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• Professor Elias holds a Ph.D. in Public Affairs and Urban Studies from The University of Akron, Ohio; a Masters in Arts in Geography and Urban Planning from the same university; a Specialization in Environmental Studies from the International univer...More

  Professor Elias holds a Ph.D. in Public Affairs and Urban Studies from The University of Akron, Ohio; a Masters in Arts in Geography and Urban Planning from the same university; a Specialization in Environmental Studies from the International university of Andalusia, Spain; and a Bachelors degree in Geography from the National University of the South, Argentina. Professor Elias’s research interests focus on theories of democracy and active citizenship; community process; local governance (neighborhood group organizations; community-laden initiatives; direct governance; neighborhood and city planning; etc.); a phenomenological approach to people’s experiences in neighborhood improvement projects; public organization and public management theory; comparative Administration, among others. Less

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