Eva Witesman

Associate Professor,
Public Service and Ethics, Romney Institute of

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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

"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, Edition 1, 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, Edition 2, 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, Pages 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

Professional Citizenship

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