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DAVID K. HAMILTON
EMPLOYMENT
Professor of Public Administration, Roosevelt University, 1993-present. Teach undergraduate and graduate courses. Subject areas include human resource management, local government, budgeting and financial management, and introductory courses. Developed and taught new courses, "Issues in Intergovernmental Relations,” “Governing Metropolitan Areas,” “Urban Economic Development,” “Leadership and Public Policy,” and “State and Local Government.”
Program Chair, Public Administration Program, Roosevelt University, 1990-1993. Administered graduate and undergraduate public administration program with over 225 students. Conducted program self study, reviewed curriculum and revised core courses, established new admission requirements, instituted new advising program, developed brochure and recruitment and retention strategies.
Vice President and Dean, Albert A. Robin Campus of Roosevelt University, 1987-90. Formerly, Director of Metropolitan Services and Associate Professor, 1982-86. Administered branch campus and university programs at other suburban locations as first full-time, on-site administrator. Oversaw doubling of student enrollment to 2,300 per term, relocation of the campus, expansion of student and faculty services, and increase in the number of programs offered. Day programs were instituted and library services were improved. Recruitment and community relations were emphasized. Developed relations with community colleges. Developed and offered special non-credit program in Police Management.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, 1978. Dissertation: "Areawide Government Reform: A Case Study Emphasizing the Charter Writing Process." Public Policy Issue: "Proposal to Improve Local Government Tax Collection." Areas emphasized: urban planning, urban theory, urban financial administration, urban economics, and urban service delivery.
M.A. in Public Administration from Brigham Young University. M.A. thesis: "Study of Administrative Aspects of North American Air Defense Command."
B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from Brigham Young University.
PUBLICATIONS
2008. Urban and Regional Policies for Metropolitan Livability. Edited with Patricial S. Atkins. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe
2004. Developing Regional Regimes: A Comparison of Two Metropolitan Areas. Journal of Urban Affairs, 26(4).
2004. Exploring the Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions of the Governing of Metropolitan Regions. Urban Affairs Review, 40(2). With Jerry Paytas and David Miller, .
2004. The Government Centralization-Decentralization Debate in Metropolitan Areas. Review of Policy Research, 21 (5).
2004. Government Study Commissions and County Home Rule. International Journal of Public Administration, 27 (10).
2002. Regimes and Regional Governance: The Case of Chicago, Journal of Urban Affairs, 24 (4).
2002. Regionalism in Metropolitan Chicago: A Work in Progress, National Civic Review, 91 (1).
2002. Is Patronage Dead? The Impact of Anti-Patronage Staffing Systems, Review of Public Personnel Administration, 22 (1).
2000. Organizing Government Structure and Governance Functions in Metropolitan Areas in Response to Growth and Change, Journal of Urban Affairs, 22 (1).
1999. Governing Metropolitan Areas: Response to Growth and Change, New York: Garland Publishing.
1999. The Continuing Judicial Assault on Patronage, Public Administration Review, 59 (January/February).
1995. The Personnel Function in Small Public Organizations, Public Personnel Management, 24 (Fall).
1993. The Staffing Function in Illinois State Government After Rutan, Public Administration Review, 53 (July/August).
1993. The Personnel Function in Illinois Park Districts, Illinois Parks and Recreation, 24 (May/June). Article was republished by Southwest Missouri State University in its series Connections: Parks and Recreation Update.
1992. Staffing The Illinois Public Service after Rutan, in The Illinois Public Service: Problems and Perspectives, Samuel Gove, ed., (DeKalb, IL: Division of Public Administration, Northern Illinois University).
1987. Should City Tax Income,/Backing a Tax on Commuters," Arlington Heights Daily Herald, April 14 and May 27.
1986. A City Income Tax Isn't All That Bad, Chicago Tribune, July 21.
1985. Maintaining Public Library Services In an Era of Declining Tax Support, with Laura Simmons, Journal of Library Administration, 5 (Winter).
1982. Citizen Participation in Suburbia: The Library Board, Illinois Libraries, 64 (September).
1982. Lay Local Government Charter Writing Commissions, State and Local Government Review, 14 (September). Also published in The Politics of Sub-national Governance, edited by Joseph and Deirdre A. Zimmerman (Boston: University Press of America, 1983).
1981. Exploratory Research on the Behavior of Members of Elected Local Government Charter Commissions, Journal of Urban Affairs, 3 (Fall).
1979. Political Officials and Areawide Government Reform, Urbanism Past and Present,
8 (Summer).
1976. Salary and Fringe Benefit survey of Selected Museums, Curator, 19 (September).
CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
Evaluated project proposals for funding by the Chicago empowerment zone.
Consultant to the Arlington Heights Handicapped Commission. Conducted survey of handicapped residents of Arlington Heights. Consultant to Woodhaven Association. Did background research on a water rate case.
Consultant to the Institute of Metropolitan Affairs, Roosevelt University. Involved in a variety of projects including a preparation of a paper on affordable housing issues in metropolitan Chicago, survey research on the image of a suburban municipality, research on the impact of federal and state mandates on Chicago, an evaluation of the planning and conference phase of a U.S. Department of Commerce grant to the IMA.
Consultant to other organizations including Allied Medical Home Health Care, Village of Hanover Park, Columbia College, University of Pittsburgh's Institute of Local Government.
Consultant to the Pennsylvania Economy League. Assisted in study on the impact of commuters on Pittsburgh, a financial and administrative study of a mid-sized public library, a classification and pay plan for the Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority, and a project to facilitate cooperation between Pittsburgh and Allegheny County on delivery of services.
Employed by Pennsylvania Economy League, Pittsburgh, PA as a consultant to municipal governments and nonprofit institutions. Consulting work included: tax collection study for a school district, study on the role of civic agencies in Pittsburgh, recommendations on the organization and role of Allegheny County government in economic development and an administrative study on a section of the Allegheny Court of Common Pleas.
PRESENTATIONS
Township Government: One Local Government too Many? Paper presented at the Conference on Chicago Research and Public Policy, Chicago, May 13, 2004.
The County as a Regional Government: A Comparative Analysis. Paper presented at the American Society for Public Administration Conference, Portland, Oregon, March 30, 2004.
Moderated panel Is Regionalism the Answer? and presented co-authored paper “Regionalism Revisited” at Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, Cleveland, March 2003.
Presentation and discussion leader on affordable housing at National Edge City Conference, Schaumburg, IL, June 2002.
Building Regional Regime Capacity: A Comparison of Two Metropolitan Areas. Paper presented at Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, Boston, March 2002.
Does Government Organization Make a Difference? Presentation at the Great Lakes Economic Development Conference 2001, Pittsburgh, September 2001.
The Political Economy of Regionalism. Paper presented at Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, Detroit, April 2001.
Regionalism in Metropolitan Chicago: A Work in Progress. Paper presented at Eighth Annual Great Cities Winter Forum, Chicago, December 2000. Developed and chaired panel.
Is Patronage Dead? The Impact of Anti-Patronage Staffing Systems. Paper presented at National American Society for Public Administration Conference, San Diego, March 2000.
Organizing Government Structure and Governance Functions in Metropolitan Areas in Response to Growth and Change. Paper presented at Urban Affairs Annual Conference, Fort Worth, April 1998.
The Patronage Battle in Illinois: An Update. Paper presented at National American Society for Public Administration Conference, Philadelphia, July 1997.
Governing Metropolitan Areas: Response to Growth. Paper presented at Urban Affairs Association Conference, Toronto, April 1997.
Teaching the Introductory course in Public Administration. Round Table Chair, Teaching Public Administration Conference, Savannah, February 16, 1996.
International City/County Management Association Conference. Chicago, September 1994. Coauthored paper Metropolitan Reform Through Cooperative Service Arrangements.
American Society for Public Administration National Conference, Kansas City, July 1994. Presented coauthored paper: Developing Cooperative Service Arrangements Between Local Governments.
American Society for Public Administration Northeast Regional Conference, Albany, New York, October 1993. Presented paper: Restoring Federalism.
National Conference on Teaching Public Administration, St. Louis, March 1993. Moderated roundtable: Internships, Mentoring and Practitioner/Academic Collaboration.
American Society for Public Administration National Conference, Chicago, April 1992. Developed and chaired panel: Policy Implications of the Rutan Court Decision on Staffing the Public Sector. Presented paper: The Staffing Function in Illinois State Government After Rutan.
American Society for Public Administration Region VI Conference, Dayton, October 1991. Presented paper: Location of Tax-Exempt Properties in Urban Areas with Focus on Chicago's Loop.
Urban Affairs Association Conference, Charlotte, April 1990. Presented paper: Property Tax Exemptions in Central Cities with Special Focus on Central Business Districts.
American Society for Public Administration Conference, Miami, April 1989. Presented paper: Notes on Property Tax Exemptions.
Urban Affairs Association Conference, Fort Worth, March 1986. Panel chair: Fiscal Problems of Central Cities; co-authored paper, Fiscal Impact of Suburbanites on the Center City: A Case Study, presented at conference.
Region VI American Society for Public Administration Conference, Chicago, October 1983. Presentation on the fiscal impact of the commuter on the central city.
Presentation at a Library Trustee Workshop, Oak Lawn, IL, November 11, 1982. Evaluating the Library Administrator.
Presentation to South Suburban Librarian's Association, April 1982. Basic Marketing Strategies for Libraries.
Conference on the Small City and Regional Community, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point; March 1982. Presented paper, Participation in Suburbia: The Library Board.
Time Management Workshop at Rolling Meadows Public Library, April 1981.
Council of University Institutes for Urban Affairs, Omaha, Nebraska, March 1981.
Presented paper: Exploratory Research on the Behavior of Members of Elected Lay Local Government Charter Commissions.
Presentation to Library Administrators Conference of Northern Illinois, September 1980. Avoiding Unionization Problems Through Effective Labor Relations.
Chairperson of panel Federal Policy and the Urban Environment, American Society for Public Administration Conference, Chicago, November 1978.
HONORS
Awarded best paper of the year for 2002 in the Review of Public Personnel Administration for article “Is Patronage Dead?” Awarded research leave by Roosevelt University to conduct research on regional regimes, 2001. Awarded research leave by Roosevelt University to research and write a book, 1996. Awarded a Fulbright grant to participate in German Studies Seminar in Germany, June 1995. Received award from Illinois Association of Park Districts for the best article in 1993 in the journal Illinois Parks and Recreation in the personnel and administration category. Award for meritorious service from Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce, 1990.
Selected to attend a four-week German studies seminar funded and sponsored by German Academic Exchange Service in Germany, July 1985. Selected as NASPAA Fellow, 1980. Elected Graduate Class Vice President at Brigham Young University, Exemplary Young Man Award from LDS church, 1970. Assistantship and Mellon Scholarship to University of Pittsburgh. Pi Sigma Alpha. Academic scholarship to Brigham Young University.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, American Society for Public Administration, Program Chair of the Chicago Chapter, 1992-93, President, 1993-94 and 1995-96. Member, Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations. Member, Urban Affairs Association. Principal representative to National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, 1990-1993. Served as anonymous referee for Journal of Urban Affairs, Public Administration Review, Public Budgeting and Financial Management, and International Journal of Public Administration. Member, Board of Directors, Illinois Association of Graduate Programs in Public Administration, 1990-93. Past member, Chicago Chapter of International Public Personnel Association, Past member, Federation of Canadian Personnel Associations, served as President, Regina Saskatchewan chapter.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Member, Human Resource Exchange Committee of the Chicago Community Trust Government Assistance Project, 1992-93. Member, employee Relations Subcommittee of Governor’s Human Resources Advisory Council, 1992-93. Rotary International, 1982-89; Treasurer, Rolling Meadows Club, 1983-85; Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce, board member, 1983-90; Chair, Strategic Directions Committee 1986-89; member, Arlington Heights Economic Development Commission, Vice-Chair, 1986, Chair, 1987. High School District 214 Community Advisory Board member, Harper Community College Economic Development Council, member Executive committee.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Elected as faculty representative to University Board of Trustees for three-year term, 1997-00; reelected to second three-year term 2000-2003. Elected as member of University Planning Committee, 1999; reelected 2000 for a three-year term. Elected as member of the University Senate, 2000, 2002, 2003. Member, College of Arts and Sciences Strategic Planning Committee, 1998. Organized a number of presentations and visits to the university including panel presentations on career opportunities in the public service; a campus visit by the Treasurer of the U.S.; a visit by the Cook County board president; a visit by U.S. Representative Luis Gutierrez, organized a symposium on national health care. Member, College of Arts and Science Executive Committee, 1993-95, Representative to Graduate Council, Member Executive Committee, 1981, 1993, Vice-Chair, 1981; Faculty representative to Student Advisory Board, 1991-93, faculty advisor to Public Administration Alumni Council, 1992-95; Member, College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, 1990-94; Member, University College Tenure and Reappointment Review Committee, 1991-92.
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