Robert B. Denhardt

Dr. Denhardt is a Past President of the American Society for Public Administration, a nationwide organization of academics and practitioners in the field of public administration at all levels of government.

He was the founder and first chair of ASPA’s National Campaign for Public Service, an effort to assert the dignity and worth of public service across the nation.

He is also a member of the prestigious National Academy of Public Administration and a Fellow of the Canadian Centre for Management Development.

Dr. Denhardt has published fourteen books and over seventy five articles in professional journals, primarily in the areas of public administration theory and organizational behavior, especially leadership and organizational change.  He is currently working on a book tentatively titled The Dance of Leadership.

Prior to joining the faculty at ASU, Dr. Denhardt was the Charles P. Messick Professor of Public Administration at the University of Delaware.  He previously taught at the Universities of Colorado, Missouri, Kansas, New Orleans, and Central Florida.  He has held several major administrative positions in these universities, serving as Vice Provost at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

He was a Fulbright Scholar in Australia in 1990.  Dr. Denhardt has also been a consultant to various public and private organizations, including public universities, primarily in the areas of strategic planning, leadership and organization development, productivity improvement, and quality service.  He was appointed by Governor Kit Bond to chair the Missouri Governor’s Advisory Council on Productivity and was re-appointed by Governor John Ashcroft.