In August 2007, Dr. Hildreth was appointed Interim Dean of the W. Frank Barton School of Business. 

In June, 2007, Dr. Hildreth presented invited lectures at Fudan University (Shanghai) and at the School of Public Finance in the Central University of Finance and Economics (Beijing). During Fall 2005, Dr. Hildreth was a Fulbright scholar at McGill University in Montreal, where he held the Visiting Research Chair of Public Policy. In 2003, he received the WSU Excellence in Research Award. In 2002, he was the only academic on a delegation advising China on a municipal bond market that was organized by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the National Committee for U.S.-China Relations. In 1995, he received the Donato J. Pugliese Award from the Southeastern Conference for Public Administration. 

Degrees
B. A. (Political Science), The University of Alabama, 1971
M. P. A., Auburn University at Montgomery, 1974
Ph. D., The University of Georgia, 1979

Primary Teaching Areas and Experiences
Teaching Areas: State and Local Government Finance; Public Financial Management; Public Budgeting

Assistant Professor (1979-1984) and Associate Professor of Finance and Public Administration (1984-1985), Graduate School of Management, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

Associate Professor (1985-1990) and Professor (1990-1994), Public Administration Institute, College of Business Administration, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Regents Distinguished Professor of Public Finance (1994-present), Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs and W. Frank Barton School of Business, and Director, Kansas Public Finance Center (1994-present), Wichita State University.

Recent Publications:
Books
Handbook of Public Administration, Third Edition.  New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc., at publisher 2006. Co-editor with Jack Rabin and Gerald J. Miller.

Public Budgeting Laboratory, Third Edition.  Athens, GA: Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, in pretesting 2007.  With Jack Rabin and Gerald J. Miller.

Financial Management Theory in the Public Sector. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 2004, 270 pp.  Co-editor with Aman Khan.

Budget Theory in the Public Sector. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 2002, 297 pp.  Co-editor with Aman Khan.

Case Studies in Public Budgeting and Financial Management, Second Edition. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2003, 784 pp.  Co-editor with Aman Khan.

Performance Based Budgeting. Boulder, CO: Westview Press and the American Society for Public Administration, 2001, 504 pp. Co-editor with Gerald J. Miller and Jack Rabin.

State and Local Government Budgeting Practices Handbook. Austin, TX: Sheshunoff Information Services, Inc., 1997, with yearly updates. With Charles Mecimore.

State and Local Government Debt Issuance and Management Service. Austin, TX: Sheshunoff Information Services Inc., 1996, with yearly updates. Assisted by Robert Doty, John Gunyou and Mike Bell.

Public Budgeting Laboratory, Second Edition, Athens, GA: Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, 1996. With Jack Rabin and Gerald J. Miller. Including: Interactive Student Guide Workbook on CD (2000) and Interactive Student Guide Workbook Guide (2000) with additional authors Sherry Bartel and Robert Munzinrider.

Local Government Benchmarking Service: Cities Within Selected Population Groups (2 volume set for each of the 50 states). Austin, TX: AlexInformation Inc., 2000. Technical author.

Handbook of Strategic Management, Second Edition. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2000, 816 pp.. Co-editor with Jack Rabin and Gerald J. Miller.

Handbook on Taxation. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1999, 998 pp. Co-editor with James A. Richardson.

Reports
Kansas Local Government Debt Affordability Report. Wichita, KS: Kansas Public Finance Center at WSU, 2006. With Anthony Swartzendruber.

State of Kansas 2005 Debt Affordability Report. Wichita, KS: Kansas Public Finance Center at WSU, 2005. Principal investigator.

Report of the Governor’s Tax Review Committee. Topeka, KS: State of Kansas, 1997. Chair of Committee.

Report of the Governor’s Tax Equity Task Force. Topeka, KS: State of Kansas, 1995. Member and research coordinator of tax study papers.

Articles
“What Difference Does Having an MPA Make?” Journal of Public Administration Education 13:2-3 (Spring/Summer 2007). With Samuel Yeager, Gerald J. Miller and Jack Rabin.

“The Relative Effects of Supervisors Emphasizing Ethical Behavior Versus Political Responsiveness,” Public Integrity 9:3 (Summer 2007), 281-299. With Samuel Yeager, Gerald J. Miller and Jack Rabin.

“Sizing Up Kansas Public Finance,” Kansas Policy Review, 29:1 (Spring 2007), 13-21. With Glenn Fisher, John Wong and H. Edward Flentje.

“Leading the Way to Better Budgeting,” Government Finance Review 22:2 (April 2006), 50-58. Issue Devoted to 100th Anniversary of GFOA.

“Canadian and American Federalism in the Capital Markets: Comparative Debt Financing, Canadian Foreign Policy 12:3 (2006), 93-104.

Federalism and Capital Markets in Canada and the U.S.: Financing Infrastructure in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina, Policy Options/Politiques 27:1 (December 2005-January 2006), 39-45.

“Fiscal Trends in Kansas: Taxing, Spending and Borrowing,” Kansas Policy Review, 28:1 (Spring 2006). With H. Edward Flentje.

“The Evolution of the State And Local Government Municipal Debt Market Over The Past Quarter Century,” Public Budgeting & Finance, Special Issue 2005, 127-153. With Kurt Zorn.

“Interstate Tax Uniformity and the Multistate Tax Commission,” National Tax Journal 58:3 (September, 2005), 575-589. With Matt Murray and David Sjoquist.

 “How Financial Managers Deal with Ethical Stress,” Public Administration Review 65:3 (May/June 2005), 301-312.  With Gerald J. Miller, Samuel J. Yeager and Jack Rabin.

“The Theme of Public Finance in the Amusement Park Industry.” National Tax Association: Proceedings 95th Annual Conference on Taxation 2002, pp. 409-415.  With John D. Wong.

“Debt and the Local Economy: Problems in Benchmarking Local Government Debt Affordability,” Public Budgeting & Finance 22:4 (Winter 2002), 99-113. With Gerald J. Miller.

Book Chapters
”Local Debt Management,” in Anwar Shah (Editor), Local Public Financial Management, Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2007, pp 109-155. With Gerald J. Miller.

“Local Government Own-Source Revenues And Debt Financing:  Structure And Stress,” in Michael A. Pagano and Robert Leonardi (Editors), The Dynamics of Federalism in National and Supranational Political Systems. London: Palgrave Macmillan Press, 2007, 136-165. Based upon invited presentation at Italy conference on federalism in 2003.

“Fundamental Federal Tax Reform and the States,” Book of the States 2005. Lexington, KY: Council of State Governments, 2005, pp. 417-423.

“Tax Transparency,” in Joseph J. Cordes, Robert Ebel and Jane Gravelle (Editors), Encyclopedia of Taxation and Tax Policy, 2nd Edition. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, 205, pp. 429-430.

“Electric Industry Restructuring,” in Joseph R. Marbach (Editor), Federalism in America: An Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 2006, pp. 175-176.

“Deregulation of Utilities: A Challenge and an Opportunity for State and Local Governments,” in David L. Sjoquist (Editor), State and Local Finances Under Pressure.  New York: Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd., 2003, pp. 222-275.  With Bruce Seaman.

"Revenue Forecasting in the City of Envy," in Robert P. Watson (Editor), Public Administration: Cases in Managerial Role-Playing.  New York, NY: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 2002, pp. 88-97.  With John D. Wong.

"Commentary on Electric Utility Deregulation and the Property Tax in the United States," in Philip Burling (Editor), The Impacts of Electric Utility Deregulation on Property Taxation.  Cambridge, MA:  Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2000, pp. 64-69.

Research
“The Ontario Ministry of Finance and the Capital Markets,” funded by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (2006-2007); “Local Government Debt Affordability Report,“ funded by the Kansas Advisory Council on Intergovernmental Relations (2006); "Kansas Tax Policy," funded by Kansas Division of the Budget" (1997 and 1995)"The Impact of Deregulation on Municipal Electric Utilities in Kansas," funded by Kansas Municipal Energy Agency (1996-1997)

Significant Practitioner Experience
Director of Finance, City of Akron, Ohio (January 1, 1984 to July, 1985)

Local Government Management Advisor (“Circuit Riding City Manager”), South Central Alabama Development Commission, Montgomery, AL (1973 to 1975)

Government Affairs Liaison, Alabama Hospital Association, Montgomery, AL (1973)

Academic and Professional Activity
Editor-In-Chief, Municipal Finance Journal (1989 to present); Editor, Book Review Section, International Journal of Public Administration (1979 to present); Editorial Board: Public Budgeting & Finance, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, Public Administration Quarterly, Public Productivity and Management Review, International Journal of Economic Development, International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, Journal of Health and Human Resources Administration, Public Administration & Management: An Interactive Journal; and, ad-hoc reviewer for other journals.

Chair, Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (1994-1995); President, Kansas Chapter of American Society for Public Administration (2004-2005).

Member: Board of Directors, National Tax Association (2001-2004); National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting (1996-1998); Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (2002-2003); Council on Certification (for Certified Public Finance Officer program), Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (1996-1999); Financial Reporting Model Task Force -- Statement No. 34, Governmental Accounting Standards Board (1998-1999)

Participant in yearly meetings of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, the National Tax Association, and other professional associations.

Public Service Activities
Conference Director and Moderator, Midwest Regional Public Finance Conference, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, each February since 1996.

Speaker, "Federal Tax Reform Forum" (60 minute live state-wide TV show), Wichita, January 1998.

State of Kansas: Chair, Governors Tax Review Committee (1997); member, Board of Directors of Kansas Development Finance Authority, appointed by Governor and confirmed by State Senate (1997-2003); member, Kansas Sales Tax Simplification Committee (1995-2005) and Incentive Advisory Group (2005), Kansas Department of Revenue.

City of Wichita: member, EMS System Professional Performance Board (2004-present); member, Alternative Revenue Task Force (2003); member, Board of Directors, Wichita Public Building Authority (1999-2003); member, Small Business Micro Loan Committee (2004-present); member, Selection Committee for Municipal Electric Utility Feasibility Consultant (January 2000).

Sedgwick County: Independent Expert Observer, Property and Motor Vehicle Property Tax Recoding and Distribution Project (2000-2001); member, Debt Coordination Committee (1996-1999).

Other: Primary facilitator and co-designer, Iowa Compact Retreat (for the Governor, Lt. Governor and the top legislative leaders), Des Moines, 2003; speaker, Hastings College of Law, San Francisco (2004); External reviewer of M.A. and PhD program in public administration at University of Texas-Arlington (2006).

Presentations: Kansas Association of City/County Managers (2007); Kansas Advisory Council on Intergovernmental Relations (2006); MidAmerica Regional Council (2005); Kansas Association of Counties (2000, 2001, 2003 and 2007), League of Kansas Municipalities (2002); City Clerks and MFOA of Kansas (2002); Kansas Government Finance Officers Association (2000), KU Economic Conference (2002);  Wichita Program on Appraisal for Ad Valorem Taxation of Communications, Energy and Transportation Properties (1998, 2000, 2002), Area Managers Seminar (2000, 2002), Midwest Regional Public Finance Conference (yearly since 1996); and invited testimony to various legislative committees.

Consulting Activities
Municipal Securities: admitted expert by NASD and U.S. Federal District Court (accepted under Daubert standards).

Courses Taught
Public Administration 865: State and Local Government Finance (3 credit hours)

Public Administration 866: Public Financial Management (3 credit hours)

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