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Beth Walter Honadle

Professor of Political Science and Affiliated Faculty, School of Planning
1109 Crosley Tower
513-556-2303
beth.honadle@uc.edu

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Education

Ph.D. (Public Administration), Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1979.

M.A. (Economics), Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1977.

Master of Public Administration, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1976.

B.A. (Political Science), University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1975.

Professional Summary

Beth Walter Honadle (Ph.D. Syracuse University), is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Affiliated Faculty in the School of Planning at the University of Cincinnati (UC). From 2004-2008, Dr. Honadle was Director of the Institute for Policy Research at UC.

Before coming to UC, Honadle directed the Center for Policy Analysis & Public Service and was a Professor of Political Science at Bowling Green State University. Honadle was previously a Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota where she was also an Adjunct Professor at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. She worked for eleven years in the Federal government in Washington, DC where she was National Program Leader for Economic Development for the nationwide Cooperative Extension System and was leader of the Organization and Delivery of Local Services Project in the State and Local Government Section of U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. She was also an adjunct professor in Public Administration at The American University in Washington, DC.

Currently Honadle serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management and the Journal of Social Service Research.

She has published articles in Chicago Policy Review, Economic Development Quarterly, Applied Research in Economic Development, Public Administration Review, Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy, Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy, International Journal of Public Administration, Public Management, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, the Journal of the Community Development Society, National Civic Review, Public Administration and Development, Journal of Public Budgeting and Finance, Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector, Public Management, and Public Productivity Review. She has also written numerous book chapters and has authored or co-edited two books.

She was lead author of the 2004 book, Fiscal Health for Local Governments: An Introduction to Concepts, Practical Analysis, and Strategies (Academic Press/Elsevier).

Honadle is former chair of the American Society for Public Administration’s Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management. She has served on the Policy Council of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management and on the board of the International Community Development Society.

Honadle has been the Principal Investigator on numerous grants and contracts and has been a consultant and expert witness and public policy hearings on subjects in her areas of expertise.

Research Interests

intergovernmental relations local government fiscal health of local governments local government capacity building workforce development community and economic development voluntary interlocal governmental cooperation local governmental boundary adjustments (e.g., consolidations) rural development metropolitan governance fiscal crises (of local governments) state-local relations special district governments

Peer Reviewed Publications

Honadle, B.W. “Federal Grant Programs for Community Development: Déjà Vu And Policy Paradoxes in an Ill-Fated Initiative” Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Spring 2008), pp. 72 – 86.

Honadle, B.W. “On Public Policy Analysis: Reflections from the Field,” Chicago Policy Review, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Summer 2006), pp. 6 – 18.

Invited Publications

Honadle, B. W. and Yun Li, “Features and Trends of Local Government in Northwest Ohio: Revenues, Expenditures, Employment, and Population,” in State of the Region: Northwest Ohio Perspectives, Center for Policy Analysis & Public Service, Bowling Green State University, April 2004.

Books

Honadle, B.W., J. M. Costa, and B.A. Cigler, Fiscal Health For Local Governments: An Introduction to Concepts, Practical Analysis, and Strategies, Boston: Academic Press/Elsevier, 2004.

Book Chapters

“Citizen-Led Politics and City-City Consolidation: The Case of North Branch, Minnesota,” in Case Studies of Local Government Consolidation, ed. by Suzanne Leland and Kurt Thurmaier, M.E. Sharpe, 2004.

Other Publications

Honadle, et al. Job Vacancy, Education, and Training Analysis for Southwest Ohio: Results from a Tri-State Study, Vol. 1: Job Vacancies. A report for Workforce One of Southwest Ohio. Cincinnati, OH: Institute for Policy Research, University of Cincinnati, December 2007.

Honadle, et al. Job Vacancy, Education, and Training Analysis for Southwest Ohio: Results from a Tri-State Study, Vol. 2: Education & Training. A report for Workforce One of Southwest Ohio. Cincinnati, OH: Institute for Policy Research, University of Cincinnati, December 2007.

Honadle, B. W. and R. R. Weirauch, Local Government Options: A Practical Toolkit for Customized Local Government Structuring in Ohio, Center for Policy Analysis & Public Service, Bowling Green, OH, 2004.

Honadle, B. W. Northwest Ohio Partnership on Alternative Energy Systems: Framework and Questions for Evaluation, Prepared under NSF contract HER-0227899, “Northwest Ohio Partnership on Alternative Energy Systems” project. November 2003

Invited Presentations

(05/16/2008). Notes on Policy Evaluation: Reflections of a Pracademic. Ohio Program Evaluator’s Group, Spring Exchange, Closing Presentation, Columbus, OH.

(11/29/2006). State-Local Relations in Ohio: Implications for Legislators. Ohio Legislative Service Commission’s New Member Orientation, Columbus, Ohio.

(06/24/2005). Macro Trends Affecting Local Governments’ Finances. University of Wisconsin-Extension Local Government Finance Education In-Service, University of Wisconsin.

(03/12/2005). Incrementalism Redux: State Roles in Local Government Fiscal Crises. 59th International Atlantic Economic Conference, London, UK.

(04/30/2004). Politics, Policy, and Paradigms: State Intervention in Local Government Fiscal Crises. Fourth State Politics Conference, Kent State University.

(05/19/2004). How Federal and State Budget Decisions Affect Local Fiscal Conditions. Missouri Extension Service annual conference Community, Columbia, MO.

(03/30/2004). Citizen-Led Politics and City-City Consolidation: The Case of North Branch, Minnesota. American Society for Public Administration annual national conference, Portland, OR.

(01/29/2004). Taming the New Wilderness: Carving Our Identity in a World Market. Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Government (TMACOG) General Assembly, Perrysburg, OH.

Paper Presentations

Beth Walter Honadle. Weathering the Storm and Changing the Climate: Can We Do Both Simultaneously?. American Society for Public Administration Annual National Conference, Miami, FL. 03/20/2009.

Beth Walter Honadle. Urban Universities and Neighborhood Development: Reflections on a Stakeholder Analysis Studio Project. Mid-Continent Regional Science Association annual meeting, Milwaukee, WI. 05/29/2009.

Beth Walter Honadle. What Employers Are Looking For. Southwest Ohio Region Workforce Investment Board. 02/12/2009.

Honors & Awards

Plaque for "Dedication and Support" as PR1ZE Mentor, .