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Abstract
Learning from their shared experiences at the Teaching Public Administration Conference held in Frankfurt, Kentucky in 2009, three adjunct instructors give voice to the hundreds of practioners teaching in the field of public administration. The authors articulate varying ways that adjuncts challenge students to move beyond the text and examine what it means to do public administration. Drawing from the work of Newman, Guy and Mastracci (2009), the authors argue how they are uniquely qualified to not only prepare effective, but affective, future leaders.
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Peter Letzmann
Peter A. Letzmann is an attorney, mediator, consultant, and speaker who graduated from the University of Detroit’s Mercy School of Law. He currently is in private practice, after serving as the City Attorney of Troy, MI, for 17 years; as a Deputy City Attorney for the City of Pontiac, MI; and as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Detroit. Letzmann’s articles have been published in the Journal of the State Bar of Michigan and The Public Corporation Law Section Quarterly. His professional honors include the Michigan Municipal League’s Award of Merit and the Michigan Municipal Attorney’s Distinguished Service Award.
Ashley Nickels
Ashley Nickels is Assistant Director of the Women’s Center at Grand Valley State University. She serves on numerous community and statewide nonprofit boards, and teaches part time in the School of Public and Nonprofit Administration at Grand Valley State University. Her research interests include civic engagement, service learning, and gender equity. She received her Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Leadership and Management from Grand Valley State University.
Jennifer Stockdale
Jennifer Stockdale is the Director of Human Resources and Grants Administration at the Boys and Girls Club in Holland, MI. She has worked for numerous community foundations, in addition to the Johnson Center for Philanthropy — a research center at Grand Valley State University. Stockdale also received her Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Leadership and Management from Grand Valley State University.
