Jessica Terman

University Address
Schar School of Policy and Government
George Mason University, Mail Stop 3F4
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: (703) 993-1399

Email Address: Jterman@gmu.edu 

EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

Spring 2012
Ph.D., Florida State University
Major: Public Administration and Policy Committee Members: Kaifeng Yang (chair), Richard Feiock, Frances Berry, Ralph Brower and Christopher Reenock
Dissertation: “Rulemaking as a Form of Bureaucratic Response”

Summer 2011
M.P.A., Florida State University
Major: Public Administration and Policy

Winter 2002
B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz Major: Politics

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS/AFFILIATIONS

Fall 2018 – Current
Associate Professor
George Mason University
Schar School of Policy and Government

Fall 2015 – Current
Affiliate Faculty Member
Florida State University
Local Governance Lab

Fall 2014 – Current
Research Affiliate
George Mason University
Center for Energy and Science Policy
Schar School of Policy and Government

Fall 2014 – Current
Research Fellow
Arizona State University
Center for Organizational Research and Development

Fall 2014 -2018
Assistant Professor
George Mason University
Schar School of Policy and Government

Fall 2012-Spring 2014
Assistant Professor
University of Nevada at Reno
Political Science Department

Summer 2012
Postdoctoral Associate
Florida State 1University
Askew School of Public Administration and Policy
 

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Terman, Jessica. (2019). Promising Performance: The Overestimation and Underestimation of Performance Targets. International Journal of Public Administration, 42(2): 93-107.

Terman, Jessica. (2018). Helping Third-Party Implementers Meet Performance Obligations. Public Administration Quarterly, 42(3): 287-327.

Terman, Jessica. (2018). Putting your money where your mouth is: Green Procurement as a Form of Sustainability. Journal of Public Procurement, 18(3): 202-216.

Stabile, Bonnie, Jessica Terman and Catherine Kuerbitz. (2017). Gender and Role of Directors of Public Administration and Policy Programs. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 23(3):825-842.

Fowler, Luke, Tonya Neaves, Jessica Terman and Arthur Cosby. (2017). Cultural Penetration and Punctuated Policy Change: Explaining the Evolution of U.S. Energy Policy. Review of Policy Research. 10.1111/ropr.12240.

Terman, Jessica and Kaifeng Yang. (2016). Reconsidering Gaming in an Accountability Relationship: The Case of Minority Purchasing in Florida. Public Performance and Management Review, 40(2): 281-309.

Terman, Jessica and Richard Feiock. (2016). Formal and Informal Contract Mechanisms in Local Government Energy Audits and Retrofits. Local Government Studies, 42(2): 309-331.

Terman, Jessica. (2016). What Happens When the Rules Stay the Same? Examining Changes in Implementation Intent Over Time. International Journal of Public Administration, 40(1): 36-53.
Smith, Christy and Jessica Terman. (2016). Green Procurement in the County. Journal of Public Procurement, 16(3): 259-285.

Terman, Jessica, Anthony Kassekert, Richard Feiock and Kaifeng Yang. (2016).Sustaining Sustainability: Expanding Fiscal Federalism and Goal Congruence Theories in One-shot Games. Review of Policy Research, 33(2): 124-139.

Terman, Jessica. (2015). Performance Goal Achievement in Fiscal Federalism: The Influence of State Partisan Environments and Regulatory Regimes. Policy Studies Journal, 43(3): 333-354.

Terman, Jessica and Richard Feiock. (2015). Third-Party Federalism: Using Local Governments (and their Contractors) to Implement National Policy. Publius, 45(2): 322-349.

Terman, Jessica and Richard Feiock. (2015). Improving Outcomes in Fiscal Federalism: Local Political Leadership and Administrative Capacity. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 25(4): 1059-1080.
Terman, Jessica. (2014). A State Level Examination of Bureaucratic Policymaking: The Internal Organization of Attention. American Review of Public Administration, 45(6) 708-727.

Terman, Jessica. (2013). Evaluating Political Signals. American Review of Public Administration, 0275074012471890.

Terman, Jessica and Keon Lee. (2011). Serving Distinct Populations: Performance in Medicaid HMOs and commercial HMOs. The Health Care Manager, 30(4).

Terman, Jessica. (2011). Comparative administration: Ontology and Epistemology in Cross- cultural Research. Administrative Theory and Praxis, 22(2), 235-257.

Terman, Jessica. (2010). “Contracting and the Performance Assessment Rating Tool: Politicization or Sound Management.” Public Administration Quarterly 34(3): 400-433.

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW/ONGOING

Kaunekis, Derek and Jessica Terman. Innovating From Below: Adaptation in US State and Local Governments. Revise and resubmitted

Terman, Jessica, Jisun Youm, and Richard Feiock. Collaboration is Risky Business: The Influence of Collaboration Risks on Formal and Informal Collaboration. Revised and resubmitted.

Terman, Jessica. Getting Beyond Economic Stimulation. The Effects of Gubernatorial Partisan Commitment, Federal Resources and Regulatory Requirements on Performance Goal Achievement in Stimulus Grants. Revised and resubmitted.

Terman, Jessica, Jisun Youm and Richard Feiock. The Capacity to Collaborate: The Effect of Capacity Dimensions on Collaboration. In Process.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Sopromadze, Liza, Nino Loladze and Jessica Terman. (Forthcoming). Local Governance and Citizen Engagement: Determining Municipal Budgetary Priorities through Georgian Civic engagement. Book chapter. Westphalia Press: Washington, DC.

Terman, Jessica. Can we Really Compare? Epistemology and Ontology in Social Sciences. In Comparative Analysis in Hemispheric Perspective: Essays in Honor of Ferrel Heady. (Ed. M.Rivera). Peter Lang Publishing Group: New York.

Terman, Jessica. Procuring for Sustainability: Prioritizing Preferences. The Global Encyclopedia. (Ed. A. Farazmaud). Springer Publications: New York.

BOOK REVIEWS

Terman, Jessica. (2016). Federal Grants: Providing Governors with the Tools for Electoral Security.
Journal of Politics, 78(3).

Terman, Jessica. (2014). Reexamining the Assumptions of Bureaucratic Behavior. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 25(3), 993-996.

SELECT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Derek Kaunekis and Jessica Terman. Why Cooperate on Climate Risk? Testing Theories of Collective Risk Avoidance in Local Government Climate Policy. Presented at the Western Political Science Association, San Diego, CA, April 18-20, 2019.

Jessica Terman and Bonnie Stabile. Women Leading in Tumultuous Times: Developing Department Cultures of Equity in the Time of #MeToo. Joint panel presented at the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration, Atlanta, GA, October 10-12, 2018.

Jessica Terman, Jisun Youm and Richard Feiock. Capacity and Transaction Costs in Energy Efficiency. Presented at the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 4-6, 2018.

Jessica Terman, Jisun Youm and Richard Feiock. How Much Will it Cost Me? Examining the Transaction Costs of Collaboration on Informal and Formal Collaboration. Presented at the Public Management Research Conference, Washington, D.C., June 8-10, 2017.

Jessica Terman. Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Green Procurement as a Form of Sustainability. Presented at the American Society for Public Administration, Atlanta, GA, March 17-22, 2017.

Jessica Terman and Jisun Youm. Comparing Collaboration. Presented at Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 12-14, 2017.

Jessica Terman, Jisun Youm and Richard Feiock. Comparing Collaboration: Energy Efficiency Action Across Local Governments. Presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 31-September 4, 2016.

Tony Kassekert and Jessica Terman. Enhancing Sustainability through Text Analysis. Presented at the RCN-SEES-SHBE Workshop 5, Tallahassee, FL, May 19-20, 2016.

Jessica Terman and Christy Smith. Advancing Sustainability through Public Procurement. Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 7-10, 2016.

Jessica Terman and Christy Smith. Green Procurement in the County. Presented at the Northeastern Conference of Public Administration, Arlington, VA, November 5-7, 2015.

Jessica Terman. The Determinants of Third Party Contract Management. Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 16-19, 2015.

Jessica Terman. Setting Performance Goals for Third-Party Implementers in State Energy Efficiency Programs. Presented at the American Society of Public Administration, Chicago, IL, March 6-10, 2015.

Jessica Terman. Reconsidering Gaming. Presented at the American Society of Public Administration, Chicago, IL, March 6-10, 2015.

Jessica Terman and Derek Kauneckis. Levels of Collective Action and Policy Innovation: A National Study of Climate. Presented at the Association for Policy Analysis and Management, Albuquerque, November 4-6, 2014.

Jessica Terman. Giving Contractors Tools for Meeting Performance Obligations: A Multi-level Examination of the Weatherization Assistance Program. Presented at the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 29-September 1, 2013.

Jessica Terman and Richard Feiock. Leveraging Managerial Capacity and Knowledge Sharing: Local Government Performance in Energy Policy. Presented at the Public Management Research Conference, Madison, WI, June 20-22, 2013.

Jessica Terman. From Accountable Governance to Obsolescence: Examining Rule Evolution in Minority Preference Purchasing. Presented at Public Management Research Conference, Madison, WI, June 20-22, 2013.

Jessica Terman and Kaifeng Yang. Accountability Design for Program Effectiveness: The Case of Minority Preferences in Florida. Presented at the American Society for Public Administration, New Orleans, LA, March 15-19, 2013.

Jessica Terman. Designing Accountability Systems in Minority Business Enterprise Preference Programs. Prepared for presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Baltimore, MD, November 7-9, 2012.

Jessica Terman and Richard Feiock. “Integrating Fiscal Federal and the Use of Contractors: A Theory of Third-Party Federalism. Prepared for presentation at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Baltimore, MD, November 7-9, 2012.

Jessica Terman. “Changing the Rules of the Game: What Influences the Development of Administrative Institutions?” Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 12-15, 2012.

Jessica Terman, Richard Feiock, Anthony Kassekert and Kaifeng Yang. “Sustaining Sustainability: Endogenous Preferences in Principal Agent Models of Fiscal Federalism.” Presented at the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 12-15, 2012.

Jessica Terman. “Bureaucratic Responsiveness and Rulemaking: Internal and External Impetus for Agency Action. Preparing to present paper at the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 12-14, 2012.

Jessica Terman and Richard Feiock. “Innovations in Energy Policy: How do Florida Cities and Counties Measure Up?” Preparing to present paper at the Florida Energy Systems Consortium, Gainesville, FL, September 28-29, 2011.

Anthony Kassekert, Richard Feiock, Jessica Terman and Kaifeng Yang. “Sustaining Sustainability: Expanding Fiscal Federalism and Goal Congruence Theories to Single-Shot Games Utilizing a Bayesian Multivariate Frailty Model.” Presented at the American Political Science Association, Seattle, WA, September 1-4, 2011.

Anthony Kassekert, Richard Feiock, Jessica Terman and Kaifeng Yang. “Goal Congruence in One Shot Games: How do Public Managers Make Decisions with Non-Reoccurring Grant Monies.” Paper presented at the Public Management Research Association, Syracuse, NY, June 2-4, 2011.

Jessica Terman. “Financial Crisis, Contractors and Intersectoral Partnerships: The Financial Consequences of Multi-Sector Relationships.” Paper presented at the American Society for Public Administration, Baltimore, MD, March 11-15, 2011.

Jessica Terman. “Institutional Design and Florida Contracting Law.” Paper presented at Southern Political Science Association in New Orleans, LA, Jan. 5-8, 2011.

Kaifeng Yang, Anthony Kassekert, and Jessica Terman. “Contracting for E-Government Services in State Governments.” Paper presented at Academy of Management. Montreal, QC, August 6-10, 2010.

Jessica Terman. “Recognizing Epistemology and Ontology in Public Administration Research.” Paper presented at Public Administration Theory Network. Omaha, NE, May 20-23, 2010.

Jessica Terman. “Measuring Levels of Institutional Influence: Factors Affecting the Adoption of Market-Based Governance Policies.” Paper presented at Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, IL, April 31-May 4, 2010.

Jessica Terman. “A Co-Evolution: Contractors and Performance Measurement.” Paper presented at American Society for Public Administration Conference, Miami, FL, March 20-24, 2009.

CONTRACTS AND GRANTS*

2018. Behavioral Interventions in Energy Consumption. (Principal). Russel Sage Foundation, $9,000.

2016. Informing Commonwealth of Virginia Energy Policy through Electric Utility Modeling and Optimization, (Co-Principal). George Mason University – Provost Multidisciplinary Research Initiative, $25,000.

*This section includes only the funded grants. For a list of the grants that were applied for but not awarded, please contact me (Jterman@gmu.edu).

2015. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Mitigating Campus Sexual Assault, (Supporting). George Mason University – Provost Multidisciplinary Research Initiative, $25,000.

2014. Summer Research Experiences in Biology and Environmental Science in the Sierra Nevada and Great Basin Region, (Mentor). National Science Foundation – Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grant.

2013. Completing a National Survey of Local Government Climate Change Policy, (Principal). University of Nevada, Reno – Scholarly and Creative Activities grant, $4,788.

2013. How Does Nevada Compare? (Co-Principal). National Science Foundation – Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (ESPCoR) grant, $45,244.

2011-2014. Informed Principals and Learning Agents: Modeling Outcomes from Federal Grants for Sustainable Energy, (Supporting). National Science Foundation, $317,000.

2011. City of Tallahassee Workforce Analysis: 2006-2011. (Supporting). City of Tallahassee Equity and Workforce Development Department, $12,000.

2010. Health Care Advocacy: Creating Value for Elders and their Families through Care Coaching. Rosenkranz Law Firm, $1,000.

2007. Aging in America and the Non-Profit Sector. The Informed Elder Institute, $750.

AWARDS

Joseph Wholey Award. (2019). American Society of Public Administration. Sponsored by the Center for Accountability and Performance.

Best Scholar Award. (2017). Schar School of Policy and Government.

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Fall 2009-Spring 2012
Graduate Assistant
Supervisors: Richard Feiock, Kaifeng Yang, Lance deHaven- Smith, Robert Eger
Askew School of Public Administration and Policy

Spring 2008-Summer 2009
Research Assistant
Florida Institute of Government

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
Environmental, Natural resources and Energy Policy

George Mason University
PUAD 703: Third Party Governance
PUAD 502: Administration in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
PUAD 511: Problem Solving and Data Analysis
GOVT 300: Social Science Research Methods

Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), Ann Arbor, MI Time Series Analysis, Teaching Assistant to Mark Pickup (Summer 2013, Summer 2014)

University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV
PSc 780: Research in Political Science
PSc 403B/603B: Energy Politics and Policy
PSc 110: Introduction to Energy Policy
PSc 404B/604B: Public Personnel Management
PSc 210: Introduction to Public Policy
PSc 341: Elements of Public Administration

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
PAD 6705: Analytic Techniques for Administrators (Co-taught with Robert Eger)
PAD 3003-3: Public Administration and Society
PAD 5701: Quantitative Analysis in Public Administration (Co-taught with Robert Eger)

PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL REPORTS

Jessica Terman. (2017). How Local Governments Meet Federal Commitments: Federally-funded, Locally Implemented Energy Efficiency and Conservation Projects. Center for Energy Science and Policy, George Mason University: Washington, DC.

Jessica Terman. (2016). Understanding the Effect of Formal and Informal Contracting Mechanisms on Implementation Performance. Center for Energy Science and Policy, George Mason University: Washington, DC.

Derek Kauneckis and Jessica Terman. (2015). Results from the 2014 Survey of Local Government Climate Policies: CE3 Policy Brief. Consortium for Energy, Economics and the Environment, Ohio University: Athens, OH.

Jessica Terman and Richard Feiock. (2012). Local Sustainability and Climate Policy: More Talk than Action? The Ideas Quarterly. Alliance for Innovation, 12.

Jessica Terman and Richard Feiock. (2012). Sustainability and Climate Policy in Florida Communities: A Lack of Commitment. LeRoy Collins Institute, Florida State University.

Jessica Terman. (2012). EECBG: Implementation and Impact, Energy and Sustainability Activities in Municipal Governments. DeVoe Moore Center Program in Local Governance, Florida State University.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Local Governance Lab, Florida State University – Tallahassee, FL. Costing Me Dearly: March 3, 2016.

Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas, Region Centro – Aguascalientes, MX. Services Provision and Vulnerable Populations in Energy Efficiency, June 5, 2015.

Local Governance Lab, Florida State University – Tallahassee, FL. EECBG Projects Forum, January 20, 2015.

DeVoe Moore Center, Florida State University – Tallahassee, FL, Forum on State Regulation. Performance Goal Achievement in Fiscal Federalism: Partisan Environments and Regulatory Regimes, February 21-22, 2014.

Nevada Young Professionals in Energy- Reno, NV. Post-Election Energy Implications, November 15, 2012.

University of Illinois – Chicago, IL. Agency Rulemaking: Developing the Institutions of Public Contracting, Chicago, IL. October 5-7, 2011.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012-2015
Strategy and Governmental Consultant, Rosenkranz Law Firm, Tampa, FL

2007-2015
Nonprofit Project Consultant, The Informed Elder Institute, Tampa, FL

2006-2008
Project Manager and Writer, Rosenkranz Law Firm, Tampa, FL

2005-2006
Project Manager, Luke Lirot, P.A., Tampa, FL

2005
Project Manager and Campaign Coordinator, Vahedi for City Council, Los Angeles, CA,

SERVICE

Service to the University/Department

Chair, Schar School Comprehensive Exams Committee, GMU, 2019.
Committee member, Schar School Reading List Development Committee, GMU 2018. Panelist, Ph.D. Orientation, Schar School, GMU 2018.
Committee member, MPA Schar School Search Committee, GMU, 2018. Committee member, MPA Schar School Search Committee, GMU, 2017. Reviewer, Schar School Initiatives, GMU, 2017.
Panelist, Academic Careers Panel, Schar School, GMU, 2016.
Committee member, Ph.D. Political Science-Public Administration Comprehensive Exams Committee, Schar School, GMU, 2017.
Committee member, Honor Committee, GMU, 2016-.
Committee member, SPGIA Political Science PhD Admissions Committee, GMU, 2014-2017. Committee member, Committee of NASPAA MPA Accreditation, GMU, 2016-.
Committee member, Committee on Investor Responsibility, GMU, 2016-. Panelist, SPGIA Ph.D. Research Morning, GMU, 2016.
Grader, SPGIA PhD. Public Policy Comprehensive Exams Committee, GMU, 2016.
Grader, SPGIA PhD. Public Administration Comprehensive Exams Committee, GMU, 2015. Committee member, Political Science Graduate Admissions Committee, UNR, Spring 2014. Committee member, Political Science Department Search Committee, UNR, 2013-14.
Committee member, University Special Hearing Panel, UNR, 2012-2014.
Department Liaison to the Renewable Energy Minor, UNR Political Science Department, 2012- 2014. Committee member, Askew School Policy Committee, FSU, 2010-2012.
Ph.D. Student Representative, Askew School Ph.D. Committee, FSU 2009-2012.

Dissertation Committees

Joel Hicks (Chair)
Katrina Dunlap (Committee member) Doug Penhallegon (Committee member)

Service to the Profession

Member, Review Committee, Public Management Review Conference, 2019.
Member, Board of Directors, Academic Women in Public Administration, 2018-present.
Program Track Developer, American Society for Public Administration, 2018.
Executive Council Member, Public Administration section of the American Political Science Association, 2017-present.

Book Review Editor, Journal of Public Administration Education, 2017-present. Editorial Board Member, American Review of Public Administration, 2016-present.
Editorial Board Member, Perspectives on Public Management & Governance, 2015-2017. Selection Committee Member, Public Administration Review Chester, Newland Award, 2016. Academic Co-Chair, Northeastern Conference on Public Administration, 2015.
Selection Committee member, Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management Donald Stone Best Paper Award American Society for Public Administration, 2015.
Committee member, Public Administration Membership Committee, American Political Science Association, 2014.
Professional Networking Committee member, Public Management and Research Association, 2014.

Reviewer

Public Administration, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, American Public Administration Review, Academy of Management Annual Conference, Policy Studies Journal, Review of Policy Research, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, SAGE Methods Series Publications, Routledge Publications, Review of Policy Research, Evaluation of Program Planning, Publius, Public Performance and Management Review.

Panel Discussant/Chair

Southern Political Science Association, 2018. Southern Political Science Association, 2017.
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 2016.
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Regional Student Conference, 2015, 2016. Northeastern Conference on Public Administration, 2015.
Midwest Political Science Association, 2014, 2015. Public Management Research Conference, 2013.

Service to the Community

Administrative/Training Consultant, Providence Hall Dance Squad, Herriman, UT, 2015-2018. Consultant, The Informed Elder Institute, Tampa, FL, 2010-2018.
Program and Competition Consultant, Granada Hills Cheer and Dance Program, Los Angeles, CA, 2008-2011.
Trainer/Program Coordinator, Pacifica High School Cheerleading/Dance Program, Oxnard, CA 2002-2005.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

National Association of Black Public Administrators
American Political Science Association
American Society of Public Administration
Academy of Management
Midwest Political Science Association
Public Management Research Association
Southern Political Science Association