Associate Professor and
Associate Director for Academic Affairs and Research
Professor Brown received his Ph.D. in Public Policy and Political Science from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Department of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana and a B.A. in Public Policy from Stanford University, Stanford California.
He previously held a Visiting Assistant Professor position in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University and served as the U.S. Project Manager for the Parliamentary Development Project, a U.S. Agency for International Development funded organization that provides technical assistance to the Ukrainian parliament. He currently serves as the Project Director of Financial Management.
His research focuses on public management and organizational theory, contracting and contract management, performance measurement, and democratization.
He has published in a variety of journals including Public Administration Review, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
Professor Brown has also been recently appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
Research interest
> Alternative service delivery arrangements (particularly contracting)
> Performance measurement and management
> Organizational capacity
> Intergovernmental relations and management
> Democratic transition
Selected Research
Trevor Brown. 2008. The Dynamics of Government-to-Government Contracts. Public Performance Management Review. Vol. 31, no. 3: 364-386.
Trevor Brown, Matt Potoski, and David Van Slyke. 2007. Trust and Contract Completeness in the Public Sector. Local Government Studies. Vol. 33, no. 4: 607-623.
Trevor Brown, Matt Potoski, and David Van Slyke. 2006. Managing Public Service Contracts: Aligning Values, Institutions, and Markets. Public Administration Review. Vol. 66, no. 3: 323-331.
Trevor Brown and Matt Potoski. 2006. Contracting for Management: Assessing Management Capacity under Alternative Service Delivery Arrangements. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Vol. 25, no. 2: 323-346.
Trevor Brown and Matt Potoski. 2005. Transaction Costs and Contracting: The Practitioner Perspective. Public Performance and Management Review. Vol. 28, no. 3: 326-351.
Trevor Brown and Matthew Potoski. 2004. Managing the Public Service Market. Public Administration Review. Vol. 64: 656-669. Trevor Brown and Charles Wise. 2004. Constitutional Courts and Legislative-Executive Relations. Political Science Quarterly. Vol. 119: 143-169.
