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Dr. Thomas P. Lauth
Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs/
Professor

Office: Candler Hall 204
Phone: (706) 542-2059
Fax: (706) 583-0095
E-mail: tplauth@uga.edu
   

Education
Ph.D., Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,
Syracuse University, 1976
B.A., Government, University of Notre Dame, 1960

Teaching
PADP 4630 - Government Budgeting and Finance
PADP 6930 - Public Financial Administration
PADP 7840 - Budget Practicum
PADP 8830 - Seminar in Public Budgeting

Research
State Budgeting; State and Local Government Administration

Professional Achievements
Dean, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia, 2002
Head, Department of Political Science, University of Georgia, 1988-2001
Director, Doctor of Public Administration (DPA) Program, University of Georgia, 1982-88
Elected Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration, 2000
Aaron B. Wildavsky Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement in Public Budgeting, presented by the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, 1998.
President, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs & Administration (NASPAA), 2000-01.
Chair, NASPAA Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation , 1996-98.
NASPAA Commission Member, 1991-94 and 1995-98.

Publications
Co-author, Compromised Compliance: Implementation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (1982) and The Politics of State and City Administration (1986); and Co-editor, Governors, Legislatures, and Budgets: Diversity Across the American States (1991) and
Budgeting in the States: Institutions, Processes, and Politics (2006).

Author or co-author of articles in such journals as:

  • Administration & Society
     
  • American Review of Public Administration
     
  • International Journal of Public Administration
     
  • Journal of Politics
     
  • Journal of Rehabilitation Administration
     
  • Korean Public Administration Journal
     
  • Legislative Studies Quarterly
     
  • Public Administration Quarterly
     
  • Public Administration Review
     
  • Public Budgeting & Finance
     
  • Public Budgeting and Financial Management
     
  • Polity
     
  • Public Productivity Review
     
  • Political Research Quarterly
     
  • Policy Studies Journal
     
  • State and Local Government Review




Department of Public Administration & Policy - 204 Baldwin Hall
The University of Georgia - Athens, GA 30602-1615

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