Biography (complete CV here: MOHR_VITA2020)
Dr. Mohr’s research focuses on cost accounting and organizational control in public organizations. Current work includes several behavioral-experimental public budgeting and public administration studies. It is rumored that he also studies election administration.
Appointments and Responsibilities
Assistant Professor (since 2013)
Director of POLS-Lab
Director of Budget and Finance Concentration and Certificate Program
Book
Cost Accounting in Government: Theory and Applications 2017. Routledge.
Recent Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Comparing Cost Accounting Use across European Countries: The role of history, region, and fiscal stress (2020) with James W. Douglas and Ringa Raudla Public Administration Review http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/puar.13162
More gender bias in academia? Examining the influence of gender and formalization on student worker rule following (2019) with Jaclyn Piatak Journal of Behavioral Public Administration DOI: 10.30636/jbpa.22.76
The Kansas Budget Experience from 2012 to 2017 (2019) Municipal Finance Journal. 40(1&2), 49-76.
Strategic Spending: Does Politics Influence Election Administration Expenditure? (2019) with JoEllen V. Pope, Martha E. Kropf, and Mary Jo Shepherd. American Journal of Political Science.
Recent Grants
UNC Charlotte Faculty Research Grant (2019) with Jacqueline Chattopadhyay “An Omnibus Behavioral Public Administration and Policy Study using the CCES” Amount funded $12,000.
New Initiatives Grants in Election Science MIT Election Data and Science Lab (2018) “Estimating Election Administration Spending in the 50 States.” (with Kropf, M.E., Shepherd, M.J., & Pope, J.V.) Amount funded $20,000
New Initiatives Grants in Election Science MIT Election Data and Science Lab (2017) “How Much Are We Spending on Election Administration?” (with Martha Kropf, Mary Jo Shepherd, & JoEllen Pope) Amount funded $19,895.
Courses Taught
- POLS 3010/CAPI 3050 Behavioral Public Administration and Public Policy
- MPAD6187 Public Management Problem Solving – MPA Capstone Course
- MPAD6126 Data Analysis for Decision Making
- MPAD6350 Public Financial Management
- MPAD6352 Public Financial Reporting
- PUAD435 (University of Kansas) Generating, Allocating, and Managing Public Resources