Chester A. Newland
Professor
Frances R. and John Duggan Distinguished Professorship in Public Administration
Sacramento Center, 1800 I StreetSacramento, CA 95814-3004
Email: newland@usc.edu
Phone: (916) 442-6911
Fax: (916) 444-7712
Curriculum Vita
Ph.D. in Political Science and Public Law
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Expertise
Public administration, city management, international development, executive effectiveness, public law
Biographical Sketch
Chester Newland, Ph.D., has taught at USC since 1966. His public administration research, practice, and teaching have focused on public executives, federal and local government management, the American presidency, public law, business and government, human resources, and labor management relations. He served as editor-in-chief of the Public Administration Review (1984-1990). He was national president of the American Society for Public Administration, (ASPA;1980-1981), and he has been a member of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) since 1973. He has authored many publications and is co-editor of the Handbook of Public Law and Administration, (1997). Professor Newland was the initial director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library, and he served twice as the director of the Federal Executive Institute. He is an honorary member of the International City/County Management Association. The National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration presented him the Elmer Staats Award for Public Service Teaching Excellence. In 2002, he was the recipient of the Van Riper Award for Lifetime Achievement from the National ASPA and the Harry Scoville Award for Academic Excellence from the Los Angeles ASPA. He has worked internationally, including places such as Bahrain, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Greece, Hungary, Kazakstan, Kuwait, Moldova, and Poland.
Publications
Newland, C.A., "Accountability for Responsible American Governance in Today’s Facilitative State/Garrison State Era"; in Demetrios Argyriades, O. P. Dwivedi, and Joseph Jabbra (Eds.), Public Administration in Transition, London: Vallentine Mitchell, pp. 24-46; 2007
Newland, C.A., "Facilitative Governance Organizations and Networks: Disaggregated & Offloaded Government and Aggregated Response to Onloaded Stress"; multiple book review, Public Administration Review, Vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 470-473; 2006
Newland, C.A., "Texts and Treatises in Searched for Excellence: Sorting Through Public Affairs Dynamics and Enduring Governance Fundamentals"; Journal of Public Affairs Education, 9(2): 139-146; 2003
Newland, C.A., "The Facilitative States, Executive Aggrandizement, and Public-Service Challenges"; Administration and Society (A&S), 35(4): 379-407; 2003
Newland, C.A., "Juggling and Serving Accountability: Panorama and Normative Systhesis on Public Service"; Public Administration Review, 63(6): 692-695; 2003
Newland, C.A., "Governance, Facilitative States, and Twenty-First Century Public Administration"; in Krishna Tummala (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. Paris, France: UNESCO; 2003
Newland, C.A., "Fundamentals of Terrorism and Its Target: Responsible Governance"; Public Administration Review, 62; 2002
Newland, C.A., "Building Futures of Local Government Politics and Administration"; In H. G. Frederickson & J. Nalbandian (Eds.), The Future of Local Government Administration (pp. 231-245). Washington: International City/County Management Association ; 2002