Kenneth J. Meier

Kenneth J. Meier (born March 3, 1950) is a professor of political science at Texas A&M University who is known for his studies on public management and public administration, as well as his extensive and widely referenced journal articles.

Meier obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of South Dakota.Meier, a former high school shot put champion, also competed for the track teams at the University of Nebraska and the University of South Dakota. In 1974-1975, he received an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in political science. After working on the faculty at Rice University and University of Oklahoma, he joined the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1985. Between 1989 and 1997 he was professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

Meier is a professor of political science at Texas A&M University from 1998 to the present, holding the title of Charles H. Gregory Chair in Liberal Arts. In addition, he is professor of public management at Cardiff Business School. He is editor-in-chief of Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory for which he previously served as associate editor and co-editor. He was also the editor of the American Journal of Political Science from 1994-7.

• Charles Levine Memorial Award, American Society for Public Administration and National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, 2005
• Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration, 2005
• John Gaus Award, American Political Science Association, 2006
• Dwight Waldo Award, American Society for Public Administration, 2010
• H. George Frederickson Award, Public Management Research Association, 2011