Dr. Earle Klay is a professor and former director of the Askew School. He is both a futurist and a Certified Government Financial Manager. Some of his research looks at the future of society in order to identify the problems that will challenge and shape government. Other research deals with topics as varied as strategic management, overcoming obstacles to performance reporting, and facilitating organizational learning about new technology applications. His courses range from “Futures Studies” and the "History and Future of Public Administration" to two courses in financial management. His several years of practitioner experience include service as a captain in the U.S Army, a systems specialist in a federal agency, a policy analyst for a state legislature, and a senior planner in a governor's office of planning and budgeting. He enjoys a variety of physical activities, for fun and to enable him to serve as an active boy scout leader.


Recent Publications and Papers


“Information and the Shaping of Public Administration Education,” Journal of Public Administration (South Africa), Vol. 38, No. 3 (September 2003). (coauthor with Ralph Brower)

"Performance Improvement Requires Putting New Perspectives and Old Lessons to Work," Public Performance and Management Review, Vol. 26, No. 3 (March 2003) pp. 232-236.

"Motives and Incentives: Rethinking Budget Theory in a New Institutional Context," Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, NY Dekker, 2003, pp. 790-794.(hard copy and ebook)

"Technology and Public Administration," in K. T. Liou (ed.) Handbook of Public Management Practice and Reform, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc. 2001. (co-author with Daniel Jorgensen)

"A Community Oriented Model of Academic Professionalism," Metropolitan Universities, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Summer 2001) pp. 41-50. (principal author, co-authors Ralph Brower and Brian Williams)

"Distance Learning: Some Fundamental Questions for Public Affairs Education," Journal of Public Affairs Education, Vol. 6, No. 4 (October 2000), pp. 215-231. with Ralph Brower.

"Technology and Public Administration," in K. T. Liou (ed.) Handbook of Public Management Practice and Reform, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc. 2001, with Daniel Jorgensen.

Recent Awards and Achievements

Recipient of the 1996 Donato J. Pugliesi Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Southeastern Conference of Public Administration

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