H. George Frederickson is currently the Edwin O. Stene Distiguished Professor of Public Administration at the University of Kansas. He received his M.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles and his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. Former President of Eastern Washington University at Cheney and Spokane and past Dean of the College of Public and Community Service at the University of Missouri, Frederickson is Associate Dean of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. Frederickson is also the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory,  a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, and an honorary member of the International City/County Management Association.