Kevin Kecskes is Associate Professor of Public Administration in the Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University (PSU). He also served as Associate Vice Provost for Engagement and Director for Community-University Partnerships for a decade at PSU. Formerly Regional Program Director for the Western Region Campus Compact Consortium, Kevin edited Engaging Departments: Moving Faculty Culture from Private to Public, Individual to Collective Focus for the Common Good (2006). Over the past 25 years, his research and practice has focused on leadership, institutional and community development, and civic engagement in higher education.