Rate My Professor Christopher Reddick

Christopher Reddick is a Professor of Public Administration in the Social Science faculty at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he has served since 2001. He began as an Assistant Professor, advanced to Associate Professor in 2007, and has held the rank of Professor and Teaching Professor since 2012. Reddick served as Chair of the Department of Public Administration from 2007 to 2018, overseeing more than 300 students, managing budgets, faculty reviews, curriculum planning, NASPAA accreditation, and strategic planning. He also acted as Graduate Advisor of Record and MPA Director at UTSA from 2004 to 2007, and earlier at Murray State University from 2000 to 2001. His academic background includes a Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Sheffield in 2000, an M.B.A. in Business Studies with a focus on Agricultural Economics and Business from the University of Guelph in 1996, an M.A. in Political Studies specializing in Public Administration and Public Policy from the University of Guelph in 1994, and a B.A. Double Major Honors in Political Science and Economics from the same institution in 1993. Additionally, he holds Certified Financial Planner certification.

Reddick's research specializations encompass information technology and public administration, e-government, emergency management, homeland security, economics, and finance. He has authored books such as Public Administration and Information Technology (2012) and Homeland Security Preparedness and Information Systems: Strategies for Managing Public Policy (2010), and edited numerous volumes including Blockchain and the Public Sector: Theories, Reforms, and Case Studies (2021), Governance Models for Creating Public Values in Open Data Initiatives (2019), and Handbook of Research on Strategies for Local E-Government Adoption and Implementation (2009). His scholarship has garnered over 11,000 citations on Google Scholar with an h-index of 51. Reddick was recognized as one of the top 10 most cited authors in e-government research in 2019 and received awards including the 2005 President's Distinguished Achievement Award for Research, College of Public Policy Dean’s Faculty Excellence Award, 2014 IGI-Global InfoSci-Journals Distinguished Fellowship, 2016 Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Digital Government Research, and 2018 Highly Commended Best Paper in Transforming Government Journal. He has held editorial roles, such as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age, and honorary positions including Visiting Professor at Sun Yat-sen University (2015-2018) and Professorial Fellow at the University of Wollongong (2014).