Gordon Abner
Assistant Professor
Education
- Joint Ph.D. Public Policy, Indiana University - Bloomington
- B.A. International Studies, Trinity University (San Antonio, TX)
Research Areas
- Employee Morale
- Policy Implementation
- Government Performance
Teaching Areas
- Finance
- Management
- Leadership (including nonprofits)
- Policy Process and Institutions
Gordon Abner is an assistant professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He received a joint Ph.D. in Public Policy from Indiana University-Bloomington, and his primary research interests are in the areas of employee morale, organizational performance and policy implementation in the public sector. His work has been published in scholarly outlets such as the Review of Public Personnel Administration, Nonprofit Management and Leadership and Public Performance and Management Review. Dr. Abner's work has also been covered in popular outlets including Government Executive, FEDweek and Federal Times.
• August 12, 2020
Why is it so important for women of color to have representation in elected office? And what actions can be taken to recruit and support women of color on their political journey? On Aug. 12, we hosted a conversation with A'shanti Gholar, founder of the podcast "The Brown Girls Guide to Politics" and president of Emerge America; and Janelle King, co-founder of Speak Georgia and panelist on the TV show "The Georgia Gang," moderated by Dr. Victoria DeFrancesco Soto. The discussion was co-sponsored by the LBJ Women's Campaign School.
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• July 29, 2020
LBJ Assistant Professor Gordon Abner discussed his research on police accreditation and talked with Jameila "Meme" Styles of MEASURE, an organization at the forefront of addressing community policing and social disparities through a data-driven model. Abner and Styles talked about how to best harness data to bring about effective and equitable policies that reimagine policing.
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Professors and students from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin will lead conversations and present research across an array of policy areas at the 2019 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference in Denver, Colorado Nov. 7–9.
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