Jo Arney, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Political Science/Public Administration (2007)

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Education:

• Ph.D.: The University of Colorado at Denver
• M.A.: Colorado State University
• B.A.: University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

Areas of Interest:

• Subfields: Public Administration
• Specializations: Environmental Policy; Ethics Management in Government; Nonprofit Organizations; and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

Teaching:

• POL 101 American National Government
• POL 102 State and Local Government
• POL 211 Introduction to Public Administration
• POL 316 Ethics Management in Government
• POL 318 Environmental Policy
• POL 416 Nonprofit Organizations

Research:

• Arney, J. "Policymaking Gone Wild: A Case Study of Brucellosis Control in the Greater Yellowstone Area." (In Progress)
• Arney, J. "Teaching Tip: A Model for Online Learning." Sociological Imagination (Forthcoming)
• Birkeland, K. F., Arney, J. 2011. "The Wisconsin Covenant: A Closer Look at Participants, Access, and Redistribution in Higher Education." State and Local Government Review 43(1).
• Vogenbeck-Varda, D., Arney, J. 2009. "Interorganizational Intersectoral (ISIO) Cause-Based Network Tendencies: The Case of Firm Participation in Voluntary Environmental Sustainability Programs." Journal of Public Management and Social Policy 15.

Service:

• Co-Adviser (with Adam Van Liere), Political Science and Public Administration Association
• Coordinator, UWL 100 Freshmen Seminar
• Member, Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning (CATL) Advisory Board
• Member, Ethics Advisory Committee
• Member, First Year Experience Advisory Board
• Member, Rada Distinguished Alumnus Award Committee
• Member, Research and Grants Committee