Spring 2009 Classes:
POLS 393 S3: Executive Leadership and Management
POLS 393 S4: Politics and Media
POLS/ECON 503: Business and Government
POLS 116 (Online): State and Local Government
Dana Michael Harsell has been an assistant professor of political science and public administration at the University of North Dakota since 2005. He teaches courses in American government, public administration, and public budgeting and management. Dana has taught classes at both Syracuse University and Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. Dr. Harsell holds a BA in political science and psychology and an MA in political science, both from the University of Montana, and a PhD in political science from Syracuse University.
Dana’s research interests include administrative reform, government performance and accountability, and public management. While at Syracuse, Dana helped analyze the managerial capacity of county and municipal levels of government for the Government Performance Project and The New Jersey Initiative. His dissertation investigated the complex relationship between career managers and political appointees in federal agencies and found that recent government reform efforts have enhanced these relationships by smoothing the often-stressful transition of principal leadership, creating a common language between career managers and political appointees, and promoting more substantively meaningful policymaking by increasing collaboration between these two executive branch actors. A summary of the findings can be found in a report issued by the IBM Center for the Business of Government.
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