New Editorial Board Members 2018

• Date: 01 March 2018
• Published date: 01 March 2018
• DOI: 10.1177/0160323X18777095

New Editorial Board

Members 2018

Nicholas Awortwi is the direc tor of Research

for the Partnership for African Social and Gov-

ernance Research (PASGR) based in Nairobi,

Kenya. Prior to joining PASGR, Nicholas was

a senior lecturer in development management

at the International Institute of Social Studies

(ISS) of Erasmus University, The Hague, the

Netherlands, and a visiting senior lecturer at

F.H.R Lim A Po School of Public Administra-

tion & Governance, Paramaribo in Suriname.

His research on decentralization and local gov-

ernance in Africa, public services provision,

public–private partnerships, and social p rotec-

tion services has been published in the Public

Administration and Development,International

Journal of Public Administration,International

Review of Administrative Sciences,Canadian

Journal of African Studies,International

Review of Administrative Science,African

Journal of Public Administration and Manage-

ment,Development Policy Revi ew,and Africa

Development. He has (co)authored eight books

including Politics, Public Policy & Social Pro-

tection in Africa with Remi Aiyede and Non-

state Social Protection in Africa. Governance

below the State with Walter Gregor both pub-

lished by Routledge in 2017 and 2018, respec-

tively. He received his PhD with distinction

(Cum Laude) in development studies in 2004

from the ISS of Erasmus University in the

Netherlands.

Robert Blair is a professor of public adminis-

tration and director of urban studies at the Uni-

versity of Nebraska Omaha where he directs the

local management program. He is chai r of the

local government management education com-

mittee for the Network of Schools of Public

Affairs and Administration, and vice chair of

the advisory board on graduate education for

the International City/County Management

Association (ICCMA). In 2014, the ICCMA

named Blair an Honorary Member, the highest

award of the association, in recognition for dis-

tinguished service to the field of local govern-

ment. His research on local government

management and economic development pol-

icy has been published in Journal of Public

Administration Research and Theory,Public

Works Management and Polic y Journal,State

and Local Government Review,International

Journal of Public Administration,Great Plains

Research,The Journal of the Community

Development,Public Administration Review,

and Public Administration Quarterly. Dr. Blair

received his PhD in political science from the

University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1996.

Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo is an assistant pro-

fessor of environmental policy and state poli-

tics in the Martin School of Public Policy and

Administration at the Universit y of Kentucky.

Her research on environmental policy, public

opinion on climate change, and brownfield

redevelopment has been published in the

Review of Policy Research,Climatic Change,

Journal of Public Policy,Politics,Groups,and

Identities,Economic Development Quarterly,

and other journals. She received her PhD in

American politics and public policy from

Michigan State University in 2011.

Beverly S. Bunch isaprofessorofpublic

administration at the University of Illinois,

Springfield (UIS), with a join t appointment in

the UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership.

State and Local GovernmentReview

2018, Vol. 50(1) 3-5

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