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Camilla Stivers

Camilla Stivers

Introduction

Dr. Camilla Stivers is a renowned scholar and professor of public administration who is also known for her contributions in the fields of Urban Studies and Public service Known primarily for her influential work “Bureau Men, Settlement Women: Constructing Public Administration in the Progressive Era”, Dr. Stivers has been published frequently and consistently throughout the years, and is seen as somewhat of an icon in the field of Public Administration . Although partially retired, Dr. Stivers currently serves as a professor and lecturer at Cleveland State University.

Early Life

She received an MPA from the University of Southern California and a Ph.D. in public administration and policy from Virginia Tech. She later married German-born, Ralph P. Hummel (August 9, 1937 – March 20, 2012), a fellow professor of public administration at the University of Akron. They had one daughter, Kate Boughton-Hummel, who currently resides in Spruce Head Island, Maine along with her mother.

Career

She is a former Albert A. Levin Professor of Urban Studies and Public Service at Levin College . She is also the Associate Editor of Public Administration Review. From 1968 to 1985, she was a practicing manager in public and community-based nonprofit organizations . In 1986-87 she was associate study director for the National Academy of Sciences /Institute of Medicine report, "The Future of Public Health." From 1987 to 1996 she was a member of the public administration faculty at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. She has been an active member of the American Society of Public Administration since 1979, serving on the national council, a variety of committees, and the Evergreen chapter board .

Scholarly Work

She is the author of Gender Images in Public Administration: Legitimacy and the Administrative State, for which she received the Distinguished Research Award from the Section on Women in Public Administration. She also authored Democracy, Bureaucracy, And the Study of Administration which was published in 2001. Dr. Stivers is a coauthor of Government is Us: Public Administration in an Anti-government Era, Bureau Men, Settlement Women: Constructing Public Administration in the Progressive Era, and has published widely in peer-reviewed journals. “Democratic Knowledge: Building Civic Capacity Through University Public Service” by Camilla Stivers, Ph.D. Presented at Valedictory Dinner to mark the conclusion of term as holder of the Albert A. Levin Chair in Urban Studies and Public Service, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, October 29, 2002.

Honors

She received the 2008 Louis Brownlow Book Award from the National Academy of Public Administrators for her book Governance in Dark Times: Practical Philosophy for Public Service. She also received the 1993 Rita Mae Kelly Distinguished Research Award for her book Gender Images in Public Administration: Legitimacy and the Administrative State.

Published Works

• The Listening Bureaucrat: Responsiveness in Public Administration- Public Administration Review, Vol. 54, No. 4 (Jul. - Aug., 1994), pp. 364-369, Published by: Wiley.
• You Know More Than You Can Say: In Memory of Donald A. Schön, Public Administration Review- Volume 60, Issue 3, pages 265–274, May/June 2000, Camilla Stivers & Mary R. Schmidt.
• Toward a Feminist Perspective in Public Administration Theory Article- Women & Politics, Volume 10, Issue 4, 1991.
• A Place Like Home Care and Action in Public Administration -Camilla Stivers, The American Review of Public Administration March 2005 vol. 35 no. 1 26-41.

Reviews

Review of Gender Images in Public Administration

The review of “Gender Images in Public Administration” by Hugh T. Miller from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, provides a helpful insight into Dr. Stivers’ views regarding feminism. Miller believes that the book informs and engages while simultaneously focusing on the major aspects that comprise the field of Public Administration.

Review of Bureau Men, Settlement Women: Constructing Public Administration in the Progressive Era

The review of “Bureau Men, Settlement Women: Constructing Public Administration in the Progressive Era” by historian and philosopher, John Forrester , raises several questions regarding the continued importance of mathematically and scientifically based classes for public administration students.

Citations

Stivers, C., (2013). Retrieved March 10, 2015, from http://www.napawash.org/fellows/fellows-biographies/fellows-last-names-p-t/1506-camilla-m-stivers.html

Stivers, C., Adams, G., & Dolbeare, K. (1998). Joining Purpose to Practice: A Democratic Identity for the Public Service. Dialogue, 10(4), 59-91. Retrieved March 10, 2015, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25610538

Stivers, C. (2000). Bureau men, settlement women: Constructing public administration in the progressive era. Lawrence, Kan: University Press of Kansas.

Stivers, C. (2000). Resisting the Ascendancy of Public Management: Normative Theory and Public Administration. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 22(1), 10-23. Retrieved March 10, 2015, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25611404

Stivers, C. (2007). “So Poor and So Black”: Hurricane Katrina, Public Administration, and the Issue of Race. Public Administration Review, 67, 48-56. Retrieved March 10, 2015, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/4624681

King, C. S., & Stivers, C. (1998). Government is us. Public Administration in an Anti-Government Era.

Stivers, C. (1994). The listening bureaucrat: Responsiveness in public administration. Public Administration Review, 364-369.

Stivers, C. (2002). Gender images in public administration: Legitimacy and the administrative state. Sage Publications.

Stivers, C. (2008). Governance in dark times: Practical philosophy for public service. Georgetown University Press.

Stivers, C. (2000). The reflective practitioner. Public Administration Review, 60(5), 456.

Initial Contributions

Ryan

Intro: This section covers her entire academic life, yet it lacks any biographical information, which is why we are adding in another section. This section may need some rewording. Career: This section will focus less on her education and more as her presence in the field of Public Administration and some of her prominently accepted theories. Recognition: A list in sequential order of any and all academic or honorary accolades.

Camilla M. Stivers. (2013, January 1). Retrieved March 10, 2015, from http://www.napawash.org/fellows/fellows-biographies/fellows-last-names-p-t/1506-camilla-m-stivers.html Camilla M. Stivers. (2013, January 1). Retrieved March 10, 2015, from http://www.napawash.org/fellows/fellows-biographies/fellows-last-names-p-t/1506-camilla-m-stivers.html

Colleen

Early life: Non-existent in current article. Difficult to find via online sources and book jacket covers. Some information on her husband (deceased) and possibly her children found in husbands 2012 obituary. Education: This section will mostly pull from the current Intro paragraph and give the sequence of events a bit more depth.

Dorian

Scholarly work: This section is already in the existing article, it just may need to be reworded so it is not just a list. The hyperlinks also need to be tested out. Her two major books (ie Bureau Men, Settlement Women: Constructing Public Administration in the Progressive Era, Government is Us: Public Administration in an Anti-government Era) will be summarized.

Abby

Reviews of Published work:

1. Hugh T. Miller Review: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25611067
2. Janet R. Hutchinson Review: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2561073
3. Larry D. Taylor Review: http://www.jstor.org/stable/977153
4. Jennifer Eagan Review: http://dx.doi.org/10.2753/ATP1084-1806320203

Article Evaluation

As of today, there is a short summary/bio that serves as the existing Wiki article on Camilla Stivers. The existing article gives a decent brief summary for someone who is just trying to get the gist of who she is. We as a group believe that some parts of the existing summary should be relocated to other categories/topics in the article. After this is completed, we need to make the summary portion a little more of a general synopsis of who Camilla Stivers is while being more specific in each individual category/topic. According to the “Quality Grading Scheme”, our existing article should be rated as a “Start”. An article with a “start” rating is one that is developing, but is incomplete. It might or might not cite adequate reliable sources and it provides some meaningful content, but still missing a lot of information as well. Our article is developing but has no references at all. All of the parts of the existing entry are clearly relevant to the topic. Overall, the article only includes academic information and a list of her published works. This does not allow the reader to understand the full depth of her contributions to the public administration field or the theories that she has developed. In the revisions, we plan to use similar information that is currently in the article. However, we will also include pertinent information regarding her biographical background.