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The '''Center for Public Administration and Policy''', or CPAP, is an academic department focused on [[public administration]] and [[policy]] at [[Virginia Tech]] in [[Blacksburg, Virginia]]. It is known for strong advocacy of an agential and moral perspective on government. Alumni scholars include [[Larry Terry]] and [[Camilla Stivers]].
CPAP is famous for producing generalists and public administration theorists who often hold a relatively consistent view of government as a positive force in society. Well-known scholars associated with the program like [[Charles Goodsell]], [[Gary Wamsley]], and [[John Rohr]] have been instrumental in creating an important scholarly program in the unlikely location of the mountains of western Virginia, but the program also maintains an active location in [[Alexandria, Virginia]] adjacent to [[Washington D.C.]]. As with any academic program, there are other views and approaches represented in the core faculty, but CPAP has long carried its association with the book [[Refounding Public Administration]] also known as the [[Blacksburg Manifesto]] which was in fact a forerunner article circulated first at an [[American Society for Public Administration]] (ASPA) meeting in the late 1980s.
CPAP was founded by a number of faculty with strong interests in preserving an agential theory of government open to insights from sociology and philosophy as well as technical management approaches.
==Thomas-Conner==
* In Blacksburg the Center for Public Administration and Policy is located in the Thomas-Conner house on Draper Road. The scholarly life of the center is focused on the interactions in this building.
==Faculty==
===Blacksburg faculty===
* Dr. Laura Jensen-Program Chair (Associate Professor)
* Dr. Larkin Dudley (Associate Professor)
* Dr. John Rohr (Professor)
* Dr. Karen Hult (Professor)
* Dr. Patrick Roberts (Assistant Professor)
* Dr. Joe Rees (Associate Professor)
* Dr. Aaron Schroeder (Visiting Assistant Professor)
* Dr. Gary Wamsley-Emeritus Professor
* Dr. Charles Goodsell-Emeritus Professor
* Dr. Sang OK Choi
===Northern Virginia faculty===
* Dr. Anne Khademian-Associate Chair (NOVA) (Associate Professor)
* Dr. Jim Wolf-Associate Chair (Richmond) (Professor)
* Dr. Matt Dull (Assistant Professor)
* Dr. Colleen Woodard (Adjunct Faculty)
* Dr. Phil Kronenberg-Emeritus Professor
* Dr. Orion White- Emeritus Professor
==See also==
* [[Refounding Public Administration]]
==External links==
* {{Official|http://www.cpap.vt.edu/}}
{{Virginia Tech}}
[[Category:Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]
{{unreferenced|date=September 2008}}
{{Refimprove|date=July 2007}}
The '''Center for Public Administration and Policy''', or CPAP, is an academic department focused on [[public administration]] and [[policy]] at [[Virginia Tech]] in [[Blacksburg, Virginia]]. It is known for strong advocacy of an agential and moral perspective on government. Alumni scholars include [[Larry Terry]] and [[Camilla Stivers]].
CPAP is famous for producing generalists and public administration theorists who often hold a relatively consistent view of government as a positive force in society. Well-known scholars associated with the program like [[Charles Goodsell]], [[Gary Wamsley]], and [[John Rohr]] have been instrumental in creating an important scholarly program in the unlikely location of the mountains of western Virginia, but the program also maintains an active location in [[Alexandria, Virginia]] adjacent to [[Washington D.C.]]. As with any academic program, there are other views and approaches represented in the core faculty, but CPAP has long carried its association with the book [[Refounding Public Administration]] also known as the [[Blacksburg Manifesto]] which was in fact a forerunner article circulated first at an [[American Society for Public Administration]] (ASPA) meeting in the late 1980s.
CPAP was founded by a number of faculty with strong interests in preserving an agential theory of government open to insights from sociology and philosophy as well as technical management approaches.
==Thomas-Conner==
* In Blacksburg the Center for Public Administration and Policy is located in the Thomas-Conner house on Draper Road. The scholarly life of the center is focused on the interactions in this building.
==Faculty==
===Blacksburg faculty===
* Dr. Laura Jensen-Program Chair (Associate Professor)
* Dr. Larkin Dudley (Associate Professor)
* Dr. John Rohr (Professor)
* Dr. Karen Hult (Professor)
* Dr. Patrick Roberts (Assistant Professor)
* Dr. Joe Rees (Associate Professor)
* Dr. Aaron Schroeder (Visiting Assistant Professor)
* Dr. Gary Wamsley-Emeritus Professor
* Dr. Charles Goodsell-Emeritus Professor
* Dr. Sang OK Choi
===Northern Virginia faculty===
* Dr. Anne Khademian-Associate Chair (NOVA) (Associate Professor)
* Dr. Jim Wolf-Associate Chair (Richmond) (Professor)
* Dr. Matt Dull (Assistant Professor)
* Dr. Colleen Woodard (Adjunct Faculty)
* Dr. Phil Kronenberg-Emeritus Professor
* Dr. Orion White- Emeritus Professor
==See also==
* [[Refounding Public Administration]]
==External links==
* {{Official|http://www.cpap.vt.edu/}}
{{Virginia Tech}}
[[Category:Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]]