Jered Carr

Jered Byron Carr, Jr.
Born	Florida
Residence	Kansas City, Missouri
Citizenship	United States
Fields	Public policy Political science Public Administration
Institutions	Florida State Legislature Wayne State University College of Charleston University of Missouri-Kansas City
Alma mater	Florida State University Florida Atlantic University
Thesis	The Political Economy of Local Government Boundary Change: State Laws, Local Actors, and Collection Action (2001)
Known for	Local government in the United States
Notable awards	Leonard D. White Award

Jered Byron Carr is a political scientist, professor of urban policy and a former Policy analyst for the Florida State Legislature in the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability.

He was formerly the Director of the L.P. Cookingham Institute of Urban Affairs and Professor of Henry W. Bloch School of Management at University of Missouri-Kansas City and was a former researcher at Center for International Public Management. Presently, he is Co-Editor and Managing Editor of the Urban Affairs Review and Head of the Department in Public Administration at University of Illinois at Chicago.

Carr earned his Ph.D. degree in Public Administration from the Askew School at Florida State University where his dissertation, The Political Economy of Local Government Boundary Change: State Laws, Local Actors, and Collection Action, received the 2001 Leonard D. White Award from the American Political Science Association. Previously, he earned an M.A. in economics and B.A. in finance from Florida Atlantic University. Carr taught at Wayne State University and the College of Charleston.

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