Biography
Ene Ikpebe is an assistant professor at the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy. She earned her doctorate in Public Administration from American University, Washington DC in 2021. Dr. Ikpebe’s research interests are in public management, policy process, with a substantive interest in human capital development. Her work has been published in premier outlets like Public Administration Review, Public Administration, International Journal of Public Administration, and Review of Policy Research. She teaches PAD 5227: Managing Financial Resources and PAD 5836: International and Comparative Public Administration. A Nigerian native, she comes to Tallahassee by way of Illinois Wesleyan University where she received her bachelor’s in economics and American University in DC where she received her MPP in public administration.
Education
PhD, American University, Public Administration (2021)
MPP, American University, Public Policy (2017)
BA, Illinois Wesleyan University, Economics (2015)
Courses Taught
PAD 5227: Managing Public Financial Resources
PAD 5836: International and Comparative Public Administration
Selected Publications
Ikpebe, E. (2025). The State of Public Administration in Nigeria. Public Administration Review
Ikpebe, E., Akinrinmade, B., & Asempah, E. (2025). Social Equity and Representative Bureaucracy: The Case of Nigeria’s Federal Character Principle. Public Administration
Ikpebe, E. (2025). Representative Bureaucracy and Female Education in Nigeria. International Journal of Public Administration, 1-22
Ikpebe, E. (2025). The Minimum Marriageable Age Policy Process in the United States: An Advocacy Coalition Framework Analysis. Review of Policy Research
Ikpebe, E., Boykin, E., Osei-Kojo, A., & Peters, B. U. (2026). An advocacy coalition framework analysis of local government autonomy in Nigeria. Policy Sciences, 1-21.
Seeborg, M., & Ikpebe, E. (2021). The Effect of Undergraduate Major Choices on the Earnings of Sub-Saharan African Immigrant and Native-Born College Graduates. The American Economist, 66(2), 222-240
Ene Ikpebe
Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Public Management, Public Policy, Public Administration, Women's Human Capital Development, Policy Process
652 Bellamy
Office hours by appointment