Adam Butz
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Political Science, 2012
- Major Field: Public Policy and Administration
- Minor Field: American Political Behavior
M.A., University of Kentucky, Political Science, 2007
B.A., Southeast Missouri State University, Political Science, cum laude, 2004
B.S., Southeast Missouri State University, Business Administration, cum laude, 2004
- Social Policy Adoption & Administration
- Administrative Contracting & Cross-Sector Collaboration
- Street-Level Implementation & Administrative Discretion
- Program Evaluation & Performance
- Policy Innovation & Diffusion
- Public Policy Process
- Race & Representative Bureaucracy
- Urban Affairs & Metropolitics
- Social Equity
- Organizational Behavior
- Immigration Policy
Books:
- B. A. Kennedy, Adam M. Butz, Nazita Lajevardi; and Matthew J. Nanes. (2017). Race and Representative Bureaucracy in American Policing. Palgrave Macmillan.
Peer Reviewed Publications:
- An, B., M. K. Cha, J. L. Mitchell, and Adam M. Butz. (2022). Dynamic Policy Adoption in the Metropolis: Unpacking Geographic Variations in Local Climate Policy Diffusion. Revise and resubmit at Policy Sciences.
- Butz, Adam M. and J. E. Kehrberg. (2022). “Systemic Racism and COVID-19: Vulnerabilities with the U.S. Social Safety Net for Immigrants and People of Color”. Accepted for publication at Journal of Public Management & Social Policy.
- Negron, D. P., P. J. Vinzant, Adam M. Butz, and S. M. Zavattaro. (2022). “Changing the Social Equity Language Game in Public Administration: An Ethical Perspective”. Journal of Public Management & Social Policy, Vol. 29 (1), 67-88.
- Butz, Adam M. and T. S. Gaynor. (2022). “Intersectionality and Social Welfare: Avoidance and Unequal Treatment among Transgender Women of Color”. Public Administration Review, Special Issue, Vol. 82 (3), 433-445.
- An, B., Adam M. Butz, and J. L. Mitchell. (2022). “A Contingent Diffusion Model of Local Climate Policy Adoption: Evidence from Southern California Cities”. Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy & Planning, Vol. 120, January 2022.
- Butz, Adam M. and R.C. Fording. (2022). “The Color of Corrections: Racial Politics and Prison Privatization”. Social Policy & Administration, Vol. 56 (1), 180-194.
- Kehrberg, J. E., Adam M. Butz, and M. L. West. (2021). “From Exclusion to More Exclusion: Immigration and Social Welfare Access in the United States”. In E. Koning (Eds.), Exclusion of Immigrants from Welfare Programs. University of Toronto Press.
- Butz, Adam M. and D.C. Powell. (2020). “Privatization and Performance in Northern California’s Battle with the Opioid Epidemic”. Electronic Hallway: Public Policy and Management Case Study Database. University of Washington, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance.
- Mitchell, J. L. and Adam M. Butz. (2019). “Social Control Meets New Public Management: Examining the Diffusion of State Prison Privatization, 1978-2010”. Politics & Policy, Vol. 47(3), 506-544.
- Butz, Adam M. and J.E. Kehrberg. (2019). “Anti-Immigrant Sentiment and the Adoption of State Immigration Policy.” Policy Studies Journal. Special Issue, Vol 47(3), 605-623.
- Butz, Adam M. and J.W. Ostrowski. (2017). “Bicycling and Coast City”. Electronic Hallway: Public Policy and Management Case Study Database. University of Washington, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance.
- Butz, Adam M. (2016). “Theorizing About Poverty and Paternalism in Suburban America: The Case of Welfare Sanctions”. Poverty & Public Policy, Vol. 8(2), 129-140.
- Butz, Adam M. and J.E. Kehrberg. (2016). "Estimating Anti-Immigrant Sentiment for the American States Using Multi-Level Modelling and Post-Stratification 2004-2008". Research & Politics, Vol. 3(2), 1-7.
- Butz, Adam M. (2015). “Administrative Privatization and Employment Outcomes in the Implementation of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families”. Evaluation Review, Vol. 39(4), 363-394.
- Butz, Adam M., M.P. Fix, and J.L. Mitchell. (2015). “Policy Learning and the Diffusion of Stand-Your-Ground Laws”. Politics & Policy, Vol. 43(3), 347-377.
- Butz, Adam M. and J. E. Kehrberg. (2015). “Social Distrust and Immigrant Access to Social Welfare Programs”. Politics & Policy, Vol. 43(2), 256-286.
- Butz, Adam M. (2014). “Privatization and the Poor: Exploring Patterns in Welfare Contracting”. Journal of Policy Practice, Vol. 13(3), 156-176.
Other Publications:
- Butz, Adam M., B.A. Kennedy, N. Lajevardi; and M. Nanes. (2018). “Race and Representative Bureaucracy in American Policing: New Data, New Opportunities”. Comparative Politics Newsletter, Vol. 28 no. 1, Spring 2018.
- Butz, Adam M. (2017). “Does Racial Representation Impact American Policing?”. Research at the Beach Newsletter, Spring 2017. California State University, Long Beach, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.
- D. Steven Voss, Jason E. Kehrberg, and Adam M. Butz. (2013). “The Structure of Self-Interest: Applying Comparative Theory to American Immigration Attitudes” in Gary P. Freeman, Randall Hansen, and David L. Leal, eds. Immigration and Public Opinion in Liberal Democracies. New York, NY: Routledge Publishing.
- Butz, Adam M. (2011). “Privatization and Employment in the Implementation of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families: A Multi-Level Analysis”. United States Department of Labor, ETA Publication Series, No. ETAOP 2011-08.
Extramural Awards:
- United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, [Contract Number: DOLJ061A20380]. “Administrative Privatization and Employment Outcomes in the Implementation of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families”, July 2009: $7,500
Other Awards:
- CHHS RSCA Small Faculty Grant: “Harnessing the Promise of Public-Private Partnerships: Examining Contracting Oversight Measures in the U.S. States”, Spring 2018: $2,250
- Quinlan Endowment Travel Grant, Marshall University, Spring 2013, 2014: $500
- Malcolm E. Jewell Award for Most Outstanding Political Science Graduate Student at the University of Kentucky, Spring 2006: $500
