allen, M. M. B. “You Don’t Always Get What You Want: The Effect of Financial Incentives on State Fiscal Health.” Presented at the annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration. 

SELECTED REPORTS AND PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS

Reports

  • 2018 Johnson, B. A. M.  (2018). What is Civic Engagement to North Carolinians? Raleigh, NC: Institute for Emerging Issues, NC State University.
  • 2018 McDonald, B. D., & Johnson, B. (2018). Transportation: Faculty and Staff Priorities for Analysis. Raleigh, NC: NC State University.

Projects

  • 2019 - 2020 NC State Public Data Analytics Lab,  Development of Curriculum (2019-2020) 

GRANTS

  • 2021 08-142:  (Principal Investigator)
    • National Cooperative Highway Research Program
    • “Virtual Public Involvement: A Manual for Effective, Equitable, and Efficient Practices for Transportation Agencies”
    • Request: $1,000,000 (Budgeted Amount), Awarded: $0

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • 2021-2022 Instructor of Record, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    • PSC 604 - Public Personnel Management (Graduate, MPA)  
    • PSC 612 - Organizational Theory and Behavior (Graduate, MPA) 
    • PSC 311 - Introduction to Nonprofit Organizations (Undergraduate)
  • 2020 - 2021 Instructor of Record, North Carolina State University
    • PS 371 - Political Science Research Methods (Undergraduate) 
    • PS 312 - Introduction to Public Administration (Undergraduate)
  • 2019 Teaching Assistant, North Carolina State University
      • PS 201 - Introduction to American Government and Politics (Undergraduate)
  • 2018 - 2021 Guest Lecturer
    • Digital Democracy: PA Civic Engagement, Technology, and Ethics
    • (NC State; Duke University; University of Colorado, Denver)
  • 2020 North Carolina State University, Course Prep
    • PA 598 - Practicum in Strategic Planning (Graduate)
    • PA 510 - Public AdministrationValues (Graduate)

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

2016 - 2019 Co-Founder / VP Public Sector Solutions / Director of Engagement 

PublicInput.com

2012 - 2016 Implementation Consultant

Farragut Systems; CivicPlus

2010 - 2012 Planning Technician

Town of Knightdale, NC

 

SERVICE 

Public Administration Community

  • ASPA Section of Public Administration Education (Chair-Elect)
  • ASPA Section for Public Administration Research (Treasurer)
  • Public Administration Theory Network (Board Member)
  • Affiliations
    • ASPA LGBTQ Advocacy Alliance
    • Academy of Management - Public and Nonprofit Organizations, Organizational Theory, Information Technology
  • Peer-Reviewer
    • Academy of Management - Public and Nonprofit, Organizational Theory, and Information Technology Divisions
    • Public Management Review
    • Public Integrity
    • Review of Public Personnel Administration

North Carolina State University

  • Graduate Peer Mentor
  • Graduate Association of Public Administration - Graduate Student Association and Ph.D. Representative

Community

  • City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation, and Greenway Advisory Board (Former Chair)
  • City of Raleigh Citizen Engagement Task Force
  • Central Citizens Advisory Council (Former Chair) 
  • Visual Art Exchange (Nonprofit, Board Member)
  • RGreenway (Open Data Software Application, Project Team)