University of Missouri

Lael R. Keiser is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and in the Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri, where she teaches courses on public policy and public administration. Her research focuses on policy implementation in public agencies with a focus on Social Security Disability, Veterans Disability Compensation, and public education.

Dighton Fiddner, PhD

Dighton Fiddner, PhD is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He currently teaches international relations, American foreign policy, and public policy courses. His
interests also include national and international security policy, complexity, and the information system as a national security risk.

Dr. Jesus N. Valero

Jesús N. Valero is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Utah, where he teaches courses on nonprofit organizations and public administration.  His research interests are in public and nonprofit management, cross-sector collaboration, and public service leadership.

Dr. Jesus N. Valero

Jesús N. Valero is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Utah, where he teaches courses on nonprofit organizations and public administration.  His research interests are in public and nonprofit management, cross-sector collaboration, and public service leadership.

Angela Allison

Angela Allison is a doctoral student at Texas A&M University’s Department of Political Science. Her areas of specialization are public policy and administration and race and ethnic politics with a substantive interest in health care bureaucracy. She has given research presentations at annual meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association and the Southern Political Science Association. Ms. Allison received a Graduate Scholar award from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation in 2013. She also received a Texas A&M Diversity Fellowship in 2013.