Rate My Professor Stephanie Newbold

Dr. Stephanie Newbold is the Director and Professor at the Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs at Wichita State University, a position she assumed in June 2024. She earned her Ph.D. in Public Administration and Public Affairs from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2006, with a dissertation titled 'All But Forgotten: Thomas Jefferson’s Contribution to the Development of Public Administration in the United States' that received an Honorable Mention from the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA); her M.P.A. from the same institution in 2003; and her B.A. in Public Administration and Political Science, magna cum laude, from Elon University in 2001. Newbold's academic appointments include Associate Professor at Rutgers University–Newark's School of Public Affairs and Administration (2015–2024), where she also directed the MPA and JD/MPA programs (2016–2018); Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas State University (2014–2015); Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University (2009–2014); and Assistant Professor in Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Dallas (2006–2009). Her practitioner roles feature a Supreme Court Fellowship in the Office of the Counselor to the Chief Justice (2012–2013), Research Associate at the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello (2002), and service in the White House Office of the Chief of Staff during the Clinton Administration (2000).

Stephanie Newbold is an internationally recognized scholar of public administration specializing in democratic governance, constitutional and administrative law, and the intellectual history of the American administrative state. Her research interests span organization theory and management of public organizations, public administration theory and context, political philosophy and democratic theory, the legal environment of public administration, judicial branch dynamics and governance, American government, and historical methodology. As Editor of The American Review of Public Administration since December 2016—one of the field's leading journals—she previously served as Book Review Editor for Public Administration Review (2014–2016) and editorial board member (2009–2012). Key publications include All But Forgotten: Thomas Jefferson and the Development of Public Administration (SUNY Press, 2010); The Constitutional School of American Public Administration (Routledge, 2016, co-edited with D.H. Rosenbloom); forthcoming Delivering on Government's Promises: Public Administrators as Implementers of Foundational Documents and Laws (Routledge, co-authored with M. Holzer); and articles such as 'A Transformative Era: The Roberts Court, Constitutional Interpretation, and Public Administration' (Administration and Society, 2020), 'Statesmanship and Ethics: The Case of Thomas Jefferson’s Dirty Hands' (Public Administration Review, 2005), 'Toward a Constitutional School for American Public Administration' (Public Administration Review, 2010), and 'Federalist 27: Is Transparency Essential for Public Confidence in Government?' (Public Administration Review, 2011). Awards and honors encompass Young Alumna of the Year (Elon University, 2009), Pi Alpha Alpha Outstanding Faculty Advisor (University of Texas at Dallas, 2009), U.S. Department of State recognition for contributions to international rule of law programs (2013), and President of the Supreme Court Fellows Alumni Association (2016–present).