Jack Meek, Ph.D.

Jack W. Meek, Ph.D. is Visiting Professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College and University of La Verne Academy Professor and Professor of Public Administration at the College of Business and Public Management at the University of La Verne where he is Coordinator of Research & Director of the Master of Public Administration Program. Jack's research focuses on metropolitan governance including the emergence of administrative connections and relationships in local government, regional collaboration and partnerships, policy networks and citizen engagement. Jack serves on three editorial boards including the Journal of Organizational Behavior and Theory. Jack's most recent publications is a co-edited book, Networked Governance (2012 CQ Press) and a co-authored book, Governance Networks in Public Administration and Public Policy (2010 CRC Press).

Areas of Expertise

Public Administration

Selected Research and Publications

• Jack W. Meek And Kurt Thurmaier, Eds. (Forthcoming 2012) Networked Governance: The Future of Intergovernmental Management. CQ Press.
• Christopher Koliba, Jack W. Meek, Asim Zia (2010) Governance Networks in Public Administration and Public Policy. New York: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
• H. George Frederickson and Jack W. Meek (2011) Bureaucratie sans Frontiéres: Legitimacy, Authority, Accountability in Geo-Governance Systems, in Edoardo Ongaro, Andrew Massey, Marc Holzer, Ellen Wayenberg (eds.) Policy, Performance and Management in governance and Intergovernmental Relations: Transatlantic Perspectives. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
• Jack W. Meek, Guest Editor (2010) Complexity Theory for Public Administration and Policy, Vol. 12, Issue 1, for the Journal Emergence: Complexity and Organization.
• Goktug Morcol, Lorlene Hoyt, Jack W. Meek and Ulf Zimmerman, Eds. (2008) Business Improvement Districts: Research, Theories, and Controversies. Public Administration and Public Policy Series, Auerbach Publications of Taylor & Francis.

Selected Awards and Affiliations

• Chair, Master of Public Administration & Coordinator of Research, College of Business and Public Management, University of La Verne;
• Visiting Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College;
• 2007 CAPES Foreign Visiting Fellow, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense in Campos, Brazil. (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Ensino Superior)
• Visiting scholar, Citizen Engagement Initiative (Professor Terry Cooper, Director), School of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California (2003-2006)