Donald F. Kettl Receives John Gaus Award and Lectureship
April 2008
Donald F. Kettl, Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor, Professor of Political Science and Director of Penn’s Fels Institute of Government, has been named the recipient of this year's John Gaus Award and Lectureship. Awarded by the American Political Science Association, the Gaus Award honors lifetime achievement in political science and public administration scholarship and carries with it the opportunity to deliver a major lecture at association’s upcoming annual convention in Boston.
Kettl, whose research primarily focuses on public policy and public management, is the author and editor of 12 books and monographs. He has appeared on national television shows ranging from Good Morning America to public television’s News Hour, and he has contributed to op-ed pages in major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune. Since 1998 he has written a regular column for Governing magazine called “Potomac Chronicle,” which is read by leading state and local government officials around the country. Kettl has also consulted for a broad array of public organizations and has advised the White House during both Republican and Democratic administrations.
Two of Kettl’s books, System under Stress: Homeland Security and American Politics and The Transformation of Governance: Public Administration for the 21st Century, have been co-winners of the Louis Brownlow Book Award of the National Academy of Public Administration. He has also received the Warner W. Stockberger Achievement Award from the International Public Management Association for Human Resources, and the Donald C. Stone Award and Charles H. Levine Memorial Award from the American Society for Public Administration.
Prior to his appointment at Penn, Kettl taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Vanderbilt University, the University of Virginia and Columbia University. He received his bachelor’s and doctorate degrees from Yale University and is a fellow of Phi Beta Kappa and the National Academy of Public Administration.
Founded in 1903, the American Political Science Association is the leading professional organization for the study of political science and serves more than 15,000 members in more than 80 countries.