Anne Hacker
Dr. Anne Hacker’s formal training is in public administration and public policy where she has served in various professional capacities in the child welfare and human services systems since 1976. Dr. Hacker served as a Board Member, CEO, Case management Supervisor, Policy Advisor, and Case Manager for a variety of public and nonprofit organizations in Ohio, Michigan and Colorado. In 2006, she shifted to higher education, teaching health policy analysis, research methods, and APA writing for scholars. At Walden University, she teaches the doctoral capstone course and is a frequent faculty facilitator at academic residencies for PhD students. Dr. Hacker has served on numerous doctoral student dissertation committees. She also serves on a variety of university committees at Walden.
Dr. Hacker is active in her community, providing emotional and advocacy support for people caring for family members or friends with dementia, Alzheimer's disease, or who are lonely through the Friends of St. John the Caregiver Support Group at St. Philip Church in Battle Creek. She is the President of Michigan Capitol Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration. She was actively involved in various child welfare endeavors throughout her career in humans services. She provided foster care for service dogs in training to be emotional support for veterans with PTSD, and was involved in a senior literacy outreach program.
Dr. Hacker’s current research interests focus on community sustainability, organizational behavior, spirituality, faith, and religion in the public sector, and public policy analysis. She has published in a number of journals, and has presented at conferences including the American Society for Public Administration, Michigan Mental Health Boards Association, and North American Council on Adoptable Children.
Courses Taught
PPPA 9000 - Dissertation
PPPA 8111 - Leadership and organizational change
PPPA 8500 - Ogranizational theory and behavior
PPPA 8115 - Writing a quality prospectus
PPPA 6405 - Ethics and social justice
NPMG 6200 - Introduction to the nonprofit sector
MMPA 6200 - Introduction to public administration
PPPA 6331 - Transformative change in a shared power world
MMPA 6435 - Human resource management
MMPA 6200 - Principles of public administration
PPPA 8200 - Intellectual history of public adminisrtation
PPPA 8410 - Intellectual traditions in public policy and admininstration
PPPA 8992 - Diss Sem2: Bldg Knwldge&Skills
Education
BA, Case Western Reserve University
MPA, Western Michigan University
PhD, Western Michigan University
Public Service
Michigan Capitol Chapter of American Society for Public Administration (MiCAP), President - Lansing
Family Enrichment Center, Board of Directors - Battle Creek
Summit Pointe, Board of Directors - Battle Creek
St. John the Caregiver at St. Philips, Volunteer - Battle Creek
Willard Public Library, Volunteer - Battle Creek
Awards / Honors
Walden WOODS, , 2011
Faculty Excellence Award, Walden University, 2016
Athena - Women in Leadership, Battle Creek Area Chamber of Commerce, 1997
Publications
Hacker, A. J. (2002). The working sheepdog as a model of the street-level bureaucrat. Public voices
Hacker, A. J., Pozil, S. D. (2017). Informal partnerships between nonprofits and local governments, and the role of trust. Journal of Social Change
Hacker, A. J., Pozil, S. D. (2018). NPO and Local Government Informal Partnerships: Resources Contributions that Change the Dynamics. Sage Open
Hacker, A. J., Maricio, M. (2015). Values, perceptions, conceptions, and peacebuilding: An expanded qualitative study in Mexico. International Journal of Peace Studies
Presentations
Hacker, A. J., Jones, C. B. (2017). The prospectus: Getting students off to a good start in the dissertation. SPPA, Walden University
Hacker, A. J. (2013). Demystifying coding for qualitative research. Walden University