Zachary T. Mohr
Assistant Professor • Department of Political Science and Public Administration
University of North Carolina Charlotte • Fretwell 435K • Charlotte, NC 28223
Email: zmohr@uncc.edu Phone/Voice: (704) 687-7438
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas, May 2013
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Alfred Ho
Committee: Drs. John Nalbandian, Rajestra Srivastava, Jacob Fowles, and Chris Silvia
Specialization: Public Financial Management – Cost Accounting
Master of Public Administration, University of Kansas, 2007
B.S. Economics, Cum Laude, Kansas State University, 2005
AREAS OF INTEREST AND SPECIALIZATION
Public financial management- emphasis on cost accounting, performance measurement, and the
financial management of collaboration and networks; organizational rules and control; transaction
cost theory
APPOINTMENTS
2013-Present
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science and Public Administration
University of North Carolina Charlotte
2009-2013
University Fellow, Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
School of Public Affairs and Administration
University of Kansas
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
“An Analysis of the Purposes of Cost Accounting in Large US Cities Public Budgeting and
Finance. Forthcoming
“Taking Stock: Assessing and Improving Performance Budgeting Theory and Practice” (with
Alfred TK Ho and Yi Lu) Public Performance and Management Review. Forthcoming.
“The Effect of Rules on Job Satisfaction” 2014 (with Leisha DeHart-Davis and Randall S. Davis)
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Advance publication
doi:10.1093/jopart/muu038
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BOOK REVIEWS AND ESSAYS
“Budgetgate: Bob Woodward's Quest for Budget Blame” [Book Review of The Price of Politics
by Bob Woodward] Public Administration Review April 2013
“Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World”, [Book Review of Boomerang: Travels in the
New Third World by Michael Lewis] Public Integrity April 2012
WORKS UNDER REVIEW
“Accounting in Networks: A Review Essay”
“An Experiment on Organizational Rule Compliance: A Research Note on the Effect of Written
vs. Unwritten Rules” (with Leisha Dehart-Davis and Cullen Merritt)
Performance Measurement and Cost Accounting: Are they competing or complementary systems
of control?
RESEARCH IN-PROGRESS
“An analysis of cost accounting in public management networks: Insights from Chicago local
government networks” (with David Mitchell)
“How Pervasive are the Effects of Transaction Costs? Analyses of Cost Drivers in Municipal
Cost Accounting”
“Cost Accounting at the Service Level: A Transaction Cost Analysis”
“The Control of Resources in Collaboration: A Service and Investment Characteristics
Framework”
“Activity Based Costing Redux: A Big ABC Implementation in a Small Suburban Community”
“The Effect of Sales Tax Increment Financing and GAAP on Illinois Cities”
INVITED TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS
“Cost Accounting and Public Service Delivery Networks: The story of Chicago local government
networks” North Carolina Local Government Budget Association Winter Conference,
December 11, 2014.
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“Performance Measurement and Cost Accounting: Are they competing or complementary
systems of control?” UNCC Public Policy Speaker Series, Research Presentation,
November 20, 2014.
“Activity Based Costing: Lessons from a Small City Implementation” (with Quinn Bennion),
Professional Presentation, Midwest Public Finance Conference 2012
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Relieving the Social Security Debt Shackles by Chaining the CPI COLA: Technically Feasible,
Politically Difficult, Ethically Fair” (with William P. Brandon and Patricia Alt) presented
at the 142nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, November 1519, 2014
“Competing and Complementary Controls: The relationship between general cost accounting and
performance measurement” presented at the Association for Budget and Financial
Management Conference 2014
“Modern Governance, Cost Accounting and Transaction Costs: Why cost accounting is an
important new area of research and how it can be studied empirically in government”
presented at the American Accounting Association Annual Conference 2014
“Old Techniques and New Concepts: Cost accounting in public management networks” (with
David Mitchell) presented at the Western Social Sciences Conference 2014
“How Pervasive are the Effects of Transaction Costs? Analyses of Cost Drivers in Municipal
Cost Accounting” presented at the Association for Budget and Financial Management
Conference 2013
“Establishing Theory for the Financial Management of Governance and Collaboration” presented
at the Association for Budget and Financial Management Conference 2013
“Taking Stock: Assessing and Improving Performance Budgeting Theory and Practice” (with
Elaine Yu and Alfred Ho) presented at the American Society of Public Administration
Conference 2013
“Fiscal stress and cost accounting: Is there a link for local government?” poster presentation at
the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Conference 2012
“Mutually Beneficial: Cost Accounting and Performance in Local Government” Southeast
Conference of Public Administration Annual Conference 2012
“Red Tape vs. Green Tape: A Comparison of Rule Effectiveness Theories” (with Leisha
DeHart-Davis and Randall S. Davis), Presented at the International Research
Society for Public Management Annual Conference 2012
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“Activity Based Costing Redux: A Big ABC Implementation in a Small Suburban
Community” presented as a poster at the Association for Budget and Financial
Management Conference 2011
“A Context Mediated Model of Risk Behavior”, Presented at the Western Social Sciences
Association, Annual Conference 2010, Section on Public Budget and Finance
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
MPAD 6352
“Public Financial Reporting and Accountability”
MPAD 6126
“Data Analysis for Decision Making”
MPAD 6350
“Public Financial Management”
PUAD 435 (KU)
“Generating, Allocating, and Managing Public Resources”
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
NPS-BAA-14-002 (2014) “Acquisition in a World of Joint Capabilities: Methods for
Understanding Cross-Organizational Network Performance”, (with Maureen
Brown) White Paper, Accepted for tier two funding (contingent on additional
funds) – Amount $116,267
UNC Charlotte Faculty Research Grant 2014 "Inherent Problems in Common Sources of
Municipal Financial Data ", Amount funded $6,000.
University of Kansas Doctoral Student Travel Award 2013, Amount funded - $500
Sought and received funding to bring speakers to KU in 2010, 2011, 2012 - $400 Award Each
TECHNICAL REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS
Activity Based Costing Full Cost Allocation Plan Presentation for the City of Prairie Village,
Kansas – April 29, 2013
The Student Price Index 2004, A Report of the Kansas State University Economics Club
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Panel Discussant, SeCOPA 2013, WSSA 2013, AAA 2014
Panel Chair, ABFM 2013
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Reviewer - State Politics and Policy Quarterly, American Review of Public Administration,
Municipal Finance Journal
Graduate Students of Public Administration (University of Kansas), Treasurer, 2009 – 2012
UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
MPA Chair Selection Committee 2014
MPA Marketing Committee, 2014 – Present
ICMA Student Chapter Advisor, 2014 - Present
Masters of Public Administration Student Government Advisor, 2013 - Present
COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Media Interviews – WCCB (2014), FOX46 (2014)
Central Piedmont ASPA Chapter, Board Member. June 2014 - Present
Financial Analysis for Bond Referenda, Colwich Residents in Support of City Pool 2013
FUSE Foundation of Kansas, Inc., Charter Board Member, Secretary, 2008 – 2010
AWARDS AND HONORS
University of Kansas Fellowship, 2009 - 2012
Pi Alpha Alpha National Honor Society, 2007
Ethan Allen Scholarship, University of Kansas, 2004-2005
Department of Economics Scholarship, Kansas State University, 2003- 2005
Foundation Scholarship, Kansas State University, 2001- 2005
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Accounting Association
Association of Budget and Financial Management
Public Management Research Association
American Society of Public Administration
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2007-2008
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City Administrator
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City of Cheney, KS
2006-2007
Assistant to the City Manager
City of Arkansas City, KS
2005-2006
Management Intern
Ottawa, KS
UPDATED 1/7/15
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