
Mordecai Lee
Professor of Urban Planning
Cont Educ Plankinton Bldg 6394
Website: http://people.uwm.edu/mordecai/
Degrees
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. State University of New York Press, 2015.
Lee, Mordecai. Promoting the War Effort: Robert Horton and Federal Propaganda, 1938-1946. Louisiana State University Press, 2012.
Lee, Mordecai. Congress vs. the Bureaucracy: Muzzling Agency Public Relations. University of Oklahoma Press, 2011.
Lee, Mordecai. Nixon’s Super-Secretaries: The Last Grand Presidential Reorganization Effort. Texas A&M University Press, 2010.
Lee, Mordecai. Bureaus of Efficiency: Reforming Local Government in the Progressive Era. Marquette University Press, 2008.
Lee, Mordecai. Institutionalizing Congress and the Presidency: The U.S. Bureau of Efficiency, 1916-1933. Texas A&M University Press, 2006.
Lee, Mordecai. The First Presidential Communications Agency: FDR’s Office of Government Reports. State University of New York Press, 2005.