- Phone:
- (812) 340-1350
- Email:
- fscheema@iu.edu
Education
- Master of Public Administration, Columbia University in the City of New York, 2008
- M.Phil. in Strategic Studies, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, 2000
- M.S.C. in Strategic Studies, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, 1998
- Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Statistics, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan, 1995
Courses Taught
- 2024 Spring and 2023 Fall: V186- Introduction to Public Budgeting and Finance
Selected Publications and Working Papers
- Fernandez, Sergio, and Cheema, S. Faisal (2024). "Testing the Effects of Merit Appointments and Bureaucratic Autonomy on Governmental Performance: The Crucial Case of African Bureaucracies". Public Administration Review
- Deslatte, Aaron, Adams, Jeffrey, Cheema, S. Faisal, Vicario, Sara, Barnes, Jesse, Koebele, Elizabeth (2024) " How State-Reinforced Knowledge Infrastructures Influence Adaptive Urban Water Systems". Ecology and Society
- Deslatte, Aaron, Adams, Jeffrey, Cheema, S. Faisal, Vicario, Sara, Barnes, Jesse, Koebele, Elizabeth (Forthcoming). "Understanding the Impact of Institutional Arrangements on Urban Water Policy Designs: A Theory of Collective Action Inference" (Policy Studies Journal)
- Cheema, S. Faisal (2004). “Macro-economic Stability of Pakistan: The Role of the IMF and World Bank (1997-2003)”, ACDIS Occasional Paper, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
- Cheema, S. Faisal and Verka, Safyan Tahir. "Self-Determination Theory and Turnover Intention: Testing the Mediation Effect of Public Service Motivation” (under review in the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration)
- Malatesta, Deanna, and Cheema, S. Faisal. "Contracting in the Shadow of the Future: Limits of Relational Governance in Public Sector Agreements” (Under Review in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Research Interests
- Merit appointments and bureaucratic autonomy
- State and local governance
- Organizational behavior in the public sector
- Public financial management (fiscal rules, intergovernmental grants, state and local governments' budgeting, and debt
- Public sector contracting and procurement
Selected Honors and Awards
- Roy W. Shin Fellowship Award, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington (2025)
- Public Administration Theory Fellowship, Public Administration Theory Network (2024-25)
- Adam Smith Fellowship, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, VA (2023-24)
- Ford Foundation Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (2003-04)
- Ken Meier Travel Inclusion Award, Public Management Research Association, University of Kansas, KS (2024)