Dr. Julius A. Nukpezah is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration. He was selected as the Sanderson Dean’s Eminent Scholar in the Social and Behavioral Sciences for the College of Arts and Sciences at Mississippi State University in 2020, and he was named “the Outstanding Graduate Professor” in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration in 2018 and 2022. His research and teaching focus on public budgeting and finance, state and local government management, organization theory and behavior, and the intersection between poverty alleviation policies and economic development. As a PI or co-PI, he has received over $1.6 million in research grants.

Dr. Nukpezah is an associate editor for Public Integrity and Public Works Management & Policy journals, and he is a member of the editorial board of Public Administration Review and Public Finance and Management. His articles have appeared in leading public administration journals, including Public Administration Review, the American Review of Public Administration, Administration & Society, Public Administration Quarterly, Public Performance & Management Review, Public Integrity, International Journal of Public Sector Management,  International Journal of Public Administration, and Public Organization Review. He has also published in Public Budgeting & Finance, Public Money & Management, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, & Financial Management, Municipal Finance Journal, Economic Development Quarterly, and several others.

Dr. Nukpezah earned a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Management at the University of North Texas, where he taught several courses. Before academia, he was a senior policy advisor at the Ghana Ministry of Food and Agriculture and a coordinator of a youth program in agriculture, where he collaborated with several international agencies, including affiliates of the countries of Japan (JICA), Germany (GIZ), the United States (USAID), the Netherlands (SNV), China, India, and many African countries, for economic development.