Rate My Professor Candice Bodkin

Dr. Candice Bodkin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public and Nonprofit Studies at Georgia Southern University, a position she has held since 2016, and Co-Director of the Institute for Vibrant and Engaged Communities. She earned her Ph.D. in Public Administration from North Carolina State University in 2016, focusing her dissertation on public sector mentoring and its effects on outcomes. Bodkin also holds a Master of Public Administration from North Carolina State University (2012), a Master of Education in Secondary Social Studies Education from the University of Florida (2006), and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Anthropology from the University of Florida (2005). Before joining Georgia Southern, she served as an Instructor in the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2015-2016) and as a Research Assistant at North Carolina State University's Institute for Nonprofits (2015-2016) and on the Fire Chasers project (2012-2014). Her earlier career included teaching 6th grade math at KIPP Austin College Prep (2007-2010) and high school social studies and American Sign Language at Williston High School (2005-2007).

Bodkin's research specializations include local government management, human resource management, resilient communities, social equity, diversity, and inclusion in public organizations. She utilizes quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches to study how institutional and organizational policies impact workplace and public service inequalities. Notable peer-reviewed publications are 'Redundancy in Disaster Response Systems: A Pathway to Resilience or a Recipe for Disaster?' with Branda Nowell and Deena Bayoumi (Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 2017), 'Supporting Women Scholars’ Paths to Academia: An Examination of Family-Friendly Policies of Public Affairs Doctoral Programs' with Casey J. Fleming (Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2021), and 'Non-compliant Managers, Judging Citizens: An Experiment of Motives, Identities, and Public Reaction to Bureaucratic Rule Breaking' with Casey J. Fleming (Public Integrity, 2022). Recent contributions include chapters 'Assessment of public service delivery performance: Process improvement' with T.J. Davis (2024) and 'Unpacking informal partnerships and intangible resources in co-creation of community' with A.L.K. Velez et al. (2024). Bodkin has presented extensively at conferences including ASPA, PMRC, ARNOVA, and SECoPA on mentoring, gender equity in leadership, and bureaucratic behavior. She received the Distinction in Teaching Award from the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (2021) and Faculty Development Awards (2020, 2021). Bodkin serves on the editorial boards of Local Development & Society and The American Review of Public Administration, and the ICMA Advisory Board on Graduate Education. She teaches graduate courses in the MPA program on public administration foundations, local government management, social equity, diversity, inclusion, and human resource management.