Jonathan Koppell

Jonathan Koppell
Dean, College of Public Programs, Arizona State University
Alma mater	Harvard University University of California, Berkeley
Predecessor	Deborah Friedman
Successor	Incumbent
Spouse(s)	Jennifer Steen[1]

Jonathan Koppell is the dean of the College of Public Service & Community Solutions at Arizona State University^[2] and the director of Arizona State’s School of Public Affairs. He succeeded Debra Friedman as Dean of the College on October 31, 2011.^[3]

Biography

Koppell holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University (1993) and a doctorate and master's degree from the University of California at Berkeley. His career in public service began as a Research Assistant with the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight in Washington, DC from 1993-1995. In 1999, Koppell served as a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution while simultaneously holding the title of Markle Fellow of the New America Foundation.

In 2003, Koppell would go on to serve as Fulbright Lecturer and Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Following that position, Koppell was named Director of the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at Yale University in 2006, where he was also Associate Professor of Political Science. He then was named Chairman of the City of New Haven, CT Development Commission in 2008. In 2010, he was named Director of the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University. In 2011, he became Dean of the College of Public Programs at Arizona State University,^[4] succeeding Debra Friedman.^[3]

Academic work

Koppell has conducted research related to the structure and administration of complex organizations, corporate governance, financial regulations, and government involvement in for-profit enterprise.

He is the author of three books:

• Origins of Shareholder Advocacy (2011)
• World Rule: Legitimacy, Accountability and the Design of Global Governance (2010) (named Best Book of 2010 by the Academy of Management Section on Public and Nonprofit Management, and Winner of the Charles H. Lebine Prize in 2011, awarded by the International Political Science Association, Organized Section on Structure of Governance.)
• The Politics of Quasi-Government: Hybrid Organizations and the Dynamics of Bureaucratic Control (2003)

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