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The Center for Urban and Public Affairs benefits from
a very diverse and talented staff. Our staff are well
trained in a variety of professional fields including
planning, public administration, and business administration.
We provide a broad range of social, economic, political,
and geographical expertise for the Dayton metropolitan
area, the state of Ohio, and the United States as a whole.
The Center also offers workshops, retreats, conferences,
and seminars to facilitate the exchange of information,
and build consensus to solve problems particularly in
the area of public policy issues, serving all sectors of the population.
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Jane Dockery
Carol M. Hooker
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Jack L. Dustin
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Dorothy Fyffe
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Graduate Research Assistants
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Madeline Gresham
Langdon Sanders |
Beth Pratt
Melissa McCarthy |
Emily Bingham
Devin Filip |
Jane L. Dockery
Associate Director
Ms. Dockery obtained her M.B.A. from the University of South Dakota, AFIT. She has been with CUPA since 1990. Her areas of specialization include strategic planning, focus group methodology and facilitation; program evaluation, micro-level health care and economic development research, especially focusing on strategic change in each of those industries. She also teaches courses on Economic Analysis of Neighborhoods and Regions, Urban Economic Development, High Performance Work Places and Work Teams.
E-mail: jane.dockery@wright.edu
Jack L. Dustin
Director of the Center for Urban and Public Affairs and Chair and Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Geography
Dr. Dustin graduated from University of Delaware in 1991. He specializes in neighborhood and community development corporations, community planning, urban policy; and program evaluation. Dr. Dustin is chair of the Department of Urban Affairs and Geography, as well as the director of the Center for Urban and Public Affairs (CUPA). He also directed the COPC program; wrote the evaluation plan for the Dayton Hope VI HUD application; directed a comprehensive plan for Dayton Parks and Recreation; sits on the Community Reinvestment Board for Fifth Third Bank, the Ohio Board of Regents Advisory Committee for the Urban University Program, and a review panel for a Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation assessment of St. Mary CDC and for the CountyCorp affordable housing development plan.
E-mail: jack.dustin@wright.edu
Dorothy Fyfe
AccountantMs. Fyffe obtained her MBA from Wright
State University and her B.Sc.(Hons) from The University of Glasgow.
She is a National Development Council certified Housing Development
Finance Professional. She joined the CUPA staff in January 2008 and is
responsible for oversight of the center/department budget.
E-mail: dorothy.fyffe@wright.edu
Carol M. Hooker
Research/GIS Data Analyst
Ms. Hooker holds a Master of Urban Administration (now Public Administration) and a Bachelor of Science in Urban Affairs from Wright State University, and an Associate of Applied Science in Architectural Technologies. Her primary responsibilities include coordination of GIS and data management activities, creating and maintaining databases for CUPA to be used in local, regional, and statewide projects. Ms. Hooker also analyzes statistical data and prepares technical reports, and oversees software and hardware upgrades and maintenance.
E-mail: carol.hooker@wright.edu
Madeline Gresham
Graduate Research Assistant
E-mail:
gresham.6@wright.edu
Langdon Morrison Sanders
Graduate Research Assistant
E-mail:
sanders.132@wright.edu
Beth Pratt
Graduate Research Assistant
E-mail: sharon.pratt@wright.edu
Melissa McCarthy
Graduate Research Assistant
E-mail:
amanda.turner@wright.edu
Emily Bingham
Student Research Assistant
E-mail:
bingham.10@wright.edu
Devin Filip
Student Research Assistant
E-mail:
filip.3@wright.edu
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