Best Dissertation Award

Heather Getha-Taylor, former PARC Associate, was selected as the winner of the "Best Dissertation Award" for 2007 given by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.  Getha-Taylors dissertation is titled, "Specifying and Testing a Model of Collaborative Capacity:  Identifying Complementary Competencies, Incentive Structures, and Leadership Lessons for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security."  Her disseration chairs were Rosemary O'Leary and Patricia Ingraham.