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DISSERTATION AND SELECTED ARTICLES, PRESENTATIONS, REPORTS, AND OTHER WORK BY PAULA D. GORDON, PH.D.

  • Dissertation: “Public Administration in the Public Interest: A Prescriptive Analysis of a Democratic Humanist Paradigm of Public Administration” American University, 1976. Click Here.
  • Master's Thesis: "Leadership Behavior in Task-Oriented Work Groups ~ Some Problems and Potentials", University of California at Berkeley, 1969. Click Here.
  • “Public Administration in the Public Interest: Thoughts About Public Administration Post September 11, 2001”. September 12, 2002. Posted at the American Society for Public Administration Web site at http://www.aspanet.org/. Also posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/public_administration_in_the_pub.html.
  • “Improving Homeland Security & Critical Infrastructure Protection and Continuity Efforts” (A Six Part Report). 2003 Report for the Lexington Institute. Posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/hscipreport.pdf.
  • “The Different Nature of Terrorism and Terrorist Threats Post 9/11 and the Implications of These Differences”. A Subsection of “Improving Homeland Security & Critical Infrastructure Protection and Continuity Efforts”, a 2003 Report for the Lexington Institute. Posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/thedifferentnatureofterrorism.htm.
  • “The Homeland Security Impact Scale: An Alternative Approach to Assessing Homeland Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection Efforts and a Frame of Reference for Understanding and Addressing Current Challenges”. Part 6 of “Improving Homeland Security & Critical Infrastructure Protection and Continuity Efforts”, 2003 Report for the Lexington Institute. Use the link at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/thehomelandsecurityimpactscale.htm.
  • “Strategic Planning and Y2K Technology Challenges: Lessons and Legacies for Homeland Security”. PA TIMES, Vol. 24, No. 11, November 2001. Posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/homeland_strat.html.
  • “Using E-Technology to Advance Homeland Security Efforts”. PA TIMES, Vol. 25, No. 1, January 2002. Posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/etechnology.html.
  • “Improving Homeland Security - Continuing Challenges and Opportunities.” Presentation to EIIP Virtual Forum, March 24, 2004. Posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/eiipdhs.htm.
  • “Knowledge Transfer: Improving the Process”. Poster presentation for the Association for Enterprise Integration (AFEI): Enterprise Integration EXPO 2003, September 23-25, 2003. Posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/knowledge_transfer.html.
  • “Recognizing and Addressing Problems of Scientific and Technological Complexity”. Poster presentation for the Association for Enterprise Integration (AFEI): Enterprise Integration EXPO 2003, September 23-25, 2003. Posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/problems_scientific.html.
  • “Changing Organizational Culture: Unleashing Creative Energy”. Poster presentation for the Association for Enterprise Integration (AFEI): Enterprise Integration EXPO 2003, September 23-25, 2003. Posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/change_culture.pdf.
  • “The Ethics Map: A Map of the Range of Concerns Encompassed by 'Ethics and the Public Service'” http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/ethicsmap.pdf.
  • "The Ethics Map: An Interview with Paula Gordon," by James Heichelbech. Published in Ethics Today, Volume 7, Number 2, Winter 2004. Also posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/EthicsMapInterview.html.
  • "The Ethics Map ~ A Values-Based Approach to Defining Ethics and Integrity in the Public Service". Based on a Paper Prepared for the Normative Foundations Group Transatlantic Workshop on Ethics and Integrity, March 21 - 23, 2007, Adelphi, Maryland.
  • “The 9/11 Commission as an Incident Debriefing”, May 18, 2004. Posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/911debriefing.pdf.
  • "Infrastructure Threats and Challenges: Before and After September 11, 2001". PA TIMES, Vol. 24, Issue 12, December 2001. Reprinted as a commentary in the Journal of Homeland Security, April 16, 2002. Also posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/homeland_infra.html.
  • "International Relations and National Agendas After September 11, 2001". PA TIMES, Vol. 25, Issue 2, February 2002. Also, posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/homeland_relat.html/ .
  • "Transforming and Leading Organizations," published in Government Transformation, Winter 2004-05 issue. Also posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/transforming_orgs.pdf.
  • "A Common Goal for Contingency Planning and Management, Emergency Management, and Homeland Security: Building a Disaster Resilient Nation," article posted February 28, 2005, at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/CommonGoal.html. (This article incorporates ideas presented in "The Convergence of Contingency Planning, Emergency Management, and Homeland Security," Global Assurance, July 2004.)
  • "Capabilities and Skills Needed by Those in New Roles of Responsibility for Homeland Security at the State and Local Levels of Government." PA TIMES, Vol. 28, Issue 3, March 2005 (a publication of the American Society for Public Administration). Also posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/CapabilitiesAndSkillsNeeded.html.
  • "Thoughts about Katrina: Responses to Two Questions about Hurricane Katrina and America's Resilience" December 1, 2005. (The Forum on Building America's Resilience to Hazards, held December 19-21, 2005, was sponsored by The American Meteorological Society in collaboration with The Space Enterprise Council of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. All invited attendees were asked to submit responses to any or all four questions prior to the Forum. These are the author's responses to two of the questions). See http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/katrina.html.
  • " Comparative Scenario and Options Analysis: Important Tools for Agents of Change Post 9/11 and Post Hurricane Katrina," Homeland Security Review, Vol. 1 No. 2, 2006. Also posted at http://users.rcn.com/pgordon/homeland/optionsAnalysis.html.
  • A Matrix Approach to Comparing and Contrasting Some Differing Perspectives on the Federal Government's Role in Hurricane Katrina and in Potential Catastrophic Events in the Future," abridged August 5, 2010 from a June 13, 2007 presentation for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Executive Master of Science Program in Crisis and Emergency Management: Click Here.
  • "Recommendations for Presidential Candidates for Improving the Nation's Homeland Security Efforts, " an interview for the public radio program "Homeland Security: Inside & Out" aired April 29, 2008.
  • "Integrating Homeland Security into Emergency Management Courses: Some Grounding Concepts and Some Suggested Materials and Approaches," FEMA Higher Education Conference, Emmitsburg, MD, June 5, 2008. The latter includes a typology of the severity of disasters.
  • “Key Challenges for the Future of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Education,” PA TIMES, Vol. 31, Issue 8, August 2008. (PA TIMES is a publication of the American Society for Public Administration.).
  • “Pre- and Post-9/11 Perspectives: Understanding and Teaching about Differences in Perspectives Affecting Governance and Public Administration Post-9/11” (Ethics Today, Volume 11, Number 1 and 2, Spring and Summer 2009).
  • "Pre- and Post-9/11 Perspectives: Understanding and Teaching about Differences in These Perspectives". Presentation at the 4th Annual Homeland Defense and Security Education Summit, Washington, DC, February 24 -25, 2010. Click here.
  • “The Harm Caused to Individuals and Society by the Use of Marijuana”, December 29, 2009, initially published by Family Security Matters.
  • The Japan Earthquake and the Tsunami: Their Implications for the U.S., The Journal of Physical Security 6(1), 1-9 (2012), http://jps.anl.gov/ and a related Statement To the Advisory Committee of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, February 28, 2013.
  • “Marijuana Legalization: A Man-Made Public Health Disaster Currently Unfolding in Two States in the U.S.” Presentation on December 5, 2014, at the Dupont Summit, Washington, DC. and includes references to major studies on the negative effects of marijuana use, including research involving brain scans, that have been released since April 2014. A 33-page list of references on the harmful effects of marijuana is also posted on that website.)
  • “The Illegality of Legalizing Marijuana Use: An Open Plea to the President and All Other Sworn Federal, State, and Local Public Officials Concerning Marijuana Policies and Laws in the United States: What Part of ‘I swear to take Care that Laws be faithfully executed’ or ‘I swear to support and defend the Constitution’ Do You Not Understand?” August 4, 2014. initially published by Family Security Matters..
  • “An Innovative Certificate Program in Emergency Management and Homeland Security for Educators, Researchers, Practitioners, and Students”. Presentation at the FEMA Higher Education Symposium, Emmitsburg, MD., June 2016.
  • “A Case for Protecting the Brain: Keeping the Federal Controlled Substances Act in Place and Providing Non-Punitive, Justice System-Based Public Health Options to Address the Use of Marijuana, Opiates, and Other Psychoactive and Mood-Altering Drugs in America”. Presentation at the International Criminology Conference, Washington, D. C., October 14, 2016.
  • “A Way of Framing the Nation’s Drug Crisis and the Role That Marijuana is Playing in That Crisis”. Presentation to the leadership of the American Council on Addiction and Alcohol Problems on September 11, 2018.
  • “Values in Public Administration and Governance in America” Published December 29, 2018, by the American Center for Democracy” at http://acdemocracy.org/values-in-public-administration-and-governance-in-america/).
  • “Ways in Which Marijuana Use & Marijuana Legalization Are Fueling the Opioid Crisis”. Presentation prepared for officials of the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Department of Justice for a meeting held May 30, 2019. Click here.
  • "Drugs, Homelessness & a Growing Public Health Disaster" Published December 11, 2019, DomesticPreparedness.com at https://www.domesticpreparedness.com/healthcare/drugs-homelessness-a-growing-public-health-disaster/ and the DomPrepJournal, December 2019.
  • “Letter to Members of the United States Congress and All Other Public Officials: Conclusive Evidence of Marijuana’s Harm to the Brain, Body, and the Environment”, December 16, 2019.
  • “An All-Hazards Educational Approach to Emergency Management”, June 17, 2020 at https://www.domesticpreparedness.com/resilience/an-all-hazards-educational-approach-to-emergency-management/ and DomPrep Journal, June 24, 2020.
  • “Why Marijuana Legalization is a Very Bad Idea ~ Marijuana as a Contributor to the Opioid Crisis, the Homeless Problem, and Societal Unrest and Its Harm to the Brain, Body, Future Generations, and Environment”. Published October 22, 2020 by the American Center for Democracy” at https://acdemocracy.org/why-marijuana-legalization-is-a-very-bad-idea/.
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