Younger-Carter Distinguished Policymaker in Residence and Director, Homeland Security Certificate Program, Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University
Former Assistant Director, Homeland Security, Government Accountability Office
Email: scaudle@bushschool.tamu.edu
Phone: (979) 845-1673; (979) 845-4155
Areas of Interest
Homeland security strategy
Societal security/community resilience
Homeland security education
Biography
Dr. Sharon Caudle is a graduate faculty member at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University. She currently teaches in-residence and online classes in the Master of Public Service and Administration Program and the Homeland Security Certificate program sponsored by the School. Graduate teaching assignments include in-residence (policy analysis; strategic planning and budgeting; homeland security strategies, policy, and operations; and capstone research project) and on-line (fundamentals of homeland security; homeland security strategies, policy, and operations; homeland security strategic planning and budgeting; and research methods for homeland security). Before joining the Bush School, she was with the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Homeland Security and Justice Team in Washington, DC. With GAO, she specialized in homeland security and national preparedness strategic policies, programs, standards, and management, as well public policy and operations strategic issues. Her GAO work involved catastrophic disaster lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina, national preparedness performance expectations and management standards, and emerging homeland security issues. For other GAO teams, Dr. Caudle provided advice on strategic management issues, financial institutions, and defense management. In addition to the GAO, Dr. Caudle has extensive government headquarters and field experience with the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Department of Agriculture (Food Stamp Program and Women, Infants, and Children’s Supplemental Feeding Program), and the State of Nevada in social services, food stamps, and quality control. She also served as adjunct faculty for The George Washington University. Dr. Caudle previously taught at Auburn University and Syracuse University in public management and information technology management.
Dr. Caudle currently serves on various national and international security standards committees and various technical committees developing the international standard for disaster management, emergency management, and business continuity. She is also a senior fellow of The George Washington University’s Homeland Security Policy Institute. She has authored numerous articles and book chapters on topics ranging from public performance management to homeland security issues. She earned her masters and doctorate in public administration from The George Washington University in Washington, DC, and a masters in homeland security and homeland defense from the Center for Homeland Security and Defense, School of International Studies, Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, CA.
