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Dr. James Perry, an internationally recognized leader in public administration and the study of public management, will be the guest speaker at the University of Saint Joseph’s Deans’ Lecture Series on Tuesday, Oct. 22. His lecture, “Walking the Moral Tightrope of Public Service” will speak to the inner workings of democracy and encouraging public servants’ commitment to public duty without regard to partisan politics. The lecture will follow a reception at 5:30 p.m. in USJ’s Hoffman Auditorium in Bruyette Athenaeum. The lecture is free and open to the public.
This is the second in the Deans’ Lecture Series established by USJ’s three deans to bring distinguished speakers to the University that will engage and inspire both the campus and Greater Hartford communities. U.S. Treasurer and USJ alumna Lynn Roberge Malerba spoke at the University’s inaugural Deans’ Lecture on Jan. 29, 2024.
Dr. Perry serves as Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Chancellor’s Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs Emeritus at the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is also an affiliate professor of philanthropic studies.
Dr. Perry’s 45 years of scholarship includes expertise in public management, public organizational behavior, government and civil service reform, national and community service, public service motivation, and performance-related pay. He has held faculty appointments at Yonsei University; University of California, Irvine; The University of Hong Kong; Chinese University of Hong Kong; and University of Wisconsin, Madison.
“Dr. Perry’s pioneering research on public service motivation informs best practice strategies for a wide range of public servants that work for the military, health and human service organizations, NASA, the National Cancer Institution, NIH, FEMA, GAO, and many other governmental and nonprofit agencies that enhance our quality of life and protect us as citizens on a daily basis,” said Dr. Karl Besel, USJ Dean of the School of Interdisciplinary Health and Science, and professor of Public Health and Social Work. “I’m sure that he will provide a lot of insights on this topic, especially during an election year.”
Perry is co-editor of Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration. He has authored or edited 10 books and more than 175 articles and book chapters, including the Handbook of Public Administration, Third Edition. His most recent books are Public Service and Good Governance for the Twenty-first Century and Managing Organizations to Sustain Passion for Public Service, which was selected as Best Public Sector Human Resources Book by the Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations of the American Society for Public Administration.
Perry is the recipient of the Yoder-Heneman Award for innovative personnel research from the Society for Human Resource Management, the Charles H. Levine Memorial Award for Excellence in Public Administration and the Distinguished Research Award, both awards given jointly by the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA). He has been selected for three Fulbright Fellowships and is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
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