Dr. Hanna S. Kassab is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Security Studies at East Carolina University. He received his PhD from the University of Miami in 2014. His most recent books include Weak States and Spheres of Great Power Competition and Crime, Violence, and the State in Latin America. Dr. Kassab likes hiking the NC trails, playing video games, weightlifting, and barbecuing.
Olga Smirnova, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the Master of Public Administration program, the Department of Political Science, East Carolina University where she teaches research design and quantitative methods. She received her doctorate degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2008. Besides budgeting and fiscal capacity, her research interests include green transportation innovations, social network analysis, contracting out, program evaluation, economic development, and performance measurement. She has 17 peer-reviewed journal articles, 3 book chapters, 1 co-authored book, and 1 edited volume. Her research appeared in peer-reviewed Academic journals such as Municipal Finance Journal, Journal of Public Procurement Public Administration Review, Administration and Society, Industrial Relations Journal, American Behavioral Scientist, Deviant Behavior, Global Crime, and British Journal of Cybersecurity.
She received her undergraduate degree from the Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia in 1999. She received her Master’s degree from the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary in 2002.
Her latest edited volume “Building a Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure for Long-Term Economic Growth” examines contemporary transportation issues through the lens of various modes of transportation while also focusing on the importance of sustainability, urban planning, and funding. The book covers the topics of sustainability and climate change, public management and planning, financing of transportation infrastructure, and revenue and spending issues facing modern transportation infrastructure. It is ideally designed for engineers, planners, government officials, transportation specialists, legislators, researchers, academicians, students, and industry professionals seeking current research on sustainable transport systems.
