Degrees:
Previous Experience:
Dr. Protasel joined
the UAA faculty in
1989, after four
years at Idaho State
University where he
directed the Master
of Public
Administration (MPA)
Program. He has
served on the
faculties of the
University of
Nevada-Reno, Oregon
State University,
University of
California-Davis,
Golden Gate
University in
California, and
Olivet College in
Michigan. Dr.
Protasel has worked
for the Soil
Conservation
Service, U.S.
Department of
Agriculture, and the
Office of Planning
and Evaluation, U.S.
Department of Health
and Human Services.
Dr. Protasel has
served as the
President for the
Alaska Chapter of
the American Society
for Public
Administration (ASPA).
He is a member of
the Alaska Dispute
Settlement
Association (ADSA),
The Western regional
Science Association,
The Western
Political Science
Association, and the
Pacific Northwest
Political Science
Association. He
served as Chair of
the Public
Administration
Department and is
the current Chair of
the Department. His
specialties are
public management,
public financial
administration and
conflict resolution.
He is also an expert
on Russia and has
provided public
administration
training for
mid-level managers
in the Russian Far
East.
Areas of Expertise:
Dr. Protasel's
specialties are
public management,
public financial
administration and
conflict resolution.
He is also an expert
on Russia and has
provided public
administration
training for
mid-level managers
in the Russian Far
East.
University,
Professional, Public
Service:
Dr. Protasel is
currently serving as
the Chair of the
Department of Public
Administration, and
first Vice President
of the faculty
Senate. Dr. Protasel
served as Chair of
the Department of
Public
Administration from
1991 to 1998. He has
served as Chair of
the Graduate
Academic Board
(1993-1996) and
various other UAA
committees, such as
the Faculty Senate
Executive Committee,
the Grants and Leave
Committee, and the
Library Advisory
Committee. Dr.
Protasel is
currently working
with the State of
Alaska Professional
Management Institute
(PMI) to coordinate
the delivery of UA's
Certified Public
Management (CPM)
Program. He has
served as President
of the Alaska
Chapter of the
American Society for
Public
Administration (ASPA)
and is a member of
the Alaska Dispute
Settlement
Association (ADSA).
Dr. Protasel serves
on the Mayor’s
Budget Advisory
Committee. He has
served as project
coordinator for the
USAID Institutional
Partnership Project
at the American
Russian Center and
has trained
government managers
in the Sakhalin
Regional
Administration in
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk,
Russia.
Professional
Affiliations:
Dr. Protasel is a
member of the Alaska
Dispute Settlement
Association (ADSA),
The Western regional
Science Association,
The Western
Political Science
Association, and the
Pacific Northwest
Political Science
Association.
Scholarship/Creative
Activity:
For the past few
years, Dr. Protasel
has taught several
sessions on Russia
and the Internet for
Alaska high school
students who came
from all over the
state to attend the
UAA Russian Language
and Culture Day and
the Russian Language
Olympiad. Dr.
Protasel has
published many
articles and book
chapters which
include “State
Revenues and the
State Budget: Self
Inflicted Problems?”
(Alaska Public
Policy Issues, Clive
S. Thomas, editor,
Denali Press, 1999,
Juneau, AK);
“Abandonments of the
Council-Manager
Plan” (Ideal and
Practice in
Council-Manager
Government, H.
George Frederickson,
editor,
International City
Management
Association, 1994,
Washington, D.C.);
“Resolving
Environmental
Conflicts:
Neo-corporatism,
Negotiated
Rulemaking and the
Timber/Fish/Wildlife
Coalition in the
State of Washington”
(Alternative Dispute
Resolution in the
Public Sector,
Miriam K. Mills,
editor, Nelson-Hall
Publisher, 1991,
Chicago).
Honors, Awards,
Certificates,
Licenses:
Dr. Protasel has
received research
grants and contracts
from a variety of
state and federal
agencies, like the
Alaska Department of
Commerce and
Economic Development
to evaluate the
Alaska Regional
Economic Development
Organizations
(ARDORS) and the
state Health and
Human Services
Department to
evaluate the Mat-Su
JOBS Teen Parent
Demonstration
Project. He has also
been awarded
research contracts
from the U.S.
Department of
Agriculture's
Agricultural
Research Service to
analyze policy
options for
targeting soil and
water conservation
programs, and the
Pacific Northwest
Regional
Commission's Forest
Policy Project to
analyze forest
policy institutions
and organizations. |
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