Faculty and Staff

The joint Master of Public Administration degree is conferred by both The Graduate School of the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina. We are fully accredited by the National Association of the Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). Program faculty includes six professors and, in any given year, three faculty members from the University of South Carolina and several highly qualified adjunct faculty. Program governance and admissions decisions are made jointly by The Graduate School of the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina.

Kendra Stewart (website)
Professor/Director CofC MPA Program,
Ph.D, University of South Carolina

Margaret Bonifay
Program Coordinator, CofC

Mark Tompkins
Associate Professor/ Interim Director USC MPA Program, Ph.D., University of Minnesota.

Debby Tiemeyer
Program Coordinator, USC

Faculty from both College of Charleston and USC campuses are listed below:

BEDARD, Stephen Instructor, MBA, University of Georgia. Municipal Budgeting (CofC).

CARR, Judge Robert Instructor, J.D., University of South Carolina. Legal Processes and Procedures (USC)

CHANDLER, Karen A. Associate Professor of Arts Management,
Ph.D., New York University. Arts Management, Ethnography & Race and Ethnicity (CofC)

DEMOURA, Eric Adjunct Faculty/Town of Mount Pleasant Administrator, MPA, Clemson University. Financial Administration (CofC)

DUFFY, Katherine Instructor, PH.D., Syracuse University. Fundraising, Grant Writing, Nonprofit Administration, Public Health (CofC)

FELTS, Arthur A. Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. Organization/ Bureaucratic Theory, Financial Administration/Public Budgeting & Public Management Administration (CofC)

GETHA-TAYLOR, Heather
(joining the Faculty in Fall '07) Assistant Professor, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.  Personnel Administration, Health Management, Nonprofit Management (USC) 

GRAHAM, Cole B. Professor, Ph.D., University of South Carolina. Administrative Law, Personnel, Financial Administration (USC)

HAYS, Steve W. Professor,
Ph.D., University of Florida. Personnel Administration, Administrative Theory & Administrative Law (USC)

KEENAN, Kevin Assistant Professor/Director of the Urban and Regional Planning Certificate Program, Ph.D., Clark University, Geography

KEY, Janet L. Community Assistance Director/Internship Coordinator/Instructor, M.P.A, University of Charleston. Human Resource Management & Nonprofit Administration (CofC)

MILLS, Lindeke Instructor, J. D., Duke University. Environmental Law and Regulatory Policy (CofC)

MOORE, William V. Professor, Ph.D., Tulane University. SC State Politics and Policy, Intergovernmental Relations & Nonprofit Administration (CofC)

OLDENDICK, Robert W. Director, Survey Research Laboratory, Institute of Public Affairs/ Professor, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati. (USC)

OWENS, Katherine Adjunct Faculty, Ph.D Candidate (Expected May 2008), University of Twente, The Netherlands. Research Methods and Quantitative Analysis (CofC)

PIERCE, Jon B. Assistant Professor/ Associate Director for Government Research & Service, Ph.D., University of Minnesota. American Government, Administrative Theory & Public Policy (USC)

SHANKLIN-PETERSON, Scott. Director of the Arts Management Program, B.A. in Visual Arts; graduate degree from Harvard University's Institute of Arts Administration. Arts Administration and Policy (CofC)

SIMPSON, Joy Instructor, M.A., The Citadel. Nonprofit Fundraising and Marketing (CofC)

SPICER, Vincent C. Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Kentucky. Social Psychology of Organizations (CofC)

TOMPKINS, Mark E. Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota. American Government, Administrative Theory, Public Policy, Policy Analysis (USC)

VENINGA, Catherine Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Washington. Urban Geography (CofC)

West, Layne Instructor, Ph.D. Candidate, MPA, Auburn University