MPA Faculty with Research Related to Globalization

Billy Fields (Ph.D., Urban Studies, University of New Orleans) is a Professor of Political Science at Texas State University. His research focuses on understanding the key elements of resilient communities. He is the lead author of the Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities (Routledge 2021)...

Dianne Rahm, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. Her research interests include environmental policy, energy policy, science and...

Nandhini Rangarajan is a professor of public administration in the department of political Science at Texas State University, San Marcos. She is also the Director of the Master of Public Administration Program at Texas State University, San Marcos. She has served in this capacity since August...

Patricia Shields received a BS in Economics from the University of Maryland in 1973. She received a MA in Economics in 1975 and a PhD in Public Administration in 1977 from Ohio State University. At Ohio State she worked with the National Longitudinal Survey data at the Center for Human Resource Research....

Hassan Tajalli received his MBA and MA from the University of North Texas. He received his Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Texas at Austin