Culminating Research Projects

2025

  • Funding Lead Service Line Replacement Initiatives in Wisconsin
  • From Theory to Practice: Improving the ICMA Guide for First-Time Adminstrators
  • Child Protection Hotline Workers, Burnout, Workload, and Workview
  • An Exploration of Best Practices for Municipal Grant Writing
  • Balancing Safety and Sustainability: Evaluating the Environmental Impact of Road Salt Use on Freshwater Systems in Wisconsin
  • Toxic Leadership Across Sectors: Impacts on Employees, Culture, and Organizational Performance
  • Boards, Bias, and Better Practices: Reimagining Nonprofit Governance through the Lenses of Background, Identity, and Training
  • Recruiting and Retention Challenges Within the Fire Service
  • Understanding Oligarchy and how Local and State Government can Uphold Democracy
  • Identifying Gaps in Labor Trafficking Research and Wisconsin Legislature
  • How Young Men Become Radicalized

2024

  • Pathways to Empowerment: Guiding Teens and Young Adults to Thrive and Belong in the Workplace
  • A Comparative Analysis of the Effectiveness of Park Impact Fees and Other Parkland Development Revenue Sources: Is Expansion Keeping Up with Municipal Growth
  • The Impacts of Federal and Nonprofit Relief Towards the Affordable Housing Crisis
  • Equitable Economic Development for Local Government Municipalities
  • Civic Group, Engaged Citizen Advocates, and Local Government Synthesis: Developing the Public-Private Partnership to Address Community Issues, Opportunities, and Problems
  • Case Study on the Oneida Nation Family Leave Policy: What is Working and What is Not
  • Consolidation and College: Is System Administration in Public Higher Education Worth It?
  • Assessing the Impacts of Municipal Tax Increment Financing Policies on Wisconsin Tax Increment District Performance
  • Bridging the Rural Government and Constituent Divide: A Focus on Communication
  • Municipal Funding Reform in Wisconsin and One Possible Solution
  • Evaluating the Impact of Work Schedules on Law Enforcement Officers’ Quality of Life: A Comparative Study of 8, 10, and 12-Hour Shifts

2023

  • A Review of a Survey of Wisconsin Fire Chiefs and the Viability of Fire and EMS District Consolidation
  • Can Special Districts offer Revival to the Wisconsin Fire Service?
  • Organizational Diversity and Performance
  • Identifying Veterans’ Unmet Needs and Gaps in Research
  • The Legislation, Policies, and Lifestyles Behind Obesity
  • Sheboygan Fire Department Review of the 48/96 vs Kelly Schedule
  • Ensuring A Promise Fulfilled: Access to Healthcare in the Department of Veterans Affairs
  • A Comprehensive Evaluation of The City of Milwaukee’s Violence
    Reduction Strategy
  • Studying the Impact of Unmet Needs on Graduation Rates for Caregiving Students at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
  • Public Opinion and Congressional Pay: Tying Pay to Median Income
  • A Comparative Study of Wisconsin Municipalities with Full-Time Elected Officials contrasted with Municipal Administrators
  • What’s It Like to Work Here? The Worker’s Perspective on Organizational Culture and Climate
  • Economic Growth and the Impact on Municipal Fire and EMS Services
  • Medicare Coverage Gaps: An Argument for Health Care Reform in the United States
  • Small Municipalities Deserve Love Too

2022

  • Credit Unions & DEI: Internal & External Impacts of DEI-Focused Strategies, Efforts, and Initiatives at Credit Unions
  • Wisconsin’s People Problem, a UW System Strategy and a Green Rush to Come: Problem, Politics and Policy and Proposal
  • Why the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Matters
  • Performance Evaluations and Motivational Theory: The Effect on Future Performance
  • Measuring Fire Department Performance
  • Destructive Leadership and Toxic Behaviors
  • Healthcare Reform through the Elimination of Surprise Billing
  • The role of public-private partnerships: A framework for improving the impact of community health partnerships
  • Equitable Community Engagement Toolkit
  • Increasing Public Participation and Representation on Local Boards and Commissions
  • The Evolution of Technology and its Influences on Public Administration
  • Sense of Community at Work
  • Municipal Budgeting through Staff Shortages
  • Efficacy of Local Refugee Integration Programs
  • Illinois Municipal Needs Assessment
  • Budgeting Issues and Constraints for Rural Wisconsin Counties
  • Addressing Racism in the Healthcare Workforce
  • Strategic Communications in Local Government
  • Standardization of Job Classifications and Titling in Higher Education Institutions
  • FDA Blood Ban on Gay and Bisexual Men

2021

  • Decision-Making in Local Government
  • EMT-B to Paramedic
  • Making the Case for Moraine Park Technical College’s Capital Expansion
  • Improving Equity in Transportation Improves Health Equity & Quality of Life: How Can Local Governments Get Involved?
  • Police Recruitment and Retention Best Practices: A Roadmap to Stabilize Staffing and Improve Essential Service Delivery
  • Future of the Office of Wisconsin State Treasurer
  • Does Enhancing Diversity in the Workplace Improve Organizational Performance?
  • Unemployment – Enrollment: Linked?
  • What are the impacts of funding reductions to the Low-Income Heating Assistance Program?
  • Connection and Belonging: Voices from People in Recovery Listening Session Report and Policy Brief
  • To Lobby or Not to Lobby: A Proposal for the Potential Reorganization of the
    Wisconsin Municipal Clerks Association
  • Attachments and Quality of Life: How can your attachment style impact quality of life after experiencing childhood trauma?
  • The Aging Workforce: Retirement Trends, Barriers, and Solutions
  • Implication of Mindfulness-based Strategies Within the Workplace
  • Effects of Recreational Marijuana Legalization on Public Health and Safety: A Review
  • Sex Education Curriculum: A Two-Part Proposal
  • Tacking Morale at the VA
  • Understanding the Impact of Parental Substance Use Disorder on the Child Welfare System: Analysis of Cross-Systems Data and Perspectives from the Field
  • Government Strategies for Addressing Homelessness
  • Tap the Hydrant for Volunteers
  • A History of Leadership Styles and Contemporary Application to Employee Engagement
  • Virtual work: What We’ve Learned

2020

  • Juvenile Crime Prevention with Afterschool Programs
  • Economic Development Strategies for Rural Communities in the United States
  • Should Our Nation Reinstate the Military Draft Study
  • Declining Attendance Rates at Legion Pool
  • Female Diversity in the Midwest Fire Service
  • Municipal Response to a Pandemic: A Toolkit for Communication Through a Crisis
  • The Gender Wage Gap:  Should it be an Organizational or National Issue?
  • Are Head Start Programs Effective?
  • Too Many Cooks (Politicians) in the Kitchen (Boardroom)How Act 100 Changed County Board Sizes in the State of Wisconsin
  • Increasing Female Representation in Local Politics
  • Inaccessibility to Women’s Healthcare Services in Rural United States
  • The Case for a Six-Hour Workday
  • Public Service Motivation: Does it Attract Individuals to Public Service and Positively Impact Job Performance and Satisfaction?
 

 

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