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
• American Society for Public Administration — 2009
• Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action — 2009
• Public Management Research Association — 2009

Selected Publications

• "Direct Government Investment: Perverse Privatization or a New Tool of Government", Public Administration Review
• "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
• "Nonprofit collaboration and the resurrection of market failure: How a resource sharing environment can suppress social objectives", Voluntas, 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, Volume 45, Issue 1, 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
• "Faculty research-driven vs. community-driven experiential learning in the quantitative public administration curriculum", Journal of Public Administration Education, 2012
• "On-site Collaboration for Organizational Effectiveness: The Shalom Community Center", Read to Lead Nonprofit Case Series, Rossi Smith Publishers, 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, Issue 2, ICMA Press, Washington, D.C., Roger Kemp, 2010
• "The Centralization/ Decentralization Paradox in Civil Service Reform: How Government Structure Affects Democratic Training of Civil Servants", Public Administration Review, Volume 69, 2009
• "Planning for Emergency Response Volunteers", PA Times, Volume 32, Page 6, American Society for Public Administrators, 2009

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

• Learn Do Become Advisory Board — Committee/Council Member — January 2019
• BYU Faculty Advisory Council (Research Committee) — Committee/Council Chair — September 2018
• BYU GoodMeasure — Program Chair/Coordinator — September 2018

Professional Citizenship

• Journal of Public Adminsitration Research and Theory, Editorial Review Board Member, January 2019
• Academy of Management Public/Nonprofit Division, Officer (specify in Other), August 2017
• American Review of Public Administration, Editorial Review Board Member, April 2015
• Utah State Division of Substance Abuse Evidence-Based Workgroup, Committee/Council Member, 2013
• 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