Dept. Public Policy & Administration

Director, Graduate Studies
Associate Professor,
Department of Public Policy & Administration

Dr. Elizabeth Fredericksen is the Director of Graduate Studies for the MPA Program and is an Associate Professor in the departments of Public Policy and Administration and Political Science. In the MPA program, she teaches courses on such subjects as public personnel administration, government administration, ethics, and grant writing.

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. Dr. Fredericksen 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. She also 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

Fall 2011

PUBADM 502-002: Organizational Theory

PUBADM 505-001: Public Personnel Administration

For information about specific courses, please access the blackboard site through Boise State University – blackboard.boisestate.edu