Zachary Oberfield

Zachary Oberfield is professor of political science at Haverford College. He was previously a postdoctoral fellow at City College of New York and an adjunct professor of political science at Temple University. His research focuses on organizational change, leadership, and street-level bureaucracy; he teaches courses on American politics, public policy, criminal justice reform, bureaucracy, the presidency, and Congress. He is the author of two books, Are Charters Different? Public Education, Teachers, and the Charter School Debate and Becoming Bureaucrats: Socialization at the Front Lines of Government Service, which won the 2015 Best Book Award from the Public and Nonprofit Division of the Academy of Management. Oberfield received his PhD in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

updated 2021