Jeffery Osgood

Dr. Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr. serves as Interim University President, bringing extensive experience in higher education leadership and public service to the role. He most recently served as Executive Vice President and Provost at West Chester University, where he provided strategic leadership across academic and operational functions.

Dr. Osgood's areas of expertise include local economic development and program evaluation. He previously worked for the Center for Local Governments at Western Kentucky University, and served as Director of the Center for Social & Economic Policy Research at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. In his time with the Center for Local Governments, Dr. Osgood worked on projects ranging from wage and benefit studies to pay classification analyses. As Director, Dr. Osgood was involved with a number of studies ranging from health needs analyses to program evaluations for both public and private organizations, as well as nonprofit foundations.

Dr. Osgood holds a doctorate in urban and public affairs and a master of public administration. At West Chester he served as Chair of the University's Curriculum and Academic Policies Council for three years and as Faculty Associate to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs for two. Additionally, he served a term as Vice President of the WCU Chapter of the Association of Pennsylvania College and University Faculty. In addition to his administrative roles, Dr. Osgood also taught courses in the Doctor of Public Administration program while at West Chester.

Journal Articles & Scholarly Manuscripts

• "Exploring the Intersection of Local Economic Development and Environmental Policy." Forthcoming. Journal of Urban Affairs. Susan M. Opp, Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr. and Megan Demasters.
• "The Role of Citizen Participation and the Use of Social Media Platforms in the Participatory Budgeting Process." 2016. International Journal of Public Administration. Victoria A. Gordon, Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr., and Daniel Boden.
• "Evaluating College Readiness: Are Federal and State Policies Helping or Hindering the Effort?" 2016. Educational Policy. 30 (3). Steven L. Kramer, Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr., R. Lorraine Bernotsky, Edward Wolff, F. Joseph Merlino, Tanya I. Garcia, and Helen M. Kramer.
• "City Limits in a Post-Recessionary World: Explaining the Pursuit of Developmental Policies." 2014. State and Local Government Review. 46 (4) Susan M. Opp, Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr. and Cynthia R. Rugeley.
• "Explaining the Adoption and Implementation of Local Environmental Policies in the United States." 2014. Journal of Urban Affairs. 36 (5). Susan M. Opp, Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr. and Cynthia R. Rugeley.
• "Determining Demand & Capacity for Master's Level Supervised Program: One University's Feasibility Study." 2014. Nutrition and Dietetic Educators Preceptors: Line. (1). Mary Beth Gilboy, Lynn Monahan Couch, Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr, and R. Lorraine Bernotsky.
• "Exploring Graduate Students' Perceptual Differences of Face-to-Face and Online Learning." 2013. Quarterly Review of Distance Education 13 (3). Vicki McGinley, Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr. and Jane Kenney.
• "Yesterday's Gains vs. Today's Realities: Lessons from Ten Years of Economic Development Practice." 2012. Economic Development Quarterly 26 (4). Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr., Susan M. Opp, and R. Lorraine Bernotsky.
• "The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Examining The Spatial Distribution of Federal Stimulus Funds." 2012. Middle States Geographer 44. Matin Katirai and Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr.
• "Urban Political Theory and the Case of the Local Government Simulation." 2012. Journal of Political Science Education 8 (4). Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr., Chris Stangl and R. Lorraine Bernotsky.
• "One Package at a Time: The Distributive World City." 2011. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 35 (4). Cynthia L. Negrey, Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr. and Frank Goetzke.
• "Exurban Dynamics: An Analysis of Migration and Urban Containment Policies." 2011. Urbana: Urban Affairs and Public Policy XI (I). Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr.
• "Sustainable Economic Development: Navigating Pitfalls and Reaping Rewards." 2011. International City County Management Association: InFocus Strategies and Solutions for Local Government Managers 42 (6). Susan M. Opp and Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr.
• "A Region Redefined: The Case of the Greater Louisville Branding Project." 2010-11. Journal of Town & City Management. 1 (3). Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr.
• "Municipal Clerks: Examining a Model of Job Satisfaction." 2010. Public Personnel Management 39 (3). Victoria A. Gordon, Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr. & Jeremy N. Phillips.
• "Bulpitt in America: Presidential Approaches, Territorial Politics and the Field of Urban Policy." 2010. Government & Opposition 45 (3). Hank V. Savitch & Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr.

Books

• "Participatory Budgeting in the United States: A Guide for Local Government." 2016 (Forthcoming). Taylor and Francis: CRC Press. American Society for Public Administration Public Policy and Administration Series. Victoria A. Gordon, Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr. and Daniel Boden.
• "Local Economic Development and the Environment." 2013. Taylor and Francis: CRC Press. American Society for Public Administration Public Policy and Administration Series. Susan M. Opp and Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr.