Dr. Beth Walter Honadle

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University of Cincinnati
Institute for Policy Research
ProfessorAppointed: 2004
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Mailing Address

Institute for Policy Research
University of Cincinnati
Edwards 1 3110
P.O. Box 210132
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0132
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (513) 556-5028
Fax: (513) 556-9023
beth.honadle@uc.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Syracuse University, Public Administration, 1979.
M.A., Syracuse University, Economics, 1977.
M.P.A., Syracuse University, Public Administration, 1976.
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Political Science, 1975.

Expertise and Research Interests

The organization, delivery, and finance of local government services
Program evaluation
Policy analysis
Rural development
State/local relations, especially the role of the states in dealing with local government fiscal crises
The fiscal health of local governments
Voluntary interlocal governmental cooperation
Public policy process

Other Expertise

Community and economic development
Technology transfer
International development
Public policy analysis

Future Research

Study of special district governments
Fiscal impact of state fiscal crises on local governments

Industrial Relevance

My research is relevant to the municipal finance industry and local government consulting industry.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Community Development Or Revitalization, Economic Development, Educational Administration and Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, Local Government, Municipal Government, Political Participation, Program Evaluation (social sciences), Public Administration, Public Affairs Planning Policy, Public Finance, Public Policy, Rural Development, Rural Planning or Policy, Rural Services.

Additional Terms:

Community Development, Economic Development, Local Government, Metropolitan Government, Organization, Delivery, and Finance of Local Government, Public Finance, Public Policy, Regionalism, Rural Development, State and Local Government.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

French: (Basic, Basic, Basic)
Spanish: (Basic, None, None)

Memberships

American Political Science Association
American Society for Public Administration
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Mid-Continent Regional Science Association

Honors and Awards

1995-1995, Research Award, Minnesota Association of Extension Educators, Community and Natural Resources, University of Minnesota
1995-1995, Grand Marshall, North Branch Midsummer Parade, (in recognition of contributions to consolidation of Branch and North Branch, Minnesota)
1992-1994, Plaque 'In recognition of exemplary public service as chair of the Branch-North Branch Consolidation Study Commission', American Legion Post 85 (North Branch), Branch-North Branch Consolidation Study Commission
1991-1991, Certificate of Appreciation for 'Outstanding Service to Rural Economic Development for Community Self Reliance', Florida A&M University, Alabama A &M University, Extension Service-USDA, Soil Conservation Service-USDA
1989-1989, Honorary mention, Who's Who, America's Outstanding Women of the Eighties
1988-1988, Certificate of Recognition, from the President, Community Development Society, For outstanding service to the profession of community development and for continued involvement and extraordinary contribution to the Society in its efforts to improve the quality of life in communities
1987-1987, Certificate of Merit Extension Service - U.S. Department of Agriculture, For Special Initiative and Achievement in Advancing Economic Development Capability of the Cooperative Extension System
1986-1986, Administrator's Special Merit Award for Communications, Economic Research Service, 'Rural Development Perspectives' team (headed the team)
1984-1985, Special Recognition Award, National Capital Area Chapter, American Society for Public Administration (for chairing annual membership meetings)
1983-1983, Appointed Honorary Colonel, By the Governor of Kansas, Kansas Calvary, (For judging a Kansas community development program)
1983-1983, Certificate of Merit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, For significant contributions to ERS through service on the Agency Equal Opportunity Advisory Committee
1981-1981, Certificate of Merit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, For outstanding performance in conducting research on local government capacity building and in providing staff assistance to the development of interagency policies relating to capacity building

Previous Positions

2004, Professor, University of Cincinnati, Institute for Policy Research
1999-2004, Professor, Bowling Green State University, Polticial Science, Center for Policy Analysis & Public Service
1990-2004, Professor, University of Minnesota, College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Science, Applied Economics
1986-1987, Adjunct Professor, American University, Public Administration
1985-1990, National Program Leader, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Development, Extension Service
1979-1985, Economist, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
1979-1985, Project Leader, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
Director, Bowling Green State University, Provost and VP Academic Affairs, Vice Provost for Research, Center for Policy Analysis & Public Service

Funding Received

  • United States Department of Commerce (DOC): Technical Assistance University Center, $75,242, Oct 2003 to Sep 2004.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): Northwest Ohio Partnership on Alternative Energy Systems (research consultant), $600,000 total, Oct 2002 to Sep 2005.
  • United States Department of Commerce (DOC): Technical Assistance University Center, $81,000, Oct 2000 to Sep 2003.
  • Village of Millbury: Community Visioning and Planning, $3,700, 2003 to 2004.
  • U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress in partnership with the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service and the Center for Democracy and Citizenship: Congress to Campus at BGSU, $4,000, 2002 to 2003.
  • City of Liberty Center: Fiscal Analysis Capacity Training, $3,000, 2002 to 2002.
  • United States Department of Commerce (DOC): Evaluation of EDA's Local Technical Assistance Program Principal Investigator (PI), $149,000, 2001 to 2002.
  • Wood County Commissioners: Wood County Nursing Home Public Meeting, $995, 2001 to 2001.
  • City of Van Wert: Fiscal Analysis Capacity Training, $500, 2001 to 2001.
  • Village of Custar and Village of Milton Center: Fiscal Analysis Capacity Training, $750, 2001 to 2001.
  • City of Plymouth: Fiscal Analysis Capacity Training, $500, 2000 to 2000.
  • Put-In-Bay Property Owners Association: Study of Options and Alternatives for Governance of Put-In-Bay Township and Village, $24,989, 2000 to 2000.
  • City of Bowling Green, OH: Strategic Planning Facilitation, $792, 2000 to 2000.
  • Wood County (OH) Economic Development Commission: WCEDC Strategic Planning Process Project, $4,273, 1999 to 1999.
  • University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Honors Program: 'Public Sector Economics Honors Colloquium,' funding for a teaching assistant, $2,400, 1997 to 1997.
  • University of Minnesota Extension Service: Improving Minnesota Rural Local Governments' Financial Condition, $100,000, 1997 to 1997.
  • Association of Minnesota Counties: Defining the Role of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Counties in the Delivery of Services, $46,800, 1996 to 1997.
  • University of Minnesota, Department of Independent Study: 'Financing State and Local Government' course via Interactive Television (ITV), $2,275, 1996 to 1996.
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Institute and Minnesota Extension Service: Swift County Government Strategic & Fiscal Planning Pilot, $5,100, 1996 to 1996.
  • University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Honors Program: 'Economics of the Public Sector Honors Seminar,' funding for a teaching assistant, $2,000, 1995 to 1995.
  • Continuing Education and Extension, University of Minnesota: Contract to develop a correspondence course, 'Financing State and Local Government,' Department of Independent Study, $4,500, 1994 to 1994.
  • Minnesota Extension Service Director's Innovative Grant: Strengthening Minnesota Extension Service Programs in Public Finance, $17,000, 1994 to .
  • Parker Sanders Fund, Agriculture Experiment Station, Univ. of Minnesota: Financing of Public Services in Rural Minnesota, $9,000, 1993 to 1993.
  • Minnesota Extension Service Community Resources grant: Restructuring Local Governments in Minnesota: Development of a Community-Based Education Program, $12,000, 1993 to 1993.
  • United States Department of Commerce (DOC): Assessment of the Federal Role in Growth Management, $195,000, 1991 to 1992.
  • U.S. Dept. of Commerce (DOC), Economic Development Administration, Office of Planning, Technical Assistance, Research, and Evaluation: Assessment of the Federal Role in Growth Management, $195,000, 1991 to 1991.

Publications

  • Honadle, Beth Walter and James M Costa and Beverly A. Cigler, Honadle, B.W., J. M. Costa, and B.A. Cigler, Fiscal Health For Local Governments: An Introduction to Concepts, Practical Analysis, and Strategies, 2004
  • Beth Walter Honadle and Robin R. Weirauch, Local Government Options: A Practical Toolkit for Customized Local Government Structuring in Ohio, http://wwwbgsu.edu/organizations/caps/assets/publications/options.pdf, 2004
  • Beth Walter Honadle, The States' Role in U.S. Local Government Fiscal Crises: A Theoretical Model and Results of a National Survey, International Journal of Public Administration, 26(13), 1431-1472, 2003
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Rural Development Policy in the United States: Revisiting the Cargo Cult Mentality, Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy, 31(22), 93-108, 2001
  • Honadle, B.W., G. Honadle, S. Bosley, and E. Currie, Redefining Local Government Roles in Public Services: A Research-Informed Process Model, Public Management, 2(4), 457-475, 2000
  • Currie, Elisabeth M., B.W. Honadle, and L.P. DeBoer, Exploring the Growth of Special District Governments: Results of a Minnesota Survey, Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy, 21, 67-93, 1999
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Projecting the Public Services and Finance Implications of Municipal Consolidation: Evidence from a Small-City Consolidation Study, The Regionalist, 3(30), 41-53, 1998
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Participatory Research for Public Issues Education: A Strategic Approach to a Municipal Consolidation Study, Journal of the Community Development Society, 27(1), 56-77, 1996
  • Beth Walter Honadle, The Barriers to Citizen-Led Municipal Consolidations: An Analysis of Minnesota’s Municipal Boundary Adjustment Law, Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy, 17(1), 63-82, 1995
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Making Social Science Research Applicable: The Case of Agricultural Extension Research in Egypt, Public Administration and Development, 14(4), 365-375, 1994
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Extension and Tourism Development: Programming Opportunities to Revitalize Rural America, Journal of Extension, 8-10, 1990
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Business Incubators as an Economic Development Tool: Cooperative Extension Programming Responds, Economic Development Review, 8(1), 45-46, 1990
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Federal Aid and Economic Development in Nonmetropolitan Communities: UDAG Program, Publius: the Journal of Federalism, 17(Fall), 53-46, 1987
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Small is Different: Public Administration as if Rural Areas and Small Jurisdictions Mattered, Municipal Management, 179-185, 1985
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Alternative Service Delivery Strategies and Improvement of Local Government Productivity, Public Productivity Review, VIII(4), 301-313, 1984
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Managing Capacity-Building: Problems and Approaches, Journal of the Community Development Society, 13(2), 65-73, 1982
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Change and Stability in Subnational Government: Putting Reform in Perspective, Public Administration Review, 42(2), 180-184, 1982
  • Beth Walter Honadle, A Capacity-Building Framework: A Search for Concept and Purpose, Public Administration Review, 41(5), 575-580, 1981
  • Beth Walter Honadle, A Model of the Public Sector Wage Determination Process--With Special Reference to Institutional Factors, Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector, 10(2), 105-122, 1981
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Voluntary Interlocal Governmental Cooperation: A Big Idea for Small Towns, Municipal Management, 152-155, January 1981
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Theoretical and Practical Issues of Local Government Capacity in an Era of Devolution, Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy, 31(1), 77-90
  • Honadle, B.W. and M. Lloyd-Jones, Analyzing Rural Local Governments' Financial Condition: An Exploratory Application of Three Tools, Public Budgeting & Finance, 18(2), 69-86
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Rural Development Policy: Breaking the Cargo Cult Mentality, Economic Development Quarterly, 7(3), 227-236
  • Sokolow, A.D. and B.W. Honadle, How Rural Local Governments Budget: The Alternatives to Executive Preparation, Public Administration Review, 44(5), 373-383
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Cutback Management and Public Personnel Processes: Effects on Collective Bargaining, Outcomes, Revista de Administration Publica, XIV(2), 113-117, March
  • Beth Walter Honadle, Wage Determination in the Public Sector: A Critical Review of the Literature, Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector, 10(4), 309-325

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