Expertise

She has authored over ninety articles, monographs, and book chapters, and edited three books on dispute resolution and collaborative governance.

Her current research examines dispute systems design and the legal infrastructure for collaboration, dispute resolution, and public participation in governance.

Research areas:

  • Civil Society Civic Engagement and Volunteering
  • Governance and Public Law
  • Local Governance
  • Public Management

Areas of Interest:

  • Collaborative Governance
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Dispute System Design
  • Public Law

Ares: Collaborative governance; dispute system design, legal frameworks for public engagement; state intrapreemption of local action; conflict resolution


Areas:

  • Civil Society, Civic Engagement & Volunteering
  • Local Governance
  • Governance & Public Law
Affiliations

Distinguished Professor, Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington
2003

Visiting Professor, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Saltman Senior Scholar, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Ostrom Workshop, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Academic and Research Units, Indiana University Bloomington

Past Affiliations

Professor, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington

Lecturer, Law
1989 - 1992

Partner, Shipman & Goodwin (Law Firm, Hartford, CT)
1979 - 1989

Keller-Runden Chair, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington

Associate, Shipman & Goodwin (Law Firm, Hartford, CT)

Affiliate Faculty, Ostrom Workshop, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Academic and Research Units, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
Environmental Policy, Public Administration
Degrees
JD, University of Connecticut, 1979
BA, Smith College, Ancient Greek and Philosophy, 1976
Keywords
mediation democracy industrial psychology conflict resolution administrative law constitutional law judicial or law administration labor law legal reform public administration labor relations arbitration
Languages
French, Greek, Ancient, Swedish
Honors

Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration, National Academy of Public Administration, 2007

Jeffrey Z. Rubin Award, International Association for Conflict Management and Harvard Program on Negotation, 2006

Best Book Award, American Society for Public Administration Section on Environmental and Natural Resource Administration, 2005

Willoughby Abner Award (Excellence in Research on Dispute Resolution in Public Sector Employment), Association for Conflict Resolution, 2002

Associations
Academy of Legal Studies in Business
American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution
American Society for Public Administration
Association for Conflict Resolution
Industrial Relations Research Association
International Association of Conflict Management
Law and Society Association