Nicholas Lovrich

Nicholas P. Lovrich is an Emeritus Regent Professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy and Public ffairs at Washington State University. He earned his PhD in Political Science (public administration specialization) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He has held academic appointments at Metropolitan State University, the University of Denver, and DePauw University before going to Washington State University in 1977 to assume the position of Director of the Division of Governmental Studies and Services. For 25 years he taught courses in public administration and evaluation research and included many graduate students in political science and criminal justice in applied policy and program research on police, corrections, and court agencies in Washington and federal agencies. He supervised the PhD dissertations of 30 students, most of whom developed dissertation projects from work done in DGSS.  Among his former students are many academics and leaders in police, corrections, and court agencies. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles in journals in political science, public administration, and criminal justice.