Faculty Spotlight – Tina Nabatchi

Professor Tina Nabatchi

Tina Nabatchi is an Associate Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs and a Faculty Research Associate at the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC). Her research focuses on citizen participation, collaborative governance, conflict resolution, and challenges in public administration. Though her scholarship is varied, the unifying theme is one of democratic governance in public administration.

Dr. Nabatchi is also Co-Director of CNYSpeaks, a joint project of the Maxwell School and the Post-Standard that seeks to engage the citizens of the Central New York region in discussions about the issues that matter to them most.

Professor Nabatchi teaches the core MPA courses,  “Public  Administration & Democracy” and “Public Organizations and Management”, as well as an elective course on “Collaborative and Participatory Governance”.  PAIA students selected Professor Nabatchi for the Birkhead-Burkhead Teaching Excellence Award and Professorship in 2012.  She also won the 2010 Best Article Award from the American Review of Public Administration for her article, “Addressing the Citizenship and Democratic Deficits:  Exploring the Potential of Deliberative Democracy for Public Administration”.