KU News Release

KU professor elected to national academy for public administrators

LAWRENCE — When University of Kansas professor Steven Maynard-Moody was elected to the National Academy of Public Administration, it marked not only a significant achievement in his career, but a first in higher education.

Maynard-Moody’s election makes KU’s top-rated Department of Public Administration the first in the country to have all full professors in the department as members of the prestigious academy.

Maynard-Moody, professor of public administration and director of the Institute for Policy and Social Research (formerly the Policy Research Institute) is KU’s fifth member of the academy. He joins George Frederickson, Distinguished Professor of Public Administration; Marilu Goodyear, associate professor of public administration; John Nalbandian, professor and chair of the Department of Public Administration; and Barbara Romzek, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor of public administration.

“It is gratifying to see Steven Maynard-Moody’s work with the Institute for Policy and Social Research, as well as in the classroom, recognized at such a high level,” said Chancellor Robert Hemenway. “His achievement and the achievement of the Department of Public Administration as a whole are significant factors in KU’s growth as one of the top research universities in the nation.”

Maynard-Moody, a professor at KU since 1981, was instrumental in the creation of the Policy Research Institute, a campus-wide social and policy research center. He has also served as chair of the Department of Public Administration. Collaborating with fellow KU faculty members Charles Epp and Donald Haider-Markel, his current National Science Foundation-funded research focuses on how police stops reconstruct law and citizenship.

Maynard-Moody has written or co-authored three books on public administration. Last year, the American Political Science Association and the American Society of Public Administration gave top awards to his most recent book, Cops, Teachers, Counselors: Stories from the Front Lines of Public Service (with Michael Musheno). He has a doctorate in public administration from Cornell University.

Nalbandian said Maynard-Moody’s election to national academy is fitting recognition of his work.

“Steven’s work exemplifies the scholarship of engagement. Not only does his work inform his academic colleagues, it clearly helps professional public administrators gain perspective on their work. Whether inside or outside of the classroom, professor Maynard-Moody brings credit to himself, the university and the Department of Public Administration.”

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