Catherine M. Gerard
Professor of Practice Emerita, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Research Director, Collaborative Governance
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Courses
- 2024 Fall
- MBC 700 Business Perspectives and Applications - Conflict Resolution Management
- PAI 895 Managerial Leadership
- 2024 Summer
- PAI 753 Leadership and Public Policy
- 2024 Spring
- PAI 895 Managerial Leadership
- 2023 Fall
- PAI 895 Managerial Leadership
- 2023 Summer
- PAI 601 Fundamentals of Conflict Studies
- PAI 753 Leadership and Public Policy
- 2023 Spring
- PAI 895 Managerial Leadership
- 2022 Fall
- PAI 753 Leadership and Public Policy
- PAI 895 Managerial Leadership
- 2022 Summer
- PAI 753 Leadership and Public Policy
- PAI 895 Managerial Leadership
- 2022 Spring
- PAI 601 Fundamentals of Conflict Studies
- PAI 895 Managerial Leadership
Highest degree earned
Areas of Expertise
Research Grant Awards and Projects
"Participatory Budgeting (Pb) 2022 - 2023", Sponsored by Syracuse City School District.
"Participating Budgeting Project for Lead Safe CNY", Sponsored by Central New York Community Foundation, Inc..
"Participatory Budgeting (PB)", Sponsored by Syracuse City School District.
"2020 Mandela Washington Fellowship - YALI", Sponsored by Department of State.
"The Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace as a Pathway to Positive Campus Engagement", Sponsored by Campus Compact.
"Olive Oil Without Borders III", Sponsored by US Agency for International Development.
Selected Publications
- Books
- Overcoming Intractable Conflicts: New Approaches to Constructive Transformations. Elman, M. F., Gerard, C. M., Golan , G. and Kriesberg , L. (eds.) Rowman and Littlefield International Limited, 2019.
- Conflict and Collaboration: For Better or Worse. Gerard, C., Kriesberg , L. (eds.) Routledge, 2018.
- O'Leary , R., Gerard, C., Collaborating Across Boundaries: Insights and Tips from Federal Senior Executives. IBM Center for the Business of Government, 2012.
- Journal Articles
- Beagles , J. E., Schell , S. and Gerard, C., "Overcoming Parochialism in American Public Administration.." Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, 2019.
- Mitchell , G. E., O'Leary , R. and Gerard, C., "Collaboration and Performance: Perspectives from Public Managers and NGO Leaders." Public Performance & Management Review, 2015.
- "Honoring the Contributions of Christina Merchant to the Field of Conflict Resolution." Gerard, C., O'Leary , R. (eds.) Special Issue: Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 2015.
- O'Leary , R., Gerard, C., "Introduction: Honoring the Contributions of Christina Merchant to the Field of Conflict Resolution." Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 2015.
- O'Leary , R., Gerard, C., "Collaboration as a Management and Leadership Strategy for Local Governments: Fad or Future?." Government Finance Review, 2014.
- Li, Y., Gerard, C. and Zhu , Z., "Editorial." Systems Research and Behavioral Science. Special Issue: Collaborative Problem Solving Amid Conflicts, 2012.
- Li, Y., Zhu, Z. and Gerard, C., "Learning from Conflict Resolution: An Opportunity to Systems Thinking." Systems Research and Behavioral Science. Special Issue: Collaborative Problem Solving Amid Conflicts, 2012.
- Book Chapters
- Gerard, C., O'Leary , R., "Understanding the Link Between Collaboration and Better or Worse Relations: The View from Public Administration." In Conflict and Collaboration: For Better or Worse. Gerard, C., Kriesberg , L. (eds.) Routledge, 2018.
- O'Leary , R., Gerard, C., "Collaborative Governance and Leadership: A 2012 Survey of Local Government Collaboration." In The Municipal Year Book . International City/County Management Association (ICMA), 2013.
- Hermann , M., Gerard, C., "The Contributions of Leadership to the Movement from Violence to Incorporation." In Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding: Moving From Violence to Sustainable Peace. Dayton , B., Kriesberg , L. (eds.) Routledge, 2009.
- Journal Review
- Schnell , S., Gerard, C., "From bureaucrats to entrepreneurs to networkers, advocates, and empaths: Reappraising human resources management ideals and practices in the public administration." Review of Public Personnel Administration, 2022.
- Technical Report
- Zoli , C., Hermann , M., Gerard, C., Wicker , W., Page , C. and Dayton , B., Understanding Global Opportunities: Exploring the Role of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Global Partnership in Public-Private Partnership (P3) Development of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. , 2015.
Presentations and Events
Gerard, C., Schnell , S., American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference, "From bureaucrats to entrepreneurs to networkers, advocates, and empaths: Reappraising human resources management ideals and practices in the public administration" (March 18, 2022 - March 22, 2022)
Gerard, C., Schnell , S., "Reappraising Bureaucracy in the 21st Century" Symposium, Public Management Research Association, "From bureaucrats to entrepreneurs to networkers, advocates, and empaths: Reappraising human resources management ideals and practices in the public administration" (March 26, 2021)
Collaborative Governance Conference , Tsinghua University, School of Public Management and Policy, "Collaborative Public Management: The Role of Personality" (December 11, 2019)
XVI Conference of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) – Managing in Volatile Times, University of Rome, "The Skill Set of the Successful Collaborator" (April 11, 2012 - April 13, 2012)
Gerard, C., O'Leary , R., Choi , Y., National Conference of the American Society of Public Administration, "Collaboration as a Management Strategy: Collaborative Skills for Public Managers" (March 2, 2012 - March 6, 2012)