Sally Coleman Selden, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Management
School of Business and Economics
Lynchburg College
Experience/Background
Prior to joining the faculty at Lynchburg College, I taught at Syracuse University and the University of Oklahoma. I was a research associate at the University of Georgia and also worked as a program evaluator for the U.S. General Accounting Office.
Degrees and Certifications
Doctorate of Public Administration, University of Georgia, December 1995.
Fields: Human Resource Management, Public Administration, and Public Policy
Dissertation: Representative Bureaucracy: Examining the Potential for Administrative Responsiveness in the Bureaucratic State
Masters of Public Administration, University of Virginia, 1990
Bachelor of Arts, University of Virginia, 1989
Teaching Areas
- Organizational Behavior
- Human Resource Management
- Leadership
- Perspectives on Business
Professional Associations and Affiliations
- Academy of Management
- American Society of Public Administration
- Southern Management Association
Professional and Research Interests
My research has been published in Decision Sciences, Administration and Society, Review of Public Personnel Management, Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration and Research, Journal of Public Policy Analysis and Management, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Public Administration Education, Public Administration Quarterly, and American Review of Public Administration. I am the author of The Promise of Representative Bureaucracy: Diversity and Responsiveness in a Government Agency (M.E. Sharpe).
I am currently involved in two research projects. The first project, Investigating Partnerships in Early Childhood Education, examines local early childhood education programs that are blending public funds to provide full-day, full-year care to low-income children in New York state and Virginia. The project is funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
The second project is the Government Performance Project (http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/gpp/), a four-year study of public management systems in all fifty states, the thirty-five largest cities, and thirty-five largest counties, funded by Pew Foundation. I have primary responsibility for evaluating the management dimension, human resources.
Personal Information and Interests
I am married with three young boys. My interests include reading, biking, hiking, and traveling.You may contact me at (434) 544-8266 or E-mail: selden@lynchburg.edu