Valerie L. Patterson, Ph.D.

 

 

pattersonEDUCATION

Ph.D. Florida International University, 1995

MHSA, Florida International University, 1985

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Patterson’s research focuses on government bureaucracy and its relationship with marginalized groups. Her most recent research examines ethics and hip-hop culture, the government/hip-hop nexus, and identification and validation of hip-hop epistemology. Additional research interests include bureaucratic dysfunction, particularly as it impacts the relationship between government bureaucracies and young men of African descent.

 

COURSES TAUGHT

•      Administration and the Role of Women

•      Applied Organization Theory and Behavior

•    Government and Minority Group Relations

•      Human Resource Policy and Management

•      Management of Nonprofit Organizations

•      Organization Theory and Behavior

•    Professionalism and Ethics

 

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Patterson, Valerie L. (2006) Reconstructing Operatic Melodrama – Lyricism and War, Lessons Learned for Creating My Opus Sectile, in Public Voices, (Volume VIII, Number 2), 67 - 76.

 

Patterson, Valerie L. (2006). Governments, Governance and War: What We

Have Learned in Iraq , in Public Voices, (Volume VIII, Number 2).

 

Becker, F. and Valerie L. Patterson (December 2005). Public Private Partnerships: Balancing Financial Returns, Risks, and Roles of the Partners, in Public Performance & Management Review, (Volume 29, Number 2), 125 – 144.

 

Patterson, V. (2003). “Moving On”, Public Voices, Volume VI. Nos. 2 – 3.

 

Patterson, V. (2002) To Promote the General Welfare – the Ethical Imperative of Closing the  Digital Divide. Technology and the Social Sciences in Studies in Social Sciences, (Vol XXXVII, no. 1), 29 – 38.

 

Patterson, V. (2002). “Good, Better, Best”, Public Voices, Volume 6.

 

Patterson, V. ( February 1, 2000). ASPA Should Retain an Affirmative Action Commitment in its Code of Ethics. Public Administration Times, 23, 4.

 

Patterson, V. ( September 1, 2000). Would I Lie To You?. Public Administration Times, 23, 9.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

University Park Campus

Office: PCA 367-A

Phone: 305-348-0425

Fax: 305-348-5848

patterso@fiu.edu