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Dr. Skip L. Krueger

Associate Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Public Administration

(940) 565-4870

Email: skip.krueger@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of North Texas, 2005
    Major: Political Science
    Dissertation: A Transaction Costs Explanation of Inter-Local Government Collaboration
  • MPA, University of North Texas, 1999
    Major: Public Administration
  • MA, University of North Texas, 1996
    Major: International Politics
  • BA, Baylor University, 1989
    Major: Political Science and Journalism

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Associate Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2011 - Present).
  • Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2005 - 2011).
  • Lecturer, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2004 - 2005).
  • Adjunct Faculty, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2003 - 2003).
  • Content researcher, Dallas County Community College District. Dallas County Community College District. (1997 - 1998).
  • Adjunct faculty, North Central Texas College. North Central Texas College. (1997 - 1997).
  • Teaching Fellow and Teaching Assistant, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (1994 - 1997).

    • Professional

  • Senior Management Analyst, City of Fort Worth. City of Fort Worth. (1998 - 2004).
  • Management Intern, City of Irving. City of Irving. (1998 - 1998).

Professional Memberships

  • American Society for Public Administration. (January 2018 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Conference Attendance, Annual Meeting, Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration. Washington, D.C.,United States of America. (October 2017).
  • Workshop, Accommodating Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students, Office of Disability Access. United States of America. (February 2021).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • PADM 3020 - Public Management, 1 course.
  • PADM 3410 - Financial Aspects of Government., 4 courses.
  • PADM 4900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • PADM 5010 - Public Administration and Society, 4 courses.
  • PADM 5400 - Managing Financial Resources, 16 courses.
  • PADM 5420 - Revenue Policy and Administration, 11 courses.
  • PADM 5500 - Administrative Research Methods I, 18 courses.
  • PADM 5550 - Seminar in Program Evaluation, 2 courses.
  • PADM 5560 - Performance Measurement in Public and Nonprofit Sectors, 7 courses.
  • PADM 5700 - Seminar in Public Administration, 16 courses.
  • PADM 5900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • PADM 6025 - Institutional Context of Public Administration, 11 courses.
  • PADM 6400 - Seminar in Public Financial Policy and Management, 1 course.
  • PADM 6700 - Workshop in Public Administration, 8 courses.
  • PADM 6710 - Seminar in Public Administration and Management, 25 courses.
  • PADM 6900 - Special Problems, 9 courses.
  • PADM 6940 - Directed Research in Public Administration, 3 courses.
  • PADM 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation, 13 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Public Administration. (August 2021).
  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Public Administration. (August 2021).
  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Public Administration. (August 2020).
  • Doctoral Advisory Committee Member, Public Administration. (August 2019).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Public Administration. (2022 - 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Public Administration. (May 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Public Administration. (September 2016 - 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Public Administration. (September 2016 - 2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Public Administration. (September 2016 - May 2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Public Administration. (September 2016 - May 2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Public Administration. (September 2016 - May 2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Public Administration. (September 2016 - May 2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Public Administration. (September 2015 - May 2020).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Public Administration. (September 2014 - May 2020).

Awards and Honors

  • MPA Professor of the Year, Public Administration Student Assoc.. (2009).
  • ICPSR Grant to attend ICPSR Summer Program in advanced social science statistics, (1998).
  • University Writing Award, with Christopher P. McIntyre (UNT) et al., (1997).
  • University Fellowship Award. Three-year competitive stipend, (1996).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Krueger, E.L. (2010). Competition and Cooperation Among Cities: An Institutional Transaction Cost Approach. Saarbrucken, Lambert Academic Publishing.

    • Book Chapter

  • Alkhurayyif, M., Winkler, J., Andrew, S.A., Krueger, S. (2021). Comparative Public Finance Approaches to Natural Hazards Management. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science.

    • Journal Article

  • Krueger, S., Fischer, L.A., Benavides, A.D. (2021). Health Disasters and Local Government Finance: City of Dallas Budget Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Municipal Finance Journal. 42 (2)
  • Krueger, S., Park, H. (2020). Pathways to Citizen Participation: Participatory Budgeting Policy Choice by Local Governments. Chinese Public Administration Review. 11 (1) 46-59.
  • Krueger, E.L., Winkler, J., Schumann, R.L. (2019). Residential Taxable Value Recovery in Coastal Mississippi After Hurricane Katrina. Local Government Studies Journal. 43 (3) 372-393.
  • Krueger, E.L., Maleckaite, V. (2011). The Great Recession’s Impact on the City of Dallas’s Budget. Municipal Finance Journal. 30 (1) 71-87.
  • Krueger, E.L., Bernick, E., Walker, R.W. (2011). The Intergovernmental Context of Alternative Service Delivery Choices. Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 41 (4) 686-708.
  • Bernick, E., Krueger, E.L. (2010). An Assessment of Journal Quality in Public Administration. International Journal of Public Administration. 33 (2) 98-106.
  • Krueger, E.L., Walker, R.W. (2010). Management Practices and State Bond Ratings. Public Budgeting & Finance. 30 (4) 1-27.
  • Krueger, E.L., Bernick, E. (2010). State Rules and Local Governance Choices. Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 40 (4) 697-718.
  • Krueger, E.L., Hawkins, C., Walker, R.W. (2010). The Cost of Boosterism: Economic Development, Growth Management and Municipal Bond Ratings. Municipal Finance Journal. 31 (2) 51-75.
  • Krueger, E.L., Jennings, E., Kendra, J. (2009). Local Emergency Management Funding: An Evaluation of County Budgets. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 6 (1) 1-21.
  • Krueger, E.L., Walker, R.W. (2009). Now You See It, Now You Don’t: The Mysterious Case of the Vanishing Split Bond Rating in States. Public Budgeting & Finance. 29 (1) 84-101.
  • Krueger, E.L., Walker, R.W. (2008). Divided Government, Political Turnover and State Bond Ratings. Public Finance Review. 36 (3) 259-286.
  • Meernik, J.D., Krueger, E.L., Poe, S.L. (1998). Testing Models of United States Foreign Policy: Foreign Aid During and After the Cold War. Journal of Politics. 60 63-85.

    • Research Report

  • Fite, J.T., Collins, B.K., Krueger, S., Andrew, S. Economic Development Corporation Trends Report.

    • White Paper

  • Krueger, S., Keyes, L., Collins, B., Vicars-Nance, J., Havir, K., Wheeler, T. City of Allen Collaboration with Community Nonprofit Organizations: Options, Recommendations, and Best Practices.
  • Keyes, L., Krueger, S., Collins, B., Vicars-Nance, J., Havir, K., Wheeler, T. City of Allen Social Service System Response to COVID-19.

Presentations Given

    Panel Presentation

  • Winkler, J. (Author & Presenter), Krueger, E.L. (Author), Southern Political Science Association meeting, Local Government Fiscal Stress and Financial Coping Strategies During Disasters, Southern Political Science Association, St. Pete Beach, FL, United States of America. (2023).
  • Collins, B.K. (Author & Presenter), Keyes, L.M. (Author), Krueger, E.L. (Author), Southeastern Conference of Public Administration Annual Meeting, Pathways to Collaborative Governance of Social Services: A Comparative Analysis of Texas Municipalities, Southeastern Conference of Public Administation, Lexington, KY, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Krueger, S. (Panelist), Annual Meeting of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration, Contributing to the New Civic Square through Incorporating Social Equity and Civic Engagement into Public Budgeting Course, online, United States of America. (2020).
  • Winkler, J. (Author & Presenter), Krueger, S. (Author & Presenter), Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, Descriptive Findings from a Survey on Local Government Coping Strategies Following Hurricane Harvey, Miami, FL, United States of America. (2020).
  • Krueger, S. (Panelist), Annual Meeting of the National Association of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration, Universal Required Competencies and Course Competencies of Required Courses in Public Budgeting & Financial Management, Los Angeles, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Park, H. (Author & Presenter), Krueger, S. (Presenter), Annual Meeting of the Association for Budgeting & Financial Management, Interlocal Competition and the Fiscal Health, Washington, D.C., United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Winkler, J. (Author & Presenter), Krueger, S. (Presenter), Annual Meeting of the Association for Budgeting & Financial Management, Local Government Financial Coping Strategies Following Disasters, Washington, D.C., United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Winkler, J. (Author & Presenter), Krueger, E.L. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting of the Association for Budgeting & Financial Management, Fiscal Health following disasters: A case study of four cities, ABFM, Denver, CO, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Park, H. (Author & Presenter), Krueger, E.L. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meeting of the Association for Budgeting & Financial Management, The Political Business Cycle of Revenue Choice, ABFM, Denver, CO, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Krueger, E.L. (Author & Presenter), Winkler, J. (Author), International Workshops on Public Policy 2018, Fiscal Health following disasters: A case study of three cities following hurricane Katrina, International Public Policy Association, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Park, H. (Author & Presenter), Krueger, E.L. (Author & Presenter), Walker, R.W. (Author), Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration, Citizen Participation and Outcomes: The Fiscal Effects of Local Participatory Budgeting, ASPA, Denver, CO, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Krueger, E.L. (Author & Presenter), Winkler, J. (Author), Annual Meeting of the American Society for Public Administration, Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness: Complimentary or Competitive Investments for Local Governments, ASPA, Denver, CO, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Krueger, E.L. (Author), Park, H. (Author & Presenter), Walker, R.W. (Author), 89th Annual Conference of the Southern Political Science Association, Citizen Participation and Outcomes: The Fiscal Effects of Local Participatory Budgeting, SPSA, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Krueger, E.L. (Author), Winkler, J. (Author & Presenter), Schumann, R.L. (Author), 89th Annual Conference of the Southern Political Science Association, Property Values Following Hurricane Katrina: A Hedonic Model of Harrison County Mississippi, SPSA, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Contract

  • Krueger, E.L., "Budget Innovations for the City of Desoto," sponsored by City of DeSoto, Local, $16071 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
  • Krueger, S. (Other), "Rural Homelessness Program Sustainability," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $6000 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
  • Fite, J.T. (Co-Principal), Collins, B.K. (Co-Principal), Andrew, S. (Co-Principal), Krueger, E.L. (Co-Principal), "Frisco Emerging Trends," sponsored by Frisco Economic Development Corporation, Local, $25000 Funded. (2018 - 2019).
  • Fite, J. (Co-Principal), Collins, B. (Co-Principal), Andrew, S.A. (Co-Principal), Krueger, S. (Co-Principal), "Frisco Emerging Trends," sponsored by Frisco Economic Development Corporation, Local, Funded. (2018 - 2019).

    • Grant - Research

  • Collins, B.K. (Principal), Krueger, E.L. (Co-Principal), Keyes, L.M. (Co-Principal), "Community Needs and Services Delivery Assessment (COVID 19 and Low Income Assistance)," sponsored by City of Allen, LG, Funded. (2021 - 2021).

Service

University Service

  • Chairperson, Alumni Survey. (October 2024 - Present).
  • Co-Chair, City Manager Survey. (October 2024 - Present).
  • Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee. (September 2011 - Present).
  • Committee Member, CHPS Dean Reappointment Committee. (2024 - 2024).
  • Committee Member, PADM Executive Committee. (2023 - 2024).
  • Chairperson, Promotion & Tenure Committee. (2022 - 2023).
  • Chairperson, PADM Search Committee. (2021 - 2023).
  • Program Coordinator, PhD Colloquium. (August 2020 - August 2021).
  • Program Coordinator, PhD Program. (August 2020 - August 2021).
  • Other, NASPAA Accreditation Coordinator. (August 2019 - June 2021).
  • Program Coordinator, MPA Program. (August 2018 - August 2019).
  • Member, Executive Committee. (September 2017 - August 2019).
  • Program Coordinator, Public Administration Research Colloquium Series. (January 2017 - August 2019).
  • Program Coordinator, PhD Program. (September 2015 - August 2019).
  • Member, College Promotion & Tenure Committee. (September 2016 - August 2018).
  • Guest Speaker, Early Eagles Program. (September 2016 - August 2018).
  • Chairperson, Faculty Search Committee. (September 2015 - August 2016).
  • Other, Assistant Department Chair. (September 2014 - August 2015).
  • Chairperson, Faculty Search Committee. (September 2013 - August 2014).
  • Chairperson, Promotion & Tenure Committee. (September 2013 - August 2014).
  • Co-Director, MPA Program. (September 2010 - August 2011).
  • Chairperson, Faculty Senate Budget Committee. (September 2008 - August 2009).
  • Member, Faculty Senate Budget Committee. (September 2005 - August 2009).

Public Service

  • Mentor, Denton Affordable Housing Corp.. Denton, Tx. (December 2020 - Present).

Professional Service

  • Attendee, Meeting, NASPAA. Washington, DC, (October 2024 - Present).
  • Attendee, Meeting, ICMA. Pittsburgh, PA. (September 2024 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Various Journals. (September 2005 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Southern Political Science Association annual meeting. (January 2020 - 2025).
  • Attendee, Meeting, TCMA. South Padre Island, Texas. (June 2024).
  • Attendee, Meeting, NASPAA. Online, (October 2020 - October 2020).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration. Atlanta, GA. (October 9, 2018 - October 13, 2018).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration. Washington, D.C., (October 10, 2017 - October 14, 2017).