Margaret F. Reid

Professor
Department of Political Science
Graduate Coordinator/MPA Director
Center for the Study of Representation
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Office: (479) 575-3356 or 575-5352
e-mail: mreid@uark.edu

Research interests:

Gendered workplaces, urban politics and community development, change management and technology innovations in public sector and nonprofit organizations, and developmental studies focusing on sustainable development.

Education and Professional Experience:

Ph.D.           University of Oklahoma. Department of Political Science (1986). Fields: International Relations, Public Administration, Political Theory; Minor field: Urban planning. Dissertation title: A Comparative Study of Selected Decision Contexts in Municipal Planning Administrations in the U.S. and the FRG.

MBA            University of Central Oklahoma. Graduate School of Business (1984).

MPA             University of Oklahoma. Department of Political  Science (1979).

2005-           Professor. MPA Director, Graduate Programs Coordinator. University of Arkansas. Department of Political Science

2004-7         Inaugural Associate Professor, University of Arkansas-Clinton School of Public Service

1999-2004   Associate Professor. MPA Director, Graduate Programs Coordinator. University of Arkansas. Department of Political Science.

1996-7         Research Analyst, U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, December 1996 to the present.  On mobility assignment through an Intergovernmental Personnel Act Agreement in order to gain access to EEO-4 data

1998            Visiting Professor. University of Yarmouk, Irbid, Jordan (spring semester)

1993-1999     Assistant Professor. MPA Director, Graduate Programs Coordinator. University of Arkansas.

1991-93         Assistant Professor. University of Louisville, KY

1987-91         Assistant Professor. University of North Texas

2008
Shunnaq, M., Reid, M., Schwab, W. Community Development Using a Sustainable Tourism Strategy: A Case Study of the Jordan River Valley Touristway. International Journal of Tourism Research 10,1-14.

Reid, M., Allen, M., Riemenschneider, C., and Armstrong, D.  The Role of Mentoring and Supervisor Support for State IT Employees’ Affective Organizational Commitment. Review of Public Personnel Administration 28, 1:  60-78

Reid, M., Allen, M., Riemenschneider, C., and Armstrong, D.  Affective Organizational Commitment in State Government: The Case of IT Professionals. American Review of Public Administration 38,1:41-61

Kerr, B. Miller, W. Reid, M. and Edwards, R. An Unconventional Application of the Glass Ceiling Concept: African American and Latino Administrators in Municipal Government Bureaucracies, 1987-1997 Public Administration Quarterly (forthcoming)

Kerr, Miller, Reid. Descriptive Representation by Sex and Ethnicity in Municipal Bureaucracies: Change in U. S. Multiethnic Cities from 1987 to 2001. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy (forthcoming)

2007
Armstrong, D., Reid, M., Allen, M., and Riemenschneider, C. Managing IT Employee Retention – Challenges for State  Government. In Modern Public Information Technology Systems: Issues and Challenges. Ed. David Garson (3rd ed.) IGI Global  pp. 219-236.

Armstrong, D.J., Riemenschneider, C., Reid, M. and Allen, M. Voluntary Turnover and Women in IT: A Cognitive Study of Work-Family Conflict. Information and Management 44,2: 142-153.

2006
Riemenschneider,C., Armstrong, D., Allen,M. and Reid, M. Challenges and barriers facing women in the IT Work force. The DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems Special Section of IT Personnel Research, 37,4: 58-78

M. Reid and W. Schwab. Barriers to Sustainable Development: Jordan’s Search for a Sustainable Tourism Strategy. Journal of Asian and African Studies 41, 5/6:439-457

W. Schwab and M. Reid. Applying the Principles of Cultural Resource Management to Economic Development through Sustainable Tourism. International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability 1(1): 156-165.

Allen, M., Armstrong,D., Riemenschneider,C. and Reid, M. Making Sense of the Barriers Women Face in the IT Work Force. Sex Roles: A Research Journal. 54: 831–844.

Refereed proceedings:
Reid, Allen, Riemenschneider, Armstrong. IT Employees in State Government: A Study of Affective Organizational Commitment, Job Involvement, and Job Satisfaction. Received the Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year award. Sigmis-CPR Claremont, CA (April)

with Brinck Kerr and Will Miller ” Glass Walls and Glass Ceilings: Women’s Representation in State and Municipal Bureaucracies.” Praeger (2003).

Selected Service Activities:

Board of Directors – Arkansas Public Administration Consortium

Board of Directors - Just Communities of Northwest Arkansas

Board of Directors - Northwest Arkansas Housing Coalition

Teaching:  
Urban Politics (undergrad.) Human Behavior in Complex Organizations (Grad.), Managing Service Organizations --mostly Nonprofit (Grad.)  Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations (undergr./grad.); Dynamics of Service Organizations (undergrad.); Organizational Behavior (Grad.),  Policy Implementation Leadership (Public Policy Ph.D.); Grantwriting seminar (grad.)              

Several international grants and research grants.

Organizational Memberships: 
Member, Urban Affairs Association; Member, ASPA (Section on International and Comparative Administration; Section on Public Performance Management; ). Member, APSA (American Political Science Association); Member, College rep; NASPAA (National Assoc. For Schools of Public Affairs  and Public Administration);  Member, Policy Studies Organization;  Member, Community Development Society;  Member, Arkansas City Management Association;  Arkansas Volunteer Coordinators Association, NW AR chapter