Bruce D. McDonald, III is an Associate Professor of Public Budgeting and Finance at North Carolina State University and the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education. He has served as the MPA director at both North Carolina State University and Indiana University South Bend. His research focuses on public budgeting and finance in the context of the fiscal health of local governments. His research has appeared in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, and the American Review of Public Administration.

William Hatcher is an Associate Professor of Public Administration and MPA Director at Augusta University. He also serves as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education. He was on faculty at Eastern Kentucky University. His research focuses on health policy, community development, and public budgeting. His research has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Public Affairs Education, the American Journal of Public Health, the Journal of Mental Health, and Public Administration Quarterly.

Books by William Hatcher