Assistant Professor, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, and Associate Member, Department of Political Science, University of Regina

Kathleen McNutt

Assistant professor Kathleen McNutt is perfectly balanced on the cutting edge of the new information age. She navigates the Web with a profound understanding of how it influences public policy, for better or for worse. Her work in this field has gained international attention: the American Political Science Association deemed her 2005 essay the best graduate paper in information technology and politics. Kathleen has a keen interest in e-government and network analysis, but is also working on future energy possibilities and climate change - among other projects - with her usual intensity.  With an eye for art and an ear for music, spare time is largely spent supporting the Saskatchewan culture scene.  

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Email: kathy.mcnutt@uregina.ca
Phone: (306) 585-5467
Designations
  • PhD, Simon Fraser University
  • MA, University of Alberta
  • BA, University of Regina 

Areas of Interest
  • Policy analysis
  • Program evaluation
  • e-Government
  • Network analysis
  • Gender
  • Climate change policy
  • Web governance
  • Natural resource policy
  • Collaborative policy making
  • Policy theory
Recent Grants/Awards

Recent Grants

  • 2009 SSHRC - Canadian Environmental Issues (co-applicant), Energy Futures: Managing a Transition to Sustainable Energy in Saskatchewan. $239,000.
  • 2009 SSHRC - Canadian Environmental Issues (co-applicant), Assessing Canada's Policy Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation: The Dynamics of Multi-Level, Multi-Sectoral Policy Making. $203,500
  • 2006 Campus Saskatchewan - Technology-Enhanced Learning Grant. $15,000
  • 2004 SSHRC - Canada Graduate Doctoral Award. $105,000.

Recent Awards

  • Canadian Political Science Association - Short-listed for Vincent Lemieux Best PhD Thesis (2007)
  • American Political Science Association - Winner of the Best Graduate Paper in information technology and politics (2005)
  • British Columbia Political Science Association - Winner of the Best PhD Essay Award (2005)
  • British Columbia Political Science Association - Winner of the Best PhD Essay Award (2004)
Select Publications
  • (2009) Kathleen McNutt and Gregory P. Marchildon. Think Tanks and the Web: Measuring Visibility and Influence. Canadian Public Policy.  35(2):219-236.
  • (2009) Kathleen McNutt and Sara Hawryluk. Gender and the Climate Change Agenda in Alexandra Dobrowolsky, ed. Women and Public Policy in Canada: Recent Trends. Toronto: Oxford University Press. Pp. 107-124.
  • (2009) Kathleen McNutt. Citizen Engagement through Online Consultation A Comment on Public Involvement and E-Consultation: A New Era of Democratic Governance in Canada. Montreal, IRPP.
  • (2008) Kathleen McNutt. Policy Actors on the Web: The Canadian Climate Change Virtual Policy Network. Canadian Political Science Review. 2(1): 1-15.
  • (2008) Kathleen McNutt and Meaghan Carey. Canadian E-Government: Purpose and Practice.  Regina, SK.: The Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy.
  • (2008) Stephen McBride, Kathleen McNutt and Russell William. Policy Learning? The OECD and Its Jobs Study in Rianne Mahon and Stephen McBride, eds. The OECD and Global Governance. Vancouver: UBC Press.
  • (2007) Gregory P. Marchildon and Kathleen McNutt. Infostructure and the Revitalization of Public Health in Canada. HealthcarePapers. 7(3): 44-51
  • (2007) Kathleen McNutt. Lesson from Canada: Designing a Virtual State. Russian Journal of Political Science 21(4): 78-96.
  • (2007) Stephen McBride and Kathleen McNutt. Outpost of Empire: American Social Policy Triumphalism on the Canadian Periphery? Global Social Policy.  (7)2: 177-201.
  • (2007) Stephen McBride, Kathleen McNutt and Russell Williams.  Tracking Neo-liberal Policy Advice: The OECD and National Labour Market Policy in Neo-Liberalism, State Power and Global Governance. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Pp.79-93.
  • (2006) Kathleen McNutt. Do Virtual Policy Networks Matter? Research Note: Tracing Network Structure Online. Canadian Journal of Political Science. 39(2): 391-405.
  • (2006) Kathleen McNutt. Virtual Policy Networks in Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and Matti Mälkiä, eds The Encyclopedia of Digital Government. Finland: Idea Groups Inc. Pp. 1606-1611.
  • (2004) Kathleen McNutt. Will e-Governance and e-Democracy lead to Empowerment? Gendering the Cyber State. Federal Governance. 4(1): 1-28.
Current Courses
  • Program Evaluation
  • Public Policy Analysis
Current Research
  • Global E-Governance (with Leslie Pal)
  • Gendermainstreaming in Canada
  • Virtual Policy Networks
  • Alternative Power Supply Options (with Jeremy Rayner)
  • Climate Change policy (with Michael Howlett)
Other Courses

Academic Courses

  • Comparative Policy Analysis
  • Gender and Public Policy      
  • Policy Theory
  • Research and Writing
  • Social Policy

Professional Development Courses

  • Collaborative Policy Making
  • Dynamics of Public Policy Development
  • How Government Works
  • Logic Models
  • Orientation to Public Policy Development
  • Policy Process
  • Policy Analysis in the Government of Saskatchewan
  • Program Evaluation
  • Tools of Program Evaluation