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Donna R. Kemp
Coordinator, Masters in Public Administration Program

Office: Butte 715
Phone - (530) 898-5734

EDUCATION
University of Idaho: 1976-1978 - Political Science, Ph.D., Public Administration, M.P.A.
University of Oregon College of Idaho: 1968-1970 - Political Science, M.A.
College of Idaho: 1975-1978 - Counseling, M.Ed. 1965-1967 - Political Science, B.A.
Chapman College: 1963-1965 - Political Science

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor (tenured) Political Science and Public Administration; MPA Graduate Coordinator
    -1985-present, California State University, Chico California teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Public         Administration and Political Science. Graduate advising, program development, and administration. MA Coordinator, Spring 1986 to Spring 1995. M.P.A. Coordinator, Spring 1986 to present. Developing a health administration option in the M.P.A. Developing courses in Public Policy in Health and Human Services. Employee Assistance Program Administration, and Mental Health Policy and Administration. Preparing NASPAA Self Study for MPA Accreditation for successful 7 year accreditation. Conducting research on mental health and health policy, fringe benefits, and collective bargaining. Participating in community and college service, including serving on the University EAP Advisor Committee, the Graduate Council, the Faculty Development Subcommittee of the WASC Standard 5 Committee, the Dean's Medical Committee, and the Integrated Services Committee.
Professor (tenured) Public Policy and Administration; Graduate Coordinator MSA - Health Care Management
and MPA Program
    -1981-1985, California State University, Bakersfield, California. Teaching undergraduate courses in business, undergraduate and graduate courses in public administration (BA and MPA) and health care management (MSA). Coordinator of the Graduate MSA - Health Care Management program for four years and MPA Program for one year. Recruiting and advising graduate students, managing health internships, and administering graduate programs. Developing and evaluating the health care management program. Developing courses in Legal and Ethical Issues in Health and Program Management and Evaluation. Conducting research on mental health services and policy. Participating in community and college service, including chairing the School of BPA Curriculum Committee.
Associate Professor Political Science; Director Government & Public Service Program
    -1980-81, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina. Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in public administration and American government. Director of the undergraduate degree program in Government and Public Service. Developing, managing, and evaluating the GPS program. Advising GPS majors and managing GPS internships. Conducting research in mental health policy. Participating in community and college service.
Adjunct Professor Political Science/ Public Administration
    -1972-1980, (part-time) Department of Political Science, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. Teaching undergraduate courses in public administration and American government and graduate courses in public administration for an MPA program. Developing courses in Basic Supervision, Civil Liberties and Energy Policy.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
    -1976-1977, Department of Political Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. Teaching undergraduate American government courses. Supervising Departmental University Year for ACTION internships.
Adjunct Professor Political Science
    -1970-1972, (part-time) Department of Political Science, College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho. Teaching undergraduate courses in American government.

EMPLOYMENT: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Principal Planner, Health Planning
       -1980, Bureau of Program Development and Analysis, Department of Health and Welfare, Boise, Idaho. State Health Planning including conducting statewide health needs assessment. Team management and supervision, legislative and policy analysis, comprehensive health planning of Idaho State Health Plan and contract administration.
Program Manager, Energy Conservation
    -1978-1980, Idaho Office of Energy, Boise, Idaho. Planning, program management, evaluation, and contract administration of energy conservation programs in transportation, community planning, and government procurement. Conducted statewide ride-sharing survey and project. Project director for alternative transportation study and for energy conservation community planning project. Consultant on driver education energy conservation project.
Policy Planner; Coordinator State Clearinghouse
    -1975-1976, Division of Budget, Policy Planning, and Coordination, Executive Office of the Governor, Boise, Idaho. Coordinator of state clearinghouse for federal grants, planner in state budget process for Self-Goveming Agencies, policy planner on statewide comprehensive planning project "Idaho's Tomorrow" - 20 year plan. Position included supervision, planning, program management, and evaluation.
Director of Volunteer Services and Foster Grandparents
    -1971- 1975, Idaho State School and Hospital, Department of Health and Welfare, Nampa, Idaho. Head of Department of Volunteer Services and Foster Grandparents handling volunteer programs and public relations for an institution for persons with mental retardation and supervising a federal grant program for foster grandparents. Position involved program planning, management, supervision, grant administration, and evaluation. Supervisor of a media therapy center, 1971-1972.
Personnel Assistant
    -1967, Idaho department of Health, Boise, Idaho. Program implementation assisting in change from department merit system to statewide personnel system.

ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Aging Fieldwork
    Fall 1976, Area Office on Aging, Lewiston, Idaho. Developed a program evaluation for transportation, nutrition, and information and referral programs.
Aging Fieldwork
    Spring 1976, Meals on Wheels; Moscow Nursing Homes, Moscow, Idaho. Developed a program evaluation for transportation, nutrition, and information and referral programs.
Teacher's Assistant
    Spring 1971, Ramsey School, Idaho State School and Hospital, Nampa School District, Nampa, Idaho. Teaching children with mental retardation.
Teacher
    Spring 1970, Riddle School District, Riddle, Oregon. Teaching junior and senior high school Social Studies.
Teacher
    1968-1969, Wendell School District, Wendell, Idaho. Teaching high school American government and elementary French.
Legislative Internship
    Winter 1967, Legislative Council, Idaho House of Representatives, Boise, Idaho. State budget preparation.
Political Internship
    Fall 1966, Idaho Legislative District, Nampa, Idaho. Campaign public relations.

PUBLISHED WORKS
BOOKS
Kemp, Donna R. Biomedical Policy and Mental Health. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 1994.
Kemp, Donna R. Mental Health and the Workplace: An Employer's and Manager's Guide. Westport, Connecticut: Quorem, 1994.
Kemp, Donna R. International Handbook on Mental Health Policy. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993.
Kemp, Donna R. Employee Assistance Programs: An Annotated Bibliography . New York: Garland Publishing: y
Public Affairs and Administration Series, Spring 1989.
Kemp, Donna R. Collective Bargaining and Supplemental Compensation. Alexandria, Virginia: International Personnel Management Association: Public Employee Relations Library Series, 1987.
JOURNALS
Kemp, Donna R. "Telecommuting in the Public Sector." Review of Public Personnel Administration. XV (3) (1995): 5-16.
Kemp, Donna R. "Employees and AIDS: Dealing with the Psychological and Emotional Issues of AIDS in the Workplace." 25 (3) (1995) The American Review of Public Administration: 263-278.
Kemp, Donna R. "Comparative Mental Health Policy: Australia, New Zealand and the U.S." New England Journal of Human Services X (4) (1992): 13-23.
Kemp, Donna R. "The Role of Women in a Changing Public Workforce," Asian Review of Public Administration IV (January-June1992): 20-24.
Kemp, Donna R. "Mental Health Crisis in California." Journal of Mental Health Administration 18, 2 (July 1991): 154-164.
Kemp, Donna R. and Beverly Verlinde, "Public Sector Employee Assistance Programs." California Mental Health Counselors Journal I I (Spring, 1991): 15-20 also ERIC data base, University of Michigan: Educational Resources Information Center, Spring, 1989.
Kemp, Donna R. "Deinstitutionalization Planning." Community Mental Health in New Zealand 5,2 (Nov. 1990): 2-15 "The
Deinstitutionalization Process." Mental Health News (Winter, 1990): 14-15, (A summary of "Deinstitutionalization Planning" for a non-professional audience) and "Deinstitutionalization: An Annotated Bibliography." Auckland, New Zealand: Mental Health
Foundation of New Zealand, Spring 1990, (24 pages)
Kemp, Donna R., "Union and Employee Association Negotiation of Fringe Benefits." Public Personnel, 18, 4 (Winter, 1989): 505-510. "Employers, Unions, and Parental Benefits." Selected Published Proceedings, Western Association of Sociology and Anthropology, Boise, Idaho, February, 1987; "Collective Bargaining and Child Care." CSU, Chico, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Discussion Paper Series, No. 87-3, Summer 1987; "Major Unions and Collectively Bargained Fringe Benefits." California State University, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Discussion Paper Series, No. 87-9, Fall 1987; "Women and Fringe Benefits: Maternity Leave and Child Care in the United States." California State University, Chico, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Discussion Paper Series, No. 88-1, July 1988.
Kemp, Donna R. "Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons in New Zealand and the United States: A Comparison," Journal of Mental Health Administration 12, 2 (Fall 1985): 10-13.
Kemp, Donna R. "State Employee Assistance Programs: Organization and Services." Public Administration Review 45, 3
(May-June, 1985): 378-382.
Kemp, Donna R. "State EAP'S: A Directory and Resource Guide." The ALMACAN 15, 5 (May 1985): 23-25. (Association of Labor-Management Administrators and Consultants on Alcoholism)
Kemp, Donna R. "Employee Assistance Programs: A Resource for Older Workers." International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Digest 21, 10 (October 1984): 8-9.
Kemp, Donna R. "Resident Advocates: A Mechanism for Protecting the Rights of Institutionalized Mentally Retarded." Journal of Mental Health Administration 11,2 (Fall, 1984): 48-51.
Kemp, Donna R. "The Right to Vote and Institutionalized Mentally Retarded." New England Journal of Human Services IV, 2 (Spring, 1984): 34-39.
Kemp, Donna R. "Institutional Mechanisms for Protecting the Legal Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons." Superintendents' Digest 2, 2 (April 1983): 14-19.
Kemp, Donna R. "Assessing Human Rights Committees: A Mechanism for Protecting the Rights of Institutionalized Retarded Persons." Mental Retardation 21,1 (February 1983): 13-16.

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