Nicholas Peroff

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Nicholas C. Peroff
Born	Wisconsin
Residence	Kansas City, Missouri
Citizenship	United States
Fields	Political science Public Administration
Institutions	University of Missouri - Kansas City
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Known for	Complexity Theory Native American studies

Nicholas C. Peroff is an American political scientist, public administrator and professor in Native American studies and Complexity Theory at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, he formerly held teaching positions in Taiwan, South Korea and South Africa.

The Secretary of International Relations Council, he was the former President of the Western Social Science Association (2002-2003). A former veteran of the Vietnam War, he was named Public Administrator of the Year, Kansas City by the American Society for Public Administration in 2009.^[1]

Background

Born and raised in Wisconsin, U.S.A he received a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.^[2] His doctoral study was interrupted with the onset of the Vietnam War to which he was drafted as a member of the U.S. Navy.

His book Menominee Drums, Tribal Termination and Restoration, 1954-1974 (University of Oklahoma Press), was a study of the termination and subsequent restoration of federal recognition of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. His work with the Menominee Nation has continued, off and on, for over 30 years which led him to research Indian gaming and other areas of interest within American Indian Studies. He also researched and taught public management and administration, public policy analysis, and engaged in the development and application of complexity theory in the study of American Indian policy.^[3]

Awards

Elmer P. Pierson Teaching Award, Bloch School, 1986-87.
Marquis Who's Who, February 2008

Further Study

Menominee Drums: Tribal Termination and Restoration, 1954-1974, 2nd ed.,Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press: 2006.

Getting Control of the Greenfield City Budget (co-authored with Mark Funkhouser) in Public Administration: Cases in Managerial Role-Playing by Robert P. Watson. ISBN 978-0-321-08552-8

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