Resume

Education

Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1989.

Ph.D. in Economics, University of London, 1984.

M.A. in Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1986.

M.A. in Economics, University of Toronto, 1964.

B.Sc. in Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, 1956.

Post-Doctoral Studies in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, University of Michigan, 1985 and 1986.

Language and other coursework at Sorbonne, University of Paris, Summer 1989; at Centro Linguistico Italiano Dante Alighieri Scuola Per Stranieri, Summer 1990; and at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Summer 1991.

Employment

Professor of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University (2003-present)

Professor, Public Administration and Political Science Department, Virginia Commonwealth University (1994-2003)

Professor, Graduate Department of Public Administration,Virginia Commonwealth University (1986-1994)

Chair, Department of Justice and Risk Administration,Virginia Commonwealth University (1982-1991); faculty member (1980-1991).

Affiliate Professor of Philosophy, Virginia Commonwealth University (1992-2003).

Division Director, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, 1974 - 1980.

Director of Operations Management and Special Assistant to the Police Commissioner, New York City Police Department, 1971 - 1974.

Management Consultant, The Jacobs Company, Planning Research Corporation, 1970 - 1971.

Management Consultant, Public Administration Service, 1965 - 1970.

Chief, Methods Research and other positions, Ontario Provincial Government, 1962 - 1965.

Administrative Analyst, Budget Bureau, Saskatchewan Government, 1960 - 1961.

Selected Papers at Professional Meetings

“Toward Epistemic Pluralism and Neuroscience,” Conference on Public Administration in the XXI Century: Traditions and Innovations. Lomonosov Moscow State University: Moscow, Russia, May 2011 (with a colleague).

“Public Administration in Perspective: Epistemic Pluralism,” Keynote Presentation, Annual Meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network, Norfolk, Virginia, May 2011.

“Neuroscience and Epistemic Pluralism,” Annual Meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network, Richmond, Virginia, May 2008.

“Magma,” Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration, Dallas, Texas, March 9, 2008.

“Friedrich von Hayek.” Paper presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 26, 2007.

“Post-traditional Governance and Bureaucracy: Overcoming Failure of Imagination,” Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 2005,

“The Moral First, The Technical Second,” Annual Meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network, Krakow, Poland, June 2005.

Seminar and Lecture to the Faculty and Doctoral Students, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong King, July 2004.

“The Spaces of Justice: Inner Encountering the Outer,” Annual Meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network, Omaha, Nebraska, June 2004.

“Public Administration Thinking: Speaking-from-Power v. Speaking-to-Power,” Annual Meeting of “the American Society of Public Administration, Washington, D.C., May 2003.

“Rhetoric and Public Administration,” Annual Meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network, Cleveland, Ohio, June 2002.

“Medusa: Helene Cixous, the Libidinal, and the Writing of Laughter,” Annual Meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network, Leiden, Holland, June 2001. 

“Somatic Writing,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September 2000. 

“The Ladder of Organization-Think,” Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration, San Diego, California, March 2000.

“Anti-Admin: A Medieval Perspective,” Annual Meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, January 2000.

“Public Administration Discourse,” Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration, Orlando, Florida, March 1999.

“Discourse: Questioning from the Center,” Annual Meeting of the Public Administration Theory Network, Portland, Oregon, March 1999.

“Public Administration Ethics: Is It Ethical?” Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration, Seattle, Washington, May 1998.

“Public Administration Discourse: A Matter of Style?” American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, September 1998.

“Public Administration and Hegemonic Change,” Annual Conference of the Public Administration Theory Network, Colorado Springs, March 1998.

“Public Administration Ethics: Is It Ethical?” American Society for Public Administration, Seattle, Washington, April 1998.

“Postmodernism and Public Administration,” American Society for Public Administration, Region I, II, IV conference, Princeton, New Jersey, 1996.

“Exploring the Kafkaesque through a reading of Plato and the rights of the mentally ill: Bureaucracy and the In-Between.” Society for the Psychoanalysis of Society and Culture, Washington, D.C., 1996 (with a colleague).

“Postmodernism and Politics,” Virginia Political Scientist's Meeting, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1996.

“P.A. Discourse as (Heraclitean, Derridean) Play: Does it Pay to Play?” Public Administration Theory Network, Richmond, Virginia, 1997.

“Postmodernism and the End of Public Administration,” Annual Conference of the International Association of Business Disciplines, Rockville, Maryland, April 1996.

“Roundtable on Modern/Postmodern Public Administration: What is Real?” Ninth Annual Conference of the Public Administration Theory Network, Savannah, Georgia, February 1996.

“Why teach Derridean Deconstruction to Public Administrators?” Nineteenth Annual National Conference on Teaching Public Administration, Savannah, Georgia, February 1996.

“Derrida and Justice,” Virginia Political Scientists Meeting, Richmond, Virginia, December 1995.

“Postmodernism and Public Administration,” Regional Conference, American Society for Public Administration, Virginia Beach, Virginia, September 1995.

“Coping with the Super-Abstract: Teaching about the Implications of Postmodernism for Public Administration,” Eighteenth Annual National Conference on Teaching Public Administration, Seattle, Washington, March, 1995.

“Kill the King: Foucault, Power and Public Administration Theory,” Eighth Annual Conference of the Public Administration Theory Network, Seattle, Washington, March 1995.

“Social Construction of Concepts: The Case of Efficiency,” Seventh Annual Conference of the Public Administration Theory Network, Akron, Ohio, March 1994.

“Linear Homicide Modeling for Police Planning,” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Denver, Colorado, March 1990 (with a colleague).

“Politics, Epidemiology and Crime Control,” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Washington, D.C., March 1989 (with a colleague).

“The Epidemiological Model and Crime Control,” American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois, November 1988 (with a colleague).

“A Theoretical Framework for the Evaluation of Police Homicide Control Policies and Programs,” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 1987 (with a colleague).

“Evaluating a Municipality: Homicide Control Programs.” American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, Georgia, 1986 (with a colleague).

“The Evaluation of Police Homicide Control Policies and Programs,” Virginia Association of Criminal justice Educators, 1986 (with a colleague).

“The Theoretical Basis of Police Resources Allocation Practice in the United States,” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, 1985.

“Politics and Criminal Justice Policy-Making: An Analysis of Modes of Thinking about Criminal Justice Sciences,” Chicago, Illinois, 1984.

“Criminal Justice Education in the Nineties” and “Criminal Justice Modes of Thinking,” Virginia Criminal Justice Educators Association, Spring and Fall, 1984.

“Hugger-Mugger Revisited: More about Resources Allocation,” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Antonio, Texas, 1983.

“The Political Element in Police Resource Allocation Decision Making: Trends and Prospects,” American Society of Criminology, Toronto, Canada, 1982.

“Criminal Justice Education,” Virginia Association of Criminal Justice Educators, Syria, Virginia, 1982.

“Criminal Justice Needs,” American Criminal Justice Association 1982.

“Re-conceptualizing Resources Allocation Decision Making: The Law Enforcement Case,” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Kentucky, 1982.

Service

Member, University Graduate Council; Graduate Council Sub-Committee on Programs and Courses; University Faculty Senate, etc.

Member, Humanities and Sciences College Faculty Advisory Council; Community and Public Affairs Chairpersons' Committee; etc

Department Chair (1982-1991); search, promotion and tenure, and other committees (1980-present).

Member, Editorial Boards, Administrative Theory and Praxis, Administration and Society, and Public Voices.

Reviewer for Public Administration Review, Administration and Society, Public Voices, Administrative Theory and Praxis, and other journals

Community Service Associate, for Virginia Secretary of Public Safety.

Member, Community Boards, Human Resources Incoporated, and Jump Street drug and rehabilitation programs.