Dr. Trevor Brown serves as the dean of the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University, where he has been a faculty member since 2001. In 2022, he became president of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA), a membership organization dedicated to promoting the ideal of public service through higher education.
His research focuses on public management and organizational theory, contracting and contract management, and strategic management and performance measurement. The National Institute of Governmental Purchasing recognized him as the Scholar of the Year in 2013. The American Society of Public Administration’s Section on Public Administration Research awarded his co-authored book, Complex Contracting: Government Contracting in the Wake of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Deepwater Program (Oxford University Press), as the Book of the Year in 2014.
He has worked with local, state, federal and foreign governments, as well as public organizations, to improve organizational and managerial performance.