Senior Fellow

Barton Wechsler

Member Since 2026

Biography

Professor Wechsler’s research is concerned with public leadership, strategic planning and management, organization theory, and human resource management. His research has been published in Public Administration Review, Administration and Society, Journal of the American Planning Association, Public Productivity and Management Review, Review of Public Personnel Administration, other academic and practitioner journals and numerous edited books. He has served on the editorial boards of Public Productivity and Management Review and Journal of Public Affairs Education and was formerly book review editor of Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Wechsler has provided consulting, training and technical assistance to state and local government agencies and nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. Before coming to the Truman School, he was dean of the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine and a faculty member at the University of Illinois and Florida State University.

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
Dean Emeritus Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs University of Missouri-Columbia 2012 Present
Director Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs and Institute of Public Policy University of Missouri 2000 2012
Professor Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs and Institute of Public Policy University of Missouri 2000 2012
Professor Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service University of Southern Maine 1998 2000
Dean Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service University of Southern Maine 1998 2000
Professor Institute of Government and Public Affairs, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs University of Illinois-Chicago 1994 1997
Director of the Public Management Program Institute of Government and Public Affairs, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs University of Illinois-Chicago 1994 1997
Director of Graduate Studies Reubin O'D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy Florida State University Current
Associate Professor Reubin O'D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy Florida State University 1984 1994
Assistant Professor Reubin O'D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy Florida State University 1984 1994
Director Florida Center for Productivity Improvement Florida State University Current
Faculty Associate Florida Center for Productivity Improvement Florida State University Current

Expertise

Primary Sector

Federal

Primary Functions

Academic Faculty
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