Meghna Sabharwal
American scholar in public administration
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Meghna Sabharwal is a professor of Public and Nonprofit Management and Associate Provost for Faculty Success at The University of Texas at Dallas.
OccupationsProfessor, researcher
NotableworkEditor of Review of Public Personnel Administration
Dr. Meghna Sabharwal | |
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| Education | Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (BS) Arizona State University (MS, PhD) |
| Occupations | Professor, researcher |
| Employer | The University of Texas at Dallas |
| Notable work | Editor of Review of Public Personnel Administration |
Education and career
Sabharwal attended Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, graduating in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in Agriculture Sciences. She went on to study at Arizona State University, earning a master's in Agribusiness and Resource Management as well as a doctorate in Public Administration.[1]
As of 2026 Sabharwal is a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas.[2] She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Review of Public Personnel Administration, an academic journal of public human resource management.[3]
Selected publications
- Sabharwal, Meghna; Berman, Evan M., eds. (2013). Public administration in South Asia: India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4398-6911-6.[4]
- Sabharwal, Meghna (2014). "Is Diversity Management Sufficient? Organizational Inclusion to Further Performance". Public Personnel Management. 43 (2): 197–217. doi:10.1177/0091026014522202. ISSN 0091-0260. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- Sabharwal, M. (2015-04-01). "From Glass Ceiling to Glass Cliff: Women in Senior Executive Service". Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 25 (2): 399–426. doi:10.1093/jopart/mut030. ISSN 1053-1858. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- Sabharwal, Meghna (January 3, 2023), "Rising Gender Inequities: The Case of Authoritarian Patriarchy", Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration, vol. 1, no. 1, University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing, pp. 59–74, doi:10.24926/jsepa.v1i1.4929
- Berman, Evan M.; Van Wart, Montgomery R.; Sabharwal, Meghna (January 2026). Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems (8th ed.). Sage Publishing. ISBN 9781071917886.
Awards and honors
American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)
- Section for Women in Public Administration (SWPA)
- Section on International and Comparative Administration (SICA)[9]
- Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations (SPALR)
International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM)
- 2023 Rosemary O'Leary Prize for Scholarship on Women in Public Administration[13]
Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA)
- 2022 William Duncombe Excellence in Doctoral Education Award[14]