faculty portrait if available
Daniel Hummel
Assistant Professor
School of Behavioral & Social Sci
STRS 109
318-342-1541
ULM logo

Daniel Hummel, PhD
Assistant Professor, Political Science

Education

Ph D

2013, Public Administration
Public Administration

BA

2004, International Politics
Political Science

Biographical Sketch

Daniel Hummel is an Assistant Professor of Political Science. He received his Ph.D. in Public Administration with a focus on budgeting and finance from Florida Atlantic University in 2013. He also received his MPA with a focus on public management from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Dr. Hummel teaches public budgeting and finance, state and local government, American urban politics and intergovernmental relations.

Licensure & Certification

amTEFL, San Diego State University. (July 2005 - Present)

Research Interests

His research is focused on local government and nonprofit budgeting and finance with a specific interest in legacy cities. In addition, Dr. Hummel also is interested in the overlap of public service values and ethics with religious motivations and the spread of discriminatory legislation targeting religious minorities.

Dr. Hummel has published in Local Economy, Public Policy and Administration, Review of Religious Research, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, Public Budgeting & Finance and Administration & Society. His most recent publication is a book with Rowman & Littlefield on the policy diffusion of anti-Sharia laws in the United States. He regularly presents at the Western Social Science Association and Midwest Political Science Association conferences. Dr. Hummel is also actively involved with the interfaith community and regularly serves on panels and with initiatives that strive for peace, tolerance, understanding and respect between communities. Some of his research and writing has focused on this area.

Creative Works

Development of Documentary on the Muslim community of Flint, Michigan, Faith in Action: The Muslims of Flint, Michigan, Flint, Michigan. (August 2021).

Recent Publications

Hummel, D. J., Kusumasari, B. (2023). Power dynamics and resource dependence: NGO‐government collaboration in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Public Administration and Development.
Hummel, D., Hersey, L. Museum Finances: Accounting for Capacity and Sustainability. New York, NY: Routledge.
Hummel, D., Hersey, L. Mentoring online MPA students: Assessing mentorship qualities and aligning program goals. Journal of Public Affairs Education.
Bisgin, N., Bisgin, H., Needham, B., Zelner, J., Hummel, D. (2022). Did the public attribute the Flint Water Crisis to racism as it was happening? Text analysis of Twitter data to examine causal attributions to racism during a public health crisis. Journal of Computational Social Science.
Hummel, D. J. (2019). Public administration in the Islamic world: Considering the importance of religion, its values and culture (pp. 23-38). Administrative Culture.
Hummel, D. J., Daasa, M., Alshabani, N., Felo, L. J. (2020). Identifying as Muslim and American: The role of discrimination (pp. 465-483). Review of Religious Research.
Hummel, D. J. (2020). Legislating Islamophobia: The factors for the existence of anti-sharia laws in the United States. Public Policy and Administration.
Hummel, D. J. (2020). The effects of population and housing density in urban areas on income in the United States (pp. 27-47). Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit.
Hummel, D. J. (2018). The potential effects of the social costs from alcohol consumption on state financial condition (pp. 53-68). Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management.
Hummel, D. J. (2016). Civic crowd-funding: A potential test of the voluntary theory of public finance for public capital goods. (pp. 171-195). Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management.
Hummel, D. J. (2015). Inter-state internal migration: State-level wellbeing as a cause (pp. 2149-2165). Journal of Happiness Studies.
Hummel, D. J. (2015). Right-sizing cities: A look at five cities (pp. 1-18). Public Budgeting & Finance.
Hummel, D. J. (2015). Right-sizing cities in the United States: Defining its strategies (pp. 397-409). Journal of Urban Affairs.
Hummel, D. J. (2014). Traffic Tickets: Public Safety Concerns or Budget Building Tools (pp. 298-319). Administration & Society.
(2021). Prejudice and Policymaking: Islamophobia in the United States and the diffusion of anti-sharia laws. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
(2021). Religiosity in the Public Sphere. Cheltenham, Glos GL50 2JA: Handbook of Theories of Public Administration and Management.

Research Grants

Hummel, D. J. (Principal), Sutherlin, J. (Co-Principal), Stockley, J. (Co-Principal), "Delta Leadership Institute" (Not Funded), Sponsored By Delta Regional Authority, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $58000. (October 2022 - September 2023).
Hummel, D. J. (Principal), "The Challenges of Free Speech in the College Classroom: An Assessment of Political Science Departments in the United States" (Not Funded), Sponsored By Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) at George Mason University, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $18471.75. (August 2022 - May 2023).

Awards & Honors

2016 20 Under 40 Award.

2012 Honor Society Inductee.

Courses Taught

POLS 2002STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, 8 course(s)

POLS 3001RESEARCH METHODS, 2 course(s)

POLS 4023AMERICAN URBAN POLITICS, 1 course(s)

POLS 4064INTERNSHIP POLITICAL SCIENCE, 2 course(s)

POLS 4099SENIOR SEMINAR, 1 course(s)

POLS 5002INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, 3 course(s)

POLS 5030PUBLIC BUDGETING & FINANCE, 3 course(s)

POLS 5040PROGRAM EVAL & POLICY ANALYSIS, 2 course(s)

POLS 5070PUBLIC PERSONNEL MGMT, 1 course(s)