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Travis A. Whetsell

Assistant Professor, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Travis Whetsell's research focuses on public sector networks, science and technology policy, and the philosophy of public administration. His work has appeared in leading journals, including Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, Research Policy, and Science and Public Policy. He has conducted funded research supported by the National Science Foundation and the Georgia Department of Transportation.

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Current appointment: Georgia Institute of Technology
Previous appointment: Florida International University
Degrees: PhD in Public Policy and Management The Ohio State University

MPA in Public Administration Texas State University

BA in Political Science Texas State University

01 Public sector networks

02 Science and technology policy

03 Philosophy of public administration

Research

Networks, Governance, Philosophy.

Theme 01

Public sector networks

Research on network governance, organizational structure, information search, and network interventions in public administration.

Theme 02

Science and technology policy

Work on research capacity, scientific performance, academic freedom, and international research collaboration in science systems.

Theme 03

Philosophy of public administration

Scholarship on pragmatism, theory pluralism, and the conceptual foundations of public administration and the public.

Selected publications

2025

Academic freedom and international research collaboration: A longitudinal analysis of global network evolution.

Quantitative Science Studies
2025

Applied causal inference in public sector networks.

Public Administration Review
2024

What Is The Public? A pragmatic analysis of a core concept in public administration.

Perspectives on Public Management and Governance
2023

Network interventions: Applying network science for pragmatic action in public administration and policy.

Perspectives on Public Management and Governance
2023

Democratic governance and global science: A longitudinal analysis of the international research collaboration network.

PLOS ONE
2021

Democracy, complexity, and science: Exploring structural sources of national scientific performance.

Science and Public Policy
2020

Government as network catalyst: Accelerating self-organization in a strategic industry.

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
2021

Formal hierarchies and informal networks: How organizational structure shapes information search in local government.

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
2020

Between promise and performance: Science and technology policy implementation through network governance.

Science and Public Policy

Links

Profiles

Links.

Google Scholar scholar.google.com Georgia Tech Profile spp.gatech.edu ResearchGate researchgate.net GitHub github.com/tawhetsell

Impact

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Google Scholar, as of April 3, 2026.

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Citations

1,443

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Press Coverage and Policy Citations

2025

Teaching that integrates theory and analysis.

Georgia Tech

PUBP 3030 / 6201, Policy Analysis
PUBP 6017, Public Management
PUBP 4010 / 4020, Undergraduate Task Force
PUBP 8803, Special Topics in Network Governance

Florida International University

PAD 4432, Administrative Leadership and Behavior
PAD 3034, Policy Development and Implementation
PAD 4934, Integrative Seminar in Public Policy and Service
PAD 7703, Empirical Methods in Public Administration

Acknowledgements

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