Welcome to the Research Briefs library of The Policy Nexus.
I am Eric Anthony Devezin, a Doctor of Public Administration (DPA) student at California Baptist University. My research focuses on the intersection of public health equity, social justice, and the administrative structures that govern our lives.
This space serves as a central archive for critical policy analysis and actionable frameworks designed to build capacity within the public sector. By exploring concepts such as administrative chrononormativity, I aim to help administrators move beyond rigid, productivist timelines toward a model of governance that prioritizes relational care and the diverse needs of underserved communities.
Current Research Focus: Administrative Chrononormativity and Queer Health.
Research Brief 01: The Intersection of Queer and Crip Temporalities
The Challenge: Administrative Chrononormativity Public administration is often governed by chrononormativity—a regulatory practice that synchronizes institutional life with rigid, linear timelines to optimize production. This framework assumes a standardized "proper" timing for major life milestones, such as education, work, and retirement. For LGBTQ+ and disabled communities, these rigid milestones act as "normative violences" that exclude those with non-linear life cycles or different bodily rhythms.
The Productivism Trap: Current policies frequently reduce human worth to economic output and "capacity to work." This logic, known as productivism, penalizes individuals whose health or lived experience deviates from the ideal worker norm. Administrative systems often exhibit plasticity, with temporary, individual acts of kindness by managers to "bend the clock" that inadvertently mask the need for real structural policy change.
The Solution: Relational Care and Crip Futurity. To achieve true health equity, administrators must move toward relational care and Crip Futurity. This involves:
Recognizing Temporal Multiplicity: Validating that people move through time differently and designing policies that account for these disruptions.
De-linking Worth from Output: Ensuring access to services is a matter of social justice and interdependence, not economic productivity.
Co-Produced Timelines: Engaging underserved communities in the design of the administrative rhythms that govern their lives.
Primary Reference:
Kotýnková Krotká, V., & Porkertová, H. (2026). "Disability, Productivism, and Temporalities of Labour: Rethinking Work through Crip Time." Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research.
Policy Implications for Public Health Equity
To achieve true equity for LGBTQ+ and marginalized communities, public administrators must transition from models of efficiency to models of interdependence. This research highlights:
The Plasticity Trap: While individual managers may temporarily exhibit plasticity, "bending the clock" out of kindness, this is not a substitute for structural policy change.
Crip/Queer Futurity: We must reimagine administrative futures oriented toward access and care rather than a medical cure or economic normalization.
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Coming Soon: When the Directory is the Barrier
Research Spotlight: Administrative Chrononormativity & Local Governance
In my current doctoral research, I often examine how "time" is used as a tool of exclusion. This week, I am engaging with local education leadership to address specific service gaps at the intersection of public health and civil rights.
Stay tuned for a full research brief on how SB 1340 is shifting the landscape for administrative accountability in Riverside County and why a "return call" is more than just a courtesy—it’s a matter of equity.
The "Nexus" Perspective: > This upcoming case study illustrates the concept of administrative silence as a form of policy exclusion. When a public institution’s internal directory and scheduling processes are opaque, the "time tax" imposed on the citizen becomes a barrier to civil rights. In this instance, we explore how local governance must evolve to meet the high-bar standards set by the California Civil Rights Department’s latest rulemaking on SB 1340.
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