Zachary Oberfield

Zachary Oberfield is a 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; and 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, winner of the 2015 Best Book Award from the Public and Nonprofit Division of the Academy of Management. Dr. Oberfield holds a PhD and MA in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a BA in political science from Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

updated 2021