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Harvey L. White
HARVEY L. WHITE


Education

B.A., 1972, Political Science/Philosophy, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
M.S., 1978, Administrative Services, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Ph.D, 1985, Political Science, University of North Carolina, NC

Positions and Honors

Professional Experience

1997-1998  
Graduate Teaching Fellow/Administrative Assistant, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
1978-1984  
Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
1985-1987  
Associate Professor of Public Administration, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA
1987-1988  
Acting Dean, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA
1988-present  
Associate Professor of Public and International Affairs, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1992  
Director, Master of Public Administration Program, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1998  
Director, Master of Public Administration Program, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1997-1998  
Program Coordinator, Master of Urban and Regional Planning Program, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
1999-2001  
Program Coordinator, Undergraduate Public Administration Program, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2002-present  
June 17, 2009 4:01 PMArts and Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
2002-present  
Special Assistant to the President, Office of the President, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
2003-present  
Adjunct Professor of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
2003-present  
Special Assistant to the Vice-President for Medical Affairs, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
2003-present  
Director, Center for Healthy Communities, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

Honors and Awards

1969  
Distinguished Debater Award, NC College, Durham, NC
1970  
Outstanding Service Award, NC Central University, Durham, NC
1971  
Chief Justice, NCCU, Durham, NC
1971  
Who’s Who in American colleges and Universities, NCCU, Durham, NC
1971  
Ex-Officio Member of the Trustee Board, NC Central University
1972  
President, Student Government Association, NC Central University, Durham, NC
1972  
Who’s Who in Student Leadership in America, NC Central University, Durham, NC
1972  
Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, NC Central University, Durham, NC
1972  
Past President’s Award, NC Central University, Durham, NC
1973  
Chairman, Princeville Housing Committee, Princeville, NC
1974  
Director, Princeville Development Corporation, Princeville, NC
1975  
Ford Foundation, Leadership Development Program Fellow, Atlanta, GA
1976  
Joseph Harris, Jr. Memorial Award, Atlanta, GA
1977  
Teaching Fellow, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
1978  
Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
1983  
Doctoral Study Fellowship, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
1983  
Special Registrar for Durham County, NC
1985  
Outstanding Young Man in America
1985  
Outstanding Service Award, Conference of Minority Public Administrators
1992  
Director of National Environmental Technology Application Corporation
1993  
Director of Center for Hazardous Materials Research
1994  
COMPA National Public Service Award
1994  
National ASPA SENRA Chairperson’s Award
1997  
ASPA Certificate of Appreciation for Leadership as Section Chair
1998  
National Conference of Minority Public Administrators Certificate Appreciation for Service on conference Planning Committee
2001  
National COMPA Millennium Leadership Award
2001  
American Society for Public Administration Presidential Citations of Merit
2002  
National Conference of Minority Public Administrators Trailblazer Award
2002  
Fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration

Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order)

Books:
Federalism and Intergovernmental Relation: 1940-1983, with Deil S. Wright, American Society for Public Administration, Washington DC, 1984
Public Administration for the Twenty-First Century, with Cooper et al., Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998
Financial Accounting, with Herzlinger et al., South-Western College Publishing, Cincinnati, OH, 1998
Housing and Sustainable Community Development, with Michael P. Johnson, COMPA, Inc., 2000
Health Praxis and Minority Communities, with Angela Ford, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Center for Minority Health, 2001

Book Chapters:

Environmental Justice in The International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration Vol. 2, edited by Jay M. Shafritz, Boulder: Westview Press, Pp 773-777, 1998
Race, Class and Environmental Hazards in Environmental Injustices, Political Struggles: Race Class and the Environment, edited by David E. Camacho, Durham: Duke University Press, Pp 61-81, 1998
The Role of Banks in Achieving Sustainable Community Development with Shelton Rhodes, Housing and Sustainable Community Development, edited by Harvey L. White and Michael P. Johnson, COMPA, Inc., Pp 40-46, 2000
“Environmental Justice as a Public Health Imperative” in Health Praxis and Minority Communities, edited by Harvey L. White and Angela Ford, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Center for Minority Health, 2001
Syndrome Behavior and the Politics of Environmental Justice in Our Backyard: Quest for Environmental Justice, edited by Gerald Visgilio and Diana Whitelaw, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Pp 107-124, 2003

Journal Articles:

White HL, The SELF METHOD of Mentoring: Cultivating Desired Norms and Values, The Bureaucrat, 45-48, Spring 1990
White HL, Challenging the Tax-Exempt Status of Nonprofit Hospitals, Journal of Municipal Finance, Vol 14 No 3, 66-80, Fall 1993
White HL, Micheaux D, Diversity as Differences in the Ways of Managing: Cultivating an Appreciation for Feminine Styles of Management, Journal of Public Management and Social Policy,66-75, Vol No 1, 1995
White HL, People-Centered Decentralization Initiatives: A Global Perspective,Journal of Global Awareness, 39-49, Vol 4, 2003

 

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