Richard Funderburg

Richard Funderburg is an associate professor in the School of Public Management and Policy and a collaborating scholar at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, where he is a member of the Fiscal and Economic Policy working group. He earned his Ph.D. in Planning, Policy, and Design at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Funderburg also holds a Master of Public Policy and Administration degree from California State University, Sacramento. Professor Funderburg is an expert on state and local economic development policy. He has published over 15 studies of economic development in peer-reviewed urban planning and regional science journals. Professor Funderburg has extensive experience advising state and local governments, including appointments with the California Department of Finance and the California Employment Development Department. Dr. Funderburg is actively engaged in the local community, where he serves as a commissioner on the Village of Chatham Planning Commission. Rick teaches budget and finance, economics and public policy, information for decision making, community planning and policy, community economic development, and public management.

Recent Publications:

(In Press) Funderburg, R., T. Dooley, and T. Bland. â¿¿Community Affluence as a Barrier to Housing Affordability: The Siting of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Projects and Sustained Inequality in Illinoisâ¿¿s Capital Region.â¿¿ In R. Islam, P. Kraeger, and R. Phillips (Eds.) Social (In)Equality and Community Well-Being. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar.

(2022) Funderburg, R. and J. Drucker. â¿¿Why Do Local Governments Award Business Tax Incentives?â¿¿ PA Times, March 11, 2022. Available here.

(2021) Funderburg, R., J. Drucker, D. Merriman, and R. Weber. â¿¿Is Tax Competition Strategic? Spatial Distributions of Business Property Tax Abatements in the Chicago Suburbs,â¿¿ Economic Development Quarterly, 35(1), 66â¿¿83. Available here.

(2020) Drucker, J., R. Funderburg, D. Merriman, and R. Weber. â¿¿Do Local Governments Use Business Tax Incentives to Compensate for High Business Property Taxes?â¿¿ Regional Science and Urban Economics, 81, 103498. Available here.

(2019) Funderburg, R. â¿¿Regional Employment and Housing Impacts of Tax Increment Financing Districts,â¿¿ Regional Studies, 53, 874-886. Available here.

(2018) Drucker, J., R. Funderburg, D. Merriman, and R. Weber. The Use of Business Property Tax Incentives in Cook County, Illinois. Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois. Available here (PDF).

(2016) Lejano, R. and R. Funderburg. â¿¿Geographies of Risk, the Regulatory State, and the Ethic of Care,â¿¿ Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 106, 1097-1113. Available here.

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Richard Funderburg CV (PDF)

Office Location

PAC 484

School of Public Management and Policy

Phone Number

217-206-7220

IGPA - Core Central Activities

rfund2@uis.edu

Associate Prof.

IGPA Collaborative Scholar

Area of Specialization

Travis Bland

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Area of Expertise

Ethics

Human Resource Management

Management/Administration

Psychology

Public Administration

Public Policy

Travis Bland is the Interim Dean of the College of Health, Science, and Technology. Dr. Bland received his Ph.D. from the Center for Public Administration and Policy at Virginia Tech. Professor Bland specializes in evaluating public programs and is a strategic planning and organizational health and design consultant. His research interests include front-line behavior, social welfare policy, and behavioral science (psychology of human decision-making and employee motivation and performance). Dr. Bland is a contributing author to Community Action Leaders: Rooting out Poverty at the Local Level (New York: Routledge). His research has been published in Public Management Review, Review of Public Personnel Administration, Public Integrity, Public Organization Review, the Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, Public Administration Quarterly, The Innovation Journal, and the Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance.

Office Location

HSB 303

College of Health, Science, and Technology Administration

Phone Number

217-206-7816

Publications

Bland, J. T., & Kriz, K. (2025). Supervisor autonomy support and the PSM¿employee engagement relationship. Public Management Review. Published Online. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2025.2488940
Bland, J. T., Dooley, T., & Williams, A. M. (available online first, 2025). Trauma-informed HR: The work-life interface and the adverse spillover effects of nonwork, anti-black discrimination. Public Personnel Management. Published Online. https://doi.org/10.1177/00910260251320389
Sprong, M.E., Hollander, H. Blankenberger, B., Rumrill, S., Lee, Y., Bland, J.T., Bailey, J., Weber, K., Gilbert, J., Kriz, K., Buono, F. (2024). The road to reintegration: Evaluating the effectiveness of VA Healthcare in Vocational Rehabilitation Retention for Veterans with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 15, 107-123. https://doi.org/10.2147/sar.s462882
Funderburg, R., Dooley, T., Bland, J. T., Dooley, T. (2024). Community affluence as a barrier to housing affordability: the siting of low-income housing tax credit projects in Illinois' capital region. In Kraeger et al.'s Social (In)Equality, Community Well-being and Quality of Life. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Bland, J. T., Williams, A. M., Albertson, N. (2023). Empowerment and discretionary HR practices: Moderators of the PSM-organizational commitment relationship. Public Management Review, 25(3), 575-600. DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2021.1985317
Manuel Roman-Basora & Bland, J.T. (2021) Separate and unequal: A sample of disparities in five American unincorporated territories, Public Integrity, DOI: 10.1080/10999922.2020.1859241
Williams, A. M. & Bland, J.T. (2020). Drivers of social engagement: Investigating the employee voice-advice sharing relationship. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 40(4). 669-690. Available here.
Bland, J. Travis and Williams, A. M. (2018). Collaborative ties within: Public organizations and the latent capacity for advice network formation. Public Organization Review. Available here.
Bland, J. T. (2018). Authentic participatory engagement: Community Action and the foundational principle of maximum feasible participation. Public Administration Quarterly, 42(2). Available here.

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School of Public Management and Policy

jblan7@uis.edu

Involvement

Faculty Advisor, Christian Student Fellowship
Jobs for Life Instructor
Volunteers at West Side Christian Church.

Teaching

PAD 657. Advanced Public Management Seminar, PAD 652. Public Management Seminar, PAD 502. Organizational Dynamics, PAD 505. Public Sector Human Resource Management, PAD 538. Public Service Ethics and Leadership, PAD 552. Strategic Planning and Management, PAD 541. Nonprofit Sector Human Resource Management

Interim Dean CHST

Associate Prof.

Area of Specialization

front-line behavior, social welfare policy, behavioral science (psychology of human decision-making and employee motivation and performance), behavioral ethics