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Ph.D. in Public Administration Student Biographies 2003-2004

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Name: Mamie Brisker
Email Address: mamiebrisker@aol.com
Status in Program: 1st year
Classes Being Taught and Links to Course Website: None
Areas of Concentration: Public Policy
Interests: Civil Rights, Women's Rights, Public Policy, National Defense, Criminology
Degrees/Institutions: B.S. in Business Administration from Shawnee State University; MPA from the University of Toledo in Toledo, OH.

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Name: Kim Delaney 
Email Address: delaney1@adelphia.net
Status in Program: Writing Dissertation 
Classes Being Taught: n/a (currently City Planner in Stuart, Florida) 
Areas of Concentration: Growth Management 
Interests: Varied 
Degrees/Institutions: B.A. 1990 (Political Science), M.A. 1992 (Political Science, Public Administration), University of Florida  

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Name: Mary M. Dickens Johnson
Email Address: conchcontracts@aol.com
Status in Program:  1st Year PhD Student 
Classes Being Taught: n/a 
Areas of Concentration:  Budgeting, Organization & Statistics
Interests:  Procurement, Information Technology in Public Policy
Degrees/Institutions: B.A. Iowa State University, Majors:  Anthropology, International Studies, Individual Major in African Studies through Honors Program, 1976, M.A. University of Hawaii, Political Science, 1979, M.A. Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1986

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Name: Robin Larson 
Email Address: robinlrson@aol.com
Status in Program:  3rd Year (Part-Time) Still Doing Pre-Comp Coursework 
Classes Being Taught: n/a 
Areas of Concentration:  Criminal Justice 
Interests:  Reading 
Degrees/Institutions:  BA, MPA – Florida Atlantic University 

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Name: Shari Lyes-MacLachlan
Email Address: lyess@pbcc.edu
Status in Program: Doctoral Candidate
Classes Being Taught: PAD4806
Areas of Concentration: Public Policy, Policy Evaluation, and Intergovernmental Relations
Interests: Teaching (currently a fulltime faculty member at Palm Beach Community College) and Family (husband, Scott, and two children, Matthew, 11, and Lindsay, 3).
Degrees/Institutions: B.A./Georgetown University and M.P.A./FAU

 

Name: Jennifer O'Flannery Email :  jlof@bellsouth.net                                                                                                                          Status in Program:  almost a candidate, finishing my dissertation proposal 
Classes Being Taught: n/a
Areas of Concentration: Organization Theory; higher education, leadership, governance
Interests:  volunteer with the pet therapy program of the Humane Society                                                Degrees/Institutions: BS in Public Relations/Communications from Florida State University, MA in Mass Communications from University of South Florida 

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Name: Bob Pope
Email Address: POPE@FAU.EDU
Status in Program: Still Taking Classes
Classes Being Taught and Links to Course Website: n/a
Areas of Concentration: Finance and Organization Behavior
Interests: n/a
Degrees/Institutions: MPA FAU 1996, MBA – NOVA 1986, BS In Accounting FAU 1976

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Name: Cindy Lee Pressley
Email Address: cindyuf1998@cs.com
Status in Program: 1st year Doctoral Student
Classes Being Taught: Public Personnel (Spring 04)
Areas of Concentration: Organization Studies
Interests: n/a
Degrees/Institutions: BA- University of Florida: JD- University of Richmond

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Name: Kirk Sorenson 
Email Address: ksoren@att.net 
Status in Program:  Starting Dissertation Process 
Classes Being Taught: n/a 
Areas of Concentration:  Policy/Finance 
Interests:  Politics, Quality Management, Disaster Mitigation 
Degrees/Institutions:  BS - Iowa University, MPA - Nova SE University 

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Name: Natacha Jasmine Yacinthe                                                                                                                                                          Email Address: nyacinthe@ci.north-miami.fl.us                                                                                                                                     Status in Program: Currently writing the dissertation, have collected all data.
Areas of Concentration: Policy implementation and community development and planning                                                Interests: n/a
                                                                                                                                                                         Degrees/Institutions: Masters in Environmental and Urban Systems from the College of Engineering at Florida International University. Bachelors in Public Administration at FIU. Associates in Geography from Miami-Dade Community College