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Mission
The Project for Research on Organizations, Management, and Publicness Theory (PROMPT) was launched in 2019. PROMPT’s mission is to produce theoretically and practically innovative knowledge about the design and management of public service organizations across policy disciplines, sectors, and society.
To advance its mission, PROMPT pursues excellence in—and identifies synergies across—its research, teaching, and service programs. Under the leadership of its founding director Dr. Cullen C. Merritt, PROMPT has
Student Engagement
PROMPT's student researchers include hardworking, motivated, and intellectually curious undergraduate and graduate students from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Student researchers conduct large-scale, independent research (e.g., honors thesis, independent study) or assist Dr. Merritt in data collection, data analysis, and academic writing associated with his ongoing research program. Dr. Merritt’s approach to research mentoring centers on
The appointment of doctoral research affiliate recognizes the status of an emerging scholar (i.e., doctoral student) from any academic institution or discipline with whom PROMPT wishes to acknowledge some degree of association. While doctoral research affiliates have no specific duties, PROMPT is committed to supporting their professional goals and promoting their academic accomplishments.
Intentional Growth
To expand its influence, PROMPT will continuously
The Project for Research on Organizations, Management, and Publicness Theory (PROMPT) was launched in 2019. PROMPT’s mission is to produce theoretically and practically innovative knowledge about the design and management of public service organizations across policy disciplines, sectors, and society.
To advance its mission, PROMPT pursues excellence in—and identifies synergies across—its research, teaching, and service programs. Under the leadership of its founding director Dr. Cullen C. Merritt, PROMPT has
- Produced peer-reviewed journal articles in leading public administration journals,
- Disseminated research at invited and conference presentations,
- Institutionalized research mentoring strategies to develop and promote student scholars, and
- Engaged in service informed by a clear philosophy of public service.
Student Engagement
PROMPT's student researchers include hardworking, motivated, and intellectually curious undergraduate and graduate students from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Student researchers conduct large-scale, independent research (e.g., honors thesis, independent study) or assist Dr. Merritt in data collection, data analysis, and academic writing associated with his ongoing research program. Dr. Merritt’s approach to research mentoring centers on
- Actively advising students on conducting social science research, academic writing, and navigating the peer-review publication process,
- Empowering students to become independent, evidence-based researchers committed to advancing theory and practice at the intersection of organizations, management, and publicness,
- Assisting students in identifying and seeking resources and opportunities on and off campus that will enable them to further their research interests, and
- Equipping students with the values and life skills fundamental to meeting the challenges and opportunities of everyday life.
The appointment of doctoral research affiliate recognizes the status of an emerging scholar (i.e., doctoral student) from any academic institution or discipline with whom PROMPT wishes to acknowledge some degree of association. While doctoral research affiliates have no specific duties, PROMPT is committed to supporting their professional goals and promoting their academic accomplishments.
Intentional Growth
To expand its influence, PROMPT will continuously
- Focus on research topics of local, state, and national importance for which it has laid scholarly groundwork,
- Cultivate new and existing research partnerships with governments, local organizations, university researchers, and students,
- Pursue external funding from sources that support its theory-driven and practically relevant research,
- Target leading peer-reviewed scholarly outlets in public administration and related disciplines, and
- Engage in service opportunities to influence organizations in ways that will benefit these entities and the broader community.