Derek Slagle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Director of UA Little Rock Survey Research Center
College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Education
School of Public Affairs
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Dr. Derek R. Slagle is in a dual appointment position at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Public Affairs as a tenure-track Assistant Professor and Director of the Survey Research Center. He is an Arkansas Governor appointed Commissioner (2019-2022) for the Governor’s Advisory Commission for National Service and Volunteerism. Dr. Slagle has worked for the Arkansas House of Representatives and served as a technical expert for the Governor’s Red Tape Reduction Working Group.
Concomitantly, he served as a state lead for Occupational Licensing Policy Learning Consortium, a three-year project supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor and managed jointly by the National Conference of State Legislatures, the Council of State Governments, and the National Governors Association’s Center for Best Practices. Dr. Slagle has worked on over 2.5 million dollars of funded research – included grants from the CDC, Robert Wood Johnson and contracts with various state agencies, nonprofits, and for-profit companies.
As faculty in the Master of Public Administration program, he focuses on training the next generation of Arkansas leaders while emphasizing service and connecting theory to praxis. His research in Public Affairs Education, Higher Education, Community Development, & State Government have been published in a variety of academic journals.