About Me

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Bennet Kwadzo Nyadzi is a Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration and Public Policy at Auburn University. His research focuses on environmental policy and governance, nonprofit studies, collaborative governance, and public administration, with an applied focus on strengthening water infrastructure resilience to severe weather in vulnerable communities.

 

 His broader research examines how public institutions, community organizations, and policy systems can address complex public policy challenges. His work also includes research on digital governance, crises management, public sector capacity, institutional reform, and nonprofit organizations.

 

Bennet's research has been published in the International Journal of Public Administration, Public Administration and Development, Politics & Policy, and The Theory and Practice of Legislation. He has also contributed to policy research on water infrastructure resilience and severe weather preparedness. His research has been presented at ASPA, MPSA, SPSA, SECoPA, and ARNOVA.

 

At Auburn University, Bennet has served as an Instructor of Record and as a Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant in the Department of Political Science. He currently serves as a Graduate Program Assistant with Auburn University Writing, where he provides individualized writing consultations, develops instructional resources, and facilitates workshops, online seminars, and graduate writing programs. He is also a 2025–2026 Frédéric Bastiat Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

 

Kwadzo earned an M.Phil. in Public Administration from the University of Ghana, where he also served as a teaching assistant, and a B.Sc. in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management from Central University, Ghana. He also studied Regional Development and International Studies at Mendel University in the Czech Republic as an Erasmus+ scholar.