2014-2015 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Department of Public Administration
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Main Departmental Office
Chilton Hall, Room 204
Mailing address:
1155 Union Circle #310617
Denton, TX 76203-5017
940-565-2165
Fax: 940-565-4466
E-mail: phdpadm@unt.edu or mpa@unt.edu
Web site: www.padm.unt.edu
Gary R. Webb, Interim Chair
Faculty
The Department of Public Administration offers a graduate program leading to the Master of Public Administration and to the Doctor of Philosophy with a major in public administration and management.
Research
The faculty in the Department of Public Administration pursue an active research program that focuses on policy and administrative issues of concern to government. The department maintains an emphasis on issues of concern to city and county management, including economic development and growth management, executive recruitment, personnel management, municipal debt acquisition, health policy and administration, emergency and disaster planning, county government organization and management, state government administration, career paths of city managers, intergovernmental management, public/private partnerships, city managers as policy-makers, capital spending for infrastructure, and property tax policy and administration.
Books authored, co-authored or edited by the faculty include Disaster Response Recovery: Strategies and Tactics for Resilience; A Revenue Guide for Local Government; Introduction to Homeland Security: Understanding Terrorism with an Emergency Management Perspective; Texas Politics; Budgeting: A Guide for Local Government; The Effective Local Government Manager; Introduction to Emergency Management; The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector; and Understanding Nonprofit Organizations.
The department’s research is supported by grants from within the university as well as grants and contracts with local and federal government, other universities and professional associations. The department also houses the Center for Public Management, which provides contract research, training and technical assistance to local governments throughout Texas and the Southwest, and occasionally provides part-time employment opportunities for qualified graduate students.
Emergency Administration and Planning
A Bachelor of Science with a major in emergency administration and planning is offered at the undergraduate level (see the Undergraduate Catalog for description). ProgramsMaster’s DegreeDoctorateCoursesPublic Administration
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