What do you want students to take away from your courses?
The importance of participating in the marketplace of ideas and the necessity to learn critical thinking skills
Why did you start teaching?
To make a difference
What advice would you give to students considering this online program?
Our professors are easily accessible, and always willing to help you succeed in your academic pursuits.
What is the one book you think everyone should read?
Public administration students should read Politics of the Administrative Process by Donald F. Kettl. The book explains how efficient public administration requires a delicate balance—the bureaucracy must be powerful enough to be effective, but also accountable to elected officials and citizens.
What qualities make someone particularly successful in the profession in which you teach?
A successful public administrator is focused on the strategic vision and long-term mission of the organization. A successful public administrator recognizes how the various functions of the organization depend on one another, and how changes in any one part can affect all the others. This extends to understanding the relationship of the organization to the political, social, and economic forces. A successful public administrator has the knowledge, analytical ability, and techniques to function in the organization.
What do you think are the biggest challenges that people in the profession face today?
Productivity, efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, budgetary deficits, and an unstable economy.
