Christopher Tyler Burks, PhD
@ctburks.bsky.social
- urban policy scholar, professor, consultant
- teaching in the public administration, nonprofit management, and political science programs at UA Little Rock School of Public Affairs
➥ learn more at ctburks.com
- teaching in the public administration, nonprofit management, and political science programs at UA Little Rock School of Public Affairs
➥ learn more at ctburks.com
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Dr. Burks • Urban Policy Scholar • Professor • Consultant
Dr. Christopher Tyler Burks is an urban policy scholar, professor at UA Little Rock, and consultant at Urban Analysis.
ctburks.com
I'm an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock teaching in the public administration, nonprofit management, and political science programs.
Learn about my research, teaching, and service at ctburks.com
Learn about my research, teaching, and service at ctburks.com
We're seeking an Assistant Professor of Political Science 📢
Come work with us in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock!
I'm on the hiring committee, and I want you on my team. Reach out!
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Come work with us in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock!
I'm on the hiring committee, and I want you on my team. Reach out!
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Assistant Professor of Political Science
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September 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We're seeking an Assistant Professor of Political Science 📢
Come work with us in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock!
I'm on the hiring committee, and I want you on my team. Reach out!
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Come work with us in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock!
I'm on the hiring committee, and I want you on my team. Reach out!
uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS/job/Li...
Thrilled to announce that I have joined the board of the Southeastern Conference for Public Administration! Grateful to serve my profession in the region I love.
September 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Thrilled to announce that I have joined the board of the Southeastern Conference for Public Administration! Grateful to serve my profession in the region I love.
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📚 JSEPA READS!!!!
📝 Book Review by: Adam Butz and @ctburks.bsky.social
📖 Essential reading for scholars and practitioners committed to justice, equity, and inclusive governance.
🔗 doi.org/10.24926/jse... #RaceForProfit #BlackHomeownership #UrbanPolicy #StructuralRacism #EquityInPractice
September 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
📚 JSEPA READS!!!!
📝 Book Review by: Adam Butz and @ctburks.bsky.social
📖 Essential reading for scholars and practitioners committed to justice, equity, and inclusive governance.
🔗 doi.org/10.24926/jse... #RaceForProfit #BlackHomeownership #UrbanPolicy #StructuralRacism #EquityInPractice
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Save the Date!
The 2026 Public Administration Theory Network Conference will be held in New Delhi, India 🇮🇳
26 Feb – 1 March 2026
Excited to bring global scholars together to reimagine theory & practice. @poojapaswan.bsky.social @ctburks.bsky.social @samvrl.bsky.social
#PATNet2026
The 2026 Public Administration Theory Network Conference will be held in New Delhi, India 🇮🇳
26 Feb – 1 March 2026
Excited to bring global scholars together to reimagine theory & practice. @poojapaswan.bsky.social @ctburks.bsky.social @samvrl.bsky.social
#PATNet2026
August 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Save the Date!
The 2026 Public Administration Theory Network Conference will be held in New Delhi, India 🇮🇳
26 Feb – 1 March 2026
Excited to bring global scholars together to reimagine theory & practice. @poojapaswan.bsky.social @ctburks.bsky.social @samvrl.bsky.social
#PATNet2026
The 2026 Public Administration Theory Network Conference will be held in New Delhi, India 🇮🇳
26 Feb – 1 March 2026
Excited to bring global scholars together to reimagine theory & practice. @poojapaswan.bsky.social @ctburks.bsky.social @samvrl.bsky.social
#PATNet2026
I've been appointed to the Little Rock Sustainability Commission! Grateful for the opportunity to promote environmental health and economic prosperity.
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August 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I've been appointed to the Little Rock Sustainability Commission! Grateful for the opportunity to promote environmental health and economic prosperity.
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In addition to @ctburks.bsky.social, we are also very excited to announce Dr. Leland Harper as another new Pulaski fellow!
August 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In addition to @ctburks.bsky.social, we are also very excited to announce Dr. Leland Harper as another new Pulaski fellow!
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Thrilled to announce our newest Pulaski Institution fellow, @ctburks.bsky.social!
August 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Thrilled to announce our newest Pulaski Institution fellow, @ctburks.bsky.social!
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My first ever book review is published at @jsepajournal.bsky.social. @ctburks.bsky.social and I reviewed Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor's seminal work, "Race for Profit", and offered key lessons for public administrators pursuing social equity in housing policy: jsepajournal.org/index.php/js...
View of Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
jsepajournal.org
July 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My first ever book review is published at @jsepajournal.bsky.social. @ctburks.bsky.social and I reviewed Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor's seminal work, "Race for Profit", and offered key lessons for public administrators pursuing social equity in housing policy: jsepajournal.org/index.php/js...
I'm honored to be elected to the Executive Board of the @patheorynetwork.bsky.social! I look forward to serving this exceptional organization and advancing its mission for theoretical research.
June 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I'm honored to be elected to the Executive Board of the @patheorynetwork.bsky.social! I look forward to serving this exceptional organization and advancing its mission for theoretical research.
Citizen academies are an exceptional way for cities to engage their people, involving them in the civic life of their community. I enjoyed Little Rock's Residents Obtaining Community Knowledge (ROCK) Academy!
May 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Citizen academies are an exceptional way for cities to engage their people, involving them in the civic life of their community. I enjoyed Little Rock's Residents Obtaining Community Knowledge (ROCK) Academy!
Happy to announce that I am a new Public Administration Theory Fellow!
Thank you @patheorynetwork.bsky.social for the opportunity to advance critical, normative, and interpretative scholarship on how we are being governed. I look forward to supporting the network!
patheory.net
Thank you @patheorynetwork.bsky.social for the opportunity to advance critical, normative, and interpretative scholarship on how we are being governed. I look forward to supporting the network!
patheory.net
Advancing knowledge and theory of Administration, Government & Governance
patheory.net
April 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Happy to announce that I am a new Public Administration Theory Fellow!
Thank you @patheorynetwork.bsky.social for the opportunity to advance critical, normative, and interpretative scholarship on how we are being governed. I look forward to supporting the network!
patheory.net
Thank you @patheorynetwork.bsky.social for the opportunity to advance critical, normative, and interpretative scholarship on how we are being governed. I look forward to supporting the network!
patheory.net
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Come work with us in the UA Little Rock School of Public Affairs!
I'm on the hiring committee. Reach out if you have questions.
uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS/job/Li...
I'm on the hiring committee. Reach out if you have questions.
uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS/job/Li...
Assistant Professor - 9 MONTH
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April 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Come work with us in the UA Little Rock School of Public Affairs!
I'm on the hiring committee. Reach out if you have questions.
uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS/job/Li...
I'm on the hiring committee. Reach out if you have questions.
uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS/job/Li...
Join us today April 7 at 6:00 PM CT for our Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform webinar:
The Alabama Constitution’s Impact on Taxes and Spending
We will be interviewing the author of PARCA's new report, Tom Spencer.
- Registration: lnkd.in/eVmahpVn
- PARCA Report: lnkd.in/ebkqu9t8
The Alabama Constitution’s Impact on Taxes and Spending
We will be interviewing the author of PARCA's new report, Tom Spencer.
- Registration: lnkd.in/eVmahpVn
- PARCA Report: lnkd.in/ebkqu9t8
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April 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Join us today April 7 at 6:00 PM CT for our Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform webinar:
The Alabama Constitution’s Impact on Taxes and Spending
We will be interviewing the author of PARCA's new report, Tom Spencer.
- Registration: lnkd.in/eVmahpVn
- PARCA Report: lnkd.in/ebkqu9t8
The Alabama Constitution’s Impact on Taxes and Spending
We will be interviewing the author of PARCA's new report, Tom Spencer.
- Registration: lnkd.in/eVmahpVn
- PARCA Report: lnkd.in/ebkqu9t8
Come work with us in the UA Little Rock School of Public Affairs!
I'm on the hiring committee. Reach out if you have questions.
uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS/job/Li...
I'm on the hiring committee. Reach out if you have questions.
uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS/job/Li...
Assistant Professor - 9 MONTH
Current University of Arkansas System employees, including student employees and graduate assistants, need to log in to Workday via MyApps.Microsoft.com, then access Find Jobs from the Workday search ...
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April 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Come work with us in the UA Little Rock School of Public Affairs!
I'm on the hiring committee. Reach out if you have questions.
uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS/job/Li...
I'm on the hiring committee. Reach out if you have questions.
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There are a bunch of articles like this, which argue that Trump is going after institutions because of their failures.
The reality is Trump is going after institutions - bureaucracy, military, judges, lawyers, media - because he is an authoritarian who wants control.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
The reality is Trump is going after institutions - bureaucracy, military, judges, lawyers, media - because he is an authoritarian who wants control.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Trump’s Battles With Colleges Could Change American Culture for a Generation
Many in higher education worry Trump’s efforts to bend academia to his will could end American leadership in research and science. Universities are not finding many allies to defend them.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
There are a bunch of articles like this, which argue that Trump is going after institutions because of their failures.
The reality is Trump is going after institutions - bureaucracy, military, judges, lawyers, media - because he is an authoritarian who wants control.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
The reality is Trump is going after institutions - bureaucracy, military, judges, lawyers, media - because he is an authoritarian who wants control.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
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I spoke with @audiosand.bsky.social for @npr.org All Things Considered about the fact that the "Anti-DEI" movement is an anti-Civil Rights Movement.
www.npr.org/2025/03/17/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/17/n...
Experts worry that DEIA bans are part of a push to undo the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Civil rights experts worry bans on DEIA in education and government are part of a larger, ongoing push to undo the country's 1964 Civil Rights Act.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I spoke with @audiosand.bsky.social for @npr.org All Things Considered about the fact that the "Anti-DEI" movement is an anti-Civil Rights Movement.
www.npr.org/2025/03/17/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/17/n...
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Here is one weird form of public participation this tax season:
If you can, use Direct File, the free IRS software to enable you to report your taxes. The more people that use it, and report good experiences, the harder it will be for DOGE to later remove it.
apnews.com/article/dire...
If you can, use Direct File, the free IRS software to enable you to report your taxes. The more people that use it, and report good experiences, the harder it will be for DOGE to later remove it.
apnews.com/article/dire...
A government program made tax filing free and more efficient. Musk and DOGE may get rid of it anyway
The fate of the IRS Direct File program is unclear as Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency cleave their way through the federal bureaucracy. Republicans and commercial tax preparation...
apnews.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Here is one weird form of public participation this tax season:
If you can, use Direct File, the free IRS software to enable you to report your taxes. The more people that use it, and report good experiences, the harder it will be for DOGE to later remove it.
apnews.com/article/dire...
If you can, use Direct File, the free IRS software to enable you to report your taxes. The more people that use it, and report good experiences, the harder it will be for DOGE to later remove it.
apnews.com/article/dire...
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FDR once bragged to a massive crowd at Madison Square Garden that the richest people in the nation hated him and “I welcome their hatred.”
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
FDR once bragged to a massive crowd at Madison Square Garden that the richest people in the nation hated him and “I welcome their hatred.”
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.
Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
It was great to meet Dr. George C. Edwards III at the Arkansas Political Science Association conference! He spoke to us powerfully about why the electoral college is bad for America.
March 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It was great to meet Dr. George C. Edwards III at the Arkansas Political Science Association conference! He spoke to us powerfully about why the electoral college is bad for America.
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I believe Musk and DOGE disbanded 18F because we stood in the way of their "procurement capture" operation. We get the government *out* of wasteful contracts. Musk wants that money back for himself.
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Understanding DOGE as Procurement Capture - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I believe Musk and DOGE disbanded 18F because we stood in the way of their "procurement capture" operation. We get the government *out* of wasteful contracts. Musk wants that money back for himself.
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
Explanation by @anildash.com of procurement capture:
www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D...
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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The NAEP 2024 -2025 Long Term Trend Age 17 assessment will not be administered in the upcoming weeks
Unbroken testing series since early 1970s
Nothing like ignorance to keep our country moving forward
Unbroken testing series since early 1970s
Nothing like ignorance to keep our country moving forward
February 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The NAEP 2024 -2025 Long Term Trend Age 17 assessment will not be administered in the upcoming weeks
Unbroken testing series since early 1970s
Nothing like ignorance to keep our country moving forward
Unbroken testing series since early 1970s
Nothing like ignorance to keep our country moving forward
“Anybody we like is efficient. Anybody we do not like is a bureaucrat.”
— Reported by Fritz Morstein Marx in.... 1949!
Have we learned nothing? So much for Administrative Ethics and the Rule of Law.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
— Reported by Fritz Morstein Marx in.... 1949!
Have we learned nothing? So much for Administrative Ethics and the Rule of Law.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Administrative Ethics and the Rule of Law | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Administrative Ethics and the Rule of Law - Volume 43 Issue 6
www.cambridge.org
February 19, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“Anybody we like is efficient. Anybody we do not like is a bureaucrat.”
— Reported by Fritz Morstein Marx in.... 1949!
Have we learned nothing? So much for Administrative Ethics and the Rule of Law.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
— Reported by Fritz Morstein Marx in.... 1949!
Have we learned nothing? So much for Administrative Ethics and the Rule of Law.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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🎉 Exciting News! Join us for the 2025 PA Theory Network Conference – now FULLY VIRTUAL! 🌐
🗓 June 12–15, 2025
📌 Theme: Navigating Democracy’s Promise: Merits, Values, and Complexities of Governance
Stay tuned for more updates @pareview.bsky.social @jpaejournal.bsky.social @journalpa.bsky.social
🗓 June 12–15, 2025
📌 Theme: Navigating Democracy’s Promise: Merits, Values, and Complexities of Governance
Stay tuned for more updates @pareview.bsky.social @jpaejournal.bsky.social @journalpa.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🎉 Exciting News! Join us for the 2025 PA Theory Network Conference – now FULLY VIRTUAL! 🌐
🗓 June 12–15, 2025
📌 Theme: Navigating Democracy’s Promise: Merits, Values, and Complexities of Governance
Stay tuned for more updates @pareview.bsky.social @jpaejournal.bsky.social @journalpa.bsky.social
🗓 June 12–15, 2025
📌 Theme: Navigating Democracy’s Promise: Merits, Values, and Complexities of Governance
Stay tuned for more updates @pareview.bsky.social @jpaejournal.bsky.social @journalpa.bsky.social
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Volume 3, Issue 1 of JSEPA is now live! Head over to our site and give it a read, as always this issue is completely open access! jsepajournal.org/index.php/js...
January 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Volume 3, Issue 1 of JSEPA is now live! Head over to our site and give it a read, as always this issue is completely open access! jsepajournal.org/index.php/js...