Eva Witesman
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Biography
Eva M. Witesman, Ph.D. is an expert in strategic planning and evidence-based innovation, including a full range of quantitative and qualitative program evaluation tools, techniques and practices. Dr. Witesman focuses her work on the public and nonprofit sectors, seeking to improve public outcomes through data-informed management. Through her faculty appointment in the BYU MPA program, Dr. Witesman provides pro-bono evaluation and analysis services to select community partners. For more information, please contact Dr. Witesman by e-mail through the contact link provided on this page.
Group Affiliations
- American Evaluation Association — 2016–0
- American Society for Public Administration — 2009–0
- Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action — 2009–0
- Public Management Research Association — 2009–0
Selected Publications
- "The Enduring Role of Sector: Citizen Preferences in Mixed Markets", Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Edition 4, Volume 32, Pages 765-780, Oxford, 2022
- "Wealth as the Path to Heaven or Hell: A Latter-day Saint Perspective on the Spirit of Conscious Capitalism", The Spirit of Conscious Capitalism, 2021
- "Public Value Governance: A Framework", The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant, Palgrave, 2021
- "Values and Motivation: An Introduction.", The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant, Palgrave, 2021
- "Elevating public service motivation research and practice", International Public Management Journal, 2021
- "Centralization and Decentralization: Compatible Governance Concepts and Practices.", 2020
- "Direct Government Investment: Perverse Privatization or a New Tool of Government", Public Administration Review, 2019
- "Sector Choice and Sector Regret", Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Edition 3, Volume 48, Pages 492-512, 2019
- "Optimism and Bias When Evaluating a Prosocial Initiative", Social Science Quarterly, 2019
- "Nonprofit collaboration and the resurrection of market failure: How a resource sharing environment can suppress social objectives", Voluntas, 2017
- "The blurring hypothesis reconsidered: How sector still matters to practitioners", Voluntas, Pages 1831-1852, 2016
- "An Institutional Theory of the Nonprofit: Toll Goods and Voluntary Action", Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2016
- "The Public Values of Political Preference", International Journal of Public Administration, 2015
- "Sector Choice: How Fair Trade Entrepreneurs Choose Between Nonprofit and For-Profit Forms", Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Pages 832-851, 2015
- "Modeling Public Decision Preferences Using Context-Specific Value Hierarchies", American Review of Public Administration, Edition 1, Volume 45, Pages 86-105, 2014
- "Evidence-based Innovation: Creating a Statewide Initiative", Utah Governor's Office of Management and Budget, 2014
- "Public Service Values: A new approach to the study of motivation in the public sphere", Public Administration, John Wiley, London, Arjen Boin, 2013
- "On-site Collaboration for Organizational Effectiveness: The Shalom Community Center", Read to Lead Nonprofit Case Series, Rossi Smith Publishers, 2012
- "Faculty research-driven vs. community-driven experiential learning in the quantitative public administration curriculum", Journal of Public Administration Education, 2012
- "The Reformer’s Spirit: How public administrators fuel training in the skills of good governance", Public Administration Review, 2012
- "Government Contracts With Private Organizations: Are There Differences Between Nonprofits and For-profits?", Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2012
- "Americans Giving to Japan: Preliminary Findings in New Survey Track Americans’ Response in First Two Weeks After Disaster", PA Times, ASPA, 2011
- "Order Beyond Crisis: Organizing Considerations across the Public Service Configuration Life Cycle", Public Administration Review, 2010
- "Planning for Emergency Response Volunteers", Homeland Security: Best Practices for Local Government, Edition 2, ICMA Press, Washington, D.C., Roger Kemp, 2010
- "Planning for Emergency Response Volunteers", PA Times, Volume 32, Page 6, American Society for Public Administrators, 2009
- "The Centralization/ Decentralization Paradox in Civil Service Reform: How Government Structure Affects Democratic Training of Civil Servants", Public Administration Review, Volume 69, 2009
- "The Social Meanings of the Third Sector: How Action and Purpose Shape Everyday Understandings of “Nonprofit”", Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Sage
Awards
- Stewart Grow Research Fellowship, Marriott School of Management, 2016
- Teacher of the Year, MPA Student Association (MPAA), 2015
- Research Fellow, Ballard Center, 2011
- Teacher of the Year, MPA Student Association (MPAA), 2009
Certificates and Licenses
- Certificate of Fund Raising Management — Center on Philanthropy — 2004
BYU Citizenship
- Ballard Center for Social Impact — Graduate Coordinator — 2021–0
- Faculty Advisory Council — Committee/Council Chair — 2019–2021
- Learn Do Become Advisory Board — Committee/Council Member — January 2019–0
- BYU GoodMeasure — Program Chair/Coordinator — September 2018–0
Professional Citizenship
- Academy of Management Public and Nonprofit Division, Officer, 2021–0
- Journal of Public Adminsitration Research and Theory, Editorial Review Board Member, January 2019–0
- Public Administration Review, Editorial Review Board Member, 2018–0
- Academy of Management Public/Nonprofit Division, Officer (specify in Other), August 2017–0
- American Review of Public Administration, Editorial Review Board Member, April 2015–0
- Utah State Division of Substance Abuse Evidence-Based Workgroup, Committee/Council Member, 2013–0
- Utah Government Auditors Association, Guest Speaker, November 2016–November 2016
- National Governor's Association, Guest Speaker, September 2015–September 2015
- Salt Lake Community Network, Guest Speaker, May 2015–May 2015
- Northern Utah Association of Government Accountants, Guest Speaker, November 2014–November 2014
- UTAH OPS Conference, Guest Speaker, September 2014–September 2014
Consulting
- Utah Governor's Office of Management and Budget — Provide consultation and training on topics related to performance measurement and program evaluation, including development of a roadmap for statewide adoption of evidence-based practice. — January 2014–December 2016
- Utah Department of Health — Provided consultation on performance measure and program evaluation concepts generally. — December 2014–December 2014
- National Governor's Association — Discussed statewide initiatives on evidence-based practice and potential models and opportunities for encouraging evidence-based practice in state governments. — October 2014–October 2014
- Utah Department of Technology Services — Provided consultation on evaluation and reporting of technological security efforts provided by DTS to state government. — September 2014–September 2014