J. KelloughJ. Edward Kellough is Professor and Head of the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia. His major area of academic interest is public personnel administration/human resources management. His research has addressedsuch topics as equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, representative bureaucracy, reinventing government, and civil service reform. Some of his other recent works include UNDERSTANDING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: POLITICS, DISCRIMINATION, AND THE SEARCH FOR JUSTICE (Georgetown University Press, 2006); and CIVIL SERVICE REFORM IN THE STATES: PERSONNEL POLICY AND POLITICS AT THE SUB-NATIONAL LEVEL, co-edited with Lloyd G. Nigro (SUNY Press, 2006). He has also published numerous articles in scholarly journals. Read More Read Less