| Senior Lecturer
Office: 241 Humphrey Center
Phone: 612-625-3458
E-mail: decra002@umn.edu
Areas of expertise: political leadership, reflective practice, program evaluation, rural development, transportation policy, cooperative development
Gary DeCramer has served as a state senator representing the southwestern region of Minnesota, as state director of USDA Rural Development, principal planning analyst for Hennepin Countys Office of Planning and Development, senior fellow in the Humphrey Institute's State and Local Policy Program and the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies, and interim president of Southwest State University in Marshall, Minnesota. He is a board member for Project Harvest Hope, an organization dedicated to values-based economic and agricultural development in the villages of the Transylvanian region of Romania.
Gary is the director of the Humphrey Institute's mid-career Master of Public Affairs program. He teaches in that program and in the University's leadership minor.
He holds a master's degree in English from the University of Oklahoma and a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Courses taught for the Humphrey Institute
For syllabi for the current semester, view the University of Minnesota's Course Guide. For syllabi for public affairs classes for Fall 2007 or earlier, view the Humphrey Institute's course syllabi web page.
Syllabi includes current and previous academic years only. Syllabi are available in alternative formats. Please send requests to the Humphrey Institute Student Support Services.
Spring 2008
PA 5941-1 - Leadership for the Common Good
PA 5920-3 - Project Planning Workshop
PA 5920-7 - Foundations of Ethical Practice in Public Affairs
Fall 2007
PA 5920-1 - Project Planning Workshop
PA 5941-1 - Leadership for the Common Good
PA 8081-1 - Political Advocacy in the Public Interest
Spring 2007
PA 5920-3 - Project Planning Workshop
PA 5920-7 - Foundations of Ethical Practice in Public Affairs
PA 5941-1 - Leadership for the Common Good
Summer Session I 2006
PA 8002-1 - Synthesis Workshop
Fall 2006
PA 5920-1 - Project Planning Workshop
PA 5941-1 - Leadership for the Common Good
PA 8001-1 - Transforming Public Policy
PA 8081-2 - Political Advocacy in the Public Interest
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