Ashley E Nickels
Biographic Data
| ID | 797707 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ashley E Nickels |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ashley E |
| FAMILY NAME | Nickels |
| SIGNATURE | NICKELS A E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kent State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5183-246X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Patnet 2027 conference
In this introduction to Issue 48:2 of Administrative Theory & Praxis, the editors describe the importance of Kent State University for the present moment as they prepare to host the 49th annual PATNet Conference in Kent, Ohio
Engaging controversy and the importance of critique in PA theory
Podcasts as Spaces for Intersectional Dialogue
This study delves into the burgeoning realm of podcasts as transformative spaces for social justice and new literacies. With the global surge in podcast consumption, their potential to influence social actors and communities is apparent. Focusing on the Growing Democracy Podcast, we employ Critical Discourse Analysis to find how podcasts foster storytelling, truth-telling, and meaning-making, while also reframing history and constructing intersec…
What do we mean by “community”? Defining community for civically engaged research
Why empirical research needs theoretical research, and how this cultivates hope in dark times
Saviors, Villains, or Allies? Exploring How Nonprofit Developers Navigate Narratives of Gentrification in a Changing City
In this paper, we explore the role of community-based, nonprofit community development organizations within competing narratives of neighborhood change. Using Grand Rapids, Michigan as our case study, we analyze data composed of historical news articles from local media and in-depth interviews with key community stakeholders. First, we identify three competing narratives of neighborhood change, highlighting the varying roles that nonprofit develo…
The continued importance of the Public Administration Theory Network in 2025
What makes theory queer? Why care
Theory in a time of unpredictability
Who counts in civically engaged research? Rethinking expertise and authority in politics
A new chapter for ATP
Administrative Theory & Praxis (ATP) was first published in 1978, as Dialog. Organized and edited by Dr. Guy Adams, the journal first sought to develop a platform for heterodoxy in theoretical approaches and epistemological commitments Since then, the journal has evolved and developed as a space for authors and practitioners from various disciplinary, professional, and ontological backgrounds to engage with questions related to public administrat…
Critical theory for a critical time
Participatory Civic Media and Democracy
The Documenters Network began in 2018 as a participatory journalism project in Chicago and has since expanded to additional U.S. cities. The Network provides centralized information on local public meetings and trains and pays citizens to document public meetings. Documenters are operating in Atlanta, Cleveland, Detroit, Fresno, Minneapolis, and Omaha, among other cities. Using an original survey and structured interviews with a sample of Clevela…
Qualitative Methods as Liberatory Tools
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Intellectual legacy of Guy B. Adams
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Toward a More Just Nonprofit Sector
This article examines the utility of deploying a critical framework–grounded in critical race theory (CRT), feminist theory, and intersectionality–in nonprofit and voluntary studies. We argue that these theoretical perspectives, which emphasize lived experience and sense-making, while simultaneously situating these experiences within broader socio-political and historical contexts, offer a useful analytic lens for centering the narratives and exp…
Doubling down on austerity
Even amid a global pandemic, the ideologies, thought processes, and motivations of public actors can be explained through theory, particularly framing. We argue that the words and symbols used or not used are vitally important to shaping how the public understands, responds to, and navigates our new normal. Moreover, this framing shapes our collective understanding of who or what is valued. We posit that austerity politics at all levels of govern…
How Municipal Takeovers Reshape Urban Democracy
Municipal takeovers are a state policy ostensibly designed to address urban fiscal crises by “temporarily” taking over local government, suspending local control, and implementing sweeping austerity measures. Although framed as “apolitical,” takeovers have the capacity to reshape local democracy. These changes radically rearrange how decisions are made, who has access to decision makers, and, ultimately, who is in power. Using a policy-centered a…
Framing the Flint Water Crisis
The Flint Water Crisis captured the attention of the world in January 2016 when both the state and federal governments declared a public health emergency in Flint, MI. Building on framing theory, we look to both the theory of casual stories and critical intersectionality to explain both how and why local grassroots associations (GAs) and high-capacity nonprofits (HCNPs) differed in their rhetorical responses to the crisis. Interviews, speeches, a…
White flight/black flight
White flight/black flight: The dynamics of racial change in an American neighborhood." Community Development, 49(1), pp. 118–119
The Promise and Perils of Reorganization
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Social Capital, Community Resilience, and Faith‐Based Organizations in Disaster Recovery
Because governmental structures put in place to mitigate disaster risks and aid communities in the disaster recovery process have, at times, proven to be inadequate, reliance on other types of organizations is necessary for some communities to survive. Although there are a number of different actors that played a role in the reestablishment of communities within New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina took place, the Mary Queen of Vietnam (MQVN) Cath…
Toward a More Just Nonprofit Sector
This article examines the utility of deploying a critical framework–grounded in critical race theory (CRT), feminist theory, and intersectionality–in nonprofit and voluntary studies. We argue that these theoretical perspectives, which emphasize lived experience and sense-making, while simultaneously situating these experiences within broader socio-political and historical contexts, offer a useful analytic lens for centering the narratives and exp…
How Municipal Takeovers Reshape Urban Democracy
Municipal takeovers are a state policy ostensibly designed to address urban fiscal crises by “temporarily” taking over local government, suspending local control, and implementing sweeping austerity measures. Although framed as “apolitical,” takeovers have the capacity to reshape local democracy. These changes radically rearrange how decisions are made, who has access to decision makers, and, ultimately, who is in power. Using a policy-centered a…
Framing the Flint Water Crisis
The Flint Water Crisis captured the attention of the world in January 2016 when both the state and federal governments declared a public health emergency in Flint, MI. Building on framing theory, we look to both the theory of casual stories and critical intersectionality to explain both how and why local grassroots associations (GAs) and high-capacity nonprofits (HCNPs) differed in their rhetorical responses to the crisis. Interviews, speeches, a…
Who counts in civically engaged research? Rethinking expertise and authority in politics
Doubling down on austerity
Even amid a global pandemic, the ideologies, thought processes, and motivations of public actors can be explained through theory, particularly framing. We argue that the words and symbols used or not used are vitally important to shaping how the public understands, responds to, and navigates our new normal. Moreover, this framing shapes our collective understanding of who or what is valued. We posit that austerity politics at all levels of govern…
Intellectual legacy of Guy B. Adams
Guy B. Adams is well known in the field of public administration for his contributions to the study of ethics in the public sector from a historical and interpretivist perspective. He is also widely acknowledged for creating a space for theoretical heterodox approaches within the discipline—co-founding the Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net), whose journal Dialogue, later renamed as Administrative Theory & Praxis, he edited for six yea…
Social Capital, Community Resilience, and Faith‐Based Organizations in Disaster Recovery
Because governmental structures put in place to mitigate disaster risks and aid communities in the disaster recovery process have, at times, proven to be inadequate, reliance on other types of organizations is necessary for some communities to survive. Although there are a number of different actors that played a role in the reestablishment of communities within New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina took place, the Mary Queen of Vietnam (MQVN) Cath…
The Promise and Perils of Reorganization
Related Content: Balfour (PAR November/December 2017)Related Content: Zeemering (PAR November/December 2017)Related Content: Hamilton (PAR November/December 2017)Related Content: Ali (PAR November/December 2017)Related Content: Schachter (PAR November/December 2017)Related Content: Holzer (PAR November/December 2017
White flight/black flight
White flight/black flight: The dynamics of racial change in an American neighborhood." Community Development, 49(1), pp. 118–119
Framing the Flint Water Crisis
The Flint Water Crisis captured the attention of the world in January 2016 when both the state and federal governments declared a public health emergency in Flint, MI. Building on framing theory, we look to both the theory of casual stories and critical intersectionality to explain both how and why local grassroots associations (GAs) and high-capacity nonprofits (HCNPs) differed in their rhetorical responses to the crisis. Interviews, speeches, a…
Doubling down on austerity
Even amid a global pandemic, the ideologies, thought processes, and motivations of public actors can be explained through theory, particularly framing. We argue that the words and symbols used or not used are vitally important to shaping how the public understands, responds to, and navigates our new normal. Moreover, this framing shapes our collective understanding of who or what is valued. We posit that austerity politics at all levels of govern…
How Municipal Takeovers Reshape Urban Democracy
Municipal takeovers are a state policy ostensibly designed to address urban fiscal crises by “temporarily” taking over local government, suspending local control, and implementing sweeping austerity measures. Although framed as “apolitical,” takeovers have the capacity to reshape local democracy. These changes radically rearrange how decisions are made, who has access to decision makers, and, ultimately, who is in power. Using a policy-centered a…
Toward a More Just Nonprofit Sector
This article examines the utility of deploying a critical framework–grounded in critical race theory (CRT), feminist theory, and intersectionality–in nonprofit and voluntary studies. We argue that these theoretical perspectives, which emphasize lived experience and sense-making, while simultaneously situating these experiences within broader socio-political and historical contexts, offer a useful analytic lens for centering the narratives and exp…
Intellectual legacy of Guy B. Adams
Guy B. Adams is well known in the field of public administration for his contributions to the study of ethics in the public sector from a historical and interpretivist perspective. He is also widely acknowledged for creating a space for theoretical heterodox approaches within the discipline—co-founding the Public Administration Theory Network (PAT-Net), whose journal Dialogue, later renamed as Administrative Theory & Praxis, he edited for six yea…
Who counts in civically engaged research? Rethinking expertise and authority in politics
A new chapter for ATP
Administrative Theory & Praxis (ATP) was first published in 1978, as Dialog. Organized and edited by Dr. Guy Adams, the journal first sought to develop a platform for heterodoxy in theoretical approaches and epistemological commitments Since then, the journal has evolved and developed as a space for authors and practitioners from various disciplinary, professional, and ontological backgrounds to engage with questions related to public administrat…
Critical theory for a critical time
Participatory Civic Media and Democracy
The Documenters Network began in 2018 as a participatory journalism project in Chicago and has since expanded to additional U.S. cities. The Network provides centralized information on local public meetings and trains and pays citizens to document public meetings. Documenters are operating in Atlanta, Cleveland, Detroit, Fresno, Minneapolis, and Omaha, among other cities. Using an original survey and structured interviews with a sample of Clevela…
Qualitative Methods as Liberatory Tools
Unveiling Power Dynamics
What do we mean by “community”? Defining community for civically engaged research
Why empirical research needs theoretical research, and how this cultivates hope in dark times
Saviors, Villains, or Allies? Exploring How Nonprofit Developers Navigate Narratives of Gentrification in a Changing City
In this paper, we explore the role of community-based, nonprofit community development organizations within competing narratives of neighborhood change. Using Grand Rapids, Michigan as our case study, we analyze data composed of historical news articles from local media and in-depth interviews with key community stakeholders. First, we identify three competing narratives of neighborhood change, highlighting the varying roles that nonprofit develo…
The continued importance of the Public Administration Theory Network in 2025
What makes theory queer? Why care
Theory in a time of unpredictability
Patnet 2027 conference
In this introduction to Issue 48:2 of Administrative Theory & Praxis, the editors describe the importance of Kent State University for the present moment as they prepare to host the 49th annual PATNet Conference in Kent, Ohio
Engaging controversy and the importance of critique in PA theory
Podcasts as Spaces for Intersectional Dialogue
This study delves into the burgeoning realm of podcasts as transformative spaces for social justice and new literacies. With the global surge in podcast consumption, their potential to influence social actors and communities is apparent. Focusing on the Growing Democracy Podcast, we employ Critical Discourse Analysis to find how podcasts foster storytelling, truth-telling, and meaning-making, while also reframing history and constructing intersec…
Political science (17 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Law (11 works) · Public Administration (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works)