About the Author

Marcus D. Mauldin, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Service at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). His research interests include policy design, community economic development, open government data and social media use in the public sector. His research appears in publications such as Public Performance and Management Review, the Journal of Public Affairs Education and Public Voices. He teaches courses in public policy, public administration, community economic development, and budgeting and finance.

Prior to joining the UTC faculty, Dr. Mauldin served as the director of the Office of Research and Evaluation within the Florida Department of Education’s Division of Accountability, Research and Measurement. In this capacity, he conducted research in the areas of education accountability including school performance and educator misconduct.

Before joining the Florida Department of Education, Dr. Mauldin was a Senior Legislative Analyst with the Florida Legislature’s Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA). At, OPPAGA he primarily conducted evaluations of state economic development initiatives. Such initiatives included the Florida Enterprise Zone Program and the Florida Black Business Investment Board/Black Business Investment Corporations Capitalization Program. In this capacity, he had the opportunity to work closely with the Governor’s Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development and Enterprise Florida, Inc. which was Florida’s economic development public-private partnership.

Dr. Mauldin holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from The Florida State University’s Reubin O’D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy. He also holds a Master of Public Administration from The University of Alabama at Birmingham and earned the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from The University of Alabama.