Faculty Profiles

Shields, P. M., Casula, M., & Rangarajan, N. (2025). The Case for Gauging as a Research Purpose in Public Administration: Connecting Purpose, Frameworks, Design, and Norms in Applied Research. Administration & Society, 57(2), 281–309. https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997241303932

Dailey, S., Gilmore, B., & Rangarajan, N. (2025). The visualization of public information: Describing the use of narrative infographics by U.S. municipal governments. Public Policy and Administration, 40(1), 3–26. https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767221140954

Shields, P. M., Rangarajan, N., & Casula, M. (2024). The Case for Gauging as a Research Purpose: Connecting Purpose, Framework, Design and Norms in Applied Research. Administration & Society. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1177/00953997241303932

Manoharan, A., & Rangarajan, N. (2023). Public administrators as storytellers: Nurturing narrative competence to enrich their professional identity. Administrative Theory and Praxis, 45(2), 158–169. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10841806.2022.2086753

Eby, R., & Rangarajan, N. (2023). Campus Sustainability Plans: A Descriptive Analysis of Sustainability Plans from Institutions of Higher Education in the United States. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Eby, R. F., & Rangarajan, N. (2023). Campus sustainability plans: past, present and future. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 24(7), 1398–1415. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijshe-03-2022-0063

Manoharan, A. P., & Rangarajan, N. (2023). Communication Pedagogy in Public Affairs Programs:  Insights from a Study of MPA and MPP Curricula. Teaching Public Administration, 41(2), 221–242. https://doi.org/10.1177/01447394221084492

Ancira, J., Rangarajan, N., & Shields, P. M. (2022). Bridging the Academic-Practitioner Divide:  Findings from a Survey of Public Administration Faculty and Practitioners. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 28(1), 35–55. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2021.1891396

Manoharan, A. P., Gilmore, B., & Rangarajan, N. (2022). Pedagogical approaches to comparative public administration and policy: A study of NASPAA programs with a specialization in global/comparative administration. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 28(4), 358–372. https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2022.2077015

Manoharan, A., & Rangarajan, N. (2022). Administrative Education, Training and Capacity Building:  The Role of the Indian Institute of Public Administration. In Handbook of Teaching and Learning in Public Administration and Management. Edward Elgar.

Rangarajan, N., Lottman, M., & Earp, J. (2022). Enhancing professional and practical experiences for MPA students: Lessons from a manager-in-residence program. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 28(2), 117–137. https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2021.1959139

Rangarajan, N., & Lottman, M. (2022). Trends in International Scholarship on Gender and Public Personnel Administration  (2008 – 2019). In Handbook of Gender and Public Administration. Edward Elgar.

Rangarajan, N., Manoharan, A. P., & Ortiz-Whyte, B. (n.d.). Inconspicuously Indispensable for India : The Untold Stories of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs). In Serving in Silence: The Unheard Stories of Essential Public Servants (SUNY Press). SUNY Press.

Casula, M., Rangarajan, N., & Shields, P. (2021). The potential of working hypotheses for deductive exploratory research. Quality & Quantity, 55(5), 1703–1725. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-020-01072-9

Shields, P. M., Rangarajan, N., & Casula, M. (2019). It is a Working Hypothesis: Searching for Truth in a Post-Truth World (part 2). Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniya [Sociological Studies], 11, 40–51.

Shields, P. M., Rangarajan, N., & Casula, M. (2019). It is a Working Hypothesis: Searching for Truth in a Post-Truth World: Part 1. Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniia [Sociological Studies], (10), 39–47. https://doi.org/10.31857/S013216250007107-0

Rangarajan, N. (2019). Sustainability Education in Public Administration and Policy: A Multi-Method Study of NASPAA Accredited Programs. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 25(3), 343–363. https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2018.1428045

Longoria, T., & Rangarajan, N. (2015). Measuring Public Manager Cultural Competence: The Influence of Public Service. Journal of Public Management and Social Policy, 21(1), 24–41.

Rahm, D., Brittain, V., Brown, C., Garofalo, C., Rangarajan, N., Shields, P., & Yun, H. J. (2015). Exploring the demand for PhDs in public affairs and administration. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 21(1), 115–128.

Rahm, D., Brittain, V., Brown, C., Garofalo, C., Rangarajan, N., Shields, P., & Yun, H. J. (2015). Exploring the Demand for PhDs in Public Affairs and Administration. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 21(1), 115–128. https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2015.12001820

Shields, P., & Rangarajan, N. (2013). A Playbook for Research Methods. Still Water, OK: New Forums Press.

Rangarajan, N., & Rahm, D. (2013). “San Antonio’s Mission Verde and Leading by Example Initiatives,” case study for “The Greening of Public Management.” In J. Osgood (Ed.), Sustainable Economic Development. Taylor & Francis Group.

Shields, P. S., Rangarajan, N., & Stewart, L. (2012). Open Access Digital Repository: Sharing Student Research with the World. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 18(1), 157–181.

Rangarajan, N., & Rahm, D. (2011). Greening Human Resources: A Study of City-level Initiatives. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 31(1), 227–247.

Shields, P. S., & Rangarajan, N. (2011). Public Service Professionals: The Legacy of Florence Nightingale, Mary Livermore and Jane Addams. In D. Menzel & H. White (Eds.), The State of Public Administration (pp. 36–69). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.

Rangarajan, N., & Rahm, D. (2011). Greening Human Resources. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 31(3), 227–247. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371x11408706

Garofalo, C. P., & Rangarajan, N. (2008). Transparency in Government Revenue Forecasting. In J. Sun & T. D. Lynch (Eds.), Government Budget Forecasting: Theory and Practice (pp. 551–567). Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.

Rangarajan, N. (2008). Evidence for different types of creativity in government: A multi-method approach. Public Performance and Management Review, 32(1), 131–162.

Rangarajan, N., & Black, T. (2007). Exploring Organizational Barriers to Diversity: A Case Study of the New York State Education Department. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 27(3), 249–263.

Rangarajan, N., & Rohrbaugh, J. (2003). Multiple roles of online facilitation: An example in any-time any-place meetings. Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal, 5, 26–36.