• Ph.D. in Urban Studies and Public Affairs, Cleveland State University
• B.A. in Philosophy, DePaul University
• Teaching interests include
  • Social science methodologies
  • Public administration theory
  • Political philosophy
• Research interests include
  • Urban studies
  • Economic development
  • Neopragmatism
  • Content analysis
• CV

Publications

Kasdan (2013). Much Ado About “Great Books” of Public Administration. Administration & Society 45 (2).

Kasdan (2013). Seven in a Row? The Tour de France and the Likelihood of Lance. Significance, 10 (1), 20-22.

Kasdan (2012).  “Great Books” of Public Administration 1990-2010: Revisiting Sherwood’s Survey in the Wake of Reinventing Government. Administration & Society, 44 (5), 625-639. 

Kasdan and Klemanski (2012). Entries for “Household” and “Building Permit.” In A. Carswell (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Housing, 2^nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Kasdan (2011). A Neopragmatist Approach to Administrative Authority: Using Rorty’s Liberalism for Social Progress. Administrative Theory & Praxis, 33 (4), 564-582.

Kasdan (2011). Book Review: Neo-Pragmatism, Communication, and the Culture of Creative Democracy. Education & Culture, 27 (1), Article 8, 69-72.

Conference Presentations

Quantifying Cruelty: A Neopragmatist Teaches Statistics. 13^th Annual Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching and Learning, Traverse City, Michigan, September 21, 2012.

Ceteris Paribus and Other Convenient Truths. International Journal of Arts & Sciences American Canadian Conference for Academic Disciplines, Toronto, Canada, May 21, 2012.

Clash of the Functions: Theodore Lowi and the Myth of Policy Types. Public Administration Theory Network 24^th Annual Conference, Norfolk, Virginia, May 22, 2011.