Biography
Rick Green is Director of the Master of Public Administration Program in the Center for Public Administration & Policy. He is also an associate professor in political science, and is the PA doctoral advisor. Prior to coming to the University of Utah, he taught for thirteen years at the University of Wyoming and directed its statewide MPA program. He also taught for two years at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Degrees
Ph.D., Public Administration, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1987
M.P.A., University of Colorado, 1980
B.A., Political Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1978
Research & Teaching Interests
Professor Green's research interests focus on the history of public administration theory and practice. He has written articles and book chapters on founding-era public administration, on the history of public professions, on rhetoric in public administration, on public ethics, and on legal thought in administration. His work has appeared in Public Administration Review, Administration & Society, American Review of Public Administration, Public Administration Quarterly, Administrative Theory & Practice, and the International Journal of Public Administration.Professor Green's current research examines application of common law practices in public administration. He is also co-authoring a text on the foundations of American public administration.
Professor Green has taught courses on public ethics and bureaucratic responsibility, administrative theory, public human resources administration, public management, criminal justice management, political economy, the history of public policy, doctoral research in public administration and American government. His primary teaching responsibilities at U of U focus on ethics, administrative theory, and human resources management.