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James L. Perry
James L. Perry is Chancellors’ Professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) and an adjunct professor of Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI). He is also senior scholar at the Center for Service and Learning and director of the Indiana University American Democracy Project. In 1992, he was a NASPAA fellow and served as special assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Personnel Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In 1999-2000, he was senior evaluator at the Corporation for National Service. Perry’s most recent book, coauthored with Ann Marie Thomson, is Civic Service: What Difference Does It Make? (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2003). He is the recipient of several national awards, including the Yoder-Heneman Award for innovative personnel research and two ASPA/NASPAA awards, the Charles H. Levine Memorial Award for Excellence in Public Administration and the Distinguished Research Award. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and chair of the Indiana Commission on Community Service and Volunteerism.