Emily B. McCartha serves as a Senior Program Evaluator for the North Carolina General Assembly in the program evaluation division, a non-partisan research group. She has led evaluations related to public education, public health, and organizational structure, and has been a team member on other evaluations. She earned her doctorate in public administration from North Carolina State University in 2019 and her master of public affairs from the LBJ School at the University of Texas in 2011. She also earned her BA in urban studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2009.
Selected Publications
Fleming, C. J., McCartha, E. B., & Steelman, T. A. (2015). Conflict and collaboration in wildfire management: the role of mission alignment. Public Administration Review, 75(3), 445-454.
Velez, A. L. K., & McCartha, E. B. (2019). A framework for understanding how nonprofits shape our physical environment: Identifying allies in making spaces. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 29(3), 419-435.