Ali Farazmand is a Professor in the School of Public Administration at Florida Atlantic University, where he has been teaching since 1995 Ph.D. and MPA courses of Intellectual Development of Public Administration, Organization Theory, Organization and Administrative Behavior, Public Personnel Administration, Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining, Organizational Change and Public Management, Organizational Behavior, Bureaucratic Politics and Public Policy, and Administrative Ethics. He has a Ph.D. and MPA in Public Administration, and an MS in Educational Administration, all three from Syracuse University. His areas of research include Organization/Administrative Theory, Behavior, Strategic Public Personnel and Civil Service Reforms, Sound Governance, Citizen Engagement, Administrative State, Bureaucracy, Civilization and Administration, Globalization and Capitalism, Comparative/International PA, Crisis and Emergency Management, Administrative and Governance Reform, Public Productivity Improvement and Quality Management, and Organizational Change & Leadership. He is the author and editor of over 24 books and 140 journal articles, book chapters, and other publications.