Penn State Harrisburg Faculty Details

Vita

Jeremy F. Plant is Professor of Public Policy and Administration and Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Public Administration at the School of Public Affairs, Penn State Harrisburg, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1988. Prior to joining Penn State Harrisburg, he was Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Coordinator of Public Administration Programs at George Mason University. He has also taught at the State University of New York at Albany and was a visiting faculty member at North Carolina State University and the University of Virginia. He received the A. B. degree in Political Science, magna cum laude, from Colgate University in 1967, the M. A. in Government from the University of Virginia in 1969, and the Ph. D in Government from the University of Virginia in 1975.

Professor Plant's published work appeared in such journals as the Public Administration Review, International Journal of Public Administration, American Review of Public Administration, Public Integrity, Policy Studies Review, Review of Policy Research, Public Budgeting and Finance, Journal of the American Planning Association, Public Works Management and Policy, Public Manager, and several others. He recently edited The Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration (Taylor & Francis, 2007) and is under contract to co-edit a volume on railroad security for Taylor & Francis. He has contributed over a dozen chapters to books and is a frequent participant in disciplinary conferences. He has also authored or co-authored 30 illustrated books on railroads.

Plant is Chair-elect of the Ethics Section of the American Society for Public Administration, and is the former chair of the Section on Transportation Policy and Administration. He has done research under contract for Citizens for Rail Safety, Inc., the U. S. Coast Guard, the Federal Highway Administration, the County of Fairfax, Virginia. His current research focuses on railroad and transportation security issues since 9/11/2001; public ethics; and the history of the American Society for Public Administration. He received the award for Excellence in Faculty Service in 2000 and was three times president of the Capital College Faculty Senate.

Education

• Ph.D, University of Virginia, 1975
• M.A., University of Virginia, 1969
• A.B., Colgate University, 1967

Research Areas

• Administrative Ethics
• Transportation Policy
• Homeland Security
• Railroads in American Life
• History and Development of Public Administration

Professional Affiliations

• American Society for Public Administration, Sections on Ethics and Transportation Policy and Administration
• Principal institutional representative, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
• Member, Advisory Council, Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

Courses Taught

• Scope and Methods of Public Administration
• Scope and Methods of Public Management
• Leadership and Ethics
• Issues in Human Resource Management
• Public Organization and Management

Selected publications

• Rail Security and Safety (with Richard R. Young). Edited volume under contract with Taylor & Francis, September 2008 publication date anticipated.
• Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration (Jeremy F. Plant, editor, with Van R. Johnston and Cristina E. Ciocirlan). Taylor & Francis, 2007.
• Irony and Public Administration Ethics: An Examination of Niebuhr's The Irony of American History and Its Relevance to Contemporary Ethical Problems. Public Integrity, 10, 3, 2008: 273-285.
• Terrorism and the Railroads: Redefining Security in the Wake of 9/11. Review of Policy Research, 21, 3, 2004: 293-305.
• Securing and Protecting America's Railroad System (with Richard R. Young). Citizens for Rail Safety, Inc., January 2007.
• Rail Safety: Targeting Oversight and Better Assessing Results. Public Administration Review, 68, 1, 2008: 137-140.
• A Classic Work Revisited: Democracy and the Public Service by Frederick C. Mosher. Public Administration Review, 68, 1, 2008: 181-184.

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