Stephen B. Page
Office
Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs
University of Washington, Box 353055
Seattle, WA 98195
Voice: 206-221-7784
E-mail: [email protected]
Home
229 Boylston Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98102
Voice: 206-660-4604
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999.
S.M., Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989.
B.A., Political Science, Williams College, 1986.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, 2006 - present.
- Faculty Director, Executive MPA, 2009 - 2012.
- Graduate Program Coordinator, 2007 - 2008.
Assistant Professor, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, 1999 - 2006.
Visiting Fellow, U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, School of Public Health, University of
California at Berkeley, 1999 - 2000.
Independent Consultant, New Haven, CT, and Berkeley, CA, 1996 - 1999.
Fellow, Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy, Yale University, 1996.
Research Associate, National Center for Children in Poverty, School of Public Health, Columbia University,
1992 - 1996.
Press Aide, Executive Office of Human Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1987.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
S. Page, “A Strategic Framework for Building Civic Capacity,” revised and resubmitted for publication in
Urban Affairs Review.
S. Page, M.M. Stone, J.M. Bryson, and B. Crosby, “Public Value Creation by Cross-Sector Collaborations: A
Theory and Challenges of Assessment,” forthcoming in Public Administration (Early View 2015).
R. Kleit and S. Page, “The Changing Role of Public Housing Authorities in the Affordable Housing Delivery
System,” forthcoming in Housing Studies (Early View 2014).
S. Page, “Theories of Governance: Comparative Perspectives on Seattle’s Light Rail Project,” Policy
Studies Journal 41:4 (November 2013).
S. Page, “Integrative Leadership for Collaborative Governance: Civic Engagement in Seattle,” The Leadership
Quarterly 21:2 (April 2010).
S. Page, “Managing for Results Across Agencies,” in Big Ideas in Collaborative Public Management (L.
Bingham and R. O’Leary, eds.), ME Sharpe (2008).
R. Kleit and S. Page, “Public Housing Authorities under Devolution,” Journal of the American Planning
Association 74:1 (Winter 2008).
S. Page, “The Web of Managerial Accountability: The Impact of Reinventing Government,” Administration
and Society 38:2 (May 2006).
S. Page, “What’s New About the New Public Management? Administrative Change in the Human Services,”
Public Administration Review 65:6 (November 2005).
S. Page, “Measuring Accountability for Results in Interagency Collaboratives,” Public Administration Review
64:5 (September 2004).
S. Page, “How Physicians' Organizations Compete: Protectionism and Efficiency,” Journal of Health Politics,
Policy and Law 29:1 (February 2004).
S. Page, “Entrepreneurial Strategies for Managing Interagency Collaboration,” Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory 13:3 (July 2003).
S. Page, “‘Virtual’ Health Care Organizations and the Challenges of Improving Quality,” Health Care
Management Review 28:1 (Winter 2003).
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
S. Page, “Achieving Shared Aims through Inter-organizational Networks” (review of Angel Saz-Carranza’s
book, Uniting Diverse Organizations), Public Administration Review 73:6 (November 2013).
S. Page, “Gurus, Theory and Practice: Response to Catlaw and Chapman,” letter to Public
Administration Review 67:2 (March 2007).
S. Page, “State Human Services as Disciplined Intergovernmental Collaboration,” in Privatization,
Democratization, and Decentralization in Cross-National Public Administration (Nagel, ed.). Quorum, 2000.
J. Knitzer and S. Page, Map and Track: State Initiatives for Young Children and Families, 1998 and 1996
Editions. New York: National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University School of Public Health.
S. Page and M. Larner, “An Introduction to the AFDC Program,” The Future of Children, 7:1 (Spring 1997).
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“A Strategic Framework for Building Civic Capacity,” Western Political Science Association meetings,
Seattle, WA, April 2014.
“Public Value Creation in Collaborative Cross-Sector Settings: Toward a Theoretical and Practical
Understanding,” PMRA, Madison, WI, June 2013.
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“Public Spaces for Negotiating Leadership,” King County Negotiations Conference, Seattle, WA, October
2012.
“Civic Capacity and Wicked Problems: A Strategic Framework,” PMRA, Syracuse, NY, June 2011, and
APSA, Seattle, September 2011
“Theories of Collaborative Governance: Comparative Perspectives on Seattle’s Light Rail Project,” PMRA,
Columbus, Ohio, October 2009
“Using Nested Frameworks to Study Collaborative Governance: The Case of Rail Transit Projects,” APPAM,
Los Angeles, November 2008
Discussant, Conference on Advocacy NGOs, Seattle, May 2008.
Discussant, Conference on Non-profit Accountability Clubs, Seattle, April 2008.
“Buying Smart in Thin Markets: District Efforts to Improve the Supply and Quality of Alternative Schools,”
APPAM, Washington, November 2007.
“Analyzing Collaborative Governance: Toward a Conceptual Framework,” Public Management Research
Conference, Tucson, AZ, October 2007.
“Developing Syllabi Using Teaching Cases,” NASPAA, Seattle, October 2007.
Discussant, Conference on Voluntary Self-Regulation, Seattle, June 2007.
“Managing for Results Across Agencies: Building Collaborative Capacity in the Human Services,” Syracuse
University Conference on Collaborative Public Management, Washington, September 2006.
“Priorities for Collaborative Management: Interagency Capacity or Accountability for Results?” Public
Management Research Conference, Los Angeles, September 2005.
“The Concept and Content of Teaching Public Management,” with Jon Brock, NASPAA, Indianapolis,
November 2004.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2012 John Ben Snow Award: Best Teaching Case on Nonprofit Collaboration (E-PARCC Case Competition)
2005 Joseph S. Wholey Distinguished Scholarship Award (American Society for Public Administration)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Peer Reviewer: Congressional Quarterly Press; Georgetown University Press; Jossey Bass Publishers,
National Science Foundation; Health Care Management Review; International Public Management Journal;
International Review of Administrative Sciences; Journal of Policy Analysis & Management; Journal of Public
Administration Research & Theory; Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly; Public Administration; Public
Administration Review; Public Management Review; Voluntary Sector Review; Nova Scotia Health Research
Fund; West Coast Poverty Center
Member: American Political Science Association, American Society of Public Administration, Association for
Public Policy Analysis and Management, Public Management Research Association
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TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Leadership
Strategy
Collaborative Governance
Organizational Change
RECENT CONSULTATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Pro bono:
Great City (Seattle, WA, 2015)
Alliance of Eastside Agencies (Issaquah, WA, 2011)
Association of Washington Counties’ Community Engagement Forum (Bellevue, WA, 2011)
King County’s “Be The Difference” Change Initiative (Seattle, WA, 2010-11)
King County Executive’s Transition Committee (Seattle, WA, 2009)
Paid:
King County Library System (Issaquah, WA, 2014-2016)
City Budget Office, City of Seattle (Seattle, WA, 2013)
Office of Arts and Culture, City of Seattle (Seattle, WA, 2013)
Center City Initiative, Office of the Mayor (Seattle, WA, 2012-14)
Seattle Jobs Initiative (Seattle, WA, 2010-12)
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