Faculty & Staff

NANCY L. ADAMS
nadams@wvu.edu
Assistant Professor
PH.D., Fielding Institute
M.S.N. University of Maryland
B.S.N. University of Maryland
Certificate in Health Care Administration, Academy of Health Care Sciences
Specialization: Healthcare management, organization development, service delivery systems, organization behavior.
   
MOHAMAD ALKADRY
malkadry@wvu.edu
MPA Director, Internship Coordinator and Associate Professor
Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University
M.P.A., Concordia University
B.A.(Honors), Carleton University
Specialization: Organization theory and behavior, citizen participation, public administration theory, research methods, and productivity.
   

BRIAN GERBER
brian.gerber@mail.wvu.edu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Stony Brook University
M.A., University of New Mexico
B.A., University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Specialization: Regulatory policy and environmental management, hazards management and homeland security, public policy analysis, research methods.

   
L. CHRISTOPHER PLEIN
lplein@wvu.edu
Chair and Associate Professor
PH.D., University of Missouri, Columbia
M.A., East Tennessee State University
B.A., Emory & Henry College
Specialization: Legal and political foundations, internship coordination, public policy analysis, science and technology policy, economic development. analysis.
   
GERALD M. POPS
gpops@wvu.edu
Professor
PH.D., Maxwell Graduate School, Syracuse Univ.
J.D., University of California at Berkeley
B.A., University of California at Los Angeles
Specialization: Public personnel administration, administrative law, professional standards and ethics, administrative justice, environmental management.
   
ODD J. STALEBRINK
odd.stalebrink@mail.wvu.edu
Assistant Professor
PH.D., George Mason University
M. B.A. Jönköping University
B.Sc., Jönköping University
Specialization: Public financial management, public finance, organizational theory and financial and behavioral economics.
   
 

Emerti Professors

   
  HERMAN MERTINS JR.
PH.D., Maxwell Graduate School, Syracuse University
M.P.A. Maxwell Graduate School, Syracuse University
B.A., Drew University
Specialization: Financial management, planning, administrative leadership, higher education administration.
   
DAVID G. WILLIAMS
dwillia6@wvu.edu
Professor
PH.D., Graduate School of Public Affairs, State University of New York at Albany
M.S., Public Administration, Brigham Young Univ.
B.A., with Honors, Brigham Young University
Specialization: Public management, organization theory, decision-making and group processes, governance, management training and development.
   
  HARVEY J. WOLF
D.P.A., University of Southern California
M.P.A., University of Southern California
Specialization: Organizational behavior, group processes, organizational development, time management, management training.
   
 

Office Staff

   
LORETTA HOOVER
Secretary
   
DEBORAH KOON
Administrative Associate