Faculty and Staff
Kenneth
L. Nichols, D.P.A.
Associate Professor of Public Administration
Phone: 207 581-1875
Fax: 207 581-3039
Kenneth L. Nichols is an associate
professor in the Department of Public Administration. He has been on the
faculty since 1996.
Education
Professor Nichols earned his D.P.A. from George Mason University in
1993. He earned his M.P.A. from George Mason in 1983 and his B.A. cum
laude in English Language and Literature from Weber State University in
1968.
Teaching/Research
Research and teaching interests:
- strategic management, including
- futures research techniques
- business process reengineering
- quality and change management
- performance measurement and
evaluation
- information technology
implementation strategy
- analytic methods for organizations
- policy development, analysis, and
implementation
- public and nonprofit management
- ethics in administration
- literature and administration
- tax policy and administration
- leadership in public service
environments
Professor Nichols co-edited Enterprise
Government: Franchising and Cross-Servicing for Administrative Support,
and his articles have appeared in popular as well as professional
publications, including the Journal of Public Affairs Education,
Public Manager, Maine Policy Review and the International
Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration. He recently
coauthored the new edition of Organization Theory: A Public and
Nonprofit Perspective.
Professor Nichols spent his early
career as an administrator with the Internal Revenue Service. He
has taught at George Mason University and the University of North
Florida.
Service
Professor Nichols is former director of graduate programs for the
University's Department of Public Administration and former chair of the
Orono Public Library Board of Trustees. He has headed UMaine's
Undergraduate Programs Curriculum Committee and its University
Club. He is involved with the
American Society for Public Administration, Police Futurists
International and the World Future Society.
Formerly with the Internal Revenue
Service, his professional work as a career civil servant centered on
emerging and innovative aspects of organizational activity. His
responsibilities at the IRS included budget planning and program
analysis, trend assessment and strategic planning, quality management,
legislation development and implementation, information systems design,
and large-scale organization reengineering.
