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Alvin Holliman*1, Kimberly Collins2, Treasure Ortiz3, Mark Green4
1Department of Public Administration, California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA 92397 USA.
Email: aholliman@csusb.edu | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0548-1144
2Department of Public Administration, California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA 92397 USA.
Email: kimberly@csusb.edu | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0770-0416
3Department of Public Administration, California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA 92397 USA.
Email: treasure.ortiz@csusb.edu | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5880-6927
4Department of Business Administration, St. Leo University, Tampa, FL 33574 USA. Email: mark.green@saintleo.edu
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9853-2026
*Corresponding author
Journal of Policy & Governance, 05(02) (December 2025), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.33002/jpg050201
Dan Frederick Orcherton
Professor and Founding Dean, School of Environment and Climate Change, The University of Natural Resources and Environment, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Email: orchertonandsudario@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0859-2592
Journal of Policy & Governance, 05(02) (December 2025), 21-56. https://doi.org/10.33002/jpg050202
Nurul Syaza Binti Azlisha
Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo, Japan. Email: nurulsyaza88@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1129-4346
Journal of Policy & Governance, 05(02) (December 2025), 57-87. https://doi.org/10.33002/jpg050203
Critical Limitations of the 1980 U.S. Bureau of Mines Siskind et al. Study (RI 8507)
Tony Sevelka
International Valuation Consultants Inc., 18140 Cataract Road, Caledon, Ontario L7K 1P1 Canada.
Email: info@intval.com | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2210-421X
Journal of Policy & Governance, 05(02) (December 2025), 88-130. https://doi.org/10.33002/jpg050204
Whispers in the Forest: The Enigmatic “Little People” of Indigenous Lore
Dan Frederick Orcherton
Professor and Founding Dean, School of Environment and Climate Change, The University of Natural Resources and Environment, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Email: orchertonandsudario@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0859-2592
Journal of Policy & Governance, 05(02) (December 2025), 131-156. https://doi.org/10.33002/jpg050205
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