Director, Graduate Studies
Professor,
Department of Public Policy & Administration
| elizabethfredericksen@boisestate.edu Office: 208-426-1078 Fax: 208-426-4370 Office Hours: Spring 2013 M, 1-5 p.m. Tu, 1-2:30 p.m. Please email for an appointment |
Environmental Research Building Room 1149, Mail Stop 1935 Boise State University 1910 University Dr. Boise, ID 83725-1935 Directions to the department |
Dr. Elizabeth Fredericksen is the Director of Graduate Studies for the MPA Program and is a Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration. In the MPA program, she teaches courses on such subjects as public personnel administration, government administration, ethics, and grant writing. For Political Science, she has offered ethics, intergovernmental relations, American Policy Process and American National Government.
Dr. Fredericksen is co-author of two books, and has published in the Review of Public Personnel Administration, American Behavioral Scientist, Public Administration Review, Public Productivity and Management Review, Public Administration Quarterly, Journal of Experiential Education and PA Times. She has authored chapters in the Handbook of Global Environmental Policy and Administration (Marcel Dekker) and Creating Sustainable Programs (Praeger Publishers). Dr. Fredericksen teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at Boise State University and consults with public, private and nonprofit organizations in ethics, workplace civility, and strategic planning. Before joining the faculty at Boise State University, Dr. Fredericksen was the Director of the Center for Sustainable Neighborhoods at the University of Texas at El Paso—a research and technical assistance center for community-based nonprofit organizations.
Most recently, Fredericksen is engaged in network research and government implementation through private and nonprofit organizations. She also is continuing her work related to personnel, ethics and public policy through a new research focus upon organizational deviance and workplace aggression (bullying) in the public sector.
Courses
Spring 2013
- PUBADM 502-002: Organizational Theory
- PUBADM 505-001: Public Personnel Administration
- PUBADM 532-1700: Grant Writing
- PUBADM 595-001: Reading Conference
For information about specific courses, please access the blackboard site through Boise State University – blackboard.boisestate.edu

