About SaraSara McClellan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Sacramento State University. Her teaching and research focus on organizational communication, planning, leadership, and stakeholder engagement practices. Sara also provides training for public sector managers and consults with Engaged Advisors, an educational consulting firm.
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She previously served as Associate Director and Organizational Development Specialist for the California Comprehensive Center in the Comprehensive School Assistance Program at WestEd, an educational research, development, and service agency. She has also served as an adjunct professor for the Price School of Public Policy and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California (USC). She earned her PhD in Organizational Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder, her Masters in Public Administration from USC, and a B.A. in Liberal Studies from CSU Monterey Bay.
Sara also worked as a deputy county administrative officer, personnel director, and First 5 director in northern California. She has conducted program evaluations, developed RFPs and grants, and facilitated strategic planning sessions for a number of public and nonprofit organizations.
Specialties: Public administration; communication; organizational development; project management; university teaching; research; local government policy and operations; grant-writing; strategic planning; personnel management.
In her spare time, Sara enjoys hiking, kayaking, Zumba, cooking, and reading detective novels. She lives in West Sacramento with her husband and their cats.
Sara also worked as a deputy county administrative officer, personnel director, and First 5 director in northern California. She has conducted program evaluations, developed RFPs and grants, and facilitated strategic planning sessions for a number of public and nonprofit organizations.
Specialties: Public administration; communication; organizational development; project management; university teaching; research; local government policy and operations; grant-writing; strategic planning; personnel management.
In her spare time, Sara enjoys hiking, kayaking, Zumba, cooking, and reading detective novels. She lives in West Sacramento with her husband and their cats.