Mark A. Emmert
Mark A. Emmert
Professor of Public Affairs & President of the University of Washington
Ph.D., Maxwell School of Syracuse University, 1983
Contact Information:
Gerberding Hall, Room 301
emmert@u.washington.edu
206.543.5010
Areas of Specialization:
Public Policy and Administration, Science Policy, Research Policy and Higher Education Policy
Mark A. Emmert was appointed as the 30th president of the University of Washington and professor with tenure at the Evans School on June 14, 2004.
President Emmert's top goal is to further expand the University's stellar national and international standing. With the UW already ranked as the leading public university in terms of research grants and contracts, he hopes to work with faculty and staff to support continued growth of seminal research and to provide students with even greater educational opportunities. These efforts must also offer access and affordability for students, promote diversity across the University, and provide the resources needed to recruit and retain the finest faculty in all academic fields. Emmert has a long history with the UW, having earned his bachelor's degree in political science here in 1975. View full presidential biography.
Prior to joining the Evans School's faculty, Emmert served as Chancellor of Louisiana State University and Professor of Business Administration. Prior to that, he served five years as Chancellor and Professor of Political Science of the University of Connecticut and was Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Montana State University. Earlier, he held faculty positions in the Graduate School of Public Affairs and administrative positions in the president's office of the University of Colorado.
Emmert has been an American Council on Education Fellow, a Fulbright Fellow in Germany, and a visiting scholar or lecturer in numerous countries. He is co-chair of the Board of Oceans and Atmosphere of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC). Emmert is the author of numerous refereed journal articles, monographs, book chapters and technical reports.
Publications & Links
"Legos and New Building Blocks: Transforming, Refocusing, and Reallocation within Universities," Proceedings, Association of Research Libraries. Forthcoming.
"The Tyranny of Our Traditions: Leading Change in Our Colleges and Universities, Trusteeship," Association of Governing Boards, 6(4), July/August, 1998.
"Public Management in the Future: A Designer's Guide" with M. Crow, in B. Bozeman, et al. (eds.), Public Management Theory. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1993.
"Public Sector Professionals: The Effects of Public Sector Jobs on Motivation, Job Satisfaction and Work Involvement" with W. Taher, American Review of Public Administration, 22(1):37-48, 1992.
"Government-Supported Industrial Research Institutes in the United States," with M. Crow and C. Jacobson, Policy Studies Journal, 19(1): 59-74, 1991.
"Research Paradigms and Knowledge Utilization," Journal of Management Science and Policy Analysis, 7(4): 291-300, 1990.
"Improving Business-Government Relations: What are the Roles and Responsibilities of Schools of Public Affairs," American Review of Public Administration, 19(2): 163-173, 1989.
"The Cooperative University Research Laboratory: Policy Implications for Higher Education," with M. Crow, Journal of Higher Education, 60(4): 27-37, 1989.
