Dr. Trevor Brown

Trevor Brown is the Dean of the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University.  He previously served as the Director, Interim Director and as the Associate Director for Academic Affairs and Research at the John Glenn School of Public Affairs.  He joined the Ohio State University as a faculty member in the School of Public Policy and Management in 2001.

He received a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Political Science from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Department of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana and a B.A. in Public Policy from Stanford University, Stanford California.

He previously held the position of Pasqual Maragall Chair Visiting Professor at the University of Barcelona’s Department of Economic Policy and Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University. From 1994-2013, he served in managerial roles for the Parliamentary Development Project, a U.S. Agency for International Development funded organization that provided technical assistance to the Ukrainian parliament.

His research and teaching focuses on democratization and democratic institutions, the organization of government to deliver programs and policies, public sector contracting and contract management and organizational strategy.  He has published his research in a variety of academic outlets including Cambridge University Press, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Public Administration Review, and the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.  His recently co-authored book, Complex Contracting -- Government Purchasing in the Wake of the US Coast Guard's Deepwater Program, won the 2014 American Society of Public Administration’s Section on Public Administration Research Best Book Award.  In 2013, he won the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing’s Scholar of the Year award.  In 2014, he was inducted as a fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration.