Meghna Sabharwal is a professor of Public and Nonprofit Management and Associate Provost for Faculty Success at The University of Texas at Dallas.
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.
As of 2026 Sabharwal is a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Review of Public Personnel Administration, an academic journal of public human resource management.
Selected publications
Awards and honors
American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)
Section for Women in Public Administration (SWPA) 2025 Outstanding Mentorship Award 2020 Dr. Rita Mae Kelly Distinguished Research Award 2018 Marcia P. Crowley Service to the Section Award
Section on International and Comparative Administration (SICA) 2025 Jeanne-Marie Col Leadership Award 2024 Garcia-Zamor Best Paper Award Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations (SPALR) 2025 Outstanding Book in Public Sector Human Resource Management for Managing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Public Service Organizations: A Liberatory Justice Approach 2021 Jonathan P. West Outstanding Scholar Award
LGBT Advocacy Alliance 2019 Published Article Award for "Inclusive Work Practices: Turnover Intentions Among LGBT Employees of the U.S. Federal Government"
International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM)
2023 Rosemary O'Leary Prize for Scholarship on Women in Public Administration
Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA)
2022 William Duncombe Excellence in Doctoral Education Award
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