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WELCOME TO THE HOME PAGE OF
BARRY FRIEDMAN, COORDINATOR OF NGCSU'S M.P.A. PROGRAM!

Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice Office telephone number:  (706) 864-1916
Office location:  Young Social Science Center, Room 114 E-mail address:  bfriedman@NGCSU.edu
Summer 2008 syllabi:
     • POLS 4111/6111, Section A
  
Mailing address:
     Dr. Barry D. Friedman
     NGCSU Political Science
     82 College Circle
     Dahlonega, Georgia   30597-1001 -- USA





Dr. Barry D. Friedman is the coordinator of NGCSU's Master of Public Administration Program and is professor of political science in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice.  Here are a few highlights of his education, experience, and research.
 
 

EDUCATION:

University of Hartford
    Associate in Science in Engineering, 1973
    Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, 1976
    Bachelor of Science in Engineering, 1976

 

University of Connecticut
    Master of Business Administration, 1983
    Master of Public Affairs, 1983
    Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, 1991
 

COURSES TAUGHT:

Seminar in Public Administration
Politics and Bureaucracy
Administrative Law
Public Budgeting
Public Personnel Administration
Statistics for Public Management (syllabus)
Technology for Public Management
Ethics for Public Management (syllabus)
Government and Business
Public Management
Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations
Operations Management for Public Administration
Public Administration
Public Policy Planning and Analysis
The Presidency (syllabus)
Political Parties and Elections
Political Socialization and Public Opinion
Women and Politics (syllabus)
Statistics for the Social Sciences
Introduction to Political Science (syllabus)
American Government (syllabus)
Senior Seminar in Political Science (syllabus)
 
 

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:

Ethics in Public Service
Federal Regulation
Nonprofit Institutional Management
Political Parties
Political Socialization
Public Policy
 
 

PUBLICATIONS:

Co-author of "Policy Point-Counterpoint:  Profiling at Airports," International Social Science Review (Nos. 3-4, 2004), by Barry D. Friedman ("moderator"), Sharon R. Reddick, and Christina Fauchon, pp. 152-159.

Co-author of "Integrating Teaching, Learning, and Community Outreach:  Western Carolina's Local Government Youth Assembly," International Social Science Review (Nos. 1-2, 2004), by H. Gibbs Knotts, C. Don Livingston, Gordon E. Mercer, and Barry D. Friedman, pp. 56-62.

Author of "How Nonprofit Organizations Fight Off Competition," PA Times, May 2004, pp. 5-6.

Author of "Utilizing Technology to Revitalize and Modernize Pi Gamma Mu," Studies in the Social Sciences 37 (January 2002):  65-76.

Author of "Afterword" in Harvey Rosenfeld, Richmond Pearson Hobson:  Naval Hero from Magnolia Grove (Las Cruces, N. M.:  Yucca Tree Press, 2001).

Author of "Consider Establishing a Council to Coordinate Campus Honor Societies," Pi Sigma Alpha Newsletter, Fall 1997, p. 4.

Author of "Futility of Reform Justifies Constitutional Convention," PA Times, Sept. 1, 1996, p. 12.

Author of Regulation in the Reagan-Bush Era: The Eruption of Presidential Influence (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995).

Author of "A Case-Study Analysis of the Reagan Regulatory-Review Program," Southeastern Political Review 21 (Fall 1993): 705-720.

PUBLICATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES:

Book-Review Editor of the International Social Science Review (published by the Pi Gamma Mu social-science honor society)

 

AFFILIATIONS:

Honor Societies:

       Alpha Chi (interdisciplinary)

       Alpha Kappa Delta (sociology)

               » Treasurer of the NGCSU Chapter

       Beta Gamma Sigma (business administration)

              » Communications Chairman (2001-2002) -- Atlanta Area Alumni Chapter

       Kappa Mu (local engineering honor society)

       Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership)

       Phi Beta Kappa (liberal arts)

       Phi Kappa Phi (interdisciplinary)

               » Publicity Chairman and Webmaster for the NGCSU Chapter

               » Former Chapter President at Valdosta State University

               » Active-for-Life Member

       Pi Alpha Alpha (public administration)

       Pi Gamma Mu (social science)

» First Vice President (2005-2008), Chancellor - Atlantic Region (2002-2005), Vice Chancellor - Atlantic Region (1999-2002), Governor in Georgia (1995-2002)

               » Secretary-Treasurer of the NGCSU Chapter

       Pi Sigma Alpha (political science)

           » Member of the National Executive Council (2004-2008)

            » Faculty Advisor of the NGCSU Chapter
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Professional:

    American Society for Public Administration

» Secretary-Treasurer and Past President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Newsletter Editor of the Georgia Chapter

               » Life Member

       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

 

North Georgia College & State University:

       Alumni Association, associate life member

       Council of Honor Societies, executive director

       Student Government Association, faculty liaison (1995-2002)

        ,  faculty advisor

        ,treasurer (2001-2003) and "Safe-Space Listener"

                                             Read Barry's article:  Barry Goldwater and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.


Community:

American Friends of Magen David Adom, formerly American Red Magen David for Israel), supporting Magen David Adom (Red Shield of David, Israel's Red Cross service); see Barry Friedman's tribute to MDA

               » International Life Member
(International Life Member through the Ahava - Richard Freedman Chapter of South Florida; Chapter Life Member of the Atlanta Chapter; Chapter Life Member of the former Shomer Chapter of West Hartford, Conn.)

                » Member of the National Advisory Council (2002-2005)

               » Member of the Executive Board - Atlanta Friends of Magen David Adom (2001-2005)

               » Past President of the former Shomer Chapter in West Hartford, Conn.

TLC Humane Society

               » Treasurer

               » Life Member

(Barry is also a member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.)


URGENT

PLEASE SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR ANIMALS.  Reproduction creates many more animals than there are people to care for them.  Stray animals live lives of hunger, loneliness, and desperation.  PLEASE HELP STOP THIS TRAGEDY.
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Don't buy a pet.  Adopt a pet.  Save a sweet, loving little cat or dog from being euthanized.
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Contact your local humane society for more information about these and other topics pertaining to the welfare of animals.

        American Horse Defense Fund
              
(founded by Trina Bellak)

        YES Institute (formerly Project YES) of Miami, Fla.

               » Volunteer / Speaker

RAVEN - Research on Abusive Volunteer Exploitation by Nonprofits (Founder); Author of "Cracking Down on Red Cross Volunteers:  How American Red Cross Officials Crushed an Insurrection by Agitated, Mistreated Volunteers in Northeast Georgia" (presented at annual meeting of the Georgia Political Science Association, February 21, 1997)

        Sons of the American Legion
 
 

AWARDS

»Who's Who Among America's Teachers & Educators, 5th ed. (1998, nominated by G. Elaine Samples), 6th ed. (2000, nominated by Windy A. Weidner), 8th ed. (2004, nominated by Marie M. Cowart), 9th ed. (2005), 10th ed. (2005-2006), and 11th ed. (2006-2007).

»NGCSU Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award, 2002 and 1997

»NGCSU Excellence in Teaching Award for Collaboration (co-recipient with Dr. Toni O. Barnett and Prof. Barbara Ann Tronsgard), 2000-2001

»American Society for Public Administration, Division III Chapter Newsletter Award, 2000, for Georgia Chapter Newsletter (editor)

»Phi Kappa Phi (NGCSU Chapter) Promotion of Excellence in Higher Education Award, 1999

 

See also Barry's personal biographical home page

 

If you are an excellent student who is interested in a special scholarship or award, or a special study opportunity, visit Barry Friedman's Web page about special scholarship and award opportunities.

Barry Friedman's "greatest hits" can be accessed by clicking on one of these links.  Read his essay about:
     ♦ Barry Goldwater and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
     ♦ The evolution of human rights.
     ♦ Judicial power, courts, and law.
     ♦ Plagiarism.
     ♦ Policy and economics of health care.

Barry Friedman has posted information on these topics; access the information by clicking on one of these links.
     ♦ The resolution of the Christina Jeffrey affair.


FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE M.P.A. PROGRAM OR BARRY FRIEDMAN, VISIT THE M.P.A. PROGRAM WEB SITE, OR SEND A MESSAGE TO: bfriedman@NGCSU.edu, OR CALL (706) 864-1916.

 

Personal disclaimer:  This page is not a publication of North Georgia College & State University and NGCSU has not edited or examined the content of the page.  The author of the page is solely responsible for the content.


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May 29, 2008, by Barry D. Friedman.