Public Affairs Faculty

Roseanne M. Mirabella, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Phone: 908-737- 4256
Email: rmirabel@kean.edu
Office Location: Hynes Hall 505k

Roseanne M. Mirabella, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the College of Business and Public Management at Kean University. She researches philanthropy and nonprofit education and critical perspectives on nonprofit organizing. She is co-editor of the Handbook of Critical Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizing and Voluntary Action the first major survey of critical scholarship within the field. She is the past President of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action  (ARNOVA) and the New Jersey Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration. She is currently a member of the leadership team of the Critical Perspectives Section of ARNOVA.

Bok Gyo Jeong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Phone: 908-737- 4282
Email: bjeong@kean.edu
Office Location: Hynes Hall 505L

Dr. Bok Gyo Jeong is an Associate Professor of Public Administration. He received his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. His teaching areas include Quantitative Methods, Comparative Public Administration, and Nonprofit Management. His research interests include nonprofit accountability, social enterprises, and the partnership between civil society and international organizations. He was a former intern in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations. Currently, he serves as Executive Board Member of the Nonprofit Policy, Practice, and Partnerships Section of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). He has been proactively involved in the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) and the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR). His research has been published in multiple books and peer-reviewed journals, including the International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Asian Survey, and Social Enterprise Journal.

Jung Ah (Claire) Yun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Phone: 908-737-4283
Email: jyun@kean.edu
Office Location: Hynes Hall 505M

Jung Ah (Claire) Yun is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Administration and Criminal Justice. Her research focuses on public and nonprofit management including collaborative governance, human resource management, and financial management. She was an Adjunct faculty member in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University- Newark, while she was pursuing her doctoral work. Dr. Yun has extensive work experience as a manager at KEPCO (Korea Electric Corporation). Her responsibility is managing contracts and accounts for overseas power projects and coordinating contractors, government officials, and members of international organizations. Her research has been presented at numerous conferences and published in Public Administration Review, Public Personnel Management, and Journal of Public Affairs Education

Carey Brown, Ed.D.
Equity in Action Fellow - Public Administration 

Phone: 908-737-4260
Email: brownca@kean.edu
Office Location: Hynes Hall 505H

Carey H. Brown has an 18-year career in the public sector and is currently serving as a Board of Trustee on the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) and on the State of NJ Dept. of Pension and Benefits Actuary Committee. Carey was an Investigator for 11 years in the Department of Treasury and holds a Doctorate Degree in Educational Leadership and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. His research interests focus on minority male student retention, student success, first-generation learners, international students, student-faculty engagement, cognitive and non-cognitive methods of learning, diversity in the curriculum, and inclusion of students. He taught as a Part-Time Lecturer at the School of Public Affairs and Administration for Rutgers University - Newark campus and Adjunct professor teaching College Success Seminar courses in the Business Division at Essex County College- Newark, NJ campus.

Ngoc Dao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Phone: 908-737-4278
Email:ndao@kean.edu
Office Location: Hynes Hall 505N

Dr. Ngoc Dao is an assistant professor of Public Administration. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Affairs from Indiana University, Bloomington. Dr. Dao, by training, is an applied economist who studies the economics of retirement and long-term care workforce in the United States. Her work focuses on understanding how public policies influenced retirement behaviors, poverty, and inequality among older adults. She also works on evaluating labor and health policies related to long-term care workforces in the US. The Social Security Administration through the University of Wisconsin-Madison funds is part of her research. Before joining Kean in Fall 2021, she was a research postdoc fellow at the Retirement and Disability Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.