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Stephen Northam, DPA

Stephen Northam

Senior Lecturer

Phone678-632-2401

Office location Academic Building, 1222,

Area(s) of Expertise: Public Administration, Complexity/Network Theory, Organizational/Group Behavior

Overview

Academic background is an M.A. from Claremont Graduate, M.S. in Psychology and a Doctorate in Public Administration from Valdosta State University. Professionally, Dr. Northam retired from Hewlett Packard in 2001 after 24 years and has been involved in academia since then. At HP his positions ranged from Cost Account - Controller, Software Engineer, World Wide Administrative Program Manager for Support Business Unit, Americas Information Systems Technology Mgr. He has been a Lecturer at University North Georgia since 2015.

Courses Taught

  • POLS 1101 American Government
  • POLS 4104 Public Administration

Education

  • D.P.A., Public Administration, Valdosta State University, 2013
  • M.S., Psychology, University of Phoenix, 2010
  • M.A., Government – Political Theory, Legal Theory, Claremont Graduate University, 1975

Research/Special Interests

Dr. Northam's research areas of interest are public policy implementation, group dynamics, organizational/public management theory, and complex systems research models. Current research is in food sustainability/pollinator policy coalition creation and dynamics.

Publications

The Use of Complex Adaptive Systems Theory as a Research Model in the Study of a Complex Policy Implementations

Exhibitions

  • Rational/People Soft Implementation Methodology, Internal paper and program speaker at the Agilent Technology/Passage Program, Carmel, CA.  2000
  • “Level 7 Program Management Methods”  Presentation at Agilent Technology/Passage Program, Paris, France, 2000.
  • “Education and Technology” Program Speaker at TAG Georgia Technology Summit, Marietta, GA., 2011
  • The Birth of a University Center at the University of North Georgia: The Use of Complex Adaptive Systems Theory as a Research Model in the Study of a Complex Policy Implementation. Doctoral Dissertation, Valdosta State University, 2013.
  • Paper, Complexity Systems Theory as a Model for Public Policy Analysis, Midwest Political Science Association Conference Proceedings, April 2014.
  • Presentation, Complexity Systems Theory as a Model for Public Policy Analysis, Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2014.
  • Paper and Presentation, Complexity Adaptive Behavior Systems Theory as an Analytical Model for Policy Implementation Analysis, Georgia American Society for Public Administration Chapter Academic Conference and Annual Meeting, March 2014
  • Roundtable Participant 2014, Applications of Complexity Science & Tools for Modeling Policy: Is a Complexity Approach Better?” American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C. August 2014
  • Paper and Presentation, Complex Systems Modeling of Information Technology Projects at the Georgia Board of Education, 2014 Annual Conference of The Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, Atlanta, GA. October 2014.
  • Presentation, Considerations in the use of Complex Systems Theory in the Creation of a New Policy Implementation Methodology: How to Build an Ant Hill? Georgia Political Science Association 2014 Annual Conference, Savanah, Georgia, GA. November 2014.
  • Panel Discussant, Conceptualizing Governance through Complexity, American Society for Public Administration 2015 Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • Presentation, A Complexity Management Heuristic: The Complexity - Complicated Paradox in Public Policy Implementation Research and Application, Georgia Chapter American Society for Public Administration 2015 Annual Conference, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA. November 2015
  • Peer Reviewer, Questions in Politics, The Journal of the Georgia Political Science Association.
  • Presentation, A Complexity Management Heuristic: The Complexity - Complicated Paradox in Public Policy Implementation Research and Application, Georgia American Society for Public Administration Chapter Academic 2015 Conference and Annual Meeting, March 2015.
  • Presentation, The Stacey Matrix Model of the Complicated and the Complex for the Policy Implementation Practitioner. 2015 Annual Meeting of the Southeast Conference of Public Administration, October 2015
  • Paper/Presentation, The Applied Science of Incrementalism Depe