Mark Hoffman

242C DeVos Center
(616) 331-6587
HoffmanM@gvsu.edu

Mark C. Hoffman is Associate Professor of Public Administration. He received his Ph.D. in December 1998 from the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. His research interests include the progressive-era development of public administration theory and the uses of public data and GIS technology for local community building.

Hoffman is published in Public Voices and Public Administration Review. He is receiving the 2002 William and Fredrick Mosher Award for best article by an academician appearing in Public Administration Review.

Hoffman teaches general public administration courses and information technology/geographic information systems courses. He is consultant to GVSU's Community Research Institute (CRI), working on the acquisition and dissemination of public data.

• Stuff I am currently recommending to my friends are: the music CDs Walking With the Beggar Boys by Elfpower (retro-pop)and Live: Going Home by the Blasters (rockabilly); the book Lost Christianities: The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew by Bart D. Ehrman; the DVDs of two short-lived TV series "American Gothic" ("evil" becomes sheriff of Trinity, South Carolina) and "Over There" (neither pro-war nor anti-war, but a tribute to the troops fighting in a new kind of war); the movies-on-DVD The Revolution Will Not be Televised and State of Mind (which provide fascinating and needed insight into Venezuelan and North Korean societies).
• People are often surprised to find out that I ... went to Catholic school for 15 years and was never an alter boy.
• My favorite pig-out food is ... pasta anything.
• My best advise to students is ... take skill-building courses like GIS and grant writing.
• When I first came to Grand Rapids, I was surprised by ... (1) how good Bosnian food is; (2) how often the power goes out; (3) how many native Michiganders (Michiganians? Michiganites?) own cabins up north; and (4) lack of Mr. Hero sandwich shops (and way too many Big Boys).