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Rick Morse joined the School of Government in 2006. He previously was assistant professor in the Public Policy and Administration Program at Iowa State University. He teaches and advises state and local public officials in the areas of collaborative governance, visioning, and leadership. His publications include several articles and book chapters on collaboration and citizen participation. He is lead editor of two books on public leadership, Transforming Public Leadership for the 21st Century (M.E. Sharpe, 2007), and Innovations in Public Leadership Development (M.E. Sharpe, 2008). Morse holds a BA and MA in public policy from Brigham Young University and a PhD in public administration/public affairs from Virginia Tech.

Selected publications

Heather Getha-Taylor, Maja Husar Holmes, Willow S. Jacobson, Ricardo S. Morse, and Jessica E. Sowa. 2010. Focusing the Public Leadership Lens: Research Propositions and Questions in the Minnowbrook Tradition. Journal of Public Administration Research & Theory 21(Supplement 1): i83-i98.

Ricardo S. Morse. 2010. Bill Gibson and the Art of Leading Across Boundaries. Public Administration Review 70(3): 434-442.

Ricardo S. Morse. 2010. Integrative Public Leadership: Catalyzing Collaboration to Create Public Value. The Leadership Quarterly 21(2): 231-245.

Ricardo S. Morse, and Terry F. Buss, eds. 2008.Innovations in Public Leadership Development. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe.

Ricardo S. Morse, Terry F. Buss, and C. Morgan Kinghorn, eds. 2007. Transforming Public Leadership for the 21st Century. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe.

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Kelley O'Brien joined the School of Government in 2002 as project director for the NC Civic Education Consortium's 2003 Civic Index, the first-ever statewide study of youth and adult civic engagement. O'Brien's experience in the education sector includes teaching English as a Second Language; managing school-to-career programs in Durham, NC; and overseeing the expansion of the Consortium's curricular resources. O'Brien teaches grant proposal writing and professional communications for the Master of Public Administration program. She has secured more than $5 million in private and public grants. She led the drafting and publication of the 2010 North Carolina Civic Health Index and her research has been published in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Popular Government, and the Kappa Delta Pi Record. O'Brien earned a BA in honors interdisciplinary studies from the University of Georgia and an MPA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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John Stephens joined the School of Government in 1996. Previously, he was research director of the Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management. His publications include Guidebook to Public Dispute Resolution in North Carolina and Public Management Bulletin: Using a Mediator in Public Disputes. He is co-author of Reaching for Higher Ground: Tools for Powerful Groups and Communities and School Funding Disputes: Mediate, Don't Litigate. Stephens also teaches in the Natural Resources Leadership Institute at North Carolina State University. He is chair of the steering committee of the University Network for Collaborative Governance. Stephens earned a BA from Earlham College, a Master of Philosophy from The City University, London, and a PhD from George Mason University's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

Selected publications

John B. Stephens and Berner, M. (forthcoming). “Learning from Your Neighbor: The Value of Public Participation Evaluation for Public Policy Dispute Resolution,” Journalof Public Deliberation. 22 pages.

R.S. Morse and Stephens, John B. (forthcoming). Teaching Collaborative Governance: Phases, Competencies, and Case-Based Learning, Journalof Public Affairs Education. 30 pages.

John B. Stephens. 2007. Consensus Building and Leadership. In Transforming Public Leadership for the 21^st Century, Ricardo S. Morse, Terry F. Buss, and C. Morgan Kinghorn, (eds.), Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. 22 pages.

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