Kenneth J Meier Author & Editor

Kenneth J. Meier is the Charles H. Gregory Chair in Liberal Arts and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Texas A & M University. He is also a Professor of Public Management at the Cardiff University School of Business. He was formerly the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and the editor of the American Journal of Political Science. He is the founding editor of Perspectives on Public Management and Governance. Amanda Rutherford is an assistant professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. She is the book review editor for the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and is a member of the Rising Professionals Editorial Board for the Journal of Student Financial Aid. Rutherford's research interests include managerial values and decision making, performance management, organization theory, representative bureaucracy, higher education policy, and research methodology.