Effective Date: February 1999

Professor
Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3083
(404) 651-4595
FAX: (404) 651-1378
E-mail: padlgn@gsu.edu
Home e-mail:  nigrol@mindspring.com

Home Address
3287 David Road
Chamblee, Georgia 30341
(770) 457-4621

Personal and Educational Background
Birthdate: November 30, 1942 (Washington, D.C.)
Married: Carol L. Nigro
Children: Kimberly and Michael

Undergraduate:
B.A. (Major in Anthropology, Minor in Sociology), San Diego State University, 1965

Graduate:
M.P.A., University of Southern California (1968)
PhD (Public Administration), University of Southern California (1972)

Academic Appointments

1996-
Professor, Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies
School of Policy Studies
Georgia State University

1988-1996
Professor, School of Public Administration and Urban Studies
Georgia State University (with tenure); joint appointment in the Department of
Political Science

1979-1988
Professor, Department of Political Science
Georgia State University (tenure 1981); joint appointment
in the Institute of Public Administration

1977-1979
Associate Professor, School of Public Administration
University of Southern California
(tenure 1978)

1975-1977
Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration
Maxwell School, Syracuse University
(tenure 1975)

1973-1975
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration
Maxwell School, Syracuse University

1971-1973
Assistant Professor, School of Public Administration
University of Southern California

1968-1971
Instructor, School of Public Administration
University of Southern California

Areas of Teaching Experience and Interest

Graduate Level:
Organization Theory and Administrative Thought;
Introduction to Public Administration; Public
Personnel Administration; Current Issues in
Governmental Administration; Administrative Ethics

Undergraduate:
Introduction to Public Administration; Public
Personnel Administration

Primary Areas of Scholarly Research

Public Administration and American Political
Thought; Administrative Ethics; Public Personnel
Policy; Administrative Theory; Work Place Violence
Policy

University and College Service (since 1975)

1997-1998  Chair, SPS Faculty Affairs Committee

1997-1998  Chair, PA/Policy Position Search Committee

1997-1998  Member, College of Education Faculty Search Committee, (Ed. Leadership)

1997  Chair, Department of Public Administration Third Year (Pretenure) Review Committee

1997  Member, College of Education Faculty Search Committee (Policy)

1997  Chair, Joint PhD Program Planning Committee

1997  Member Arts and Sciences/School of Policy Studies Joint Appointments Search Committee

1995-Present   Member, Provost's Committee on Evaluation of Non-Academic University Units

1994-1995  Associate Dean, College of Public and Urban Affairs, Georgia State University

1993  Member, University Distinguished Alumni Professor Award Selection Committee

1991-1994  Chair, College of Public and Urban Affairs Promotion and Tenure Committee

1990-1993  Chair, Director Search Committee, School of Public Administration and Urban Studies, College of Public and Urban Affairs, Georgia State University

1991-1992 Member, Governor's Commission on Effectiveness and Economy in Government, State of Georgia

1991-1992 Member, CPUA Dean Search Committee, GSU

1990-1991 Member, College Promotion and Tenure Committee, College of Public and Urban Affairs, Georgia State University

1989-1990 Acting Director of Research, College of Public and Urban Affairs, Georgia State University

1989-1990 Acting Director, Center for Urban Policy Research, College of Public and Urban Affairs, Georgia State University

1989-1990 Member, College Curriculum Committee, College of Public and Urban Affairs, Georgia State University

1988-1990 Member, Executive Committee, College of Public and Urban Affairs, Georgia State University

1986-1987 Member, Curriculum Committee, College of Public and Urban Affairs, Georgia State University

1985-1986 Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Institute of Public Administration, College of Public and Urban Affairs, Georgia State University

1984-1985 Interim Director, Institute of Public Administration, College of Public and Urban
Affairs, Georgia State University

1985-1986 Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University

1981-1984 Member, Executive Committee, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University

1978-1979 Chair, Personnel and Administrative Theory Field Committees, School of Public Administration, University of Southern California

1978-1979 Member, Administration Task Force on Staff Compensation, University of Southern California

1974-1975 Senior Fulbright Lecturer and Maxwell School representative to the University of Madrid, Spain

Professional Service (since 1975)

Editorial Boards and Reviewer Service:

1998-  Ad hoc Reviewer, Public Integrity Annual

1998-  Ad hoc Reviewer, Policy Studies Review

1997-  Ad hoc Reviewer, The American Review of Public Administration

1993-Present  Editorial Board, Review of Public Personnel Administration

1988-Present  Ad Hoc Reviewer, Administration and Society

1987-Present  Ad Hoc Reviewer, Public Administration Review

1985-Present  Ad Hoc Reviewer, State and Local Government Review

1984-1987  Editorial Board, Public Administration Review

1980-1984  Ad Hoc Reviewer, Public Administration Review

1980-1983  Editorial Board, Annals of Public Administration: Personnel and Labor Relations

1979-Present Editorial Board, International Journal of Public Administration

Professional Society Activities:

1993  Member, ASPA 1993 Charles H. Levine Excellence in Public Administration
Award Selection Committee

1990-1992 Publications Committee, American Society for Public Administration

1985-1986 Chair, Dimock Public Administration Review Publication Award Committee

1979-1980 Chair, Section on Public Administration Education, American Society for Public
Administration

Conference Panels Convened:

1996  Violence in the Workplace, SECOPA - ASPA, Miami, FL.

1994  Violence in the Workplace, SECOPA - ASPA, Lexington, KY

1989  Management Development in the Public Sector, SECOPA, Jackson, Miss.

1983  Not-for-Profit Organizations, SECOPA, Tallahassee, Florida

1982  Research on Public Personnel Reforms, SECOPA, Louisville, Kentucky

1978  Federal Personnel Reforms, Western Region, ASPA, San Diego, California

1977 Public Sector Collective Bargaining, Eastern Region, ASPA, Newark, New Jersey

Invited Presentations:

1993-94  Ethical Decision Making, Workshop Developed and Presented for State of Georgia, Department of Family and Children Services. With William D. Richardson

1992  Bureaucratic Reform, South Carolina Executive Institute, Columbia, SC

1991  Managing Diversity, ICMA/Georgia State Council for Personnel Administration

1988  Human Resources Management Policies and Related Issues, Georgia State Council for Personnel Administration

1982  Role of the Public Administrator, Atlanta University Public Administration Student Association

1980  Cutback Management, Annual Conference of State Health Laboratory Directors, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta

Consulting Activities:

1987  Advisory Committee on Organization and Administration of the Fulton County (GA)
Department of Voter Registration and Elections

1984-1985  U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Human Resources Management Programs and Policies

1982  Coopers and Lybrand, Inc., Data Analysis, External Evaluation, Naval Laboratories Demonstration Project

1981 National Institute of Justice, Research Grant Evaluation (Labor Relations)

1979-1981 External Evaluation Design Group, Naval Laboratories Demonstration Project, University of Southern California/U.S. Office of Personnel Management

1977  Syracuse Police Department, Reorganization and Team Policing Feasibility Study (Syracuse University)

Academic Honors and Recognition

1998 GSU Chapter Blue Key National Honorary Fraternity
Distinguished Professor Award for 1998

1989 Annual Faculty Research Award, Georgia State University College of Public and Urban Affairs

1988 Dimock Award for the best lead article in Public Administration Review (William D.
Richardson, co-author)

Professional Memberships

American Society for Public Administration

American Political Science Association
 

Publications

Currently Revise and Resubmit

Accepted for Publication and Forthcoming

1999
"The Human Resources Perspective on Workplace Violence,"
in A. Farazmand, ed., Handbook of Strategic Personnel Administration:
Building Human Capital for the New Millennium. (Greenwood Press).
William Waugh, coauthor.

1998
"Workplace Violence Policies in US Local Governments,"
Public Administration Quarterly. William Waugh, coauthor.

1998
"The Limits of Ethics: Revisiting the
Origins of the American Regime,"
in David Schaeffer, Robert M. Schaeffer,
and Peter Lawler, eds., Active Duty ( Savage, MD:
Rowman and Littlefield), pp. 311-332. Coauthor
William Richardson.

1998
"Constitutional Correctives to Democratic Vices," in William
D. Richardson, J. Michael Martinez, and Kerry Stewart (eds.),
Ethics and Character: The Pursuit of Democratic Virtues
Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press. Coauthor William
Richardson.

Book Reviews

1997
Ingraham, Patricia W. The Foundation of Merit:
Public Service in American Democracy. Review
published in The Annals, Vol. 550 (March 1997),
P. 183.

Edited Books in Print

1983
Readings in Public Administration, New York:
Harper and Row. Felix A. Nigro, co-editor.

1983
Decision Making in the Public Sector, New
York: Dekker Publications.

Textbooks in Print

1994
The New Public Personnel Administration,
4th edition (F.E. Peacock Publishers).
Felix A. Nigro, co-author.

1973-1988
Modern Public Administration, 3rd-7th editions, (New
York: Harper and Row/Collins).
Felix A. Nigro, co-author.

1976-1986
The New Public Personnel Administration, 1st-3rd
editions, (Itasca, Illinois: F.E. Peacock). Felix
A. Nigro, co-author.

Book Chapters in Print

1998
"Workplace Violence Policies and Programs in City County
Governments," ICMA Yearbook-1998 ( Washington, DC:
ICMA), pp. 3-8. Coauthor William Waugh.

1997
"Ethics Workshops in State Government:
Teaching Practitioners," book chapter in
James S. Bowman and Donald C. Menzel, eds.,
Teaching Ethics and Values: Program Innovations,
Teaching Strategies, and Ethical Issues in
Public Administration, Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
Coauthors Ronald McNinch and
William Richardson.

1997
"Five Great Issues in the Profession
of Public Administration," in Gerald
J. Miller, W. Bartley Hildreth, and
Jack Rabin (eds.), Handbook on Public
Administration, New York: Marcell Dekker.
Brian Fry, coauthor.

1997
"Public Law in the Changing Civil
Service," in Phillip Cooper and
Chester Newland, eds., Public Law and
Public Administration, (San Francisco:Jossey-Bass
Publishers), 344-355.

1993 "Pay for Performance in Local Government,"
ICMA Yearbook, (Chicago: ICMA). Gregory Streib,
co-author.

1992
"The Founders' Unsentimental View of Public
Service in the American Regime," in Patricia
Ingraham and Donald F. Kettl (eds.), Agenda
for Excellence: Public Service in America,
(Chatham House Publishers). William D. Richardson
co-author.

1991
"Founding Principles and Contemporary Public
Policy: The Case of OMB and the Sport Fish
Restoration Program," in Hutcheson, Snow, and Noe
(eds.), Pleasure and Preservation: An Outdoor
Recreation Policy Dilemma, (Greenwood Press).
William D. Richardson, co-author.

1990
"Personnel For and By Administrators: Bridging the
Gap," in Naomi Lynn and Aaron Wildavsky (eds.),
Public Administration: The State of the Discipline,
(Chatham House Publishers).

1987
"Public Administration and the Foundations of the
American Regime," in Robert Denhardt and Edward
Jennings (eds.), The Revitalization of the Public
Service, (Columbia, Missouri: The University of
Missouri-Columbia Extension Press). William D.
Richardson, co-author.

1984
"An Experiment in Federal Personnel Management;
The Naval Laboratories Demonstration Project," in
G. Ronald Gilbert (ed.), Making and Managing Policy,
(New York: Dekker Publications). T. Ross Clayton,
co-author.

1983
"Developing Human Resources in the Public Sector;
The New Challenge to Public Management," in William
B. Eddy (ed.), Handbook of Organization Management,
(New York: Dekker Publications).

1980
"Theories of Value Formation and Administrative
Theory," in Carl J. Bellone (ed.), Organization
Theory and the New Public Administration, (Boston:
Allyn and Bacon). Carl J. Bellone, co-author.

1977
"Public Sector Unionism," in Charles H. Levine
(ed.), Managing Human Resources, (Los Angeles:
Sage Publications). Felix A. Nigro, co-author.

Refereed Journal Articles in Print

1998
"Woodrow Wilson and the Federalists: Public Administration in the
American Regime," Journal of Public Administration
And Praxis, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 32-42. William D. Richardson, co-author.

1996
"Violence in the American Workplace: Challenges to the Public Employer,"
Public Administration Review. (July/Aug. 1996)
William Waugh, Jr. coauthor.

1996
"Max Weber and US Public Administration: The Administrator as Neutral Servant,"
Journal of Management History, Vol. 2,
No. 1 (1996), pp. 37-46. (Brian Fry,
lead author).

1995
"Pay-For-Performance in Local Governments:
The Views of Personnel Directors," International
Journal of Public Administration, Vol 18, No. 12
(1995), pp. 1775-1794. Gregory Streib, co-author.

1994
"Pay for Performance in Local Governments:
Programmatic Differences and Perceived
Utility," Public Productivity Management
Review, (Winter), pp. 145-159.
Gregory Streib, co-author.

1991
"The Constitution and Administrative Ethics in
America," Administration and Society, Vol. 23, No. 3,
pp. 275-287. William D. Richardson, co-author.

1990
"Between Citizen and Administrator: Fifty Years
of Administrative Ethics in PAR," Public
Administration Review (Nov/Dec) Vol. 50, pp. 623-635.
William D. Richardson, co-author.

1987
"Administrative Ethics and Founding Thought:
Constitutional Correctives, Honor, and Education,"
Public Administration Review (Sept/Oct) Vol. 47, pp. 367-376. William D. Richardson, co-author.

1987
"Self-Interest Properly Understood: The American
Character and Public Administration," Administration
and Society (Summer) Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 157-177.
William D. Richardson, co-author.

1986
"Scientific Management: Seniority and Productivity
in the Public Sector," Public Productivity Review
(Fall) Vol. 10, No. 39, pp. 73-80.

1983
"Implementing Performance Appraisal Reform in the
United States Civil Service," Public Administration
(Spring) Vol. 61, pp. 45-57. John J. DeMarco, co-author.

1982
"CSRA Performance Appraisals and Merit Pay: Growing
Uncertainty in the Federal Workforce," Public
Administration Review (July/August) Vol. 42, No. 4,
pp. 371-375.

1981
"Attitudes of Federal Employees Toward Performance
Appraisal and Merit Pay: Implications for CSRA
Implementation," Public Administration Review
(Jan/Feb) Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 84-86.

1979
"Training in Local Governments: Attitudes and
Practices," Southern Review of Public Administration
(March) Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 475-487.
John J. DeMarco, co-author.

1976
"Administrative Behavior and Self-Rationalized Man,"
Policy Studies Journal (Autumn) Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 29-34.

1976
"Representative Bureaucracy and Policy Preferences:
A Study of Attitudes of Federal Executives," Public
Administration Review (July/August) Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 458- 469. Kenneth J. Meier, co-author.

1976
"Bureaucracy and the People: Is the Higher Federal
Service Representative?" The Bureaucrat (October).
Kenneth J. Meier, co-author.

1975
"Executive Mobility in the Federal Service: A
Career Perspective," Public Administration Review
(May/June) Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 291-295.
Kenneth J. Meier, co-author).

1975
"The Public Personnel System: Can Juridical and
Administrative Manpower Co-Exist?" Public
Administration Review (Jan/Feb) Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 98-107. Charles H. Levine, co-author.

1974
"Mini-Symposium on Affirmative Action," (editor and
contributor) Public Administration Review (May/June)
Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 234-237.

Other Professional Journal Publications

1983
"Using Employee Attitudes and Perceptions to Monitor
Supervisory Implementation of CSRA Performance
Appraisal Systems," Public Personnel Management
Journal (Spring) Vol. 12, pp. 43-51.
John J. DeMarco, co-author.

1980
"Collective Bargaining and the Attitudes of Local
Government Personnel Managers," Public Personnel
Management (November) Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 160-171.
John J. DeMarco, co-author.

1980
"Making Participative Management Work," The
Bureaucrat (Winter) Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 34-39.
Carl J. Bellone, co-author.

1980
"Comments on the CSRA," Midwest Review of Public
Administration.

1974
"The Trainer As A Strategist," Public Personnel
Management (May/June) Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 193-198.
Felix A. Nigro, co-author.

Recent Professional Papers and Presentations

1997
"Workplace Violence: Policies and Programs
In U.S. Local Governments," with William
Waugh, National Conference of ASPA, Philadelphia,
Penn.

1997
"Hell No, I Won't Go: Public Employees and
the Threat of Work Place Violence in American
Cities and Counties," with William Waugh, Urban
Affairs Association, Toronto, Canada.

1996
"Emergency Management Approach to
Violence in the Workplace," with William
Waugh, SECOPA - ASPA, Miami, FL.

1996
"Violence in the Workplace," with William
Waugh, ASPA National Conference, Atlanta,
Georgia

1994
"Violence in the Workplace: Implications
for the Public Employer," with Robert Friedmann
and William Waugh, SECOPA - ASPA, Lexington, KY

1993
"Pay-for-Performance in Local Governments,"
ASPA national conference, San Francisco,
Gregory Streib, co-author.

1992
"Pay-for-Performance in Local Government:
A Look at the Extent of Use and Perceived
Effectiveness," SECOPA Conference, Montgomery,
Alabama. Gregory Streib, co-author.

1990
"Fifty Years of Administrative Ethics in PAR,"
National Conference, American Political Science
Association, San Francisco, CA. William D.
Richardson, co-author.

1989
"The Founders and Public Administration: Public
Service in the American Republic," Southern
Regional Meeting, American Political Science
Association, Memphis, Tenn. William D.
Richardson, co-author.

1987
"Administrative Ethics and Founding Thought,"
National Conference, American Society for Public
Administration, Boston, Mass. William D.
Richardson, co-author.

1986
"Public Employee Performance Appraisal Systems,"
SECOPA, Pensacola, Fl.

1986
"American Character and the All-Volunteer Army,"
National Conference, American Political Science
Association, Washington, D.C. William D.
Richardson, co-author.

1986
"Personnel By and For Administrators," National
Conference, American Society for Public
Administration, Anaheim, CA.

1985
"Public Administration and American Political
Thought," National Conference, American Society
for Public Administration, Indianapolis, Ind.
William D. Richardson, co-author.