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Maria P. Aristigueta, DPA

DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL OF URBAN AFFAIRS & PUBLIC POLICY, PROFESSOR, AND SENIOR POLICY FELLOW

mariaa@udel.edu e-mail
302-831-4570 phone/voice-mail
302-831-3296 fax

188 Graham Hall | University of Delaware | Newark, Delaware 19716-7380

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EXPERTISE

Dr. Aristigueta is a Senior Policy Fellow with the Institute for Public Administration. She is the director of and holds a faculty appointment as a Professor with the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy. Her teaching and research interests are primarily in the areas of performance management and organizational behavior.

Dr. Aristigueta’s publications include Managing for Results in State Government, published by Quorum books, and Organizational Behavior in the Public and Non-Profit Sectors (co-authored with Denhardt and Denhardt), published by Sage. Other publications found in scholarly journals or book chapters include topics such as the use of social indicators, performance measurement, teaching of intrapersonal skills, and the use of strategic planning for economic development.

Dr. Aristigueta’s current work with the Institute is on a project on the relationship between nonprofit and governmental entities in the provision of human services, where she is focusing on the use of performance contracts. Prior to joining the University of Delaware, Dr. Aristigueta was on the faculty at the University of Central Florida and had administrative and consulting positions in federal, state, and local governments, primarily in the areas of program evaluation, performance measurement, and strategic planning.

EDUCATION

DPA, University of Southern California 1997, Public Administration

MPA, University of South Florida 1980, Public Administration

BSW, University of South Florida 1977, Social Work

EXPERIENCE

2007 - present		Professor and Director, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy; Senior Policy Fellow, Institute for Public Administration, CHEP, University of Delaware
2002 - 2007		Associate Professor, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy; Senior Policy Fellow, Institute for Public Administration, CHEP, University of Delaware
1997 - 2002		Assistant Professor, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy; Senior Policy Fellow, Institute for Public Administration, CHEP, University of Delaware
1999		Joint appointment to the Consumer Studies Department, Leadership Program
1988 - 1997		Director of Undergraduate and Internship Programs, and Instructor, Department of Public Administration, University of Central Florida
1983 - 1988		Senior Management Analyst, Office of Management and Budget, City of Orlando
1981 - 1983		Division Senior Management Analyst, Department of Management and Budget, Operations Analysis, City of Miami
1980 - 1981		Evaluator, United States General Accounting Office

RECENT COURSES TAUGHT

UAPP 819—Management Decision-Making

UAPP 835—Organizations and Management in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors

UAPP 685—Performance Management

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books and Monographs

Civil Society in Cuba, Coral Gables, Fla., Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, University of Miami (forthcoming).

Practice-Based Performance Management: An International Handbook, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage (edited with de Lancer Julnes, Berry, and Yang), 2007.

Administrative Behavior in Public Administration, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2002 (with Robert Denhardt and Janet Vinzant Denhardt). 2001; new edition in 2008.

Managing for Results in State Government, Westport, Conn.: Quorum Books, 1999.

Journal Articles

“Assessing Program Performance in NASPAA Accredited Programs” (with Kim B. Gomes), Journal of Public Administration Education, Winter 2006, Vol. 12 # 1.

“Willingness to Pay for Capital Investments in Public Education: The Mitigating Influence of
Community and Enlightened Self-Interest,” with Mark Glaser and David R. Miller, Public Integrity, issue 5, # 3, 2003.

“A Mission-Driven and Performance Focused Framework for Homeland Security,” with John R. Paron, Performance Measurement and Management: Research and Action, Andy Neely, Angela Walters, and Rob Austin, editors. Cranfield, UK: Cranfield University [refereed proceedings--July 2002, pages 427-434].

“Willingness to Pay for Capital Investments in Public Education: The Mitigating Influence of Community and Enlightened Self-Interest,” with Mark Glaser and David R. Miller (under review).

“Reinventing Government: Managing for Results,” Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 1, summer 2002, pp. 147-173.

“Teaching Analytical Skills in the MPA Curriculum,” with Jeffrey Raffel, Journal of Public Affairs Education, Vol. 7, No. 3, July 2001, pp. 161-169.

“The Role of Social Indicators in Developing a Managing for Results System,” with Leslie Cooksy and Carl Nelson, Public Productivity and Management Review, Vol. 24, No. 3, March 2001, pp. 254-269.

“The Rise and Fall of the Florida Benchmarks,” Performance Measurement--Past, Present, and Future, Cambridge, UK: Fieldfare Publications Ltd., refereed proceedings--July 2000, pages 16-23.

“Harnessing the Resources of Community: The Ultimate Performance Agenda,” with Mark A. Glaser and Stephanie Payton, Public Productivity and Management Review, Vol. 23, No. 4, June 2000 pp. 428-448.

Book Chapters

“Quality and Performance: The U.S. Experience,” in Practice-Based Management: An International Handbook, 2007.

“Indicators of Living Conditions: Challenges for Accountability and Performance,” Marc Holzer and Seok-Hwan Lee (eds.), Public Productivity and Performance Handbook, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2004.

“Measuring Performance in State Government,” John J. Gargan (ed.), Handbook of State Government Administration, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1999, pp. 347-361.