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Lois R. Wise

Lois R. Wise

Professor and Director, West European Studies and European Union Center of Excellence


Education
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1982
M.S., Indiana State University, 1974
B.A., William Paterson College, New Jersey, 1970

Professional Experience

  • University of Arizona
  • Northern Arizona University
  • Göteborgs University
  • University of Örebro
  • Umeå University
  • National Institute of Justice
  • The Swedish Agency for Government Employers
  • Swedish Local Government Association (Kommunförbundet)

Awards, Honors & Certifications

  • Indiana University, Trustee Teaching Award, 2006
  • Inaugural Fellow, Randall L. Tobias Center for Leadership, 2005
  • Certificate of Appreciation, Founding Member, Paul Volker Endowment for Public Service Research and Education, 2001
  • Certificate of Appreciation, Special Advisor, State University of Rio de Janeiro, 2000
  • Delta Zeta Outstanding Greek Faculty Advisor, 1996
  • Jubilee Prize for International Scholarship, Swedish Institute, presented by King Carl XVI Gustaf, 1995
  • Fulbright Research Scholar (Sweden), 1992
  • Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Initiative, Achievement, and Service, Swedish National Committee of New Sweden, 1988
  • Swedish Bicentennial Fund Research Award, 1985

Professional Interest
Public management and employment policies and practices

Current Projects

  • Research grant (2008) from the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS) for a project on diversity in public sector organizations titled "Mångfald i offentlig förvaltning, normer och regler".
  • Advisory Board Member. “State Authorities – Integrating Integration Policy.” Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS). 2007-2009
  • Consultant regarding gender impact of public policy and legislation, Parliamentary Development Project 2004-2008
  • Member, Editorial Board, American Review of Public Administration, 2005 to present
  • Member, Editorial Board, Public Administration Review, 2004 to present
  • Member, Editorial Board, Public Management Review, 2002 to present
  • Member, Editorial Board, Review of Public Personnel Administration, 2001 to present
  • Member, Editorial Board, Public Organization Review, 2000 to present

Selected Publications
Full Vita

  • Fernandez , Sergio and Lois R. Wise. (Forthcoming). “Exploring Why Organizations Ingest Innovation.” Public Administration.
  • Rubaii-Barrett, Nadia, and Lois Recascino Wise. (2008). “Disability Access and E-Government: An Empirical Analysis of State Practices.” Journal of Disability Policy Studies<.em>, Vol 19: 52-64.
  • Tschirhart, Mary and Lois Recascino Wise 2007. “US Nonprofit Organizations’ Demand for Temporary Foreign Professionals. “ Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Vol 18, 2: 121-140.
  • Rubaii-Barrett, Nadia, and Lois R. Wise. (2007). “From Want Ads to Websites: What Diversity Messages are State Governments Projecting?” Review of Public Personnel Administration.
  • Lægreid, Per and Lois R. Wise. (2007). “Reforming Human Resource Management in Civil Service Systems: Recruitment, Mobility, and Representativeness,” in Jos Raadschelders, Theo Toonen, and Fritz van der Meer (Eds.), chapter 12, Comparative Civil Service Systems in the 21st Century. Hampshire, UK: Palgrave MacMillan.
  • Wise, Lois R. ( 2007). “Representative Bureaucracy,” in Peter, B. Guy, and Jon Pierre (eds.), Handbook of Public Administration, 2nd edition. London: Sage.
  • Wise, Lois R. and Barbara Lamb. (2006). “Job Mobility Assignments: Mechanisms for Human Resource Capacity Development,” in A. Farazmand (ed.), Strategic Public Personnel Administration: Building and Maintaining Strategic Human Capital for the 21st Century, Vol. 2, pp. 281-299. Greenwood Press /Praeger.
  • Rubaii-Barrett, Nadia, and Lois R. Wise. (2006). “Language Minorities and the Digital Divide: A Study of State E-Government Accessibility,” Journal of Public Management and Social Policy, 12(2): 5-27 (Fall).
  • Rubaii-Barrett, Nadia, and Lois R. Wise. (2005). “State Government Websites: Are They Helping Diversity Recruitment Efforts?” PA Times, June pp 5.6.
  • Wise, Lois Recascino. (2004). “Bureaucratic Posture: On the Need for a Composite Theory of Bureaucratic Behavior,” Public Administration Review, 64(6): 669-680 (November/December).
  • Pitts, David and Lois R. Wise (2004). “Diversity in Professional Schools: A Case Study of Public Affairs & Law,” Journal of Public Affairs Education, 10 (2):125-42.
  • Christensen, Tom, Per Lægreid, and Lois R. Wise. (2003). “Evaluating Public Sector Reforms in Central Governments: The Context and Characteristics of Evaluation Practice in Norway, Sweden and the United States of America,” in Hellmut Wollmann (ed.), Evaluating Public Management Reforms, pp. 56-79. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Wise, Lois R. (2003). “Representative Bureaucracy,” in B. Guy. Peters and Jon Pierre (Eds.), International Handbook of Public Administration, pp 343-53. London: Sage.