R Clayton Wukich
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 Title: Interim Director & Assoc Prof
 Dept: Urban Studies
 Office: UR 320
 Phone: 216-687-6941
 Email: r.wukich@csuohio.edu
 Address: 2121 Euclid Ave. UR 320, Cleveland, OH 44115

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Research Keywords:
*Public Management, Organizational Theory, Innovation, and Behavior, Emergency Management
 
Education:
Ph.D., Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
M.A., History, University of Pittsburgh
B.A., History & English Writing, Slippery Rock University
 
Brief Bio:
*Public service and other relevant experiences include:

-- Afghanistan War Veteran (former U.S. Navy Reservist)
-- Former volunteer firefighter
-- Aide in the Pennsylvania Governor's Office

*Taught and directed MPA program at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas

*Taught at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut

*Worked as a graduate researcher and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Disaster Management, conducting field research and analysis on multiple grant projects
 
Honors and Awards:
*Faculty Merit Recognition Award for Research, 2023

*Faculty Merit Recognition Award for Teaching, 2020

*Golden Apple Teaching Award, 2019

*Military awards include the Joint Service Commendation Medal (two awards), the Joint Service Achievement Medal, and various unit and campaign decorations, including the Afghanistan Campaign Medal
 
Teaching Areas:
*Public Policy; Ethics in Government & Nonprofit Organizations; Local Government Management
 
Research Grants:
*Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation (NSF), RAPID: Human-Infrastructure
Interactions with Water Systems during the East Palestine Industrial Crisis, Funding period: July 2023 to present, $49,999.

*Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation (NSF), RAPID: Emergency Evacuations and Risk Communication during the 2013 Colorado Flood, Funding period: March 2014 to February 2015, $40,000.