Education
- Ph.D, 1990, University of Leiden, the Netherlands. Major field: Public administration.
Thesis Title: Local Government Administrative Development 1600-1980. An Administrative History Inquiry into Four North Holland Towns (in Dutch). Den Haag: VNG Publishers, 339 pages.
- M.A., 1982:  University of Leiden, the Netherlands.
Major field: History. Minor fields: Public Administration and International Relations.
Thesis title: "Labor Ethics in Mid-Victorian England"
- B.A., 1979: Teacher's College Southwest Netherlands, Delft, the Netherlands
Major field: History. Minor fields: History of Art, Textiles
Thesis title: "The Emergence of Magic and Religious Behavior in Neanderthal Society"

Current Position
- Professor of Public Administration and Henry Bellmon Chair of Public Service (since 2000), Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma;
- Prior positions: between 1983-1992 assistant professor and between1992-1998 associate professor of public administration at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands); 1998-2001 associate professor at the University of Oklahoma.

Teaching Experience
Courses taught include: introduction to public administration; organizational theory; comparative government and administration; comparative public policy; comparative political systems; federalism and intergovernmental relations; public management; human resource administration; institutional development of western nations; policy analysis; methods of social science research; European integration.

Ph.D. supervision
- co-chair (with Prof. Simon Groenveld) Ph.D.-dissertation on bureaucratization in Dutch local government in the 17th and 18th centuries in the Department of History, University of Leiden (1995-1997);
- co-chair (with Prof. Theo A.J. Toonen) Ph.D.-dissertation on bureaucratization of Dutch waterboards in 17th and 18th centuries, in Department of Public Administration , University of Leiden (1991-2000).
- member Ph.D.-committee for study on Dutch watermanagement in the 19th century (1997). Chair: prof. H. De Vries, University of Leiden);
- member Ph.D.-committee European University in Florence for comparative study on pay of elected officials in the Belgium and The Netherlands (1999). (Chair: prof. Jean Blondel, European University in Florence).

Research Interests
Administrative history/history of government, the study of public administration, comparative government, public sector ethics, organizational theory, government reform and organizational change, intergovernmental relations, human resource management, water management.

Representative Recent Publications (send e-mail for complete listing)
a) Books (five out of eleven)

-(2008) (with Brian C. Fry). Mastering Public Administration. From Max Weber to Dwight Waldo. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press (380 pp.)

-(2007) (with Theo A.J. Toonen, Frits M. Van der Meer) (eds.). The Civil Service in the 21 st Century: Comparative Perspectives. Houndsmills: Palgrave/McMillan (319 pp.
-(2005, editor).  The Institutional Arrangements for Water Management in the 19th and 20th Centuries.  Cahier d'Histoire de l'Administration no.8, IIAS.  Amsterdam: IOS Press, 237 pages.
- (2003).  Government.  A Public Administration Perspective.  Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 442 pages.
- (2002) (ed.) State and Church in Western Europe in an Administrative-History Perspective (19th-20th c.).  Vol. 14 of the Yearbook of European Administrative History.  Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 380 pages.
- (1998). Handbook of Administrative History. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 372 pages.
- (with Frits M. van der Meer) (eds.) (1998). L'entourage administratif du pouvoir exécutif. Cahier d'Histoire de l'Administration no.5. Brussels: Ets. Bruylant, 300 pages.
b) Articles, Chapters, and Book Reviews ( 18 out of over 100)
- (2004)(with Jacques A.M. van Blijswijk, Richard C.J. van Breukelen, Aimee L. Franklin, Pier Slump).  Beyond Ethical Codes:  The Management of Integrity.  The Case of the Netherlands Tax and Customs Administration.  In Public Administration Review, vol. 64, no. 6, 718-727.
- (2003).  Section Four:  Administrative History.  Introduction to section four of the Handbook of Public Administration, B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre (eds.), Thousand Oaks:  Sage, pp. 161-169.
- (2003)(with Van der Meer).  Mal-administration in the Netherlands in the 19th and 20th Centuries.  In Seppo Tiihonen (ed.) The History of Corruption in Central Government.  Cahier d'Histoire de l'Administration no.7.  Amsterdam:  IOS Press.  International Institute of Administrative Sciences, pp. 179-196.
- (2003).  Understanding Government through Differentiated Integration in the Study of Public Administration.  In Mark R. Rutgers (ed.) Retracing Public Administration, vol. 7 of Research in Public Administration, Amsterdam: JAI Press, pp. 329-356.
- (2002).  Woodrow Wilson on the History of Government.  Passing Fad or Constitutive Framework for His Philosophy of Governance?  In Administration & Society, vol. 34 no. 5, 579-598.
- (2000) (with Frits M. van der Meer).  The Unification of the Civil Service System in the Netherlands in the 19th and early 20th centuries.  In: Bernd Wunder (ed.), Yearbook of European Administrative History, vol. 12, pp. 113-126.
- (2000) Administrative History of the United States: Development and State of the Art. In Administration & Society, vol.22, no. 5, pp. 499-528..
- (2000, with Mark R. Rutgers, Pieter Wagenaar, Patrick Overeem) Against a Study of History of Public Administration: A Manifesto. In Administrative Theory & Praxis, vol.22 no.4, pp. 772-791.
- (2000). Understanding Government in Society: We See the Trees, but could we See the Forest? In Administrative Theory & Praxis, vol.22 no.2, pp.192-225.
- (with Frits M. van der Meer) (2000). Wartime Administration and its Lasting Effects on Dutch Public Administration. In Fabio Rugge (ed.), Administration and Crisis Management: The Case of Wartime.  Brussels: Cahier d'Histoire de l'Administration no.6, International Institute of Administrative Sciences, pp.195-221.
- (2000). Domestic Reform in sub-Saharan African Governments under International Influence. In Public Administration Review, vol.60 no.4, pp.376-382. (large book review essay).
- (2000). On the Current Rags and the Desired Clothes of Public Square Ethics. In Governance: An International Journal of Policy and Administration, vol.13 no.2, 279-289. (book review article).
- (1999). Comparative Study of Society for Domestic Concerns; The Civilizing Consequences of Theda Skocpol's Methodological Approach to the Past. Extensions. Journal of the Carl Albert Center for Congressional Studies), 8-11.
- (with Frits M. van der Meer) (1999). The Senior Civil Service in the Netherlands. A Quest for Unity. In Edward C. Page, Vincent Wright (eds.), Bureaucratic Elite in Western European States. A Comparative Analysis of Top Officials. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 205-228
- (with Theo A.J. Toonen) (1999). Public Sector Reform for Building and Recasting the Welfare State: Experiences in Western Europe. In Research in Public Administration. Stamford, CT: JAI-Press, 39-62.
- (with Mark R. Rutgers) (1999). The Waxing and Waning of the State and its Study. Changes and Challenges in the Study of Public Administration. In Walter J.M. Kickert & Richard J. Stillmann (eds.). Administrative Sciences in Europe and the United States. Cheltenham/UK, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 17-35
- (1999). A Coherent Framework for the Study of Public Administration. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol.9 no.2, 281-303.
- (with Frits M. van der Meer) (1998).Politisation ou pratiques politiques habituelles? Les Pays-Bas. In Revue Française d'Aministration Publique, vol.86 (avril-juin) 281-292.
- (1998). Evolution, Institutional Analysis, and Path Dependency. An Administrative-Historical Perspective on Fashionable Approaches and Concepts. In International Review of Administrative Sciences), vol.64 no.4, 565-582.
- Jos C.N. Raadschelders (1998). Public Administration: A Coherent Framework for the Study. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol.8 no.4, 28 pages.
- Frits M. van der Meer, Jos C.N. Raadschelders (1998). Politicization or Normal Situation?: Civil Servants and Politics in The Netherlands. In Revue Française d'Aministration Publique.
- Jos C.N. Raadschelders (1997). Size and Organizational Differentiation in Historical Perspective. In Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, vol.7 no.3, 419-441.

Professional Memberships
- Member: American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) (since 1996). Past chair of ASPA's Section International and Comparative Administration (SICA) (1999-2000);
- Member: American Political Science Association (APSA) (since 2000);
- Member: International Political Science Association (IPSA) (since 2000); Member of Executive Committee of Research Committee 32 of IPSA.
- Member, "History of Administration" working group, International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) (since 1990).
- Member of Expert Panel in research project (1998-2003) at University of Leiden: The Renaissance of Public Administration. An Interdisciplinary Project on the Foundations of Administrative Thought, principal researcher dr. Mark R. Rutgers.
Other expert panel members: prof. A. Hans G.M. Bekke (Netherlands), prof. Thijs G. Drupsteen (Netherlands), prof. Jens J. Hesse (Germany), prof. Erk Volkmar Heyen (Germany), prof. Edward C. Page (United Kingdom), prof. Richard J. Stillman II (United States), prof. Uri Rosenthal (Netherlands), prof. Gary L. Wamsley (United States).

Review and Editorial Experience
- External reviewer for: Public Administration Review, Journal of Politics, Public Voices, Public Organization Review, The American Review of Public Administration, Administrative Theory & Praxis, Administration & Society, Political Studies, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Journal of Public Affairs Education, Public Integrity;  reviewer for Dutch journals as Bestuurswetenschappen (Journal of Public Administration), Beleidswetenschappen (Policy Sciences), and Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis (Journal of History); Prentice Hall  Publishers, Sage Publications.
- Symposium co-editor (together with Mark R. Rutgers) Administrative Theory & Praxis.
- Co-editor, 'Bestuurswetenschappelijke Kroniek' (i.e. Administrative Science Chronicle, together with professor Theo A.J. Toonen) in Bestuurswetenschappen (i.e. Dutch Journal of Public Administration); co-editor of the Compendium Politiek, Samenleving en Bestuur in Nederland (= Compendium of Politics, Administration and Society: in Dutch).
- Editorial boards: International Public Management Journal, Journal of Public Affairs Education; Yearbook of European Administrative History; Administrative Theory & Praxis.

Awards/Honors
- Outstanding Academic Book for 1998, Choice (October 1998), Journal of the American Library Association  (for Handbook of Administrative History).
- Senior Scholar Session, 60th annual conference of the American Society of Public Administration, 10-14 April 1999, Orlando, FL.
- Presidential International Travel Fellowship, OU, April 2000.