Core Faculty

Charlotte Kirschner

Assistant Professor

Charlotte Kirschner completed her doctoral work at the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University. Her dissertation explores the impacts of the homeland security grants on public safety spending and preparedness. Her research interests include public budgeting, homeland security policy and intergovernmental relations. During her tenure at The George Washington University, Kirschner worked on research projects regarding measuring the costs of homeland security policies, budgeting for disasters and served as a project manager for Significant Features of the Property Tax, a study of the property tax as administered by the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Prior to attending The George Washington University, Kirschner worked for the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court conducting policy research and managing the statewide court statistical system. Kirschner received her B.A. from Syracuse University and her M.S.S. from Bryn Mawr College

Phone: 614.292.7221
Fax: 614.292.2548
Email: kirschner.29@osu.edu
Office: 310B Page Hall
Curriculum Vitae

Phaup, M. & Kirschner, C. (2010). Budgeting for disasters: Focusing on the good times. OECD Journal on Budgeting,10(1), 1-24.

Phaup, M. & Kirschner C. (2010). Federal budgeting in the United States. In C.E. Menifield (Ed.), Comparative public budgeting: A global perspective (pp. 329-349). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Bell, M. E. & Kirschner, C. (2009). A reconnaissance of alternative measures of effective property tax rates. Public Budgeting & Finance, 29(2), 111-136.

Kirschner, C., Levy, A., & Cordes, J. (2008). Achieving greater homeland security: Who should pay, and how? Journal of the Washington Institute of China Studies, 3(3), 1-22.

Kirschner, C. (2006). From yellow to orange: Using cost-benefit analysis to inform local homeland security decision-making. Policy Perspectives: The George Washington University Journal of Public Policy and Public Administration, 13, 39-59.