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Jared Llorens
School of Public Affairs and Administration
1541 Lilac Lane
318 Blake Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas 66045-3177
Voice: (785) 864-3416
Fax: (785) 864-5208
Email: llorens@ku.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Public Administration, University of Georgia (2007)
Fields: Public Sector Human Resources Management, Public Policy, and Research Methods
M.P.Aff. University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs (1999)
B.A. Loyola University - New Orleans, Louisiana (1996)
Major: English (Major)/Political Science (Minor), Magna Cum Laude
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
University of KansasDepartment of Public Administration
Position: Assistant Professor (8/07 – Present)
Courses Taught:
1. Managing People at Work
2. Quantitative Methods in Public Administration
3. Introduction to Public Administration
4. Human Resources Management
University of Georgia
Department of Public Administration and Policy
Position: Graduate Research Assistant (8/03 – 5/07)
MPA Academic Advisor (8/05 – 5/07)
University of Georgia
Department of Public Administration and Policy
Position: Teaching Assistant, Linear Models (Fall 2005)
Teaching Assistant, Advanced Methods (Spring 2006)
Teaching Assistant, Selected Problems in Public Personnel Management (Spring 2006)
University of Georgia
Department of Public Administration and Policy
Position: Instructor - (Fall 2004 & Spring 2005)
Courses Taught: Public Administration and Democracy
PUBLICATIONS
“Choosing Public Sector Employment: The Impact of Wages on the Representation of Women and Minorities in State Bureaucracies.” (with Jeffrey Wenger and J. Edward Kellough) Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Personnel Management, 36(3), 2007
“A Revolution in Public Personnel Administration: The Growth of Web-Based Recruitment and Selection Processes in the Federal Service.” (with J. Edward Kellough) Public Personnel Management, Public Personnel Management, 36(3), 2007
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION/PRESENTATIONS
Panel Chair and Discussant at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 3-6, 2008, Chicago, IL, "Personnel: Tenure Longevity and Performance."
Paper presentation at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 3-6, 2008, Chicago, IL, "Are State Governments Doing All That They Can? Uncovering the Relationship Between State Fiscal Capacity and Civil Service Wage Rates."
Paper presentation at the American Society for Public Administration Conference, March 7-8, 2008, Dallas, TX, "Taking a Closer Look at Wage Equity: Can the Public Sector Still be Regarded as a 'Model Employer'?"
Presentation to the National Forum for Black Public Administrator's Executive Leadership Institute, February 8, 2008, Lawrence, KS, "Trends in Human Resources Management."
Paper presentation at the Southern Political Science Association Conference, January 9-12, 2008, New Orleans, LA, "Wages and the Search for Talent in the Public Sector: How Competitive are State Civil Services Systems?"
Paper Presentation at the Third Transatlantic Dialogue Conference, May 31-June 2, 2007, Newark, Delaware, “Pushed Into the Public Sector? Private Sector Discrimination and the Employment of Women and Minorities in State Government.” (with Jeffrey Wenger and J. Edward Kellough; presented by J. Edward Kellough)
Roundtable Discussion Leader at the Kansas Association of City/County Management Spring Conference, April 27, 2007, Lawrence, KS, "Pay-for-Performance in the Public Sector."
Track Chair for the Southeastern Conference of Public Administration (SECoPA) Conference, September 27-30, 2006, Athens, GA.
Paper presentation at the Southeastern Conference of Public Administration (SECoPA) Conference, September 27-30th, 2006, Athens, GA, “The Changing Face of Merit in the Federal Government.”
Participant at the “Diversity in Academia Seminar” held at the 67th Annual National Conference of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), April 1-4, Denver, CO.
Discussant at the 77th Annual Southern Political Science Association Conference, January 5-7, 2006, Atlanta, GA.
Paper Presentation at the Southeastern Conference of Public Administration (SECoPA) Conference, October 5-8, 2005, Little Rock, AR, “Moving from Red to Green: Uncovering the Determinants of Successful Human Capital Management.”
Participant at the “Diversity in Academia Seminar” held at the 66th Annual National Conference of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), April 2-5, 2005, Milwaukee, WI.
Paper Presentation at the Southeastern Conference of Public Administration (SECoPA) Conference, October 3-5, 2004, Charlotte, NC, “The Office of Personnel Management’s Recruitment One-Stop Initiative: Goals and Implications.”
Governmental Services Division
From: 5/06 – To: 8/06
Position: Research Coordinator
U.S. Department of Labor (Washington, DC)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
Office of Workforce Planning and Diversity (OWPD)
From: 4/01 – To: 7/03
Position: Human Resources Specialist [Information Systems] (Presidential Management Intern thru 6/01)
U.S. Department of Labor (Dallas, TX)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
Dallas Human Resources Office
From: 9/00 - To: 4/01
Position: Human Resources Specialist (Presidential Management Intern)
U.S. Office of Personnel Management (Dallas, TX)
Office of Merit Systems Oversight and Effectiveness (OMSOE)
Dallas Oversight Division
From: 6/99 – To: 9/00
Position: Human Resources Specialist (Presidential Management Intern)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & PARTICIPATION
American Political Science Association (APSA)
American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) –
1. Member- Capacity Steering Group
2. Member- Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations Executive Board
Public Management Research Association (PMRA)
Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
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