Jonathan Koppell

{{Short description|American academic}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Jonathan Koppell

| title1 = 9th President of Montclair State University

| predecessor1 = Susan A. Cole

| alma_mater = Harvard University University of California, Berkeley

| term_start1 = August 2, 2021

| image = Jonathan Koppell by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = Koppell in April 2017

| title2 = Vice-Provost for Public Service and Social Impact, Arizona State University

| termstart2 = 2020

| termend2 = 2021

}}

Jonathan Koppell is the President of Montclair State University, Montclair New Jersey. He previously served as dean of the Watts College of Public Service & Community Solutions and Provost for Public Service and Social Impact at Arizona State University.{{cite web|title=Jonathan Koppell named dean of ASU College of Public Programs|url=https://asunews.asu.edu/20111027_koppell|publisher=ASU News|access-date=12 July 2012|date=October 27, 2011}}{{Cite web|title=Jonathan Koppell – Curriculum Vitae 2021|url=https://www.montclair.edu/president/jonathan-koppell-curriculum-vitae-2021/|access-date=2021-08-12|language=en-US}}

Education

Koppell holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and both a doctorate and master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. His career in public service began as a Research Assistant with the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight in Washington, D.C. from 1993-1995. In 1999, Koppell served as a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution while simultaneously holding the title of Markle Fellow of the New America Foundation.

Career

In 2003, Koppell served as Fulbright Lecturer and Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. In 2006, Koppell was named an associate professor at Yale University of Political Science and the Director of the university’s Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance.{{cite web|title=Nierenberg Gift Launches a New Center for Corporate Governance|url=http://giving.yale.edu/news/nierenbergSOM|publisher=Yale University}} Koppell became Chairman of the City of New Haven, Connecticut Development Commission in 2008.{{cite web|title=City Forms Committee to Review Coliseum Site Redevelopment Submissions|url=http://cityofnewhaven.com/Mayor/ReadMore.asp?ID={873F8824-B051-41CD-9B7C-A1A5943531DE}|publisher=City of New Haven}} In 2012 the National Academy of Public Administration chose Koppell as one of its nearly 800 Fellows.{{cite web|title=Jonathan G.S. Koppell|url=http://napawash.org/fellows/fellows-biographies/fellows-last-names-k-o/1299-jonathan-g-s-koppell.html|publisher=National Academy of Public Administration}}

Koppell joined Arizona State University in 2010 as Director of the School of Public Affairs.{{cite web|title=ASU Directory Profile: Jonathan Koppell|url=https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/16191|publisher=Arizona State University}} In 2011, he became Dean of the Watts College of Public Service & Community Solutions,{{cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae|url=http://spa.asu.edu/files/pdf/koppell-cv/at_download/file|publisher=ASU School of Public Affairs|access-date=5 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234611/http://spa.asu.edu/files/pdf/koppell-cv/at_download/file|archive-date=2 December 2013}} succeeding Debra Friedman.{{cite web|title=Jonathan GS Koppell|url=http://works.bepress.com/jonathan_koppell/|access-date=12 July 2012|publisher=The Berkeley Electronic Press}} In 2015, Koppell launched the Public Service Academy at ASU, a four-year program of classes, hands-on experiences and internships to create working relationships between civilians and military personnel and collaborations among the public, private and non-profit sectors.{{cite web|title=New ASU program helps undergrads change the world|date=April 2015|url=https://azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2015/04/16/new-asu-program-helps-undergrads-change-world/25862183/|publisher=Arizona Republic|access-date=30 October 2022}} In 2018, his college gained the prefix "Watts" after a $30 million dollar donation from Mike and Cindy Watts.{{cite web|title=$30M ASU donation renames public-service college, targets change in Maryvale|date=October 2018|url=https://publicservice.asu.edu/content/30m-asu-donation-renames-public-service-college-targets-change-maryvale|publisher=Arizona Republic|access-date=19 September 2020}}

In 2021, Koppell became President of Montclair State University, succeeding President Susan A. Cole.{{Cite web|url=https://www.montclair.edu/newscenter/2021/06/08/arizona-state-dean-named-next-president-of-montclair-state/|title = Arizona State Dean Named Next President of Montclair State}}

Academic work

Koppell has conducted research related to the structure and administration of complex organizations, corporate governance, financial regulation, and government involvement in for-profit enterprise.

He is the author of two books:

  • World Rule: Legitimacy, Accountability and the Design of Global Governance (2010) {{ISBN|0226450996}}
  • The Politics of Quasi-Government: Hybrid Organizations and the Dynamics of Bureaucratic Control (2003) {{ISBN|0521525608}}

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