Jack W. Meek
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Jack Wayne Meek (born November 22, 1952) is University of La Verne Academy Professor and professor emeritus of Public Administration at the College of Law and Public Service at the University of La Verne, where he previously served as Director of Center Research for the College of Business and Public Management. He currently offers an annual lecture for Public Service and Law Students at the University of La Verne.
Meek offered courses in research methods and collaborative public management. His research focuses on metropolitan governance including the emergence of administrative connections and relationships in local government, regional collaboration and partnerships, policy networks and citizen engagement.
Education
Meek holds a Bachelor of Science in History and Political Science from the University of La Verne (1975) and a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Claremont Graduate University (1980). Meek has participated in summer institutes at the University of Michigan (1977), Miami University at Oxford, Ohio (1995), and conducted sabbatical work at Boston University (1999). Meek attended the New England Institute for Complexity Studies (2014).
Research
Meek has edited a book on Collaborative Public Management and co-edited four books focusing on modern networks, business improvement districts, intergovernmental relations, and complex governance systems. Meek also co-authored a book on governance networks. Meek has published one hundred articles in numerous publications and academic journals and serves on the editorial boards of Complexity, Governance and Networks, Journal of Globalization Studies, and Forum for Social Economics and Social Agenda.
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