SPA: Public Administration
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Graduate programs: spagrad@american.edu
We encourage our doctoral students to pursue research that makes an impact through presentations at conferences and publication in peer-reviewed journals. The following placements, awards, publications, and presentations provide some recent examples of their success.
Mohamed Alaa, School of International Service, American University
Joshua Chanin, School of Public Affairs, San Diego State University
Amanda Girth, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University
Andrew Hoburg, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
John Marvel, Department of Public & International Affairs, George Mason University
Kim Moloney, School of Pan-Pacific International Studies, Kyung Hee University
Jaclyn Schede Piatak, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
William Resh, School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
Pablo Sanabria, Alberto Lleras Camargo School of Government, Universidad de los Andes
Javier Bronfman was selected to participate in the 2013 Building Future Faculty program, a workshop sponsored by North Carolina State University for promising doctoral students who are interested in academic careers and committed to promoting diversity in higher education.
The Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action honored Jaclyn Schede Piatak as a 2012 Doctoral Fellow and Mandi Janis as a 2012 Emerging Scholar.
John Marvel was chosen by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs & Administration to receive a 2012 Emerging Scholar Award.
William Resh received the 2012 award for Best Dissertation in Public and Nonprofit Management from the Academy of Management, as well as the 2012 George Edwards Dissertation Award, given annually by the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation on the presidency.
Javier Bronfman was awarded a fellowship for the 2012 Ronald Coase Institute, an annual workshop for promising early-career scholars in institutional analysis.
Jiaqi Liang was selected by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) to receive the 2012 scholarship for graduate students in public administration and policy.
Jaclyn Schede Piatak, Occupational Labor Shortages: Concepts, Causes, Consequences, and Cures, Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Press (with Burt Barnow and John Trutko).
Susannah Bruns Ali, Repositioning American Public Administration? Citizen Estrangement, Administrative Reform, and the Disarticulated State, Public Administration Review (with Robert Durant).
Kathryn Quissell, Family Planning: A Political Issue, The Lancet (with Jeremy Shiffman).
Jiaqi Liang, The Implications of Policy Stability for Renewable Energy Innovation in the United States, Policy Studies Journal (with Daniel Fiorino).
Michael Hayes, The Impact of Local School Property Tax Reductions on City and County Revenue Decisions: A Natural Experiment in Kansas, Public Finance & Management (with Jocelyn Johnston, Justin Marlowe, & David Matkin).
Susannah Bruns Ali, The Paradox of Administrative Reform: American Progressivism, Corporate Capitalism, and the 'Compensatory State', Public Organization Review (with Robert Durant).
Sarah Pettijohn, Community Services Block Grant Administrative Expenses, Washington, DC: The Urban Institute (with Erwin deLeon & Carol De Vita).
Sarah Pettijohn, Understanding Trends in Poverty in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area, Washington, DC: The Urban Institute (with Carol De Vita & Katie Roeger).
Public Management Research Conference (Madison)
Midwest Political Science Association (Chicago)
American Society for Public Administration (New Orleans)
Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action (Indianapolis)
Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (Baltimore)
National Tax Association (Providence)
Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (New York)
American Public Health Association (San Francisco)
