Mary Guy, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Email Address: mary.guy@ucdenver.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Bio
Mary E. Guy teaches courses on public administration, public management, organizational behavior, and human resource management. She writes about good government and what it takes to advance democratic processes. An expert on the role of emotion in public service jobs, her research has framed the way emotionally intense work demands are understood. Her research also focuses on matters of access, quality, and outcomes in public service delivery and in policy development and implementation. She is a University of Colorado Distinguished Professor, a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, and past President of the American Society for Public Administration. Prior to joining the School of Public Affairs, she held the Jerry Collins Eminent Scholar Chair at the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University and before that, she served as department head at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Areas of Expertise
Public administration, with an emphasis on the human processes involved in public service delivery; democratic governance; emotional labor; and the difference that gender makes.
Education, Licensure & Certifications
University of South Carolina
Master of Arts in Psychology
University of South Carolina
Master of Arts in Rehabilitation Counseling
University of Florida
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
Jacksonville University
Awards
- 2024 SPALR Mary Guy Lifetime Impact Award, created to recognize commitment and contributions to ASPA’s Section on Personnel and Labor Relations over a lifetime
- 2024 Marcia P. Crowley Award for outstanding service to the Section on Women in Public Administration and for making an impact on its mission
- 2023 Keith G. Provan Award, Public and Nonprofit Division, Academy of Management
- 2022 Nesta Gallas Award for Exemplary Professionalism in Public Service, American Society for Public Administration
- 2021 Award for Excellence in Public Administration Education, a joint award by Journal of Public Affairs Education and Teaching Public Administration
- 2020 Paul van Riper Award, American Society for Public Administration
- 2018 Dwight Waldo Award, American Society for Public Administration
- 2012 ASPA/NASPAA Distinguished Research Award
- 2009 Delivered Donald Stone Lecture, American Society for Public Administration
- 1998 Elected as Fellow of National Academy of Public Administration