Phillip J. Cooper

Professor of Public Administration

Mark O. Hatfield School of Government(Link)
Portland State University(Link)
670D Urban Center
(503) 725-8155
E-mail: pcooper@pdx.edu

Professor Cooper is Professor of Public Administration in the Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University. He received his BA in Government at California State University, Sacramento and the M.A. and Ph.D. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University. He has taught at several universities, including Georgia State University, the Nelson Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy of the State University of New York at Albany, the University of Kansas, and the University of Vermont with faculty appointments in Public Administration, Political Science, Public Policy, and Law. He has served as Chair of the Department of Political Science at the State University of New York at Albany, Chair of the Department of Public Administration at the University of Kansas, and Director of the Master of Public Administration Program at the University of Vermont.

Active in a variety of leading public administration professional associations and journal editorial boards, Professor Cooper was the first recipient of the Charles Levine Award given by the American Society for Public Administration and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration to the person determined to be the nation's outstanding example of excellence in public affairs scholarship, teaching, and service. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He has also received the Town Government Award given by the Vermont League of Cities and Towns. He is the author of numerous books and articles on public administration, administration law, constitutional law, law and public policy, environmental policy, and sustainable development administration.

2008 Fall Quarter Teaching Schedule:

PA 534 Administrative Law & Policy Implementation
Wednesday   4:00-6:30 pm - SH 255

PAP 612 Governance, Social Change, and Rule of Law Systems
Monday   4:00-6:30 pm - URBN 611

Office hours.
Monday & Wednesday   9:00 am to Noon.
Monday & Wednesday  1:30 pm - 4:00 pm