# Nicolas Valcik

Nicolas Valcik is an American author, a higher education administrator, and judoka. Valcik was previously the managing director of Institutional Research at Texas Tech University. Valcik has authored a series of notable case study books on strategic planning and analysis. His books have earned him various Taylor & Francis contracts.

## Early life

Valcik was born in Dallas, Texas is of Czech descent and grew up in Plano, Texas, where he worked as a swim instructor and lifeguard for the cities of Plano and Richardson.
In 1989, Valcik graduated from Plano East Senior High School in Plano, Texas, and then initially attended The University of Texas at Arlington where he began competing in ISSF Collegiate Pistol as a member of the university's pistol team. As part of the pistol team, he competed in Collegiate Nationals in Free Pistol in 1991.

## Education

After 1991, Valcik transferred and attended simultaneously Collin County Community College and The University of Texas at Dallas. He formed The University of Texas at Dallas ISSF Pistol Team and competed from 1992 to 1994. Valcik obtained his Associates of Arts in Political science from Collin County Community College and his Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in May 1994.
Valcik continued his education at The University of Texas at Dallas, in which he obtained his Master's degree in Public Affairs in 1996 and worked for two municipalities during this timeframe (e.g. City of Duncanville – Economic Development Corporation and the City of McKinney). After graduation, he worked for Nortel Networks as a Recruiting Analyst and Competitive Analyst/Consultant. In 1997, Valcik began working for The University of Texas at Dallas in the Office of Strategic Planning and Analysis.
Valcik was inducted into Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society and received his PhD in Public Affairs from The University of Texas at Dallas and in 2005. His dissertation chair was Lawrence J. Redlinger who mentored him through his dissertation titled The Protection of Physical Assets in Research Universities for Biological HAZMAT: Policies, Practices and Improvements. The dissertation researched Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) safety and security at public research universities in the context of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act of 2002.
In 2012 Valcik was elected to Sigma Xi as a member and in 2013 he was elected as a member to the American Chemical Society.

## Career

In addition to his administrative position at The University of Texas at Dallas in the Office of Strategic Planning and Analysis from 1997 to 2013, Valcik was also a clinical lecturer (2007) and later a clinical assistant professor (2008–2013) to the Public Affairs program in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas.
Dr. Valcik was the Director of Institutional Research for West Virginia University from 2013 to 2017, was the Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness at Central Washington University from 2017 to 2019, the Director of Institutional Research & Business Intelligence at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin from 2019 to 2020 and was the Managing Director of Institutional Research at Texas Tech University from 2020 to 2022.

## Research

Valcik has authored a series of notable case study books on strategic planning and analysis as well as books on public administration topics (e.g. human resources, homeland security, non-profit organizations, and emergency management. Throughout his publications, Valcik works on tying in theoretical aspects (e.g. organizational theory) to applied issues in public administration and higher education administration. Additionally, Valcik has worked as a consultant to assess public educational programs such as the Kentucky College coaching program.

## Publications
### Books

| Title | Author(s) | Publisher | Year |
| Human Resources Information Systems: A Guide for Public Administrators - Second Edition ISBN 978-3-031-30861-1 | Valcik, N., M. Sabharwal, and T. Benavides | Springer Company, New York City. | 2023 |
| Local Government Management | Valcik, N. and T. Benavides (Eds.) | American Society for Public Administration Series, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis/Routledge Company, New York City. | 2023 |
| Human Resources Information Systems: A Guide for Public Administrators | Valcik, N., M. Sabharwal, and T. Benavides | Springer Company, New York City. | 2021 |
| Using Geospatial Information Systems for Public Organizations | Valcik, N. (Ed.) | Routledge Company, New York City. | 2019 |
| Institutional Research Initiatives in Higher Education | Valcik, N. (Ed.) and J. Johnson (Ed.) | Routledge Company, New York City. | 2018 |
| City Planning for the Public Manager | Valcik, N., T. Benavides, and T. Jordan | American Society for Public Administration Series, Routledge Company, New York City. | 2017 |
| Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management: Second edition | Valcik, N. and P. Tracy | American Society for Public Administration Series, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis/Routledge Company, New York City. | 2017 |
| Strategic planning and decision-making for public and non-profit organizations | Valcik, N. | American Society for Public Administration Series, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis/Routledge Company, New York City. | 2016 |
| non-profit Organizations: Real Issues for Public Administrators | Valcik, N., T. Benavides and K. Scruton | American Society for Public Administration Series, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, New York City. | 2015 |
| Hazardous Materials Compliance for Public Research Organizations: A Case Study | Valcik, N. | CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, New York City. | 2013 |
| Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management | Valcik, N. and P. Tracy | American Society for Public Administration Series, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, New York City. | 2012 |
| Benchmarking in Institutional Research. New Directions for Institutional Research | Levy, G. and N. Valcik (Ed.) | Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. | 2012 |
| Practical Human Resources Management for Public Managers A Case Study Approach | Valcik, N. and T. Benavides | American Society for Public Administration Series, Taylor and Francis – CRC Press, New York City. | 2011 |
| Institutional Research and Homeland Security. New Directions for Institutional Research | Valcik, N. – Editor | Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. | 2012 |
| Using Financial and Personnel Data in a Changing World for Institutional Research. New Directions for Institutional Research | Valcik, N. – Editor | Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. | 2008 |
| Space: The Final Frontier for Institutional Research, New Directions for Institutional Research | Valcik, N. – Editor | Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. | 2007 |
| Regulating the Use of Biological Hazardous Materials in Universities: Complying with the New Federal Guidelines | Valcik, N. | Lewiston, NY, Edwin Mellen Press. | 2006 |

### Articles and Chapters

| Title | Journal/Book | Author(s) | Year |
| Epilogue | Local Government Management | Valcik, N. and Benavides, T. | 2023 |
| Strategic Planning | Local Government Management | Valcik, N. | 2023 |
| The Logistical Tracking System (LTS) Fifteen Years Later: What did we Learn and what could we Improve? | Using Geospatial Information Systems for Public Organizations | Valcik, N. | 2019 |
| Using Geospatial Information Systems to Preposition Logistics in Preparation for Hazardous Materials Incidents for Disaster Response and Homeland Security Purposes | Using Geospatial Information Systems for Public Organizations | Valcik, N. and Eller W. | 2019 |
| Using for Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) for Administrative Decision-Making in Public Higher Education Institutions | Using Geospatial Information Systems for Public Organizations | Valcik, N. and Servian D. | 2019 |
| Public Personnel Data in Public Organizations | Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance | Valcik, N. and Sabharwal M. | 2018 |
| Comparison of Enrollment Projection Models from Two Different Public Research Universities (* Runner-up for Best Paper Award for the Rocky Mountain Association of Institutional Research Conference in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho in 2014.) | Institutional Research Initiatives in Higher Education. | Wiorkowski J., Valcik N. and Perry C. | 2017 |
| Lifeblood of a Public Flagship University: The Importance of Determining Tuition and Fees | Institutional Research Initiatives in Higher Education. | Valcik N., Reynolds L., Watkins D., and Kosslow D. | 2017 |
| Calculating a Faculty Return on Investment without a Formula Funding Mechanism | Institutional Research Initiatives in Higher Education. | Valcik N. and Jiang J. | 2017 |
| Return on Investment for State Report Redesign (* Won Best Paper Award for the Rocky Mountain Association of Institutional Research Conference in Bozeman, Montana in 2016.) | Institutional Research Initiatives in Higher Education. | Valcik N., Maust D., Michael J., Gaines M. and Tarabrella R. | 2017 |
| HAZMAT Tracking: Compatible Organizational Theory Case Study | Fusion Methodologies in Crisis Management: Higher Level Fusion and Decision Making | Valcik N. | 2016 |
| Book Review – An Examination of Hurricane Sandy: A Review of Savage Sand and Turf | Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy. Volume 7 Number 1 | Valcik, N., Eargle L., and Esmail A. | 2016 |
| The Sachse problem: Lessons for assessing city services in the wake of the Great Recession | Public Administration Quarterly | Valcik, N., S. Murchison, T. Benavides and T. Jordan | 2015 |
| Keeping up with the Joneses: Relationships between Public Top Tier Universities and Colleges with their Host Municipalities | Benchmarking in Institutional Research. New Directions for Institutional Research | Valcik, N., K. Scruton, A. Olszewski, T. Benavides, S. Murchison, A. Stigdon and T. Jordan | 2012 |
| Using Geospatial Information Systems for Strategic Planning and Institutional Research for Higher Education | International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications | Valcik, N. | 2012 |
| University Enhances Its Logistical Tracking System with GIS | ESRI ArcNews | Valcik, N. | 2012 |
| Using Geospatial Information Systems for Strategic Planning and Institutional Research | Cases on Institutional Research Systems | Valcik, N. | 2011 |
| New Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) Federal Regulations for Higher Education Institutions | Institutional Research: Homeland Security. New Directions for Institutional Research | Valcik, N. | 2010 |
| New Homeland Security Concerns Regarding Higher Education Institutions and Chemical Hazardous Materials | The CIP Report | Valcik, N. | 2009 |
| Homeland Security in the United States: An analysis of the utilization of novel information and virtual technologies for Homeland Security | International Perspectives on Criminology and Criminal Justice | Valcik, N., C. Aiken, X. Xu and M. Al Farhan | 2009 |
| Working with Business Affairs data for Mandatory Federal and State Reports | Using Human Resources Data in a Changing World, New Directions for Institutional Research | Valcik, N. and A. Stigdon | 2008 |
| Return on Investment | Using Human Resources Data in a Changing World, New Directions for Institutional Research | Redlinger, L. and N. Valcik | 2008 |
| The Logistical Tracking System (LTS) Five Years Later: What have we Learned? | Space: The Final Frontier for Institutional Research, New Directions for Institutional Research | Valcik, N | 2007 |
| Where to Start when Previous Facility Data is Questionable | Space: The Final Frontier for Institutional Research, New Directions for Institutional Research | Watt, C., T. Higerd, and N. Valcik | 2007 |
| Hogtied! The Texas Stalking Law | Conservative Justice Digest | Valcik, N. and D. Lavin-Loucks | 2006 |
| Building a GIS Database for Space and Facilities Management | Using Geographic Information Systems in Institutional Research. New Directions for Institutional Research | Valcik, N. and P. Huesca-Dorantes | 2004 |

## Judo and jiu-jitsu activities

Valcik is a Life Member of the USJA , the USJJF , USA Judo and with USA-TJK . Valcik holds a Black Belt- Shodan rank in Kodokan Judo and a Black Belt - Nidan rank in Heike Ryu Jujitsu . He has been trained by Vince Tamura and James R. Webb. In 2023, he placed first in Katame-no-Kata with Doug Newcomer in the US Senior National Kata Competition. At the 2023 Pan American Kata Championship in Guadalajara, Mexico, he placed 4th in the Katame-no-Kata competition. At the 2024 Pan American Kata Championship in Bogotá, Columbia, he placed 8th in the Katame-no-Kata competition and 7th in the Nage-No-Kata competition. At the 2024 World Kata Championships in Las Vegas, NV (USA), he and his partner placed 8th in their group for Nage No Kata.