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Kathryn Newcomer Dr. Kathryn Newcomer is the Director of the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University. She teaches public and nonprofit program evaluation, research design, and applied statistics.

Program Evaluation and Performance Management
Dr. Newcomer routinely conducts research and training for federal and local government agencies and nonprofit organizations on performance measurement and program evaluation. She has designed and conducted evaluations for several U.S. federal agencies and dozens of nonprofit organizations.

Leadership in Public Service
Dr. Newcomer is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, and currently serves on the Comptroller General’s Educators’ Advisory Panel. She served as President of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) for 2006-2007. She has received two Fulbright awards, one for Taiwan (1993) and one for Egypt (2001-04). Dr. Newcomer received the Elmer Staats Award for Achievements in Government Accountability, awarded by the National Capital Area Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration, May 8, 2008. She has lectured on performance measurement and public program evaluation in Ukraine, Brazil, Italy, Costa Rica, Egypt, Taiwan, and Colombia, Nicaragua, and the UK.

Education
Dr. Newcomer earned a B.S. in education and an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Kansas, and her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Iowa.

Selected Publications
Dr. Newcomer has published five books: Improving Government Performance (1989), The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation (1994, 2nd edition 2004, 3rd edition 2010), Using Performance Measurement to Improve Public and Nonprofit Programs (1997), Meeting the Challenges of Performance-Oriented Government (2002), and Getting Results: A Guide for Federal Leaders and Managers