ABSTRACT
His research focuses on public personnel management, public administration, state and federal politics, and community issues. He has contributed to public service in a variety of ways: directing a research and public service seminar of La Follette School students examining community health issues and youth violence, chairing two major gubernatorial task forces, and serving on numerous tribal and local government commissions on human resource management issues. In addition, he has conducted
research and led management seminars in Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Korea, and Eastern Europe. He was research director for a policy initiative of Wisconsin's Lieutenant Governor to improve the status of women and received distinguished service awards from the Women’s Political Caucus and the Wisconsin Equal Rights Council.
