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Gordon Abner is an Assistant Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He received a Joint PhD in Public Policy from Indiana University-Bloomington. His primary research interests are in the areas of employee morale and organizational performance in the public sector broadly, as well as in policing specifically. His work has been published in scholarly outlets such as Public Administration Review, the Review of Public Personnel Administration, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, and Public Performance and Management Review. His work has also been covered in popular outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Government Executive, FEDweek, and the Federal Times. His work has been funded by organizations such as the IBM Center for the Business of Government, the American Political Science Association, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation.