| Title: |
Visiting Assistant Professor
Visiting Assistant Professor |
| Dept: | Urban Studies |
| Office: | UR 312 |
| Phone: | 216-687-5262 |
| Email: | b.j.fletcher@csuohio.edu |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. UR 312, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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| Education: | ||||||||
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Ph.D., Public Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2020
Master of Public Affairs, Public Affairs - Public Policy, University of Missouri, Columbia, 2016 Graduate Certificate, Global Public Affairs, University of Missouri, Columbia, 2016 M.S., Personal Financial Planning, University of Missouri, Columbia, 2013 B.A., Finance, Asian and Comparative Philosophy/Ethics, Music, Westminster College, 2008 | ||||||||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| B.J. Fletcher is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Levin College of Urban Affairs. His research interests focus on public policy, food policy, and comparative policy, in particular, on food security and poverty in the United States and internationally. His research also focuses on socially vulnerable populations in the urban context around issues related to social policy and has an interest in public administration ethics. He takes a Phenomenological approach to understanding lived experiences around issues that relate to his research areas. He has also done work on emergency management and food security. His work has appeared in Emerging Voices in Natural Hazards Research and Food Policy and Politics. | ||
| Honors and Awards: | ||
| Midwest Public Affairs Conference, Best Student Paper Award 2018
Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest Finalist, Human Rights in China 2008 | ||
| Research Interests: | ||
| Public Policy, Food Policy, Comparative Policy, Urban Studies, Sustainability, Science and Technology Policy, Public Administration Ethics, Social Equity, Social Construction of Identify, Phenomenology, Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, Emergency Management and Food Security, Nonprofit Organizations, Social Change, Social Determinants of Health. | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| Foundations in Public Administration, Theory of the Policy Process, Policy Design and Implementation, Public Policy Evaluation, Food Policy, Sustainability, Administrative Ethics and Leadership, Research Methods and Research Design, Urban Studies. Global Public Affairs, Comparative Policy, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexual Identity in Urban America, Comparative Urban Studies, Seminar in Public Policy. | ||
| Research Grants: | ||
| 2023 Office Of Naval Research Remote Robotic Systems Grant.
2023 Public Interest Technology University Network Society 5.0 Certificate Program Development Grant. 2018 University of Nebraska at Omaha Graduate Research and Creative Activity Grant. | ||