Max Stephenson

Max Stephenson

Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning; and
Director, Institute for Policy and Governance
http://www.uap.vt.edu/faculty/stephenson.html

Office: 201 Architecture Annex
Phone: (540) 231-5914
Email: mstephen at vt.edu

B.A., Political Science and Economics with High Distinction, University of Virginia, 1977
M.A.P.A., University of Virginia, 1979
Ph.D., Government, University of Virginia, 1985



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Previous positions:
2008-present Coordinator (MURP Program), Master's International Program, United States Peace Corps
2007-present Faculty, Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical and Cultural Thought (ASPECT) Doctoral Program
2006-present Director, Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance
2006-2007 Program Chair, Center for Public Administration and Policy, Virginia Tech
2005-present Coordinator, Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit and Nongovernmental Organization Management
2003-2005 Program Chair, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech
2003-2006 Co-Director Institute for Governance and Accountabilities, Virginia Tech
2002-2003 Co-Director, Institute for Innovative Governance, Virginia Tech
1997-2002 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech
1997-2002 Director, Doctoral Program in Environmental Design and Planning, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech
March/April 1995 Visiting Professor, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, (Under the auspices of the United States Baltic Foundation)

Books

Two edited volumes, American Behavioral Scientist, Democracy in an Age of NetworkedGovernance: Charting the Currents of Democratic Change and Democracy at aCrossroads: Acknowledging Deficiencies, Encouraging Engagement, Vol.52, 6, February 2009, Vol. 52, 7, March, 2009. Editor, (18 articles and introduction). With Joyce Rothschild.

In progress. Editor with Laura Zanotti of theme issue of Journal of Architectural andPlanning Research: “Building Walls, Securitizing Space and the Making of Identity,” 7 articles plus introduction. Final author submissions due: August 17, 2009. We will select, edit and provide an introductory essay as well.

In progress. Editor with James Martin of theme issue of Journal of EmergencyManagement “Reconsidering the Challenge of Theorizing Relief, Reconstruction and Resilience,” based on VTIPG-DRM Davos symposium, August 2008. We will also contribute an introductory essay. Due: Spring 2009. 12 articles.

Conflict Resolution in the Policy Process. National Institute for Dispute Resolution (NIDR), two volumes, August 1987. Distributed to all National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration member schools and available for purchase thereafter.
Conflict Resolution in the Policy process, pp. 1-108.
Conflict Resolution in the Policy Process—Instructor’s Manual, with Gerald Pops,pp. 1-34.

 

Articles

Stephenson, M., and M. Schnitzer. 2009. “Exploring the Challenges and Prospects for Polycentricity in International Humanitarian Relief,” American Behavioral Scientist, 52(6): pp. 919-932.

Stephenson, M., M. Schnitzer and V. Arroyave. 2009. “Nonprofit Governance, Management and Organizational Learning: Exploring the Implications of One ‘Mega-Gift,” American Review of Public Administration, 39(1): pp. 43-59.

In press, "NGOS in International Humanitarian Relief," article for Helmut K. Anheier and Stefan Toepler (eds). International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2009.

In press. "Exploring the Connections Among Adaptive Leadership, Facets of Imagination and Social Imaginaries", Public Policy and Administration, Vol. 24, (3), July 2009.

In press, "Conceiving Land Grant Civic Engagement as Adaptive Leadership." HigherEducation, not yet scheduled.

"The Meaning of Democracy in Nonprofit and Community Organizations," American Behavioral Scientist, Democracy in an Age of Networked Governance Vol. 52, 6 February 2009, pp.800-806. With Joyce Rothschild.

"Corporatism," article for Helmut K. Anheier and Stefan Toepler (eds). International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2009.

"Governance Structures Matter and we must Maintain what we Construct: Considering the Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Public Policy Processes". Public Administration Review, Vol. 68, (3), May/June 2008, pp. 591-594.

Stephenson, M. O., M. H. Schnitzer, and V. Arroyave. 2008. “Nonprofit Governance, Management and Organizational Learning: Exploring the Implications of One ‘Mega-Gift,’” American Review of Public Administration, doi:10.1177/0275074007311888.

Stephenson, M. O., and L. Schweitzer. 2008. “Charting the Challenges and Paradoxes of Constructivism for Pre-Professional Planning Education,” Teaching in Higher Education Journal, 13(5): 583-593.

Schweitzer, L., and M. O. Stephenson. 2007. “Right Answers, Wrong Questions: Environmental Justice as Urban Research,” Urban Studies, 44(2): 319-337.

Stephenson, M. O. 2007. “Developing Community Leadership Through the Arts In Southside Virginia: Social Networks, Civic Identity and Civic Change,” Community Development Journal, 42(1): 79-96.

Stephenson, M. O. 2007. “Program Development issues in Nonprofi t and Civil Society Studies: Learning from One University’s Experience,” Journal of Public Affairs Education, 13(2): 301-314.

Stephenson, M. O. 2007. “The “Permanent Things’ and the Role of the Moral Imagination in Organizational Life: Revisiting the Foundations of Public and Nonprofit Leadership,” Administrative Theory and Praxis, 29(2): 260-277.

Stephenson, M. O. 2007. “Bridging the Organizational Divide: A Comparative Institutional Analysis of United States and International Humanitarian Service Delivery Structures,” Voluntas: The International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 18(3): 209-224.

Stephenson, M. O., and R. Christensen. 2007. “Mentoring for Doctoral Student Praxis-Centered Learning: Creating a Shared Culture of Intellectual Aspiration,” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 36(4): 64s-79s.

Stephenson, M. O., and K. F. Lanham. 2007. “Aesthetic Imagination, Civic Imagination, and the Role of the Arts in Community Change and Development,” International Journal of the Arts in Society, 1(3): 83-92.

"Interorganizational Trust, Boundary Spanning, and Humanitarian Relief Coordination", with Marcy Schnitzer. Non-Profit Management and Leadership. Vol. 17, (2), Winter 2006, pp. 211-233.

Stephenson, M. O. 2006. “American Governance,” pp. 16-18 in M. Bevir (ed.), Sage Encyclopedia of Governance. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications.

Stephenson, M. O. 2006. “Policy Implementation,” pp. 692-696 in M. Bevir (ed.), Sage Encyclopedia of Governance. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications.

Stephenson, M. O. 2006. “Government Performance and Results Act,” pp. 393-394 in M. Bevir (ed.), Sage Encyclopedia of Governance. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications.

Stephenson, M. O., and M. H. Schnitzer. 2006. “The Role of Trust and Boundary Spanning Behavior in Humanitarian Assistance Coordination,” Non-Profit Management and Leadership, 17(2): 211-233.

Stephenson, Max and Elisabeth Chaves, “The Nature Conservancy, the Press and Accountability,” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Vol. 35,3, (September 2006) 1-22.

Stephenson, Max, “Toward a Descriptive Model of Humanitarian Assistance Coordination.” Voluntas: The International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Vol. 17,1 (March 2006), pp. 41-57.

Stephenson, Max, “Making humanitarian relief networks more effective: operational coordination, trust and sense making.” Disasters, Vol.29, 4 (December, 2005), pp. 337-350.

 

Chapters

with L. Schweitzer. “Learning from the Quest for Environmental Justice in the Niger River Delta,” in J. Agyeman and J. Carmin (eds.), Environmental Injustice Beyond Borders: Local Perspectives on Global Inequities. Cambridge MA: MIT Press. Forthcoming.

with M. Schnitzer. “Reimagining the Links between Graduate Education and Community Engagement,” in C. Martin (ed.), Publicly Active Graduate Education. Syracuse NY: Graduate School Press of Syracuse University. Forthcoming.

“Corporatism,” in H. K. Anheier and S. Toepler (eds.), International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. New York: Springer. Forthcoming.

“NGOs in International Humanitarian Relief,” in H. K. Anheier and S. Toepler (eds.), International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. New York: Springer. Forthcoming.

"The Legacy of Frederick C. Mosher." Reprinted in Kenneth W. Thompson (ed.) Diplomacy, Administration and Policy: The Ideas and Careers of Frederick E. Nolting Jr., Frederick C. Mosher and Paul T. David. New York: University Press of America, 1995, pp. 43-80.

"Public Administrators and Conflict Resolution: Democratic Theory, Administrative Capacity and the Case of Negotiated Rulemaking," with Gerald Pops, in Dispute Resolution in the Public Sector. Miriam K. Mills (ed.), New York: Nelson Hall Publishers, 1991, pp. 14-38.

Managing Conflict in the Policy Process, with Gerald Pops, in Theory and Research in Conflict Management, Afzalur Rahim (ed.), New York: Praeger Press, 1990, pp. 134-150.

 

Grants

Ford Foundation, "Accountability and Representation in Negotiated Contexts," September 2006-September 2009, $102,152. Co-Principal Investigator, 2006-2008,
Principal Investigator, 2008-2009. With Alnoor Ebrahim.

Bernard and Patricia Goldstein Family Foundation for "Enhancing Resilience through Communicative Planning," June, 2008. Principal Investigator, $71,784. Ongoing.

Bertelsmann Foundation (Bertelsmann Stiftung) with Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Transatlantic Community Foundation Peer Exchange, April13-16, 2007, “Governance,” Mountain Lake, Pembroke, Virginia. Principal Investigator with Andrew Morikawa, Executive Director, New River Valley Community Foundation, $21.000

Virginia Tech Office of International Affairs, Mini-grant for International Program Development, Awarded, $4,000. Awarded April 14, 2007.

Office of Economic Development, Arlington County, Va. for capacity building program for county nonprofits. March 2007. Co-principal investigator with Russell Cargo.
$90,000. Completed August 2008.

World Disaster Risk Management Institute. Exploring Innovative and Sustainable Approaches to Global Disaster Risk Reduction. Principal investigator. $113,000. Awarded May 2007, 1 year. With Professor James Martin, Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Arlington County, Va. Office of Economic Development, $70,000 for capacity building program for county nonprofi ts. Co-principal investigator With Russell Cargo. Awarded March 2007.

World Disaster Risk Management Institute. Exploring Innovative and Sustainable Approaches to Global Disaster Risk Reduction. $50,000. Principal investigator. Awarded August 2007, Ongoing. With Professor James Martin, Civil and Environmental Engineering.

VT Institute for Society, Culture and the Environment. $3500 grant to begin research on peace building in Belfast, Ireland with Professor Laura Zanotti.

Roanoke Times: “Building the Capacity of Nonprofi t Organizations in the Roanoke Region. through Improved Governance” Principal Investigator. $45,000 over two years. Awarded June 15, 2006.

Co-PI with Bruce Goldstein and Bruce Hull. U.S. Forest Service, $300,000, 3 years. 2005-2006.

United States Forest Service: Improving Collaborative Decision Making and Community Capacity Through Fire Learning Networks. Nov. 1, 2005. Co-Principal Investigator with Bruce Goldstein and Bruce Hull. $161,000, over three years. Ongoing.

Thomas Jefferson Center Foundation, Roanoke, Va. Governing Board Assessment and Capacity Building. Principal Investigator, $8,000. Completed.

Virginia Tech Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. "Distance Learning Assessment" grant for Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, 2004-2005. With
Rachel Christensen. $5,000. Completed.


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