The Practice of Government Public Relations

Mordecai Lee is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has written extensively on public relations in public administration. He is author of several books on the subject, including See America: The Politics and Administration of Federal Tourism Promotion, 1937-1973 (2020). His articles on government PR have appeared in many journals, including Public Relations Review, Public Administration Review, Federal History, and Journal of Public Affairs. Mordecai is occasionally provides the media with nonpartisan analysis of political developments in Wisconsin. He has appeared on the NBC Nightly News, National Public Radio, MSNBC, and Fox News Channel. In the print media, he has been quoted by the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and by Bloomberg and Reuters news services.Grant Neeley is Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Dayton, where he teaches and conducts research in public policy, public administration, and political science. His publications have appeared in print across a wide range of journals including; American Journal of Public Health, Policy Studies Journal, Political Research Quarterly, Policy Studies Review, Social Science Quarterly, Evaluation Review, Public Performance & Management Review, State and Local Government Review, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, Social Science Journal, Journal of Public Affairs Education, and Criminal Justice Studies. Grant also serves as a Navy Reserve Public Affairs Officer. In 2010, he deployed to Iraq where he developed strategic messaging for U.S. Forces-Iraq at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. In 2018, he deployed to Afghanistan where he served as press desk chief and spokesperson for both the U.S. Forces - Afghanistan and the NATO Resolute Support Mission.Kendra B. Stewart is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration and Director of the Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Center for Livable Communities at the College of Charleston. Her research interests include government public relations, non-profit management, state and local government, food policy, and women and politics. The articles she has authored have appeared in a variety of journals including Urban Affairs Review, Public Finance and Management, Perspective in Politics, Journal of Public Affairs Education, Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition as well as in various scholarly books. Kendra is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), and she served as President of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) for 2020-2021. Kendra regularly provides expertise to the press and has conducted political analysis for a variety of print, radio and television media, including Good Morning America, Fox News Channel, the Associated Press, The New Yorker, and National Public Radio.