Research Interests
For nearly three decades, Dubnick’s scholarly work has focused on accountability, governance and ethics in the public, non-profit and private sectors. He is especially concerned with the conceptual and research issues surrounding accountability and how to develop a more realistic and credible approach to governance reforms aimed at enhancing accountability.
Dubnick is the co-author of textbooks on public policy analysis, public administration, and American government.
In addition to his work on government accountability systems, his scholarly publications include articles on a wide range of topics, including Third World development planning, health care reform, government regulatory policies, intergovernmental relations, industrial policy, administrative reform, and teaching administrative ethics.
Personal
•Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1946, Dr. Dubnick considers Pueblo, Colorado (where he attended high school and college — and where he met his wife, Randa) his hometown.
•He graduated with honors from Southern Colorado State College (now Colorado State University-Pueblo) in 1968, and earned his M.A. (1969) and Ph.D. (1974) in political science at the University of Colorado – Boulder. His dissertation focused on the underlying themes (“images”) of Third World development plans.
•He has lived in Beverly, MA since 1997. His wife, Randa, a PhD in comparative literature (Colorado) and noted expert on the writings of Gertrude Stein, is a former college administrator who now operates her own publication services business while daily pursuing her role as an active artist in the Boston area. His daughter, Heather, has a PhD in Spanish literature (Johns Hopkins) as well as MLS (Simmons), and also operates an editorial services business in the Boston area. Son Philip is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and is a singer/songwriter and music producer who resides in Nashville.