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Mordecai Lee

  • Professor, Political Science

Education

  • PhD, Public Administration, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
  • Master's in Public Administration (MPA), Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
  • BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Interests

  • Government and nonprofit history
  • Government and nonprofit public relations.

Selected Publications

Lee, Mordecai. The Philosopher-Lobbyist: John Dewey and the People's Lobby, 1928-1940 Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. 2015.
Lee, Mordecai. Promoting the War Effort: Robert Horton and Federal Propaganda, 1938-1946 Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 2012.
Lee, Mordecai. Congress vs. the Bureaucracy: Muzzling Agency Public Relations Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. 2011.
Lee, Mordecai. Nixon's Super-Secretaries: The Last Grand Presidential Reorganization Effort College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press. 2010.
Lee, Mordecai. Bureaus of Efficiency: Reforming Local Government in the Progressive Era Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press. 2008.
Lee, Mordecai. Institutionalizing Congress and the Presidency: The U.S. Bureau of Efficiency, 1916-1933 College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press. 2006.
Lee, Mordecai. The First Presidential Communications Agency: FDR's Office of Government Reports Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. 2005.

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