The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a trusted and widely used personality assessment, having extensive applications in curriculum development and research in the organizational sciences, including public affairs education. The MBTI is a reliable and valid assessment of personality that identifies four cognitive processes, eight dichotomous preferences, and 16 distinct personality types and may be applied to a variety of topics of interest in public affairs education, including curriculum development and classroom instruction, student career and occupational counseling, and for researching of issues and problems in public agencies and nonprofit organizations. This article reviews the author’s experience using the MBTI in a graduate course in human resource management for students enrolled in a Master of Public Administration program at large public university in the southeast United States. Those who consider using the MBTI are cautioned to become knowledgeable, qualified, and certified in the ethical use of this personality assessment.
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