JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION - naspaa

Operation PSA: The Action Learning of Curiosity and Creativity
Diane Kimoto is an Assistant Professor in Grand Valley State University’s School
of Public and Nonprofit Administration. Kimoto earned her Ph.D. from the
University of Southern California, with emphases in interpersonal and
organizational communications. Her research and publishing interests combine
communication and pedagogic theory towards identifying the underlying
approaches that guide the co-operative experience between teachers and students
in promoting excellence in learning. She is currently the program chair for the
annual American Society for Public Administration-sponsored Teaching Public
Administration Conference.
Jenny Frasco is currently an MBA student at the University of Michigan, Flint
campus, with a concentration in Health Care Management. She holds a
bachelor’s degree in organizational communication from Michigan State
University, and a master’s degree in public administration, with a nonprofit
emphasis, from Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She
is passionate about citizenship and the spirit of public service, and tries to lead
by example through volunteer efforts in her local community of Rockford, MI.
Lorne Mulder is the Executive Director of the Battle Creek and Calhoun
County Homeless Coalition, and has six years of executive management
experience in leading self-help support organizations. He has a master’s degree
in public administration, with a nonprofit emphasis, from Grand Valley State
University. His undergraduate education is in political science, from Aquinas
College. Lorne enjoys serving populations with substance abuse disorders, and is
inspired by helping people recover.
Sylvia Tsitsi Juta is a Ph.D. student at Western Michigan University in
Kalamazoo, Michigan. She is studying public administration with a focus in
nonprofit management. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the
University of Zimbabwe, and an MPA from Grand Valley State University in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. She has seven years experience teaching high school in
Zimbabwe. She has worked with non-governmental organizations such as
CARE International in rural Zimbabwe. Her research interest is comparative
study in nonprofit leadership.
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