Professor of Public Policy and Administration
and Director
Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
419 Patterson Tower
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
Phone: (859) 257-5596
Fax: (859)
323-1937
E-mail: pub714@uky.edu
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Biography:
Edward T. Jennings, Jr. is Director of and Professor in the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky. He received the Charles H. Levine Award for Excellence in Public Administration in 2004 from the American Society for Public Administration and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. The Policy Studies organization presented him the 1998 Jeffrey Pressman Award for the best article in the Policy Studies Review. He is past-president of the American Society for Public Administration. He is an associate member of the Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance of the National Academy of Public Administration. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education.
Dr. Jennings’s research has explored policy development and implementation of a variety of intergovernmental programs, including social welfare, employment and training, literacy, land-use mediation, education, community development, and disabilitiy policies. His current work has two streams. One focuses on the links between public management and the performance of welfare reform programs. The other examines the role and impact of performance measurement systems in public policy, including in intergovernmental programs. He has published numerous articles in the Public Administration Review, Policy Studies Review, Policy Studies Journal, American Political Science Review, and other journals. He is co-author or co-editor of five books and monographs, the most recent of which is Meeting the Challenges of Performance-Oriented Government.
Dr. Jennings joined the Martin School faculty in 1989. He received his B.A. and M.A. in Political Science from the University of New Orleans. In 1977, he was awarded the Ph.D. in Political Science by Washington University in St. Louis. He served on the faculties of Tulane University, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the University of Missouri-Columbia before joining the UK faculty.
Recent Publications:
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“Administration, Governance, and Policy Tools in Welfare Policy Implementation,” with Jo Ann G. Ewalt, Public Administration Review, 64 (July/August), 2004: 449-462
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“Interorganizational Coordination, Administrative Consolidation, and Policy Performance,” Public Administration Review (with Jo Ann G. Ewalt), September/October, 1998: 417-428
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“Interorganizational Cooperation and the Implementation of Welfare Reform: Community Service Employment in Welfare Work Programs” (with Dale Krane), Policy Studies Review, Summer/Autumn, 1998: 170-201.
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Welfare System Reform: Coordinating Federal, State, and Local Programs, edited with Neal Zank. Greenwood Press, 1993.
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From Nation to States: The Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program. With Dale Krane, Alex Pattakos, and B.J. Reed. State University of New York Press, 1986
Research in Progress:
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“Results-Based Governance and Social Equity”
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“Does the Black-Box Make a Difference? The Quality of Management and the Success of Welfare Reform,” with Jo Ann Ewalt.
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“Globalization and Public Affairs Education in America: A Preliminary Assessment”