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Sandra M. Emerson

Sandra M. Emerson

Professor

MPA, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences

Email

smemerson@cpp.edu

Phone number

909.869.3879

Office location

94-309

Office hours

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About Me

University of Southern California, 1984. Research and teaching interests: human services, utility deregulation, public finance, and public/private cooperation. Publications include "Corruption in Bulgaria" for Public Integrity, "The Public, Politics and Ethics of Public Officials: Corporate Scandal of 2002 for Public Money and Management and "Promises and Pitfalls of Contracting for Public Services" in Case Studies in Public Budgeting and Financial Management. She co-authored Public Administrator's Companion: A practical Guide, with Kathy Van Ness and Royce Menkus. She has experience as a consultant to Department of Labor's WIN program, Office of Economic Opportunity's Legal Services, as fiscal analyst for Community Development Block Grants, and as operations manager to the Health Care Finance Administration Medicare Part B program. Currently she serves as the coordinator for the MPA program.

Academic Area

Public Administration, MPA

Areas of Expertise

Human services, utility deregulation, public finance, and public/private cooperation

Research Statement

Sandra M. Emerson (Ph.D. & MPA, USC) is a professor in the political science department at 六色网, Pomona. In addition to having taught courses in public policy and public administration at 六色网, the University of La Verne, and the University of Southern California, she has worked in this arena in both private and public sectors. She has been a program administrator for Medicare Part B, a consultant with Southern California Edison, and a budget and program analyst with the City of Norfolk, Virginia.

Academic Degrees

  • PhD and MPA, University of Southern California
  • BA and MPA, Temple University

Publications

Dong, W., Emerson, S. and Sawyerr, O (2016) "Evaluating the Impact of an Engineering Innovation, Manufacturing, and Commercialization Program." Frontiers in Education Conference (paper), April 25, 2016.
 
Emerson, S. and Wang, J. 2016. "Re-examination of the ethical responsibility of public administrators in a Republic." American Society of Public Administration Conference, March 2016, Seattle, WA.
 
Emerson, S. 2016. “Ethical Responsibility and Health Care Policy.” Western Social Science Association Conference, April 15, 2016.