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Name:
Gordon Whitaker |
| Title:
Professor of Public Administration and Government |
| Phone:
919.962.0427 |
| E-mail: whitaker@sog.unc.edu |
| Areas
of Interest: Public administration; civic education;
citizen participation and civic involvement; nonprofit
organizations and government; cross-sector community collaboration; public leadership |
Gordon Whitaker joined the Institute of Government in 1997, but has worked with IOG faculty since coming to UNC-Chapel Hill as a political science professor in 1973. He teaches courses in the MPA Program in organization theory and in public management and leadership. Whitaker has served on the Executive Council of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) and as chair of NASPAA's Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation. In 1997 he helped organize North Carolina's Consortium for Civic Education and received the International City/County Management Association's Award for Local Government Education. In 2005 he received the Ned Brooks Award for Public Service, presented by the Carolina Center for Public Service. In addition to teaching and consulting, Whitaker directs the Public Intersection Project to improve working relationships between governments and their community partners: businesses, nonprofit organizations, philanthropies, and faith communities. Whitaker earned an AB from Cornell College and an MA and PhD from Indiana University.
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