Anna Amirkhanyan Professor Public Administration and Policy
- Degrees
- Ph.D. in Public Administration, Syracuse University
M.S. in Nonprofit Management, New School University
M.A. in Philosophy, Yerevan State University
B.A. in Philosophy, Yerevan State University - Languages Spoken
- English, Armenian, Russian
- Bio
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Professor Amirkhanyan鈥檚 research focuses on public and nonprofit management, organizational performance, public-private differences, and citizen participation. Her articles have been published in various outlets such as the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (J-PART), Public Administration Review, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, and others. Professor Amirkhanyan has received 2006 National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration Annual Dissertation Award, 2007 SPA Award for Outstanding Service to the University Community, and 2008 SPA Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching,
and 2017 SPA Pioneer Award. She served on the Board of Directors of the Public Management Research Association, and is on the Editorial Board of J-PART.聽 She is the recipient of NASPAA鈥檚 2023 Duncombe Excellence in Doctoral Education Award.
- For the Media
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Teaching
Summer 2024
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PUAD-660 Quantitative Methods
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PUAD-660 Quantitative Methods
Fall 2024
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PUAD-605 Quant Meth for Public Managers
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PUAD-605 Quant Meth for Public Managers
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PUAD-660 Quantitative Methods
Spring 2025
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PUAD-605 Quant Meth for Public Managers
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PUAD-660 Quantitative Methods
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Area of Expertise
Public administration, privatization and contracting out, performance, cross-sector collaboration, organizational theory, nonprofit management, social policy
Additional Information
Anna Amirkhanyan鈥檚 research focuses on public and nonprofit management, public sector reform, organizational performance, social policy, research methodology, and intellectual history of public administration. Her current teaching concentration is nonprofit management, as well as quantitative methods in public management and public policy. Amirkhanyan鈥檚 articles are published or forthcoming in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, International Journal of Public Administration, The Gerontologist, and the Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences. She has presented papers at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Annual Conference, Public Management Research Association (PMRA) Conference, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, and other national conferences. Amirkhanyan has recently received the 2006 National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) Annual Dissertation Award (Honorable Mention), Maxwell鈥檚 School鈥檚 Dissertation Prize, and the 17吃瓜在线 Faculty Research Award. She is a co-author of Citizen Participation in the Age of Government Contracting (Routledge, 2018).
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call 17吃瓜在线 Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.