Gary Johnson, Ph.D.

Dr. Gary Johnson is a Professor of Political Science in the Political Science and Philosophy Department at Weber State University.  Prior to coming to WSU in 2007 he taught at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte in the Master’s of Public Administration and PhD. In Public Policy programs. He earned his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Kansas, and received his undergraduate education at Northern Arizona University with a dual major in American History and Political Science.

Primary research areas are Public Administration, State and Local Government, Public Policy Analysis, and the Executive Branch. He has coached the Weber State Moot Court team since 2017. His co-authored book The Adapted City was published in 2003 and he has published in Public Administration Review, Municipal Finance Journal, the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory and several book chapters on city-county consolidation efforts, electoral administration in the United States, and electoral integrity. His most recent publication is a book chapter on election fraud in the 2020s, "Conspiracy Theories: Philosophers Connect the Dots," edited by Richard and Rachel Greene, Open Court Press.

• Introduction to American National Government, POLS 1100
• Introduction to Public Administration, POLS 2700
• Moot Court, POLS 3070
• Politics of the Bureaucracy, POLS 3700
• Urban Politics, POLS 3750
• State Politics, POLS 3760
• The American Presidency, POLS 4060
• Public Policy Analysis, POLS 4750
• Environmental Policy, POLS 4800
• Perspectives in Social Science: Game Theory and Rational Choice, Honors Program
• Politics in Film, WSU 1560