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Joined faculty in 1979; specialist in state government, state and local relations, and Kansas political history; Ph.D. in political science, University of Kansas, 1970; M.A., George Washington University, 1965; B.S., Emporia State University, 1964
Degrees
Ph.D. in political science, University of Kansas, 1970
M.A. in government, George Washington University, 1965
B.S. E Kansas State Teachers College, 1964
Primary Teaching Areas and Experience
Teaching Areas: Public Decision Making; State and Local Government Administration
Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science (1972-1974) and Associate Professor (1975), Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Lecturer in Political Science (1976), University of Kansas
Visiting Research Professor (1979), Associate Professor (1979-1986), Tenure (1985), Professor (1986 to present), Wichita State University
Visiting Scholar (Summer 1993), University of California at Berkeley
Publications
Kansas Policy Choices. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1986. Editor.
"Capital Finance and Public Infrastructure," (Chapter 4) in H. Edward Flentje (Editor), Kansas Policy Choices Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1986 pp. 109-40.
"Clarifying Purpose and Achieving Balance in Gubernatorial Administration," State Government 62:4 (1989), pp. 161-167.
"Book Review: Alberta M. Sbragia, Debt Wish: Entrepreneurial Cities, U.S. Federalism, and Economic Development" in Municipal Finance Journal 18:1 (Spring 1997), pp. 80-82.
"Retail Wheeling and Municipal Electric Utilities: A Status Report on State Actions," Municipal Finance Journal 18:2 (Summer 1997), pp. 63-83. H. Edward Flentje and Keith A. Lawing.
Exemptions of Elderly Housing from Property Taxes in Harvey County, prepared for Board of County Commissioners, Harvey County. Wichita: Kansas Public Finance Center, Wichita State University, December 1997. H. Edward Flentje and Sammi Mangus.
Implications of Retail Competition for Kansas Municipal Electric Utilities and Municipalities," Proceedings of the Ninetieth Annual Conference on Taxation. Washington, D.C.: National Tax Association, 1998, pp. 129-134. W. Bartley Hildreth, John D. Wong, and H. Edward Flentje.
"State Policy Choices on Retail Competition for Municipal Electric Utilities," Municipal Finance Journal 19:1 (Spring 1998), pp. 31-36.
"Strategic Issues Confronting a Municipal Electric Utility in a Competitive Environment," Municipal Finance Journal 19:1 (Spring 1998), pp. 43-48. W. Bartley Hildreth, John D. Wong, and H. Edward Flentje.
"The Evolution of Municipal Electric Utilities in Kansas," Municipal Finance Journal 19:2 (Summer 1998), pp. 30-39.
"1907: The Last Hurrah for Partisan Elections in Wichita," The Wichita Eagle, February 28, 1999.
Appointed County Administrators in Kansas. Topeka: Research Report of Kansas Association of Counties, March 2000. H. Edward Flentje and Sammi Mangus.
"State Administration in Cultural Context," in John J. Gargan, editor, Handbook of State Government Administration. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2000, pp. 67-105.
"Kansas," in Dale Krane, Platon N. Rigos, and Melvin Hill, editors, Home Rule in America: A Fifty-State Handbook. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2000, pp. 156-65.
"State Initiatives in Transportation Investment: The Evolution from Anti-Debt to Debt Financed Programs in Kansas," Proceedings of the Nineth-Second Annual Conference on Taxation Washington, D.C.: National Tax Association, 1999, pp. 148-154. W. Bartley Hildreth and H. Edward Flentje.
Research
Editor of gubernatorial papers of Mike Hayden.
Significant Practioner Activity
Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator James Pearson (1968-1969) U.S. Senate.
Assistant Director for Academic Affairs (1969-1970) and Associate Director for Academic Affairs (1970-1972), Illinois Board of Higher Education.
Deputy Chief of Staff, Board of Trustees (1972-1974), Southern Illinois University.
Director of State Planning and Research (1975-1979), Member of the Cabinet of Governor Robert F. Bennett (1975-1979), Chair of Transition Team for Governor-Elect Mike Hayden (1986-1987), Secretary of Administration (1987-1988), Vice-Chair of the Cabinet of Governor Mike Hayden (1987-1988), Coordinator of Policy, Office of the Governor (1987-1988), State of Kansas.
Graduate Coordinator, Master of Urban Studies (1979-1984), Graduate Coordinator, Master of Public Administration (1988-1989), Director, Hugo Wall Center for Urban Studies (1989-1992),
Director, Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs (1999 to present), Director, Center for Urban Studies (1999 to present), Wichita State University.
Academic and Professional Activity
"Federalism, Technology, and the Market: Conflict or Consensus?: A Policy History of Municipal Electric Utilities,"Conference on Policy History, St. Louis, May 1999. John Wong, W. Bartley Hildreth and H. Edward Flentje.
"State Initiatives in Transportation Investment: Two Kansas Cases," 92nd Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association, Atlanta, GA, November 1999. W. Bartley Hildreth and H. Edward Flentje.
"The Implications of Retail Competition for Municipal Electric Utilities," 90th Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association, Chicago, IL, November 1977. W. Bartley Hildreth, John Wong and H. Edward Flentje.
Public Service Activities
"State Policy Choices in Retail Wheeling," presentation to Kansas Municipalities, Inc., McPherson, June 1997.
"State Policy Choices in Retail Wheeling," invited testimony to Kansas Legislative Task Force on Retail Wheeling, Kansas Legislature, Topeka, June 1997.
"‘Clean Up’ of Local Government Statutes," invited testimony to Special Committee on Government Organization, Kansas Legislature, Topeka, October 1997.
"What is Retail Wheeling? Should County Officials Care?," presenter and roundtable convener at 22nd Annual Conference of Kansas Association of Counties, Wichita, November 1997.
"The Role of Chair in Decision Making," presentation to Institute for Municipal Leadership, sponsored by Center for Urban Studies, Wichita State University, 1997, 1999, and 2001.
"Public Decision Making," four half-day workshops presented to Executive Development Institute for City of Wichita and Sedgwick County, sponsored by Center for Urban Studies, Wichita State University, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.
"State-Local Partnerships," presentation to Municipal Clerks Certification Institute, City Clerks and Municipal Finance Officers of Kansas, sponsored by Center for Urban Studies, Wichita State University, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
"Property Tax Exemptions for Elderly Housing," presentation to 22nd Annual Spring Conference of the Kansas County Commissioners Association, Salina, May 1998.
"Reno County Ballot Question #1," presenter and moderator at public forum on reform of Reno County governance, Hutchinson, October 1998.
"What is County Home Rule and Do Counties Need It?," presenter at 23nd Annual Conference of Kansas Association of Counties, Wichita, November 1998.
"Leadership in Intergovernmental Relations," workshop presenter to Kansas Leadership Academy for County Commissioners, Kansas Association of Counties, Wichita, February 1999.
"Governance Through Home Rule or State Mandate?," presentation to Johnson County Charter Commission, Olathe, September 1999.
"Testimony on H.C.R. 5047," invited testimony to Kansas 2000 Select Committee, Kansas House of Representative, Topeka, March 2000.
"Constitutional Home Rule for Kansas Counties," presenter and roundtable discussant at 24nd Annual Conference of Kansas County Commissioners Association, Topeka, May 2000.
"Report on Survey of ICMA Small Community Task Force: Kansas City Managers and Administrators," (with Jinxi Jia), paper prepared for Small Community Task Force, International City Management Association, July 2000.
Consulting Activities
Chair of three-person site-visitation team reviewing graduate programs in public administration at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Central Oklahoma for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, 1994.
Member, review panel for Comprehensive Program, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, 1997.
Consultant to Regional Economic Area Partnership, an alliance of thirty-two cities and counties in south-central Kansas, 1997 to present.
Consultant on review of graduate programs in public administration at the University of Central Oklahoma for Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, 1999.
Appointed by Governor Bill Graves to Vision for the 21st Century Task Force, 2000.
Member, NASPAA site-visitation team on re-accreditation of MPA program, East Carolina University, 2001
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