Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. Syracuse University
Fields: Public Policy, Public Administration, State-Local Government, Military Policy
Professor Gargan was a member of the Department of Political Science from 1967 until his retirement in 2002. His primary teaching and research interests were in the areas of public administration and state and local politics and administration. In recent years he has developed courses in the politics of war and national security policy and begun related research. He was a recipient of the KSU Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992.
Jack Gargan has authored or co-authored articles appearing in, among others, the following journals: Public Administration Review, Policy Sciences, Public Administration Quarterly, International Journal of Public Administration, The Ombudsman Journal, Municipal Management, Information and Referral. He has edited or co-edited three volumes, including two in the Marcel Dekker public administration series and several chapters in other volumes in that series. He served as the State Government editor for the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy. and is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior.
Among his recent publications are:
"The Ohio Executive Branch." In Ohio Politics, Second Edition, Alexander P. Lamis and Brian Usher (eds.), (Kent: Kent State University Press, 2007): 398-429.
"The Public Administration Community and the Search for Professionalism." In Handbook of Public Administration, Third Edition, Jack Rabin, W. Bartley Hildreth, and Gerald J. Miller (eds.). (Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis, 2007): 1125-1204.
"State Governing Challenges for the New Century." In Handbook of State Government Administration, John J. Gargan (ed.). (New York: Marcel Dekker, 2000): 641-654.
"Local Government Governing Capacity: Challenges for the New Century." In Handbook of Local Government Administration, John J. Gargan (ed.). (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1997): 517-533.
e-mail: jgargan@kent.edu