Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration

Larry Brewster served as dean of the College of Professional Studies at the University of San Francisco (1999-2007) and served for two years as acting dean of the School of Education (2002-2004).

Dr. Richard Callahan is an Associate Professor teaching graduate courses in strategy, public administration and leadership. He  serves as the Faculty representative to the USF Board of Trustees and is Director of the "Change the World From Here" lecture series at USF. In the past year he has Haynes Foundation grant for research on leadership and fiscal sustainability in local government, a Fulbright Specialist Program grant, for teaching in Istanbul, Turkey, and volunteer advisor and executive coach to executive directors of nonprofit programs in Sacramento. He has been published in journals including The National Civic Review, Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, Public Manager, and American Review of Public Administration.

A native of Washington, DC, Kimberly Rae Connor attended Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania where she received a B.A. in English in 1979. In 1981 she earned an M.A. in Literature and Theology at the University of Bristol, England, and completed her graduate studies at the University of Virginia, receiving a Ph.D. in Religion and Literature in 1991.

Kathleen spent over 30 years in the nonprofit sector as a consultant in board governance, strategic planning, fundraising, and program evaluation. She began teaching as an adjunct faculty member in the Master of Nonprofit Administration (MNA) program in the 1980s and became Program Director for the MNA in 2005. She is now a term faculty member, teaching courses in nonprofit management in the MNA, MBA, and Public Administration programs.

Professor Philip Hanson's research and written works have made him one of the foremost experts in the fields of expository writing and twentieth century American literature and film. He is most widely recognized for his book This Side of Despair.

Dr. Monika Hudson is an assistant professor and teaches organizational behavior, business communications and public administration on both the graduate and undergraduate levels. She is concurrently serving as the director of USF's Gellert Family Business Center.

Dr. Richard Greggory Johnson III, Phi Beta Kappa is an internationally renowned scholar in the field of public policy and administration, focusing in the areas of social equity, human resources management, public policy, higher education management and qualitative research. Dr. Johnson was tenured with promotion at the University of Vermont where he served twelve years as faculty and administrator before coming to the University of San Francisco. Dr. Johnson is an avid human rights activist and strongly believes that human suffering of any kind is unacceptable.

Tim has over 35 years of experience in teaching, OD and change management consulting (internal and external), managing and directing HR, training, change management, and quality programs.

Michael O'Neill is professor of nonprofit management in the School of Management at the University of San Francisco.

Dr. Ribera came to USF in 1996 after retiring as the Chief of the San Francisco Police Department.

Richard D Waters (Ph.D., 2007, University of Florida) is an assistant professor in the Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration. A former fundraiser and public relations practitioner, he teaches courses on strategic communication and fundraising in the School of Management. Waters has an active research agenda which examines the management of relationships between organizations and their stakeholders, the theory behind and process of fundraising, and the impact of new communication technologies on organizational messaging.