Jeffrey D. Straussman has been an academic since 1974 and has taught at the State University of New York, Fredonia, Michigan State University, Syracuse University where he was Associate Dean at the Maxwell School of Citzenship and Public Affairs, and the University at Albany where he was Dean of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy.

In 1992, Straussman was a Fulbright Scholar at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences where he taught public management and policy analysis and assisted Hungarian faculty in the development of a public affairs department. Straussman has taught and consulted internationally on subjects including managing for performance, leadership, public budgeting, and public affairs education and has spent considerable time in developing and transitional countries. His work has taken him to many countries including Macedonia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Venezuela, The Czech Republic, Russia, Hungary, China, Bulgaria, Brazil, Portugal, Malaysia, India, and Vietnam.

Straussman has published widely in the areas of public finance and budgeting and administrative reform in transitional countries. His work appears in a variety of professional journals such as Public Budgeting & Finance, Administration & Society, Public Administration and Development, and Public Administration Review. His books include The Limits of Technocratic Politics (Transaction Publishers, 1978), Public Management Strategies (Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, 1990) and Public Administration, 2nd edition (Longman Publishers Group, 1990).His interest in the political economy of transition has produced several publications including articles translated into Hungarian, Russian, and Ukrainian.

Straussman received his bachelor’s from Hofstra University, a master’s in political science from Hunter College, and his doctorate in political science from the Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.