David M. Van Slyke is associate professor of public administration in the Department of Public Administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.  He also serves as a non-resident faculty member in the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands. Dr. Van Slyke is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, a recipient of the Birkhead-Burkhead Professorship for Teaching Excellence Award, the 2007 Beryl Radin Award for Best Article published in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and the 2002 Best Article Award and the 1999 Best Conference Paper Award from the Academy of Management's Public-Nonprofit Division for a co-authored article that appeared in Organization Science.

At the Maxwell School Dr. Van Slyke teaches the required Public Organizations and Management course and Project Management course as well as a course on Policy Implementation. His research and teaching focuses on government contracting, public-private partnerships, government-business relationships, strategic management, policy implementation, and nonprofit management. He has published extensively on these topics in a range of domestic and international journal and practitioner publication outlets. These include: Public Administration Review, the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Organization Science, the American Review of Public Administration, Administration and Society, Environment and Planning C, Local Government Studies, Public Performance and Management Review, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, and the International Journal of Public Administration.

In addition, his 2010 book from Georgetown University Press titled The Future of Public Administration Around the World: The Minnowbrook Perspective which is an edited volume with Professors Rosemary O’Leary and Soonhee Kim contains a wide range of chapter contributions from many of the leading scholars in public administration around the world. Among those endorsing this book, former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Mr. Paul Volcker, wrote “We all complain about the ‘bureaucracy,’ and our faith in government seems to erode even as the challenges multiply. The experts contributing to this book – all public administration scholars – know about the problems in all their complexity. Both practitioners and those promoting reforms will benefit from the insights and the different perspectives of the authors.”

Dr. Van Slyke is actively engaged in the work of the Maxwell School’s Executive Education program and works extensively with senior government, NGO, and business leaders in China, India, Peru, Paraguay, Singapore, Thailand, and many other countries. Professor Van Slyke is also actively engaged in executive training and works with a number of national and professional associations, such as the National League of Cities.

Dr. Van Slyke serves on several editorial boards including the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, American Review of Public Administration, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, and the Journal of Public Affairs Education, and the Public Management Research Association. He also serves on several nonprofit and private boards, and is actively engaged in his professional and local community. Prior to becoming an academic, Dr. Van Slyke worked in the private sector as a project manager in the commercial infrastructure field and then worked in state government and then for a nonprofit organization.  He holds a Ph.D. in public administration from Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy and a B.S. in Economics.

Recent Publications:

Brown, Trevor L., Matthew Potoski, and David M. Van Slyke.(Forthcoming). “Contracting for Complex Products.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

Collaboration and Relational Contracting. David M. Van Slyke (2009). In Rosemary O’Leary and Lisa Blomgren Bingham (editors), The Collaborative Public Manager: New Ideas for the Twenty-first Century, Georgetown University Press. 

The Challenge of Contracting for Large Complex Projects: A Case Study of the Coast Guard’s Deepwater Program  Trevor L. Brown, Matthew Potoski, and David M. Van Slyke (2008). IBM Center for the Business of Government: Contracting Series. 

Accountability Challenges in Public Sector Contracting for Complex Products. Trevor L. Brown, Matthew Potoski, and David M. Van Slyke. (Forthcoming). In George Frederickson and Melvin Dubnick (editors), Public Accountability and its Promises, M.E. Sharpe Publishers.

Changing Modes of Service Delivery: How Past Choices Structure Future Choices. Trevor L. Brown,  Matthew Potoski, and David M. Van Slyke (2008). Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 26: 127-143.

Strategies for Engaging African Americans in Philanthropy . David M. Van Slyke, Janet L. Johnson, and Shena R. Ashley (2007). American Review of Public Administration, 37(3):278-305.

Trust and Contract Completeness in the Public Sector. Trevor L. Brown, Matthew Potoski, and David M. Van Slyke (2007). Local Government Studies, 33(4): 607-623.

Agents or Stewards: Using Theory to Understand the Government – Nonprofit Social Services Contracting Relationship. David M. Van Slyke (2007). Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory,17(2): 157-187.

Courses

PPA 709 Organizations and Management

PPA 785 Policy Implementation         

Curriculum Vita