My name is Christopher Tyler Burks. You can call me Chris.

I am an assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. I teach courses in the public administration, nonprofit management, and political science programs. Recent courses include urban management, organizational theory, leadership, ethics, public management, state administration and reform, and policy analysis with quantitative and qualitative methods. I also train public and nonprofit professionals in the Arkansas Public Administration Consortium’s Certified Public Manager (CPM) program.

I hold a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in public administration and policy from American University in Washington, D.C. and a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from University of Alabama at Birmingham.

I founded Urban Analysis to support public and nonprofit organizations. I am proud of my work in Birmingham where I advanced the city’s transportation policy agenda with City Councilor Darrell O’Quinn.

I serve the public on the Little Rock Sustainability Commission, and I serve my profession on the board of the Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, as the executive board co-vice chair of the Public Administration Theory Network, as an associate editor for Administrative Theory & Praxis, and as the president of the Arkansas Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration. I also apply my research as a fellow for the Pulaski Institution and as an advocate on the nonprofit boards of Our Little Rock and Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform. Finally, I serve on the National Advisory Boards of the Society for Collegiate Leadership and Achievement and the National Innovation Council.