Dr. Christensen the George W. Romney Professor of public and nonprofit administration in the MPA Program at the Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University.
He specializes in public and nonprofit management and is interested in (1) public service employees and (2) public service organizations. His research has been published in Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Law & Society Review, and American Political Science Review. His work has been covered in the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.