KATHERINE C. NAFF
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Political Science, 1996, Georgetown
University
Dissertation: "Prospects for Achieving a Representative Federal Bureaucracy"
Major Field: American Government
Minor Fields: Public Administration
Political Theory
M.P.A. Public Administration 1987, San
Francisco State University
Masters thesis: "Productivity Improvement in the Social Security Administration: A
Needs Assessment."
B.A. Political Science 1977, University of California at Davis
Professional Development
Attended ICPSR Summer Session, 1998.
Courses in
Advanced Regression Analysis
Categorical Data Analysis
Matrix Algebra
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professor, San Francisco State University, Department of Public Administration, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco CA 94132 (1997 to present)
Teaching specialties include research methods, public management, organizational change, program evaluation, human resource management, public administration and the law, and diversity issues in public administration. Research specialties include policy and program evaluation, organizational change, innovative personnel practices, affirmative action, equal opportunity and diversity programs, legal environment of public administration.
Faculty Evaluation Researcher, Public Research Institute, San Francisco State University (1997 to present).
Design and conduct evaluations of externally funded SFSU programs. Recent focus has been the SSS-TRIO program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education to help low income disabled and first generation college students to complete their bachelor's degree.
Principal Investigator (July-November 1998): Conducted an analysis for the California State Assembly on the impact of Proposition 209 on the State’s institutions of higher education and possible alternatives to traditional affirmative action for ensuring diversity on campuses.
Senior Research Analyst, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC. (1989-1997)
Conducted research to evaluate federal employment-related programs and policies in order to report to Congress and the President. Research methods included survey design and analysis, interviews, focus groups, and analysis of quantitative data from the governmentwide employee data file. Authored "A Question of Equity: Women and the Glass Ceiling in the Federal Government" (October 1992) Co-authored "Fair & Equitable Treatment: A Progress Report on Minority Employment in the Federal Government." (August 1996). Served as project leader for a U.S. Customs Service evaluation of EEO within its law enforcement ranks. Awarded Chairman's Award for Excellence, 1991 and 1994.
Presidential Management Intern, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, San Francisco Region and Washington, DC (1987-1989)
Responsible for a variety of projects including evaluation of a gainsharing pilot program, promoting agency innovations, conducting a survey of Federal installations to develop recommendations for improving the cooperative education program, designing and running a training course on central management agencies in the government, and evaluating alternative compensation systems within the government.
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Book Chapters
"Toward a Representative Bureaucracy: Can Gender Make a Difference?" in Women in Politics: Outsiders or Insiders? 4th edition, edited by Lois Duke Whitaker. Prentice Hall. Forthcoming.
"The Status of Law in Contemporary Public Administrative Literature, Education, and Practice" (co-authored with David Rosenbloom). In The Future of Public Administration, Public Management and Public Service Around the World: The Minnowbrook Perspective, edited by Rosemary O'Leary and Davod van Slyke. Forthcoming.
Personnel Management in Government, 6th edition. 2007. (co-authored with Norma Riccucci). Taylor Francis.
"Prospects for Reform in California: A Triumph of Technique Over Purpose?" in Civil Service Reform in the States: A Progress Report, edited by J. Edward Kellough and Lloyd G. Nigro. 2006. SUNY Albany Press, pp. 259-278.
“Gender
as a Political Constant: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same.” 2002.
(co-authored with Melissa Levitt). In The Election of the Century and What It
Tells Us About the Future of American Politics,
edited by Clyde Wilcox and Stephen Wayne. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe; pp. 67-85.
To
Look Like America: 2001.
New
York: Westview Press.
Personnel Management in Government, 5th
edition. 2001. (co-authored with Jay Shafritz, David Rosenbloom, Norma Riccucci, and
A.C. Hyde). Marcel Dekker.
Public Administration for the 21st Century. 1998. (co-authored with Phillip J. Cooper, Linda P.
Brady, Olivia Hidalgo-Hardeman, Albert Hyde, J. Steven Ott and Harvey White). Harcourt
Brace
"Colliding
with the Glass Ceiling: Barriers to the
Advancement of Women and Minorities." 1997 in Public
Personnel Management: Current Concerns,
Future Strategies, 2nd edition, edited by Carolyn Ban and Norma M. Riccucci. Longman
Publishers, pp. 91-108.
Articles in Refereed Journals
"Footprints through the Courts: Comparing Judicial Responses to Affirmative Action Litigation in South Africa and the U.S." (co-authored with Ockert Dupper). 2009. International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations. 25 (2): 157-190.
"Nancy Alfaro as an Exemplary Collaborative Public Manager: How Customer Service was Algned with Customer Needs" 2009. Public Administration Review 2009. 69(3): 487-493..
"The End of Affirmative Action and the Future of the Legal and Medical Professions in California.” 2008. Journal of Public Management and Social Policy 14 (1) .
"Public Sector Workforce Dynamics in South Africa: Balancing Management Rationalization with Social Transformation." 2007. Personnel Mix (a Russian, online personnel journal).
"From Bakke to Grutter and Gratz: The Supreme Court as Policymaking
Institution." 2004. Review of Policy Research
21(3): 405-427.
"Identity Politics and Local Political Culture: Some
Comparative Results from the Social Capital Benchmark Survey" (co-authored with
Rich de Leon). 2004. Urban Affairs Review 39 (6): 689-719.
"Federal Civil Service Reform: Another Legacy of 9/11?" (co-authored with Meredith Newman). 2004. Review of Public Personnel Administration 24 (3): 191-201.
"Responding to a Wake Up Call: An Examination of Federal Agency Diversity Management Programs" (co-authored with J. Edward Kellough). 2004. Administration and Society 36 (1): 62-90.
"Ensuring Employment Equity: Are Federal Diversity Programs Making a Difference?" (co-authored with J. Edward Kellough). 2003. International Journal of Public Administration 26 (12): 1307-1336.
"Affirmative Action on the Precipice: Will its Demise Prove Fatal to the Achievement of Diversity?" (co-authored with Calvin Gibson). 2002. Journal of Public Management and Social Policy 8 (1): 51-69.
"The
President and Representative Bureaucracy: Rhetoric and Reality” 2000, (co-authored
with John Crum). Public Administration Review 60
(2): 98-110.
"Subjective
vs. Objective Discrimination in Government: Adding
to the Picture of Barriers to the Advancement of Women." 1995. Political Research Quarterly 48(3): 535-557
Academic Year 2007-2008 Evaluation of the Students Services (SSS-TRIO) Program at San Francisco State University. Completed under contract between SFSU Public Research Institute and SSS-TRIO Program (November 2008).
Academic Year 2006-2007 Evaluation of the Students Services (SSS-TRIO) Program at San Francisco State University. Completed under contract between SFSU Public Research Institute and SSS-TRIO Program (December 2007).
Academic Year 2004-2005 Evaluation of the Students Services (SSS-TRIO) Program at San Francisco State University. Completed under contract between SFSU Public Research Institute and SSS-TRIO Program (November 2005).
Academic Year 2003-2004 Evaluation of the Students Services (SSS-TRIO) Program First time Freshmen at San Francisco State University. Evaluation completed under contract between SFSU Public Research Institute and SSS-TRIO Program (November 2004).
"Evaluation: SSS-TRIO Program, San Francisco State University, First-Time Freshmen, Academic Year 2002-2003." Evaluation completed under contract between SFSU Public Research Institute and SSS-TRIO Program (October 2003).
"Program Evaluation, First-time Freshmen, SSS-TRIO Program,Academic Year 2001-2002. San Francisco State University." Evaluation completed under contract between SFSU Public Research Institute and SSS-TRIO Program (October 2002).
Reprisals in the U.S. Customs Service. 2003. Consulting study funded by a contract with the U.S. Customs Service, Washington, DC (July)
"Program Evaluation: SSS-TRIO Program, San Francisco State University, First-Time Freshmen, Academic Year 2001-2002." Evaluation completed under contract between SFSU Public Research Institute and SSS-TRIO Program (October 2002).
A Changing Workforce: Understanding Diversity Programs in the
Federal Government. 2001. (co-authored with J.
Edward Kellough) .
The Impact of Teams on the Climate for Diversity in the Government: The FAA Experience. 2000. Co-authored with Richard C. Thompson. Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aviation Medicine, Washington, DC (August).
"Achieving a Representative Public Service in South Africa's Western Cape: Three Case Studies. " Funded by a grant from the Office of International Programs, San Francisco State University, Fall 2006-Winter 2007. Available at http://bss.sfsu.edu/naff/Research/Western_Cape_Case_Studies/case_studies.htm.
"Representative Bureaucracy" 2007. In Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy edited by Jack Rabin. NY: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1698-1701
"Book Review: Rice, Mitchell F. (ed.). (2004). Diversity and Public Administration: Theory, Issues, and Perspectives." 2006. Review of Public Personnel Administration, (24):
"MAX-HR: When More May Mean Less." 2005. The Public Manager 34(1): 59-60.
"Achieving Accountability for Workforce Diversity Programs" 2002. (co-authored with J. Edward Kellough). The Business of Government. (Spring): 59-61.
"Civil Service Reform in California? Not in Our Lifetime!" 2001. Periscope 22(1) Available at http://www.spalr.org/SPALR800.htm.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
“The Status of Law in Contemporary Public Administrative Literature, Education, and Practice” (co-authored with David H. Rosenbloom). Paper presented at Minnowbook III, Lake Placid, NY, September 5-7, 2008.
"Footprints through the Courts: Comparing Judicial Responses to Affirmative Action Litigation in South Africa and the U.S." (co-authored with Ockert Dupper) Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 28-31, 2008.
"Elusive Equity: Women's Representation in the South African Civil Service." Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 3-6, 2008.
"Passive Representation in the South African Bureaucracy: A Lot Has Happened, but it's a Lot More Complicated..." Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 30-September 2, 2007. Chicago, IL.
"Which Side Can Claim Victory? Judicial Interpretation of Disparate Impact Theory Following the 1991 Civil Rights Act." Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 30-September 3, 2006, Philadelphia, PA.
"Civil Service Modernization in the Post Reform Era: A New Institutional Perspective" (co-authored with Albert C. Hyde) Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 20-23, 2006, Chicago, IL
"Representative Bureaucracy in South Africa: Success or Failure" (co-authored with Frederik Uys). Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 7-10, 2005, Chicago, IL.
"Faultlines in the California Recall Election: Was There a Gender Gap?" (co-authored with Melissa Levitt). Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2-5, 2004, Chicago, IL
"The End of Affirmative Action and the Future of the Legal and Medical Professions in California." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 15-18, 2004, Chicago, IL
"The Supreme Court as a Policymaking Institution: The Case of Affirmative Action." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 3-6, 2003, Chicago, IL.
"Recruitment and Retention: The Importance of the Accountability for Diversity" Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, October 17-19, 2002, Los Angeles, CA.
"Prospects for Civil Service Reform in California: A Triumph of Technique Over Purpose?" Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 29-September 1, 2002, Boston, MA.
"Managing Diversity in the Federal Service: An Examination of Agency Programs" Invited keynote address for "Diversity in Government" conference sponsored by the International Quality and Productivity Center, July 15-16, 2002. Washington, DC.
"Benchmarking Strategies for Diversity Management in Government" Invited presentation for "Strategy and Innovation in Public Management" conference sponsored by The Brookings Institution, June 26-27, 2002, Washington, DC.
"Efforts to Achieve a Representative Bureaucracy: The Implications of the Current Assault on Affirmative Action" (co-authored with Calvin Gibson and J. Edward Kellough) Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 25-28, 2002, Chicago, IL
"Best Practices in Diversity Management: How do we Know They are the Best?" Presentation for the annual meeting of the American Society for Public Administration, March 24-26, 2002, Phoenix, AZ.
"Managing Diversity in the Federal Service: An Examination of Agency Programs." co-authored with J. Edward Kellough. Paper presented to the 6th National Public Management Research Conference, October 18-20, 2001, Bloomington, IN
"Ensuring Employment Equity: Are Workforce Diversity Programs Making a Difference?" co-authored with J. Edward Kellough. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 19-21, 2001, Chicago, IL.
"Civil
Service Reform in California: Human Resources Management for the Next Century--or the
Last?" Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Society for Public
Administration, March 10-13, 2001, Newark, NJ.
“Diversity
Programs in Federal Agencies: A Dog that Didn’t Bark?” co-authored with J.
Edward Kellough. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Political Science
Association, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2000, Washington, D.C.
"Labor Management Relations and Privatization: A Federal Perspective." Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Society for Public Administration, April 1990, Los Angeles, California.
"The Evolution of Federal Workforce Quality Assessment: An Overview." Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Western Social Science Association, April 1990, Portland, Oregon.
"Privatization in the Public Sector: Impacts on Collective Bargaining and Human Resource Management." Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Western Social Science Association, April 1989, Albuquerque, New Mexico
WORK IN PROGRESS
"Women as Senior Managers in the South African Public Service: Chasing an Evasive Target" Under review by the International Journal of Human Resource Management
At the End of the Rainbow. Book in progress on South Africa's efforts to achieve a representative public service.
Outstanding Service to the Section, presented by the Section on Personnel and Labor Relations, American Society for Public Administration, April 2006
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE
American Society for Public Administration
(ASPA)
Member, Brownlow Award Committee (Spring 2000)
Member, National Public Service Awards
Executive Committee (1995-2002)
Elected Representative, Region III, ASPA
National Council (1992-1995)
Chair, PA Times Editorial Board
(1992-1995)
Member, Publications Committee (1992-1995)
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
Member, Board of
Directors, (1997-2001)
National Capital Area Chapter (NCAC/ASPA)
President, 1995-96
Vice President 1994-95
1995 Conference Chair
Member, Board of
Directors 1990-92
Project Director for
development of a book entitled, "Breaking through the Glass
Ceiling: A Career Guide for
Women in Government" (published by NCAC/ASPA in 1992).
Received Chapter
Service awards, 1990, 1993.
Newsletter editor
1988-90 (won best chapter newsletter award from ASPA, 1990)
Section on Personnel and Labor Relations
Chair 2004 to
2006
Chair-Elect, 2002 to
2004
Member, Board of
Directors 1991-94, 1999 to present
Newsletter co-editor
1992-94 (won award for best section newsletter from ASPA, 1993)
American Political Science
Association Public Administration Division
Chair
(2006-2007)
Chair elect
(2005-2006)
Program Chair 2005
conference (2004-2005)
Member, Executive
Committee (2001 to 2003)
Review of Public Personnel
Administration
Member, Editorial Board (2001 to present)
Member, Academic Advisory Board, Partnership for Public Service (2003 to present)
Expert consultant, Mayor's Advisory Panel on Civil Service Reform in the City and County of San Francisco (2005 to 2006)
Consultant, Diversity Task Force, Vice President Gore’s National Partnership for Reinventing Government (1999).
Midwest Political Science Association, Public Administration Caucus, newsletter editor (1998-2000)
The Public Manager
Member, Editorial Board (1997 to
2000)
Member, Board of Directors (1990-1996)
Editor, The Young Professionals Arena
(1989-1992)
Pi Alpha Alpha
Honorary Society
Member,
Executive Council (1999 to 2003)
Member, Student Manuscript Award Committee (Fall 2001)
Chair, Student
Manuscript Award Committee (Fall 2000)
Chair, Nominating Committee (Spring 2003)
Faculty
Advisor, SFSU (1999 to 2005, 2007 to present)
Public Research Institute, SFSU
Member, Board of Directors (1997-present)
Member, Director Search Committee (2001)
Methodology-Technology
Committee of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, SFSU
Chair, (2000-2004)
Member (1997-2000)
College of BSS Task Force on Diversity (2005 to 2006)
BSS
representative to the SFSU University Academic Assessment Advisory Committee
Member (2005-2006, 2007 to present)
Co-chair (2007 to present)
SFSU
representative to the CSU Social Science Research and Instructional Council
(SSRIC) (2004 to present)
Chair (2008-2009)
SFSU Friends of the Library
Secretary and Member of Executive
Committee (2003 to 2005)
Member, Board of Directors and
Finance Committee (2001 to 2003)
Member, Academic Senate Library Advisory Committee (1998-2002).
Chair, Public Administration Program HRTP Committee
(2003 to 2006, 2007-2008)
Member. Search Committee, Department of PA (Fall 2008)
Chair, Public Administration/Political
Science Search Committee for Public Policy Faculty Position (2002)
Member, NASPAA Accreditation Self-study Task Force, Department of Public Administration,
SFSU (1999)
Member, Search Committee, Department of Public Administration (1997-1998)
Member, American Political Science Association
Member, Midwest Political Science Association
Manuscript Reviewer for:
Gender and Politics
Journal of Public Administration Education
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Political Research Quarterly
Public Administration Review
Review of Public Personnel Administration
Social Science Quarterly
Urban Affairs Quarterly