MPA Faculty
MPA program full-time faculty consists of three productive scholars with extensive experience teaching public administration classes to adult learners. All core courses are taught by full-time MPA Program faculty. Other UW-Oshkosh faculty members teach some of the elective courses.
Karen N. King
Associate Professor
MPA Coordinator
Ph.D. in Urban and Public Affairs, University of Louisville (1994). Organizational Administration.
Dr. King regularly teaches the following courses:
Human Resource Management in the Public Sector (MPA 742)
Organizational Structure and Design (MPA 723)
Special Topics (MPA 797):
Non-Profit Management, Labor Management Relations in the Public Sector, Fund Development
To contact Dr. King:
- Visit her at her office: Clow Faculty 411
- Call her at her office: 920-424-7306
- Email her: kingk@uwosh.edu
Craig S. Maher
Associate Professor
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1995), Public Policy and Finance.
Dr. Maher regularly teaches the following courses:
State and Local Politics (MPA 726)
Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods (MPA 732)
Public Budgeting and Finance (MPA 752)
Revisiting Bureaucracy (MPA 797)
Dr. Maher was recently appointed to Wisconsin Governor Doyle's Talsk Force on Milwaukee County Finances, and to the National League of Cities and Urban Institutes' Legislating for Results Advisory Board, in addition to being an elected official on the Wauwatosa Common Council. He is widely published in the field of public finance.
To contact Dr. Maher, try any of the following options:
- Visit him at his office: Clow Faculty 408
- Call him at his office: 920-424-7304
- Email him: maher@uwosh.edu
- Visit his website
Karl Nollenberger
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. in Public Administration, University of Illinois-Chicago (2008), Public Administration
Dr. Nollenberger regularly teaches the following courses:
Politics, Policy and Public Administration (MPA 711)Public Policy Analysis (MPA 721)
Municipal Management (MPA 727)
Administrative Law (MPA 760)
Field Project (MPA 790)
Dr. Nollenberger is a former city/county manager and served as President of the International City/County Management Association in 1994-95.
To contact Dr. Nollenberger, try any of the following options:
- Visit him at his office: Clow Faculty 413
- Call him at his office: 920-424-2213 or cell phone 847-533-0145
- Email him: nollengk@uwosh.edu