Dominic D. Wells, Ph.D.

Education

• BA - Bowling Green State University; Political Science
• MPA - Bowling Green State University 
• Ph.D. Kent State University; Political Science

Research Interests

• Public Administration
• Collective Bargaining
• Fire Administration

Biography  

Dr. Dominic D. Wells is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Fire Administration (FIAD) Program.  His primary research area is labor politics and policy.  Dr. Wells is the author of From Collective Bargaining to Collective Begging: How Public Employees Win and Lose the Right to Bargain (Temple University Press).  His work has been published in Risk, Hazards, & Crisis in Public Policy, the Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy, the Journal of Political Science Education, and the Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs. Prior to BGSU, Dr. Wells was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Clayton State University.

Courses Taught

• POLS 1100 - American Government: Process and Structure
• POLS 3020 - American Domestic Public Policy
• POLS 3030 - Introduction to Public Administration
• POLS 6210 - Administrative Theory and Behavior
• POLS 6260 - Public Personnel Administration
• POLS 6370 - Public Sector Labor Relations
• FIAD 3100 - Fire and Emergency Services Administration