I would be happy to address your questions about the MPA program with general public administration emphasis and nonprofit management and leadership emphasis and about any of the graduate and undergraduate classes that I teach. 

I would be happy to address your questions about the MPA program with general public administration emphasis and nonprofit management and leadership emphasis and about any of the graduate classes that I teach.

I would be happy to address your questions about the online versions of the Master of Public Administration program and the Graduate Healthcare Management Certificate program.

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D. in Public Administration, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
• Master of Arts in Leadership in Public Administration, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, Michigan
• Master of Arts in English Philology, St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria

Academic Appointments

• Professor, UW Oshkosh Public Administration Department, 2018
• Associate Professor, UW Oshkosh Public Administration Department, 2012
• Assistant Professor, UW Oshkosh Public Administration Department, 2009
• Assistant Professor, WMU School of Public Affairs and Administration, 2007-2009
• Assistant Professor, Air Force Academy, Bulgaria, 1994-2000

Administrative Appointments

Awards and Honors

Community Service

• Member of the Evergreen Foundation Board of Directors, July 1, 2020-2023
• Chair of the Board of Directors of Evergreen Village, Inc., Evergreen, Oshkosh, 2015-2020; 2010-2015 (member)
• Member of the Basic Needs Giving Partnership Grants Team, Oshkosh Area Community Foundation, 2018-Present; 2015-2018 (member).
• Member of the Community Development Block Grant/Oshkosh Funding Consortium Committee, City of Oshkosh and Oshkosh Area Community Foundation, 2011-Present
• Member of Oshkosh Area United Way’s Allocation and Community Impact Panels (Health/Education), 2010-Present

Courses Taught

• MPA 715 Leadership and Ethics
• MPA 723 Organizational Theory and Practice
• MPA 742 Human Resources Management in the Public Sector
• MPA 790 Field Project
• MPA 792 Thesis

Elective MPA

• MPA 729 Health Care Organization and Management
• MPA 762 Health Care Administration Law
• MPA 773 Health Care Policy
• MPA 750 Strategic Planning in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
• MPA 795 Internship
• MPA 796 Independent Study
• MPA 797 Strategic Planning in Health Care Organizations

Undergraduate PA

• PUB ADM 221 Introduction to Public Administration
• PUB ADM 362 Public Personnel
• PUB ADM 364 Administrative Leadership and Behavior

Additional Information

• A Brief Bio

Filipova has been on the UW Oshkosh faculty since 2009. She was granted early tenure in 2013, and two of the highest faculty honors – the 2016 Edward M. Penson Distinguished Teaching Award and the 2014 Edward M. Penson Faculty Award. She was also selected to the 2012-2013 Wisconsin Teaching Fellow and 2017-2018 Wisconsin Teaching Scholar by the University of Wisconsin System and UW Oshkosh. Filipova was granted professorship in September 1, 2018.

As faculty member, Filipova was instrumental in proposing and implementing revisions to the Graduate Healthcare Management Certificate curriculum and establishing collaborations with the College of Business and College of Nursing in its delivery (fall 2013); creating the department hybrid and online policy (2011), post-tenure review policy (2014), and transfer of credits policy (2013); introducing the thesis in the MPA curriculum and its guidelines (2012); and developing and continuously updating all narrative on the website and all marketing brochures (2012-2021).

Filipova had served as Chairperson of the Department of Public Administration for 6 years (2015-2021). Her major accomplishments in that role include:

• the creation of the Public Administration Excellence Fund (2016)
• the admission of pre-career students (in addition to in-career students) to the MPA program (Since 2016)
• the introduction of Nonprofit Management and Leadership emphasis into the MPA curriculum (Fall of 2016)
• the introduction and launch of the Online MPA (Spring 2017)
• the introduction of at least 11 elective courses into the MPA curriculum (2015-2017)
• conducting one 7-year MPA and Graduate HCM Certificate programs review (2017)
• conducting three biennial MPA program assessments (2015/2017/2019)
• the introduction and creation of the long-term semester schedules for the online/on-campus MPA course delivery into the MPA program (Since Spring 2017)
• the introduction of the Fire Emergency Administration and Management (FEAM) emphasis into the MPA curriculum (Fall 2018)
• the creation and introduction of the Credit-for-Prior Learning (CPL) policy (2018) and Tested Experience Policy (2019) into the MPA program
• the update of Department bylaws (2020), Tenure and Renewal Policy (2017), Merit Policy (2017), Post-Tenure Review Policy (2017/2021), & Online and Hybrid Teaching Policy (2021)
• the hiring of a new faculty member (Dr. Samantha Larson) and two Academic Department Associates (2017)
• the establishment of agreement for the transfer of credits from the National Fire Academy towards FEAM emphasis (Since 2020)
• achieving the initial accreditation of the MPA with Fire and Emergency Administration and Management emphasis for a period of 5 years (June 9th, 2020)
• the creation of all Department Website pages’ text information (2015-2021)

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