Howard R. Balanoff, PhD
Dr. Howard R. Balanoff is a Professor of Political Science at Texas State University. He
is also the Chair of the University's William P. Hobby Center for Public Service and also
serves as the Director of the Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM) Program. He has
taught at Texas State University for over 30 years and has also served as an adjunct
professor of public affairs and educational administration at the University of Texas at
Austin. He is the author of numerous articles in the area of public administration and
planning and is the editor of the textbook, Public Policy and Administration. He is a
former member of the National Council of the American Society for Public
Administration (ASPA) and a former President of the National Certified Public Manager
(CPM) Consortium. He has also served as Chair of ASPA's International Affairs
Committee and Chair of ASPA's Section on Professional & Organizational Development
(SPOD).
His specialty areas are personnel administration, public policy, organizational theory and
behavior, human resources administration and professional development and education in
the public sector. He also teaches courses and conducts research in the area of
international and comparative public administration. For seven years he served on active
duty as a communications-electronics officer and missile combat crew commander in the
United States Air Force. He also served for 13 years a member of the Air Force Reserves.
He holds the rank of Major USAF-Retired. Dr. Balanoff received a bachelor of arts in
political science and history from Hunter College of the City University of New York. He
received his Master's and Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from Texas A&M
University.