Faculty members in the School of Public Administration and the school’s Center for Public and Nonprofit Management conduct research that is problem-oriented, theory-driven and interdisciplinary. They strive to study issues that are relevant to diverse stakeholders, including practitioners in local, regional, statewide, national and international organizations, and scholars in public administration, planning, research administration and nonprofit management. The faculty’s research serves as a fulcrum to challenge both practitioners and scholars to strengthen communities.
Research Interests
Current/Recent Grants
The following list of grants and contracts represent amounts awarded to SPA faculty only. Those with an asterisk (*) are part of larger collaborations with faculty outside of SPA and therefore reflect only a portion of the full amount awarded.
New Awards
All of the following grants and contracts were awarded during the 2019-20 fiscal year:
A Secure, Trustworthy, and Reliable Air Quality Monitoring System for Smart and Connected Communities
National Science Foundation
Co-PI: Thomas Bryer, Ph.D., $399,330
Co-PI: Kelly Stevens, Ph.D. $395,377
Shelter from the Storm: Leveraging Post-Disaster housing policy and design for long term resilience
National Academy of Sciences
PI: Christopher Emrich, Ph.D., $299,671
Phase VII- 2019-2020 Enhancement and Update of the Florida Public Health and Risk Assessment Tool (FPHRAT)
Florida Department of Health
PI: Christopher Emrich, Ph.D., $98,999
Assessing Equity in Disaster Recovery Funding
University of Iowa
PI: Christopher Emrich, Ph.D., $96,171
Supporting GLO CDBG-DR Mitigation and Recovery Planning
Texas General Land Office
PI: Christopher Emrich, Ph.D., $77,890
Enabling large-scale adaptive integration of technology hubs to enhance community resilience through decentralized urban food-water-energy nexus decision support
National Science Foundation
Co-PI: Naim Kapucu, Ph.D., $55,676
2019 Orange County Capacity Building for Nonprofits
Orange County Citizen’s Commission for Children
PI: Deborah A. Carroll, Ph.D., $50,000
City of Cocoa Police Department Strategic Plan
City of Cocoa
PI: David Mitchell, Ph.D., $50,000
Enhancing Community Resilience to Floods: A Theoretical Framework of Community Participation in Federal Voluntary Programs
National Science Foundation
PI: Abdul-Akeem Sadiq, Ph.D., $42,544
Bridging Information, Uncertainty and Decision-Making in Hurricanes Using an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Purdue University
PI: Yue Ge, Ph.D., $42,493
Hurricane Michael Impacts and Unmet Needs in Bay County, Florida
Hagerty Consulting, Inc.
PI: Christopher Emrich, Ph.D., $37,297
Comprehensive Resilience Analysis of Shoreline Changes in South Puerto Rico (Year 1)
University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus
PI: Luis Santiago, Ph.D., $34,862
Developing the Infrastructure for a Puerto Rico Wood Products Team (Year 1)
University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus
PI: Luis Santiago, Ph.D., $25,256
Developing the Infrastructure for a Puerto Rico Wood Products Team (Year 2)
University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus
PI: Luis Santiago, Ph.D, $22,744
Projects
Analysis of the Remote Transactions Parity and Simplification Act and the Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2017
Assistant Professor Sarah Larson