About Me
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration and Public Policy at Auburn University, specializing in public administration, nonprofit management, collaborative governance, and environmental policy. My dissertation examines government–third sector collaboration for building severe weather–resilient water infrastructure in vulnerable U.S. communities.
At Auburn, I serve as an Instructor of Record in the Department of Political Science, and I am a 2025–2026 Frédéric Bastiat Fellow at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University.
Before joining Auburn, I earned an M.Phil. in Public Administration from the University of Ghana, where I also served as a teaching assistant in the Department of Public Administration, and a B.Sc. in Business Administration (Human Resource Management) from Central University, Ghana. I also studied Regional Development and International Studies at Mendel University in the Czech Republic as an Erasmus+ scholar.
My published work has appeared in Public Administration and Development, Politics & Policy, and The Theory and Practice of Legislation, with additional manuscripts under review.
Education
2017
BSc.
Central University, Ghana
Business Administration (HRM)
2020
M.Phil.
University of Ghana
Public Administration
2026 (Expected)
Ph.D.
Auburn University
Public Administration and Policy
Selected Awards/Recognitions
Frédéric Bastiat Fellowship | Mercatus Center, George Mason University | $ 5000
| 2025 |
Endowment Fund for Excellence in Public Administration, Department of Political Science, Auburn University | $750
| 2024 |
European Union Erasmus+ Mobility Scholarship, four-month Exchange Program at Mendel University, Czech Republic | €4820
| 2020 |
Professor Denis Kingsford Greenstreet Prize for the Best Graduating MPhil Student in Public Administration for the 2020/2021 Academic Year
| University of Ghana | 2020
Best Graduating Human Resource Management Student for the 2017/2018 Graduating Class
| Central University, Ghana | 2017
Financial Awards
Recognitions
Bennet Nyadzi
Auburn University
Department of Political Science
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