Dr. Naim Kapucu is Pegasus Professor of Public Administration and Policy. He Currently serves as an Associate Dean of Research and Innovation at College of Community Innovation and Education at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He was the director of the School of Public Administration at UCF between August 2015 – August 2020.

He is the founding director of the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management (CPNM) at UCF (2008-2011). He is also joint faculty at the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs and the Center for Resilient, Intelligent and Sustainable Energy Systems (RISES). Dr. Kapucu received Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Applied Public Policy, Democratic Resilience award jointly hosted by Flinders University and Carnegie Mellon University Australia in 2021. He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).

Prior to joining UCF, Dr. Kapucu received his Ph.D. in Public and International Affairs from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) of the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Prior to that, he earned a Master of Public Policy and Management degree from Heinz College's School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

(Detailed background is available at https://ccie.ucf.edu/person/naim-kapucu.)