Frank J. Thompson Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA

Frank J. Thompson is professor of public affairs and administration at Rutgers University-Rutgers. He previously served as the dean of the Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the State University of New York at Albany. His research on health policy, regulatory federalism, human resource administration and other topics has been published in Review of Public Personnel Administration, Administration and Society, Journal of Politics, Policy Studies Journal, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Public Administration Review, and many other journals. He has written or edited seven books including Medicaid Politics: Federalism, Policy Durability, and Health Reform that was published in 2012. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1973.