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Madison, WI 53706

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January 4, 2013



 

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Dennis Dresang. La Follette School photo by Bob Rashid taken Feb. 2, 2005

Dennis L. Dresang

Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs and Political Science
Director, Center on State, Local, and Tribal Governance

Phone: (608) 238-8714
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Dennis Dresang is Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs and Political Science and Director of the Center on State, Local, and Tribal Governance. He is also founding Director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs. His research focuses on state politics, public personnel management, and community issues. He has contributed to public service in a variety of ways: directing a research and public service seminar of La Follette School students examining community health issues and youth violence, chairing two major gubernatorial task forces, and serving on numerous tribal and local government commissions on human resource management issues. He was research director for a policy initiative of Wisconsin's Lieutenant Governor to improve the status of women. For his research and public service on pay equity, he has received distinguished service awards from the Women's Political Caucus and the Wisconsin Equal Rights Council.

Professor Dresang is co-author of Politics and Policy in American States and Communities, seventh edition, and author of Public Personnel Management and Public Policy, fifth edition, and author of Public Administration, seventh edition. His articles have appeared in the American Political Science Review, International Organization, Public Personnel Management, and Journal of Public Personnel Administration.

He received his doctorate in Political Science at the University of California - Los Angeles.

Curriculum vitae

Center for Public Policy and the Status of Women

Center for Wisconsin State, Local, and Tribal Governance

Courses

PA 875 Public Personnel Administration: fall 2008, fall 2007
PA 878 Public Management: spring 2008, spring 2007