Faculty Directory
JOHN L. KRAUSS, J.D.
John Krauss, Director of the Indiana University Public Policy Institute, Director of the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment
Clinical Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs
Adjunct Professor of Law
Director of the Indiana University Public Policy Institute
Director of the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment
OFFICE: 334 North Senate Ave.
PHONE: 317-261-3006
E-MAIL: jkrauss@iupui.edu
John Krauss joined the SPEA faculty as a clinical professor in 2003 and he is also an adjunct professor of law at the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis. He is the director of the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment and the Indiana University Public Policy Institute.
EDUCATION
- J.D., Indiana University School of Law
- B.A., Political Science, Colorado College
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Attorney, admitted to the Indiana and District of Columbia Bars, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court
- Certified Mediator by the Indiana Supreme Court
- Deputy Mayor of Indianapolis from 1982 to 1991
- Director, Department of Metropolitan Development
- Executive Director, Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee (GIPC)
- Special Assistant to Indiana Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Director, Kernan/Shepard Indiana Local Government Reform Commission
- Director, Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
- Associate, Kettering Foundation
- Project Director, Indiana Gaming Commission
- Mediator and a Fact Finder, Indiana Education Employment Relations Board (IEERB)
- Member, Roster of Mediators for the U.S. Postal Service
- Member, Panel of External Mediators for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), US Dept. of Homeland Security
- Member, Roster of Neutrals for the Internal Revenue Service - Office for Appeals
- Member, Commercial Panel of Mediators and Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association
- Member, Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators, National Arbitration Forum
- Certified Mediator for Education Disputes by the Justice Center of Atlanta
- Public Arbitrator, NSAD Dispute Resolution Board of Arbitrators and the New York Stock Exchange
- Professional Mediator, Medicare Beneficiary Complaint Mediation Program
- Special Mediator for the Indiana Attorney General
- Practitioner Member, Association for Conflict Resolution
MAJOR FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
- Strategic planning
- Intergovernmental relations and conflict resolution
- Economic development in major multi-faceted projects
- Labor/management disputes
- Land use, zoning, and code enforcement
- Municipal, state, and federal affairs
- Political process and advocacy
- Federal defense base closures
- Management restructuring
- Employment and contract disputes
- Facilitation and group consensus building
- Mediation and arbitration
RECENT COURSES TAUGHT
- SPEA-V 435 Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
- SPEA-V 547 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution for Public Affairs
- SPEA-V 376 Law and Public Policy
- IU School of Law - Conflict resolution
- IU School of Law - Mediation
RECENT SERVICE ACTIVITIES
- Vice Chairman, Board of Governors and Trustee, Indianapolis Museum of Art
- Commissioner and Immediate Past Chairman, Indiana Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education
- Trustee Emeritus, Partners for Livable Communities, Washington, DC
- Board of Advisors, Center on Intellectual Property and Innovation - IU School of Law - Indianapolis
- Vice Chairman, Tourism for Tomorrow, Inc.
- Board of Directors, President Benjamin Harrison Foundation Board
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- Who's Who in America
- Who's Who in the World
- Who's Who in the Midwest
- Department of the Army, Commander's Award for Public Service