NAIM KAPUCU, Ph.D.
Faculty Member
Department of Public Administration
College of Health and Public Affairs
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida
Dr. Naim Kapucu is a Faculty Member in the Department of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He is also the programs coordinator for the Emergency Management and Homeland Security programs at UCF. His main research interests are: homeland security and crisis management; public-nonprofit partnerships in emergencies; complex adaptive systems; dynamic network analysis; computational policy analysis; decision making in complex environments; and organizational learning and design. Dr. Kapucu’s research seeks to understand how interorganizational networks, such as public-nonprofit partnerships, influence the public service delivery. In one of his current projects, he explores the problem of building cooperation among public and nonprofit organizations to achieve public service goals in emergencies and what factors contribute to successful public-nonprofit partnerships and factors that inhibit their development.
Dr. Kapucu’s work has been published in Public Administration Review; Administration & Society; Journal of Public Administration Theory and Research; the American Review of Public Administration; Public Administration; International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters; and Disasters: The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy, and Management. Recent publications include: “Public-Nonprofit Partnerships for Collective Action in Dynamic Contexts” and “Managing Public Nonprofit Partnerships in Emergencies: Role of Nonprofit Leadership.” Dr. Kapucu is a reviewer for the program committee of the Public and Nonprofit Division of the Academy of Management. He is also Executive Council Member of the American Society for Public Administration, Section on Emergency and Crisis Management. He is currently leading the UCF–Orange County Health Department Partnership Project which is hailed as a best-practice model and has significantly increased service capacity for the grassroots agencies participating in the project. Dr. Kapucu is a recipient of the Orange County Health Department’s Director’s Award for the excellent service provided to enhance services to all populations in Orange County as well as the success of the Federal Capacity Building Grant.
Dr. Kapucu teaches public policy analysis, organization theory, strategic management, nonprofit management, research design, and analytic techniques for public administration. He taught at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania State University, and Robert Morris University before coming to UCF in 2003. He is a recipient of the Teaching Faculty Leadership Award for the 2004–2005 academic year and Service-Learning Faculty Recognition Award for the academic year 2006–2007 at UCF.
Dr. Kapucu earned his Ph.D. in public and international affairs from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also holds a master of public policy and management degree from the H. John III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
April 16, 2008