School of Public and International Affairs

Dr Bruce D. McDonald III

Bruce D. McDonald III is an associate professor of public budgeting and finance in the Department of Public Administration at North Carolina State University. Currently, he serves as the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education. A graduate of Florida State University and the London School of Economics, his current research focuses on issues of defense finance and human capital, the measurement of fiscal health within local governments, and the intellectual history of public administration field. His research has appeared in the Annual Review of Political and Military Sociology, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, and the Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, among others.