Allison H. Turner is Department Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at West Chester University, teaching in the Master of Public Administration program. Her professional experience encompasses various roles within the nonprofit sector, including program development and evaluation, grant writing, and community economic development. Her research addresses the role of information literacy in graduate public administration curriculums, the role of nonprofit organizations in contemporary political economies, the development and implementation of strategic management in the nonprofit sector, and brownfields redevelopment and environmental policy.

• B.A., Centre College, Danville, KY, 2001
• M.P.A., University of Louisville, 2005
• Ph.D., University of Louisville, 2010

• "Community Economic Development & Substantive Participation: A Necessary Context for Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making." America Goes Green: An Encyclopedia of Eco-Friendly Culture in the United States, ABC-CLIO, Inc., August 2011.
• "Identifying Obstacles to Urban Agriculture." America Goes Green: An Encyclopedia of Eco- Friendly Culture in the United States, ABC-CLIO, Inc., August 2011.
• "Establishing Urban Agriculture in Your Community: What You Need to Know Before You Get Your Hands Dirty" University of Louisville Center for Environmental Policy & Management, Winter 2010 http://cepm.louisville.edu/Pubs_WPapers/practiceguides/PG27.pdf
• "Urban Agriculture and Soil Contamination: An Introduction to Urban Gardening" University of Louisville Center for Environmental Policy & Management, Winter 2009. http://cepm.louisville.edu/Pubs_WPapers/practiceguides/PG25.pdf
• "Sustainable Hazards Mitigation" University of Louisville Center for Environmental Policy & Management, Summer 2007. http://cepm.louisville.edu/Pubs_WPapers/practiceguides/PG18.pdf
• "Financing Energy Efficiency Improvement" University of Louisville Center for Environmental Policy & Management, Summer 2008. http://cepm.louisville.edu/Pubs_WPapers/practiceguides/PG21.pdf
• "Protecting Kentuckians' Economic Well-Being In the Face of Energy Cost Increases" coauthors Peter Meyer and Isabella Christenson, University of Louisville Center for Environmental Policy and Management, Fall 2008. http://cepm.louisville.edu/publications/PDF_docs/Protecting%20Kyians%20Econ%20Well-Being%20in%20Face%20of%20Energy%20Cost.pdf

• Sustainability Advisory Council
• Judiciary Board
• CAPC Writing Emphasis Sub-committee
• MPA National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA)
• Accreditation Committee
• Political Science Department, Advising Committee

• Department of Public Policy and Affairs, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
• Center for Social and Economic Policy Research, West Chester University, West Chester, PA
• Center for Environmental Policy and Management, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
• EPA Environmental Finance Center Network, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
• Just Solutions Mediation Services, Louisville, KY
• Center for Nonprofit Excellence, Louisville, KY
• Labor Management Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

• PPA 502 Policy Analysis & Program Evaluation
• PPA 505 Public Sector Organization Theory & Behavior
• PPA 512 Communications for Public Administrators
• PPA 530 Topics in Nonprofit Administration
• PPA 531 Foundations in Nonprofit Administration
• PPA 532 Grant Writing
• PPA 534 Nonprofit Program Evaluation & Assessment
• PPA 551 Staffing & Development