Keith Nitta

Associate Professor

Keith Nitta

Associate Professor


Education

Ph.D. Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

Courses

  • BISLEP 302 Policy Analysis
  • BIS 338 Political Institutions
  • BPOLST 514 Management and Program Evaluation

Research and Scholarship Interests

Education Policy, Community Engaged Learning, Japanese Politics, Public Administration, Organization Theory

  • Carlisle, S., Nitta, K., Murray, D., Gourd, K., Shapiro, L. (2020). The Impact of Community Based Learning on Civic Engagement. Journal of Service Learning in Higher Education, Vol 11.
  • Nitta, K. (2019). The Politics of Global Human Resource Development in Japan. Globalisation, Societies, and Education, Vol. 17.
  • Carlisle, S., Gourd, K., and Nitta, K. (2016). Assessing the Impact of Community Based Learning on Students: The Community Based Learning Impact Scale. Journal of Service Learning in Higher Education, Vol. 6.
  • Jacoby, D. and Nitta, K. (2012). The Bellevue Teachers Strike and its Implications for the Future of Post-Industrial Reform Unionism. Educational Policy 26: 533-563.
  • Howard, J., and Nitta, K. (2012). Helping Students Become Civically Engaged Through Service Learning Courses. Midsouth Political Science Review
  • Howard, J., Wrobel, S., and Nitta, K. (2010). Implementing Change in a Urban School District. Public Administration Review. November/December: 934-941.
  • Nitta, K., Holley, M., and Wrobel, S. (2010). A Phenomenological Study of Rural School Consolidation. Journal of Research in Rural Education 25: 2, 1-15.
  • Nitta, K., Wrobel, S., Howard, J. and Eddings, E. (2009). Leading Change of a School District Reorganization. Public Performance and Management Review 32: 3, 441-486.
  • Nitta, K. (2008). The Politics of Structural Education Reform. New York: Routledge Press.