Department of Political Science

Public Administration Faculty

The Public Administration graduate program boasts professional, award-winning faculty that publish in the most acclaimed journals of their field. Headed by the Director of Public Administration, Dr. Ethan Bernick, our faculty instill in our students the ethics of public service and professional management that are critical to the diverse and changing modern workplace.

Bernick
Dr. Ethan Bernick

Director of Public Administration & Associate Professor

Florida State University, Ph.D.

Public Administration and Society
Policy Analysis and Evaluation
Public Administration Capstone
Strategic Management of Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Intergovernmental Relations

Heidbreder
Dr. Brianne Heidbreder

Associate Professor

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Ph.D.

Public Personnel Administration
Urban Politics
Birkhead
Dr. Nathaniel Birkhead

Department Head & Associate Professor

Indiana University Bloomington, Ph.D.

Research Methods
State and Local Government Management
Fliter
Dr. Jie Wang

Kansas Water Institute Scholar & Assistant Professor

University of California - Irvine, Ph.D.
Johnson
Dr. Laurie Johnson

Director of Primary Texts & Professor

Northern Illinois University, Ph.D.

Administrative Ethics
Zhang
Dr. Zhiwei Zhang

Associate Professor

University of Kentucky

Public Organization Theory
Public Budgeting
Nonprofit Financial Management

Department of Political Science
Kansas State University
802 Mid Campus Dr. South
101D Calvin Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506

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