Danny L. Balfour is a professor in the School of Public and Nonprofit Administration and a faculty fellow of the Honors College at Grand Valley State University. He received a BA in history from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. in public administration from the Florida State University. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of organizational theory, public management, social policy, administrative ethics, and the Holocaust. He serves on the board of several academic journals and is an elected member of the Governing Board of ASPA's Section on Public Administration Research.