David M. Van Slyke
Dean
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs
Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business-Government Policy
Degree
Ph.D., Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1999
Specialties
Public and nonprofit management, government contracting, public-private partnerships, policy implementation, strategic management
Courses
PAI 785 Policy Implementation
PAI 996 DCP EMPA Master's Project Course
Biography
David M. Van Slyke is Dean of the
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and the
Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business-Government Policy. Prior to becoming Dean on
July 1, 2016, Van Slyke was Associate Dean and Chair of Maxwell’s department of
public administration and international affairs. He is a tenured, full
professor of the Maxwell School and the College of Arts and Sciences and a two-time
recipient of the Birkhead-Burkhead Award and Professorship for Teaching
Excellence.
Van Slyke is a
leading international expert on public-private partnerships, public sector
contracting and contract management, public and nonprofit management, and
policy implementation. He is a member of the Defense Business Board (2020,
2021-Present), a former Director (2015-2021) and Fellow of the National Academy
of Public Administration, a member of the National Academy of Public
Administration’s Expert Advisory team for the Office of the Inspector General
at the Department of Homeland Security, and a former co-editor of the Journal of Public Administration Research
and Theory and the Journal of
Strategic Contracting and Negotiation. He is actively engaged in the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and
Administration, the Association of Professional Schools of International
Affairs, and the University Leadership Council on Diversity and Inclusion in
International Affairs Education. He is the co-chair (with Dr. Susan Gooden) of
a Volcker Alliance-NASPAA working group on addressing structural racism in
public affairs and served as the co-chair of the 2021 NASPAA annual conference.
He also sits on the editorial boards of several top-ranked public affairs and
nonprofit management journals including the Journal
of Public Administration Research and Theory. He has provided expert
guidance to the Office of Management and Budget, the Government Accountability
Office, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Coast Guard, the World Bank, and a
range of philanthropic foundations. As part of his executive education teaching
and research he has worked extensively with senior leaders in government, nonprofit,
and business organizations in China, India, Russia, Singapore, and Thailand.
Van Slyke’s
book, "Complex Contracting: Government
Purchasing in the Wake of the U.S. Coast Guard's Deepwater Program"(Cambridge
University Press, 2013) is the recipient of the American Society for Public
Administration Section on Research Best Book Award for 2014 and honorable
mention for the Public and Nonprofit Section of the Academy of Management best
book award for 2016. He received the 2015 Distinguished Alumnus in Public
Administration and Policy award from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs
and Policy at the University at Albany, and the 2007 Best Article Award published
in the Journal of Public Administration
Research and Theory. He has been interviewed and his work cited in a range
of media outlets including the Associated Press, Washington Post,
U.S. News & World Report, Government Executive, Defense
Industry Daily, Governing, and National Public Radio
among others.
Van Slyke is a
first-generation college student and earned a Ph.D. in public administration
and policy from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the
University at Albany, State University of New York. Prior to becoming an
academic, he served in project management and team leadership roles in the
private, public, and nonprofit sectors.