Meredith Newman

Meredith A. Newman is Senior Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, and Professor of Public Administration at Florida International University. Dr. Newman joined FIU as Director of the School of Public Administration in 2006, after serving three years as Chair of the Department of Public Administration, University of Illinois at Springfield, and nine years as a member of the public affairs faculty at Washington State University, Vancouver. Prior to her career in academia, Newman served with the Australian Foreign Service (in France and Vietnam), the U.S. Department of State (in Senegal, Malaysia, and Singapore), and the World Bank. She is widely published in the areas of public management, human resources, and the emotive aspects of work. She is the recipient of several awards, including the Editors’ Choice Award, Public Administration Review. Her book entitled, Emotional Labor: Putting the Service in Public Service (Mary Guy and Sharon Mastracci, co-authors) is the recipient of three Best Book awards, and is translated into Mandarin Chinese. Her most recent book entitled, Emotional Labor and Crisis Response: Working on the Razor’s Edge, was published in 2012 and has garnered two Best Book awards. Dr. Newman is past Chair of the Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration; Vice-President for North America, the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration; Past President of the American Society for Public Administration; and a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.