Mario A. Rivera
Ph.D.,School of Public Administration, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA
CURRENT
Regents' Professor of Public Administration, the University of New Mexico: Teaching graduate courses in change management, comparative public administration, intergovernmental relations, and program evaluation and performance measurement, in the School of Public Administration Masters of Public Administration Program. Additional teaching and cross-listed courses with the Anderson Schools of Management, College of Education, and Community and Regional Planning Program. Consulting specialization in program evaluation and performance management.
SELECTED RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
Program Evaluation Consultant, Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board: Lead analyst in a Native American Research Centers for Health Project of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, funded by the National Institutes of Health and Indian Health Service (current).
Evaluation Consultant, City of Albuquerque Equity Program, assessing equal opportunity programming, identifying mitigation strategies, and evaluating diversity training (2006-2007).
Staff Consultant, Legislative Finance Committee, New Mexico State Legislature: Lead Analyst for design-phase program evaluations of the New Mexico Interagency Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative and Three-tiered Teacher Licensure initiative, 2003-2005; Analyst, State Fire Protection Fund performance audit, Public Regulation Commission, 2003.
Business Consultant, New Mexico Retail Association: Program evaluation for a youth workforce training program funded by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration; evaluation of employability assessment and training efforts (2001-2006).
Senior Analyst, Kirkpatrick and Associates, Inc., in a national survey study for J. D. Edwards of national trends in enterprise integration systems acquisition among public utilities (2003).
Business Consultant, CAREERWorks, University of New Mexico Continuing Education: Market research and business plan training; program development and evaluation (2002).
Research Analyst, Family Preservation and Family Support Demonstration Project, Children, Youth and Families Department: Survey-based evaluation of a middle-school behavioral health education program and a community planning board leadership-development project (2001).
Business Trainer/Consultant, Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team: Training and technical assistance in market research, business plan writing, and loan packaging (1999-2001).
Senior Associate, Hirst-Cordova Company: Technical writing and press agentry for the inauguration of the National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico (2000).
Trainer/Facilitator, in an Interamerican Development Bank justice-sector project for El Salvador, administered by Associates in Rural Development: Training the planning staffs of eight cabinet agencies in strategic planning and management (1999-2000).
Trainer, in group effectiveness methods, for the New Mexico Municipal League (1995, 1997) and the State's Department of Finance and Administration, Local Government Division (1998).
Trainer/Analyst, for a Costa Rican public-sector reform project of the U.S. Agency for International Development, administered by Development Associates: Training, facilitation, and evaluation initiatives in the consolidation of two public health ministries (1996).
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Government and International Studies, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1983, concentration in comparative political science and international relations-international political economy, policy analysis and program evaluation, and social science research methods. Area Studies Certificate, in Latin American Studies, the Kellogg International Studies Institute, 1980, and Master of Arts, 1977, the University of Notre Dame.
Bachelor of Arts, Social Relations (with high honors, magna cum laude), Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972: Concentration in sociology (Social Relations), including coursework in the political economy of development and of international migration.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Regents' Professor of Public Administration, School of Public Administration, The University of New Mexico (first appointed as Associate Professor in 1993). Teaching graduate public administration courses, in particular Institutional Development and Behavior, Comparative Public Administration, Intergovernmental Administrative Problems, Program Evaluation, and Performance Measurement.
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut: Teaching policy analysis and program evaluation courses, Masters and Executive Masters of Public Administration Programs (1989-1993). Concurrently, Evaluation Consultant and Trainer for the Research and Evaluation Division, Prime Minister's Office (Executive Yuan), Republic of China (1991-1992).
Visiting Lecturer, Labor Relations, Labor Studies Program, George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Silver Spring, Maryland (1985-1989), while serving as Assistant Professor of Political Science, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1985-1989 (and Acting Head of Department, 1986-1987).
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Barry University, Miami, Florida: Teaching Political Science, Latin American Studies, and International Organization courses (1983-1985). Also served (1) as a Consultant with the Housing Authority, City of Fort Lauderdale, under a project grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, writing an evaluation study of a locally-developed urban revitalization technique (1983-1985); (2) as an Associate Consultant in grant and program development with Careco, Inc., Miami Beach, Florida (1982-1983); and (3) as development consultant with the Gildred Founda¬tion for Latin American Health and Education (1982).
Research Analyst and Historian, Cuban-Haitian Task Force, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Washingt¬on, D.C. Under assignment by the Office of the Secretary of HHS and with successive Presidential appointments, served as the principal research analyst and Historian of an inter-agency group convened by the White House to coordinate federal policy toward the Cuban and Haitian mass asylum emergencies of 1980; collected and organized the government's historical record for deposit with the National Archives and the Carter Presidential Library (1980-1982).
SELECTED APPOINTMENTS, MEMBERSHIPS, AND HONORS
Regents' Professorship, the University of New Mexico, since 2000: a lifetime appointment, one of the University's highest forms of recognition for excellence in research and teaching. Preceded by a Regents' Lectureship, 1997-2000.
Chair, Admissions Committee, School of Public Administration (SPA, 1994-2005). Chair, SPA Promotion and Tenure Committee (1998-1999). Faculty Senator, SPA, and SPA representative, Faculty Senate Research Policy Committee, Curricula Committee (1994-2004, 2007-present), and University Press Committee (1994-2002); Student Mentor, Research Opportunity Program, (1994-1995).
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Public Affairs Education (since 2005); Senior Associate Editor, The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal/La Revue de l'innovation: Revue de l'innovation dans le secteur public (2008); Editorial Board member, Policy and Management Review, Problems and Perspectives in Management, Scientific Journals International, Journal of Business and Public Affairs, The Innovation Journal, Scholarship on the Assessment of Learning (all active, various starting dates since 2000). Editorial Board member, PA Times, 2004-2006.
Faculty of Color [Mentoring] Award, May 2007, from the Peer Mentoring for Graduates of Color organization of the Project For New Mexico Graduates of Color-an initiative of the Office of Graduate Studies of the University of New Mexico, the award is co-sponsored by the Black Graduate and Professional Student Association, the Raza Graduate Student Association, and the Society for Native American Graduate Students, and other minority student groups.
Appointee to the Executive Council (2005-2008) and Committee on Peer Review and Accreditation (2002-2005) of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). Council Liaison to the Standards Committee (since 2007). Appointee to the Steering Committee of NASPAA's Inter-American Network for Public Administration Education (1997-1999), and to its Undergraduate Section Committee (1991-1996). Site Visit Team (SVT) Chair, Atkinson School of Management, Willamette University (2002); SVT member, California State University (CSU) Dominguez Hills (1995), Appalachian State University (1996), Southwest Missouri State University (1999), and CSU Los Angeles (2000).
Member, Workforce Development Committee, the New Mexico Information Technology and Software Association (since 2001): Assessment of State needs in science/technology education.
Appointed by the Governor of Connecticut to the Governor's Executive Service Corps (1991-1993), advising the State Taxation and Transportation departments on service needs of Hispanic citizens.
Appointee, Mayor's Housing Task Force, City of Indianapolis, Indiana (1988).
Director for Political Science, Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences (1987).
Professional Service Award, Barry University (1984).
Board Member, Cuban American Legal Defense and Education Fund, 1981-1989.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS, AND STUDIES
With Abdullah Karaman, Sebahat Bayrak Kök, and Selcuk Burak Hasiloglu, coauthors, "Vision, Creativity, Strategic Innovation, and Transformational Leadership," Problems and Perspectives in Management 2, 2008.
With James D. Ward, coauthor, "Employment Equity and Institutional Commitments to Diversity: Disciplinary Perspectives from Public Administration and Public Affairs Education," Journal of Public Affairs Education 14 (1), Spring 2008.
With Una Medina, coauthor, and Sharon Rogers and Christina Shapiro, contributing authors, "Meaning-Making and Client Empowerment: The Basic Needs Incentive Model," The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal 13 (1), 2008.
"Cultural Competency, Diversity, and Equity in Public Affairs Education: Curricular and Programmatic Implications," paper presented March 10, 2008 at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Dallas, Texas, March 7-11, 2008.
With Max M. Valdez, coauthor, "Cross-functional Teams and Informal Social Networks: A Case Study of Project Development and Performance in a Multidisciplinary Science and Technology National Laboratory," Journal of Business and Public Affairs 1 (2), 2007.
With Richard G. Johnson III, coauthor, "Refocusing Graduate Public Affairs Education: A Need for Diversity Competencies in Human Resource Management," Journal of Public Affairs Education 13 (1), Winter 2007.
With Richard G. Johnson III, coauthor, "Promoting Diversity Competencies in Public Administration Education," presented October 12, 2007 in a Panel entitled "Cultural Competency, Diversity and the Changing Face of Public Affairs," Annual Conference of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Seattle, Washington, October 10-13, 2007.
With Una E. Medina, coauthor, "Salient Variables in the Creation, Diffusion, and Dissolution of Innovation Networks," paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and Life Sciences, Chapman College, Orange, California, July 27-29, 2007.
With Frank Reinow, coauthor, An Evaluation of Five Research and Demonstration Projects to Develop Native Health Researchers and Reduce Health Disparities in Tribal Communities, 2006, 2007, Native American Research Centers for Health, University of New Mexico.
With Ferrel Heady, coauthor, "Comparative Program-Performance Evaluation and Government Accountability in New Mexico-Some Applied Lessons for Intergovernmental Relations," Journal of Public Affairs Education 12 (4), Fall 2006.
With Una E. Medina, Everett M. Rogers, W. Gill Woodall, and David B. Buller, coauthors, "Internet Access and Innovation-Diffusion in a National Cancer Institute Preventive Health Education Project," Journal of Public Affairs Education 12 (2), Spring 2006.
With Everett M. Rogers, "Innovation Diffusion, Network Features, and Cultural Communication Variables," Problems and Perspectives in Management 3 (2), Spring 2006.
With Ferrel Heady and Bruce Perlman, coauthors, "Issues in Comparative and International Administration," Jack Rabin et al., eds., Handbook of Public Administration (New York: Marcel Dekker, 2006).
With Everett M. Rogers, U. Medina, and C. Wiley, coauthors, "Complex Adaptive Systems and the Diffusion of Innovations," The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal 10 (3), 2005.
Program Analysis of the New Mexico Behavioral Health Purchasing Collaborative, State of New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee, April 15, 2005.
New Mexico's Three-Tiered Teacher Licensure System, A Report to the Legislative Finance Committee, a White Paper presented to the Audit, Contract, and Computers Subcommittee of the Legislative Finance Committee, New Mexico State Legislature, April 23, 2004.
With Everett M. Rogers, coauthor, "Evaluating Public Sector Innovation in Networks: Extending the Reach of the National Cancer Institute's Web-based Health Communication Intervention Research Initiative," The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal 9 (3), 2004.
With Marco Antonio G. Dias, coauthor, "Real Options Valuation in Energy Investment Projects," Problems and Perspectives in Management 1 (1), Spring 2004.
With Ted Vecchio, coauthor, Applied Strategic Performance Management (Minneapolis: P4 Management Solutions, 2003).
With Alicia Ortiz, Review of Fire Protection Fund Uses, Legislative Finance Committee, 2003.
With Robert A. Casias, coauthor, "Resource Constraints in Information Systems Development: A Land Management Case Study," International Journal of Public Administration 24 (6), 2001.
With Bruce J. Perlman, "Un Nuevo Modelo para la Formulación de Estrategias en la Planificación" ("New Model for Strategy Formulation in Planning"), Carta Económica Regional 14 (78), 2001.
With Karen N. King, coauthor, "Assessing the Impact of Microfinance Program Implementation;" Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Newark, New Jersey; March 2001.
With Gary M. Woller, co-editor and coauthor, Public Administration in a New Era (Burke, Virginia: Chatelaine Press, 2000). Graduate-level reader on trends in public management theory.
With Bruce J. Perlman, "Institutional Constraints on Market Liberalization Policies in Cuba," Policy and Management Review 1 (1), 2000.
"Microeconomic Intermediation and Sectoral Integration in a Market Transition," in Jorge F. Pérez-Lopez (ed.), Cuba in Transition 10, Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE), Washington, D.C., 2000.
Formulación de Estrategias para la Planificación en el Sistema de Administración de Justicia (San Salvador: Associates in Rural Development, 2000). Monographic study.
"A Preliminary Network Analysis of Economic Liberalization in Cuba," International Journal of Economic Development 2 (1), 1999.
"Second Economy, Second Society, and Political Control in Cuba: Perspectives from Network and Institutional Economics," in Cuba in Transition Volume 8, ASCE, Washington, D.C., 998.
"The Imperatives of Economic Liberalization and Political Control in Cuba," in K. Tom Liou (Ed.), Handbook of Economic Development (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1998).
With Luis Férnandez y Zavala, co-editor and coauthor, Evaluación Programática y Educacional en el Sector Público, Washington, D.C.: Organization of American States, 1997. Bilingual text.
With Jong S. Jun, "The Paradox of Transforming Public Administration," American Behavioral Scientist 41 (1), 1997.
With César Tulio Bustamante Terreros, coauthor, "El Impacto del TLC sobre Nuevo México: un Estudio Empírico en el Contexto Bilateral," Carta Económica Regional 47(6), 1996.
"Public and Professional Ethics: Critically Incorporating Communicative and Contractarian Ethics and Contemporary Role Theory," Public Administration Theory and Praxis 17 (2), 1995.
"Issues of Legitimacy and National Identity in the Cuban Transition," The Journal of Latin American Affairs 3 (2), 1995.
"Elements of Political Restructuring in a Post-Castro Transition," in Armando M. Lago (ed.), Cuba in Transition 4, ASCE, Washington, D.C., 1995.
Decision and Structure: U.S. Refugee Policy in the Mariel Crisis (Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1991). Sole-authored book on federal refugee policy.
With Chung-Ing Shih, RDEC Evaluation Instruments in Light of U.S. Approaches and Practices, Research, Development, and Evaluation Commission. (Republic of China: Executive Yuan, 1991).
"The Oasis Technique: A Method of Controlling Crime and Improving the Quality of Life," in William A. Geller (ed.), Police Leadership in America: Crisis and Opportunity (Chicago: American Bar Foundation, 1989, 1985), with William Lindsey, Ronald Cochran, and Bruce Quint.
"Refugee Chess: Policy by Default," Caribbean Review 13 (4), Fall 1984. Also presented at the annual conference of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Antonio, Texas, as "Cuban Entrant Policy: Linkages and Implications for Immigration Reform," August 1984.
