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Laura Hand

Laura Hand

PhD, Arizona State University
  • Associate Professor, Political Science & Public Adm
    • Health policy, Street-Level Bureaucracy, Evaluation
  • Assistant Professor, Political Science & Public Adm
  • Associate Professor, Masters of Public Health

Contact Info

  • Email: laura.hand@UND.edu
  • Office: 701.777.0883
  • Dept: 701.777.3831

Office Address

Nistler Hall Room 324C
3125 University Avenue Stop 8098
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8098

Curriculum Vitae

  • Curriculum Vitae

POLS 500 - Research Methods (Fall)

POLS 531 - Foundations in Public Administration (Fall)

POLS 537 - Program Evaluation (Fall)

POLS 552 - Health Policy (Spring)

POLS 535 - Public Organizations (Spring)

Street-level bureaucracy

Interactions between the state and its citizens

Social media and governance

Public health policy

Interpretive methodologies

Hand, L. C. (in press). A Virtuous Hearer: An Exploration of Epistemic Injustice and an Ethic of Care in Public Encounters. Administrative Theory & Praxis.

Hand, L. C. & Catlaw, T.J. (2019). Accomplishing the Public Encounter: A Case for Ethnomethodology in Public Administration Research. Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ppmgov/gvz004

Hand, L. C. (2018). Producing a Vision of the Self-Governing Mother: A Study of Street-Level Bureaucrat Behavior in Coproductive Interactions. Administration & Society, 50(8), 1148-1174. doi: 10.1177/0095399717719110.

Lucio, J., Hand, L., & Marsiglia, F. (2014). Designing HOPE: Rationales of Mixed Income Housing Policy. Journal of Urban Affairs, 36(5), 891-904. doi:10.1111/juaf.12090

Hand, L. C., & Ching, B. D. (2011). “You Have One Friend Request”: An Exploration of Power and Citizen Engagement in Local Governments’ Use of Social Media. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 33(3), 362-382. doi: 10.2753/ATP1084-1806330303

Nominated for UND's Outstanding Graduate/Professional Teaching Award - 2017-2018

Arizona State University

Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy

Master of Public Policy

University of Iowa

Bachelor of Music

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