Her PhD is from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. Prior to joining the University of Kansas in Fall 2010, she was a faculty member in the Department of Political Science at the University of South Carolina. She has taught a variety of courses including human resource management, public service leadership, nonprofit management, organizational learning and change, and collaboration. She serves as a reviewer for public administration academic journals and also serves as a member of the editorial board of the Review of Public Personnel Administration. Her research interests center on the intersection between human resource management and collaborative governance, including the ways in which organizational systems and processes facilitate collaborative relationships and outcomes. Holly T. Goerdel