Rosemary O'Leary

Career

Selected Awards and Honors

• given by the Academy of Management Public and Nonprofit Division, 2017.
• given by the Public Management Research Association, 2017.
• given by the International Research Society for Public Management, 2017.
• given by the American Political Science Association, 2016.
• , given by the American Society for Public Administration, 2014.
• , given jointly by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration and the American Society for Public Administration, 2004.
• Co-Author of “One of since 1940” Commendation from Public Administration Review, 2014, for "The New Governance: Practices and Processes for Stakeholder and Citizen Participation in the Work of Government," Public Administration Review, vol. 665, no. 5, pp. 547-558, 2005.
• , American Society for Public Administration and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, 2007.
• , 2005.
• Elected Fellow, U.S. National Academy of Public Administration, 1998.

  Selected publications

• Rosemary O’Leary, The Ethics of Dissent: Managing Guerrilla Government, 3rd edition. Washington D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 180 pp. ; Second edition ; First edition.
• *Coined the term "guerrilla government" to describe public servants who clandestinely disobey the wishes of their superiors in order to do what they think is right.
• *The ideas in this book have been presented in 8 countries.
• David Rosenbloom, Rosemary O'Leary, and Joshua Chan, Public Administration and Law, 3rd edition. New York: CRC Press 329 pp.. Previous edition: David Rosenbloom and Rosemary O'Leary, Public Administration and Law, 2nd edition. New York: Marcel Dekker, 344 pp.. Translated into Chinese.
• Rosemary O'Leary, Robert Durant, Daniel Fiorino, and Paul Weiland, Managing For the Environment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 436 pp..
• * Winner of the “Best Book in Public and Non-Profit Management” Award, given by the Academy of Management, 2000.
• * Winner of the “Best Book in Environmental and Natural Resources Administration” Award, given by the American Society for Public Administration, 1999.
• Rosemary O’Leary and Catherine Gerard, Collaboration Across Boundaries: Insights and Tips from Federal Senior Executives. IBM Center for the Business of Government, 50 pp..
• Rosemary O’Leary and Lisa Blomgren Bingham, A Manager’s Guide to Resolving Conflicts in Collaborative Networks. IBM Center for the Business of Government, 50 pp..
• Amy Kneedler Donahue and Rosemary O’Leary, “Do Shocks Change Organizations? The Case of NASA.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 22, 395-425.
• Rosemary O’Leary, Yujin Choi, and Catherine Gerard. “The Skill Set of the Successful Collaborator” Public Administration Review, 72 70-83.
• Rosemary O’Leary and Nidhi Vij. “Collaborative Public Management: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?" American Review of Public Administration, 42, 507-522.
• Rosemary O’Leary, “Guerrilla Employees: Should Managers Nurture, Tolerate, or Terminate Them?” Public Administration Review, 70 8 – 18.

  Notable Experience

• Creator and coordinator of the Minnowbrook III conference which assessed the future of public administration around the world.
• Elected member of the National Academy of Public Administration.
• Senior Fulbright scholar in Malaysia and in the Philippines.
• Ian Axford Public Policy Scholar in New Zealand.
• Member of the NASA’s Return to Flight Task Group assembled in response to the Columbia space shuttle accident.
• Served as a consultant to:
• * U.S. Office of Personnel Management and Federal Executive Institute
• * U.S. Council on Environmental Quality
• * U.S. Department of Interior
• * U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• * U.S. Geological Survey
• * U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• * International City/County Management Association
• * National Academy of Sciences
• * National Science Foundation
• * New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• * Indiana Department of Environmental Management
• * U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
• * LMI Consulting
• Selected academic leadership positions:
• *Director, School of Public Affairs & Administration, University of Kansas, 2017-2019
• *Executive Committee and Board of Directors, University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc
• *Senior Administrative Fellow, University of Kansas 2015-2016
• *Co-Director, Program for the Advancement of Research in Conflict and Collaboration, Maxwell School of Syracuse University 2004-2009
• *Co-Founder, : Free, open-source online cases and simulations on collaboration 2004
• *Co-Founder, , Maxwell School of Syracuse University 2004
• *Interim Director, Campbell Institute, Syracuse University, 2000-2001
• *Co-Director, Indiana Conflict Resolution Institute, 1997–1998
• *Director, Ph.D. Program, University of Kansas, 2013-2014
• *Director, Ph.D Program, Maxwell School of Syracuse University, 2001-2004
• *Chair, Environmental Administration Section, American Society for Public Administration 1995
• *Chair, Public Administration Section, American Political Science Association 1994