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Richard C. Box, Ph.D.

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Richard C Box, Ph.D.

Richard C Box, Ph.D.

  • Professor Emeritus
  • Distinguished Fellow of Public Affairs, Park University
  • School of Public Administration

email:
boxrc3@gmail.com

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Biographical Information

Dr. Richard Box served as a land-use planner and administrator in local governments in Oregon and California before completing his doctorate at the University of Southern California. He has taught at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, University of Nebraska at Omaha​, and Park University, face-to-face and online. His writing focuses on the interaction between public service professionals and the political, legal, and economic environment that surrounds them. This interest includes the origins of the American governmental system and the characteristics of democracy and citizenship. In addition to many scholarly articles and applied research reports, Dr. Box is the author or editor of the following books (listed below).

Selected Publications

Public Service Values, M.E. Sharpe/Routledge, 2015

Public Administration and Society: Critical Issues in American Governance, M.E. Sharpe (3rd Edition), 2014

Making a Difference: Progressive Values in Public Administration, M.E. Sharpe, 2008

Democracy and Public Administration, M.E. Sharpe, 2007

Critical Social Theory in Public Administration, M.E. Sharpe, 2005

Citizen Governance: Leading American Communities Into the 21st Century, Sage Publications, 1998

Education

DPA, Public Administration
University of Southern California

MPA
Golden Gate University (San Francisco, California)

MS, Social Science
Southern Oregon State College (Ashland, Oregon)

BS, Geography
Southern Oregon State College

Selected Practitioner Experience

Senior Executive for Research
AIM Institute (Omaha, Nebraska)

City Administrator
City of Eagle Point, Oregon

Director of General Services
City of Cotati, California

Planning Director
City of Ashland, Oregon

Director of Building Safety, Executive Director of the County Housing Authority, and Supervisor of the Advance Planning Division
Josephine County, Oregon

Additional Information

Biographical Information

Dr. Richard Box served as a land-use planner and administrator in local governments in Oregon and California before completing his doctorate at the University of Southern California. He has taught at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, University of Nebraska at Omaha​, and Park University, face-to-face and online. His writing focuses on the interaction between public service professionals and the political, legal, and economic environment that surrounds them. This interest includes the origins of the American governmental system and the characteristics of democracy and citizenship. In addition to many scholarly articles and applied research reports, Dr. Box is the author or editor of the following books (listed below).

Selected Publications

Public Service Values, M.E. Sharpe/Routledge, 2015

Public Administration and Society: Critical Issues in American Governance, M.E. Sharpe (3rd Edition), 2014

Making a Difference: Progressive Values in Public Administration, M.E. Sharpe, 2008

Democracy and Public Administration, M.E. Sharpe, 2007

Critical Social Theory in Public Administration, M.E. Sharpe, 2005

Citizen Governance: Leading American Communities Into the 21st Century, Sage Publications, 1998

Education

DPA, Public Administration
University of Southern California

MPA
Golden Gate University (San Francisco, California)

MS, Social Science
Southern Oregon State College (Ashland, Oregon)

BS, Geography
Southern Oregon State College

Selected Practitioner Experience

Senior Executive for Research
AIM Institute (Omaha, Nebraska)

City Administrator
City of Eagle Point, Oregon

Director of General Services
City of Cotati, California

Planning Director
City of Ashland, Oregon

Director of Building Safety, Executive Director of the County Housing Authority, and Supervisor of the Advance Planning Division
Josephine County, Oregon

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Biographical Information Selected Publications Education Selected Practitioner Experience

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