Kathy Quick

About Kathy Quick

Dr. Quick’s focus is bringing together people with diverse perspectives to work on high-stakes, complex, and often contentious public policy problems. Dr. Quick (she/her) utilizes ethnographic research methods to identify practices and processes that improve or impede equity and inclusion.

Selected Publications

• Quick, K.S. (2024) “(De)Centering Whiteness through community dialogues about safety problems and solutions.” Public Administration Review, 84(3): 463-485. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.1... of best conference paper award at International Research Society for Public Management.
• Zhang, C., & Quick, K.S. (2024) “Political trust on the move: Chinese rural-to-urban migrants’ trust in
  local government,” Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning, 151, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.citi... 
• Quick, K.S., & Feldman, M.S. (2011). “Distinguishing participation and inclusion.” Journal of Planning Education and Research 31(3): 272-90. https://doi.org/10.1177/073945... Winner of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning’s Award for the Best Paper of the Year in JPER.
• Bryson, J.K., Quick, K.S., Slotterback, C.S., & Crosby, B.C. (2013). “Designing public participation processes.” Public Administration Review 73 (1): 23-34. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540...

Recent Courses Taught

• Integrative Cross-Sectoral Leadership (cross-listed in Public Affairs, Management, Law, Public Health, and Education)
• Civic Engagement in Public Affairs
• Leadership to Advance Equity
• Qualitative Research Methods for Public Affairs Professionals