David M. Van Slyke is an Associate Professor in the Department of
Public Administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public
Affairs, Syracuse University. He is a senior research associate in the
Campbell Institute of Public Affairs. He is a recipient of the Birkhead–
Burkhead Professorship for Teaching Excellence Award. He teaches
courses on public management, strategic management, and policy
implementation. He is actively engaged in executive education training
at the Maxwell School and with several training organizations around
the country.
Dr. Van Slyke’s research focuses on government contracting, public–private
partnerships, privatization, policy tools, and strategic management.
He focuses on contract design, management, and monitoring, and the
contract workforce and capacity issues. His contracting research has an
intergovernmental perspective as well as an international focus. His
publications have appeared in journals such as Public Administration Review, the Journal of Public
Administration, Research and Theory, and Organization Science.
Dr. Van Slyke received a PhD in public administration from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and
Policy at the University at Albany, State University of New York in 1999. He worked in project management
for 12 years in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors before becoming an academic.