Mark T. Imperial

Mark T. Imperial, Ph.D

Biography

Mark T. Imperial is an Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) Program in the Department of Public and International Affairs at the University of North Carolina Wilmington where he teaches classes in public and nonprofit management, public policy analysis, coastal planning and management, and environmental policy analysis. He supervises the internships (PLS 598) and practicums (PLS 594) and teaches the following classes in the MPA program:

	PLS 500 – Managing Public and Nonprofit Organizations
	PLS 502 – Public Human Resources Administration
	PLS 505 – Policy Analysis
	PLS 506 – Program Evaluation
	PLS 521 – Foundations of Coastal and Environmental Management
	PLS 543 – Environmental Policy Analysis
	PLS 595 –Capstone Seminar in Public Administration

His research interests focus on collaboration, institutional analysis, and various topics related to watershed and environmental management. His research has been published in Administration & Society, International Journal of Organizational Theory and Behavior, Environmental Management, Coastal Management, Natural Resource Journal, Society and Natural Resources, Public Works Management & Policy, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, and Journal of Public Affairs Education. His research has also been published by the National Academy of Public Administration (download reports) and the IBM center for the Business of Government (download report). He currently serves on the editorial board of Environmental Management.

Professionally, he has worked as a policy analyst for the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council. He currently works as a consultant and conducts research projects for local governments such as conducting surveys, program evaluations, and has developed coastal land and water use plans. Some of his clients have been the City of Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, Holden Beach, St. James, and Emerald Isle.

Imperial received a B.A. in Marine Science from the University of Miami in 1989, a M.A. in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island in 1993, and a Ph.D. in Public Affairs from Indiana University in 2001.

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For a copy of my current curriculum vita click here