Bruce D. McDonald III

Bruce McDonald is a professor of public budgeting and finance and director of the School of Public Service at Old Dominion University. McDonald also directs the Municipal Research Lab, serves as the editor-in-chief of Public Administration and the co-editor-in-chief of Public Finance Journal.

He teaches master's and doctoral-level courses in public budgeting, financial management, and research design and conducts research. As a researcher on public and nonprofit management, he investigates issues related to government performance across a number of areas of social science research, focusing on how to improve government efficiency. McDonald has carried his journalism experience forward and published more than 100 articles and chapters in such outlets as The Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, American Review of Public Administration, Review of Public Personnel Administration, and The International Journal of Public Sector Management.