Nicholas Peroff


Nicholas C. Peroff is an American political scientist, public administrator and professor in Native American studies and Complexity Theory at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, he formerly held teaching positions in Taiwan, South Korea and South Africa.
The Secretary of International Relations Council, he was the former President of the . A veteran of the Vietnam War, he was named Public Administrator of the Year, Kansas City by the American Society for Public Administration in 2009.

Background

Born and raised in Wisconsin, U.S. he received a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His doctoral study was interrupted with the onset of the Vietnam War to which he was drafted as a member of the U.S. Navy serving on USS Forrestal during the fire as Division Officer. In 1986 he was an Instructor at the Chinese Ministry of Economic Affairs.
His book Menominee Drums, Tribal Termination and Restoration, 1954-1974, was a study of the termination and subsequent restoration of federal recognition of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. His work with the Menominee Nation has continued, off and on, for over 30 years which led him to research Indian gaming and other areas of interest within American Indian Studies. He also researched and taught public management and administration, public policy analysis, and engaged in the development and application of complexity theory in the study of American Indian policy.

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