Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New York, Albany (2002)
Master of Arts in Political Science, California State University, Northridge (1996)
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, California State University, Northridge (1994)
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, CSUN (2008 - present)
Director of Regional and National Partnerships and Services for Public Sector, CSUN (2012 - present)
Director of Public Sector Programs at the Tseng College, CSUN (2003 - 2012)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, CSUN (2008)
Research Fellow, Political Science, CSUN (2003 - 2005)
Senior Research Associate, the Higher Education Program at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government (2000 - 2003)
Research Assistant, the Public Policy and Education Fund (1999 - 2000)
Independent Researcher, Empire Foundation for Policy Research (1999 - 2000)
Research Assistant, the Department of Taxation and Finance (1998 - 1998)
Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, State University of New York, Albany (1997 - 1999)
Courses Taught at CSUN
URBS 490C – Field Research in Urban Studies and Planning
URBS 430 – Planning in Public Sector
URBS 340A – Research Methods for Urban Studies
URBS 310 – Growth and Development of Cities
URBS 150 – The Urban Scene
POLS 571 – Graduate Seminar In Methodology
POLS 462 – Ethics in Politics and Public Administration
POLS 406 – Public Policy Analysis
POLS 380 – Los Angeles: Past, Present, Future
POLS 372 – Research Methods in Political Science
POLS 360 – Introduction to Public Administration
MPA 640 – Public Policy Analysi
MPA 622A – Public Policy Implementation and Program Evaluation
MPA 610 – Introduction to Public Administration and Its Environments
Courses Taught at SUNY Albany
POLS 240 – Introduction to American Politics and Public Policy (State University of New York, Albany)
POLS 204 – The Politics and Policy of AIDS (State University of New York, Albany)
Research Interests
Policy analysis, public administration, urban and public management, accountability, contract design and management, policy implementation, research methods, urban studies and planning, public finance and budgeting, perfomrance management strategies, and systems thinking
Publications
Books
Joseph C. Burke & Henrik Minassians, Reporting Higher Education Results: Missing Links in the Performance Chain, New Directions for Institutional Research, No. 116, Jossey-Bass, December 2002.
Research Articles
Henrik Minassians, “California State University, Northridge: Innovative Curriculum Design for Midcareer Professionals” Continuing Higher Education Review, Vol. 76, 2012.
Zeynep Toker and Henrik Minassians, “Good Cities and Healthy Communities in the United States” Journal of Urban Design and Planning, 165 September 2012, Issue DP3.
Joseph C. Burke & Henrik Minassians and Po Yang, "State Performance Reporting Indicators What Do They Indicate?” Planning For Higher Education, Vol. 31, No. 1, September-November, 2002.
"Youth and Alienation”, published as an article in Asbarez Daily newspaper, Asbarez, California, November 11, 1989. 3.
“The Rise of National Movements in Caucasian Region”, published as an article in Asbarez Daily newspaper, Asbarez, July 7, 1989.
Book Chapters
Lawrence Becker and Henrik Minassians, "The Bureaucracy" in Jeanne Zaino (Ed) Core Concepts in American Government: What Everyone Should Know. Boston: Pearson Longman Publishers. 2012.
Joseph C. Burke and Henrik P. Minassians, “Implications of State Performance Indicators for Community College Assessment,“ in Jack Friedlander and Andreea Serban (Eds) Approaches to Using Learning Outcomes to Promote Student Success. New Directions for Community Colleges. No 126. Summer. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass 2004.
Stella Theodoulou, Henrik Minassians and Gloria Guevara, “Myths and Illusions: The Media and AIDS Policy,” published as a chapter in AIDS: The Politics & Policy of Disease, Prentice Hall, 1996.
Book Reviews
Henrik Minassians (2012, March 22). Cities and the Creative Class. Richard Florida. American Jewish University.
Reports
Henrik Minassians and Paul Krivonos, Nurturing Innovation in Knowledge Management Education: An Integrated Curriculum Development Process for a Knowledge Management Master’s Degree. Los Angeles, California: The Tseng College of Extended Learning, CSUN, 2005.
Joseph C. Burke & Henrik Minassians, Ohio’s Challenge and Choice in the Knowledge Economy White Paper. Albany, New York: Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2003. [Prepared for Communities, Higher Education and the Changing Economy]
Joseph C. Burke & Henrik Minassians, Performance Reporting: 'Real' Accountability or Accountability 'Lite' Seventh Annual Survey. Albany, New York: Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2003.
Joseph C. Burke & Henrik Minassians, Performance Reporting: The Preferred 'No Cost' Accountability Program The Sixth Annual Survey. Albany, New York: Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2002.
Joseph C. Burke & Henrik Minassians, Economic and Education Summits: Does the Title Make a Difference? Albany, New York: Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2002. [Report prepared for the Ohio Board of Regents]
Joseph C. Burke & Henrik Minassians, Linking State Resources to Campus Results: From Fad to Trend The Fifth Annual Survey. Albany, New York: Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2001.
Joseph C. Burke & Henrik Minassians, Erasing Mississippi’s Education Deficit: A Public agenda For the Decade. Albany, New York: Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2001. [Report prepared and presented at the Economic and Higher Education Summit in Mississippi]
Joseph C. Burke Jeff Rosen, Henrik Minassians, & Terri Lessard, Performance Funding and Budgeting An Emerging Merger? The Fourth Annual Survey. Albany, New York: Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2000.
Conferences and Professional Presentations
Henrik Minassians (Summer 2012) “Panacea of Separating Politics from Administration: Re-Examining the Governance Structure in Los Angeles County,” Paper presented at the Multinational Conference in Public Management through German Research Institute for Public Administration at Speyer and School of Public and Environmental Affairs of Indiana University.
Attended online webinar workshop on “Cultural Responsiveness in Equity-Focused Evaluations” offered by Rodney Hopson & Katrina Bledsoe through Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, March 15, 2012.
Attended Oppenheim Lecture Series 2011-12, “Growth, Innovation, and the Accelerating Pace of Urban Life: Are 21st Century Cities Sustainable?”, March 7, 2012
Attended 26th Annual Land Use and Law and Planning Conference offered by UCLA Extension, February 3, 2012
Henrik Minassians (2011) “Performance Measures and Its Pitfalls: Strategies for Building a Quality program in a Southern California Public Agency” Paper presented at the Multinational Conference on Public Management through APPAM, HSE and University of Maryland conference, Moscow, Russia.
Zeynep Toker and Henrik Minassians (2011) “Good cities and healthy communities for better quality of life” paper presented at the 52nd Anniversary American Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.
“Performance Measures and Its Pitfalls: What Can we Learn from a Southern California Public Agency,” Chattanooga, TN, March 2010.
“Collaborative Strategies and Lessons in Building Successful Partnerships: Between an Educational Institution and Government,” Crystal City, VA October 2009.
“Collaborative Strategies and Lessons in Building Successful Partnership,” Riverside, April 2009.
“Performance Measures and Its Pitfalls: An Exploratory Study,” New Jersey, 2009.
“Creating Highly Effective Public Sector Organizations,” presented at the Social Work Conference, LA Department of Public Social Services Conference, Los Angeles, May 2007.
“Creating Highly Effective Public Sector Organizations,” presented at the Special Bureau of Operations, LA Department of Public Social Services Conference, Los Angeles, March 2007.
“Developing Innovative and Responsive Graduate Credit Certificate Programs for Midcareer Professionals,” presented at the UCEA 92nd Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, April 2007.
“Outcomes-Based Program Development,” presented at the UCEA 91st Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, April 2006.
“Nurturing Innovation in Knowledge Management Education: An Integrated Curriculum Development Process for a Knowledge Management Master’s Degree,” ICKM Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, March, 2005.
“Performance Reporting Indicators: What Do They Indicate?” presented at the National Institution on Advanced Degrees (NIAD), Tokyo, Japan, September 2002.
“Linking State Resources to Campus Results,” presented at the National Institution on Advanced Degrees (NIAD), Tokyo, Japan, September 2002.
“Problems Associated with the Implementation of policies by WTO”, presented at the International Studies Association (ISA) conference, Washington, D.C., February. 1999
“The WTO and Public Policy: Implications on Domestic Policy-Making”, presented at Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, November 1998.
“A Government Learns to Respond to Managed Care or How to Become a Smarter Buyer”, co-author with Prof. Bob Nakamura. Presented at the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management conference in New York City, New York, October 1998.
“The Implications of Globalization and Its effect on Domestic Public Policy”, presented at the New York Political Science association conference in Albany, New York, May 1998.
“The Changing Face of the AIDS Epidemic: A Case Study of Los Angeles County”, presented at the Western Political Science Association conference in Tucson, Arizona, March 1997.
“AIDS and the Media”, presented at the Western Political Science Association conference in Portland, Oregon, April 1995.
