Research Team

Erlan Bakiev is a research analyst in the Department of Public Administration at University of Central Florida. He is also pursuing a PhD program in Public Affairs. His research interests are governance and collaborative public management. He can be reached at ebakiev@mail.ucf.edu.

Vener Garayev is a research analyst in the Department of Public Administration pursuing a master’s program in Public Administration (MPA) at University of Central Florida. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and International Relations at Bosphorus University in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2005. He can be reached at vgarayev@mail.ucf.edu.

Bahadir Sahin is a graduate research assistant in the Department of Public Administration at University of Central Florida. He is also pursuing a PhD program in Public Affairs. His research interests are emergency management, networks, crime analysis and GIS tools. He is also columnist for www.isref.org . He can be reached at bahadir@mail.ucf.edu.

Ali Unlu is a graduate research assistant in the Department of Public Administration at University of Central Florida. He is also pursuing a PhD program in Public Affairs. His research interests are social capital, interorganizational networks, collaboration, and interoperability in public organizations. He is also columnist for http://www.isref.org. He can be reached at aunlu@mail.ucf.edu. - www.aliunlu.com -

Fatih Demiroz is a research analyst in the Department of Public Administration at University of Central Florida. His research interests are homeland security, political conflicts. He can be reached at fdemiroz@mail.ucf.edu.

Zafar Hasanov is a Research Analyst in the Department of Public Administration. He received his Bachelor of Judicial Regulation of Economy from Azerbaijan State University of Economy, Baku, Azerbaijan, in 2004. He can be reached at zafar_hasanov@yahoo.com or zhasanov@mail.ucf.edu

Farhod Yuldashev is a research analyst in the Department of Public Administration at University of Central Florida. He received his B.A. in Political Science and International Relations at Bosphorus University in Istanbul. His research interests are international emergency management, social networks and collaborative public management. He can be reached at fyuldash@mail.ucf.edu. Click for brief CV

Dr.Jiangbin Zhu is a lecturer in the Department of Public Administration, School of Politics & Administration, Wuhan University of Technology. He conducts research on the mechanism of the expansion of ISE (Important Sporadic Events) and the evaluation of governmental emergency management capability in the period of December 19th, 2008 and December 18th, 2009 at University of Central Florida. His research at UCF is funded by CSC (China Scholarship Council) and WHUT (Wuhan University of Technology). He can be reached at jiangbinzhu@gmail.com.

Dr. Ertuğrul Gündoğan is an associated professor in the department of Public Administration of FEAS, Fatih University. He conducts research on relations and partnerships between the civil societal organizations and local governments as an example of governance approach in the period of October 13, 2008 and September 30, 2009 at University of Central Florida. Dr. Gündoğan also studies on Governance, Participatory Democracy and New Perspectives in public Administration. His research at UCF is funded by Fatih University.

Dr. Hamit Palabiyik is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University. He conducted research on voluntary participation in local public services in municipalities between September 2007 - January 2008 at University of Central Florida.  His research is funded by Scientific and Technoloical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).

Sommer Pattison, 2006
Sommer Pattison is the Annual Giving Development Officer for the College of Medicine, College of Law, College of Arts & Sciences, and Student Affairs at the FSU Foundation. Pattison joined the Foundation from the Guggenheim Museum in New York where she assisted in the development of corporate memberships and exhibition sponsorships. Previously, she worked as graduate coordinator of membership & marketing with the UCF Alumni Association and as a research associate with the College of Health and Public Affairs’ Capacity Building Institute and the Center for Community Partnerships. She can be reached at (407) 334-0041 or sommerpattison@hotmail.com.

Angie Knowlton, 2006
Angie Knowlton is a Grant Manager for the Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families, part of Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Orlando Regional Healthcare.  I was hired during my last semester in the Master of Public Administration program at UCF.  I credit the experience I gained as a Graduate Research Assistant with the Public Administration Department for setting the course for my career.  As a Graduate Research Assistant, I initially worked with the Capacity Building Institute, where I provided small nonprofits performing HIV services with capacity building assistance.  It was through this experience that I became familiar with grant funding, as well as the continuum of HIV care in Central Florida.
As part of my current position, I now obtain more than $2.5 million in grant funding each year for the Help, Understand and Guide Me (HUG-Me) program, Central Florida’s largest non-governmental provider of comprehensive HIV care.

Nicole Besio, 2008

Undergraduate, Lead scholar.