Robert L. (Bob) Bland is the Endowed Professor of Local Government in the Department of Public Administration and Faculty Director of the Center for Public Management in the College of Health and Public Service. He teaches courses in public economics, governmental accounting, and budgeting. He has been on the faculty at UNT since 1982 and served for 22 years as the department’s first chair. In 2019-20, he served as interim chair of the Department of Criminal Justice.