Rate My Professor Jon Quah

Jon Quah holds a PhD in Political Science majoring in Public Administration from the Department of Government, Florida State University, in 1975. He earned a Master of Social Sciences in Political Science from the University of Singapore in 1971 and a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honors) in Political Science from the University of Singapore in 1969. His academic career at the National University of Singapore included serving as Professor of Political Science from June 1998 to June 2007. He was Head of the Department of Political Science from June 1990 to June 1998, Coordinator of the European Studies Program from July 1990 to June 1998, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences from July 1990 to June 1991, and Acting Director of the Institute of Policy Studies from January 1989 to June 1990. Quah co-edited the Asian Journal of Political Science from December 1998 to December 2007. After retiring from NUS, he works as an Anti-Corruption Consultant in Singapore.

Quah's research specializations are anti-corruption strategies in Asian countries, public administration in Singapore, public personnel administration in Asian countries, civil service reforms in Asian countries, and policy implementation in Asian countries. Major publications include Curbing Corruption in Asian Countries: An Impossible Dream? (Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley, UK, 2011), Public Administration Singapore-Style (Emerald Group Publishing, Bingley, UK, 2010), Taiwan's Anti-Corruption Strategy: Suggestions for Reform (School of Law, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 2010), Combating Corruption Singapore-Style: Lessons for Other Asian Countries (School of Law, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 2007), and contributions to comparative studies such as Different Paths to Curbing Corruption: A Comparative Analysis (2013) and Singapore's Anti-Corruption Strategy (2003).