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Rick S. Kurtz joined the political science department in
1999, after several years of government service. After serving for
three years as the department internship director, he assumed the
position of Master of Public Administration program director. Kurtz
teaches courses on public administration, organizational management,
state and local government and environmental politics and policy.
Current research focuses on marine pollution and spill mitigation.
Kurtz is also serving as principal investigator for the Gateway
Community Economic Development Project:
http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/Political_Science/gateways/.
Education
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1999
M.A., University of Virginia, 1991
B.A., University of Alaska, 1988
Fields of Specialization
Environmental Policy
State and Local Government
Public Administration
Recent Publications
“Policy Dilemma in
National Parks: A Case Study of Glacier Bay,” Journal of the West,
Summer 2006.
“The Federal
Concessioner System: Linking Policy to Opportunities for Local Service
Providers,” Review of Policy Research, 23:2, 2006.
“Historic
Preservation: A Statutory Vehicle for Disparate Agendas,” The Social
Science Journal, 43:1, 2006.
“Coastal Oil Pollution: Spills, Crisis,
and Policy Change.” Review of Policy Research 21:2, 2004.
“Disputing Wilderness on the
Canadian-American Frontier: the Case of Glacier Bay National Park.”
Journal of the West 36:2, 2004.
“Organizational Culture,
Decision-Making, and Integrity: The National Park Service and the
Exxon Valdez.” Public Integrity 5:4, 2003.
Recent Presentations
Kurtz, Rick S.
“Lessons Learned in Spill Response and Clean up: A Look Back at Exxon
Valdez.” SIGCO Oil Pollution Seminar, Exxon Valdez – A Watershed in
U.S. Oil Pollution Response, Bermuda, June 7-9, 2006.
Kurtz, Rick S.
“The Federal Concessioner System: Linking Policy to Opportunities for
Local Service Providers.” Western Political Science Association
Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, March 16-18, 2006.
Kurtz, Rick S.
“Economic Development Trends in Gateway Communities.” Western
Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Oakland, March 17-20,
2005.
Kurtz, Rick S.
“Gateway Communities, and Economic Vision Formulation.” Western
Political Science Association Annual Meeting. March 11-14, 2004. |
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