David Swindell

Associate Professor / Director Ph.D. Public Policy

Office: Fretwell 450H
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Telephone: 704.687.4519 

Specialties

• Urban Governance
• Economic Development
• Citizen Participation
• Performance Measurement
• Public Finance
• Research Methods and Analysis

Biography
David W. Swindell is an associate professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina—Charlotte. He is also director of UNC-Charlotte’s Ph.D. in Public Policy Degree Program. Dr. Swindell received his doctorate from Indiana University in Public Policy. Professor Swindell’s research and teaching interests focus on public financing for sports facilities, the economic development of urban space, performance measurement and citizen satisfaction with public services, and the role of neighborhood organizations as a mechanism for service delivery. His research has been published in Public Administration Review, Economic Development Quarterly, Journal of Urban Affairs, Social Science Quarterly, the American Review of Public Administration, Public Productivity and Management Review, The Brooking Institution’s Sports, Jobs, and Taxes, Johnson’s Minor League Baseball and Local Economic Development, and Rosentraub’s Major League Losers. Dr. Swindell works with local communities on the implications of such public sports investments and has testified to the Ohio State Senate on their economic effects. Dr. Swindell’s other policy studies include numerous public program evaluations, estimation methodologies for light rail ridership, and business retention strategies for local governments.