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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.
Jane Dockery
Carol M. Hooker
Jack L. Dustin
T. David Jones
Dorothy Fyffe
Graduate Research Assistants
Ashley Link
Amanda Turner
Brittany Sumler
Matthew Parks
Andrea Frederick
Dustin 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
Accountant
Ms. 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
T. David Jones
Research Associate II / Survey Research Director
Mr. Jones graduated with an M.P.A. in June, 2003 from Wright State University. He joined CUPA in October, 1999 as a Student Research Assistant and is currently the Director of Survey Research. An active member of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), his current activities include survey design and implementation, statistical analysis, data analysis, report preparation, meeting facilitation, and hiring, training and supervision of student telephone interviewers.
E-mail:
david.jones@wright.edu
Ashley Link
Graduate Research Assistant
Miss Link graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Affairs and an American Humanics certificate in Nonprofit Management in November 2009. She joined CUPA in June 2009 as a student telephone interviewer in the CUPA Survey Research Lab and is currently a Graduate Research Assistant working towards a Masters Degree in Public Administration. Current projects include: Williams County Community Health Assessment, Preble County Community Health Assessment, and the Huber Heights Parks and Recreation Survey.
E-mail:
link.36@wright.edu
Brittany D. Sumler
Survey Research Lab Supervisor
Ms. Sumler graduated from Sinclair Community College with Associate of Applied Science in American Sign Language Interpreting for the Deaf in June of 2010. She also has a Bachelors of Science in Rehabilitation Services from Wright State University. She joined CUPA in 2006 as a student telephone interviewer in the CUPA Survey Research Lab and has been the CUPA Survey Research Lab Supervisor since 2008. Brittany is a member of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). Her current projects include the Preble County Community Health Assessment, Pickaway County Community Health Assessment, and the Montgomery County Water Services Survey.
E-mail:
sumler.2@wright.edu
Andrea Frederick
Graduate Research Assistant
E-mail:
frederick.37@wright.edu
Amanda Turner
Graduate Research Assistant
E-mail:
amanda.turner@wright.edu
Matthew Parks
Graduate Research Assistant
Mr. Parks graduated from Wright State University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership. He is currently a second year graduate student in the Master of Public Administration program. Matt joined the CUPA team as a Graduate Research Assistant in December of 2009. Current projects include: an Asthma Assessment for CET/ThinkTV, shared services projects, and assisting the department with Urban Affairs and Geography courses.
E-mail: parks.42@wright.edu
Dustin Filip
Student Research Assistant
E-mail:
filip.2@wright.edu
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