behavioral science (psychology of human decision-making and employee motivation and performance), behavioral ethics, front-line behavior, and social welfare policy,
Travis Bland is the Dean of the College of Health, Science, and Technology. Dr. Bland received his Ph.D. from the Center for Public Administration and Policy at Virginia Tech. Professor Bland specializes in evaluating public programs and is a strategic planning and organizational health and design consultant. His research interests include front-line behavior, social welfare policy, and behavioral science (psychology of human decision-making and employee motivation and performance). Dr. Bland is a contributing author to Community Action Leaders: Rooting out Poverty at the Local Level (New York: Routledge). His research has been published in Public Management Review, Review of Public Personnel Administration, Public Integrity, Public Organization Review, the Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, Public Administration Quarterly, The Innovation Journal, and the Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance.
- Bland, J. T., & Kriz, K. (2025). Supervisor autonomy support and the PSM-employee engagement relationship. Public Management Review. Published Online. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2025.2488940
- Bland, J. T., Dooley, T., & Williams, A. M. (available online first, 2025). Trauma-informed HR: The work-life interface and the adverse spillover effects of nonwork, anti-black discrimination. Public Personnel Management. Published Online. https://doi.org/10.1177/00910260251320389
- Sprong, M.E., Hollander, H., Blankenberger, B., Rumrill, S., Lee, Y., Bland, J.T., Bailey, J., Weber, K., Gilbert, J., Kriz, K., Buono, F. (2024). The road to reintegration: Evaluating the effectiveness of VA Healthcare in Vocational Rehabilitation Retention for Veterans with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 15, 107-123. https://doi.org/10.2147/sar.s462882
- Funderburg, R., Dooley, T., Bland, J. T., Dooley, T. (2024). Community affluence as a barrier to housing affordability: the siting of low-income housing tax credit projects in Illinois' capital region. In Kraeger et al.'s Social (In)Equality, Community Well-being and Quality of Life. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Bland, J. T., Williams, A. M., Albertson, N. (2023). Empowerment and discretionary HR practices: Moderators of the PSM-organizational commitment relationship. Public Management Review, 25(3), 575-600. DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2021.1985317
- Manuel Roman-Basora & Bland, J.T. (2021) Separate and unequal: A sample of disparities in five American unincorporated territories, Public Integrity, DOI: 10.1080/10999922.2020.1859241
- Williams, A. M. & Bland, J.T. (2020). Drivers of social engagement: Investigating the employee voice-advice sharing relationship. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 40(4). 669-690. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X19850873
- Bland, J. Travis and Williams, A. M. (2018). Collaborative ties within: Public organizations and the latent capacity for advice network formation. Public Organization Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-018-0415-9
- Bland, J. T. (2018). Authentic participatory engagement: Community Action and the foundational principle of maximum feasible participation. Public Administration Quarterly, 42(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/073491491804200205
- Faculty Advisor, Christian Student Fellowship
- Jobs for Life Instructor
- Volunteers at West Side Christian Church.