NEWS RELEASE
September 24, 2014


Francesca Di Marco
Director of Communications and Public Affairs
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NASPAA Announces 2014 Award Recipients for Outstanding Achievement in Public Service



Washington, D.C. -- NASPAA has announced this year's award recipients for outstanding achievement in public service education. The awards will be presented at NASPAA's annual conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico on November 4 - 6.

"We value the hard work that public service education faculty, administrators, and students put into teaching, researching and practicing public service," said Laurel McFarland, executive director of NASPAA. "It is a pleasure for us to highlight their contributions."

The recipients include:

Dissertation AwardFelicia Sullivan, University of Massachusetts Boston
Engaging Youth: Linking Design and Implementation Choices of Out-of-School Time Programs in Boston to the Development of Political Engagement Attitudes in Youth Age 14 - 18

Honorary Dissertation AwardGalia Cohen, University of Texas at Dallas
An Agency-Level Analysis of Turnover Behavior and Turnover Intention: Evidence From the U.S. Federal Government
(Award Committee Members: Mary Beth Walker (Chair), University of Georgia; Sukumar Ganapati, Florida International University; Yushim Kim, Arizona State University; Stuart Bretschneider, Syracuse University; Holly Goerdel,University of Kansas; Samuel Brown, University of Baltimore; Gary Marshall, University of Nebraska Omaha; Art Sementelli, Florida Atlantic University; Myung Jin, Virginia 
Commonwealth University; Sukumar Ganapati, Florida International University; Anand Desai, Ohio State University
)


NASPAA/ASPA Distinguished Researcher Award: Barry Bozeman, Arizona State University
 (Award Committee Members: John Bryson (Chair), University of Minnesota; Alex Henderson, Long Island University)

William Duncombe Excellence in Doctoral Education AwardStuart Bretschneider, Syracuse University
(Award Committee Members: Phil Joyce (Chair), University of Maryland; Catherine Willoughby, Georgia State University; Gary Painter, University of Southern California)

Leslie A. Whittington Excellence in Teaching AwardCarole Chetkovich, Mills College
(Award Committee Members: Kurt Thurmaier (Chair), Northern Illinois University; David Schultz, Hamline University; Eva Witesman, Brigham Young University)


Statts Emerging Scholars Award (for doctoral candidates)
Weijie Wang, University of Southern California
Seunghoo Lim, Florida State University
(Award Committee Members: Karl Rethemeyer (Chair), SUNY Albany; Trevor Brown, Ohio State University; Burt Barnow, George Washington University)

Diversity AwardJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice
(Award Committee Members: Blue Wooldridge (Chair), Virginia Commonwealth University; 

Mitchell Rice, Texas A&M University;

 

Brandi Blessett, Rutgers University - Camden)



Social Equity AwardJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice

Honorary Social Equity AwardRutgers University - Newark, International Service Learning and Leadership Exchange partnership with the School of Public Affairs and Administration
(Award Committee Members: Mohamad Alkadry (Chair), Florida International University; Mary Hamilton, University of Nebraska Omaha; Christina Medina, New Mexico State University)

Pi Alpha Alpha Master's Manuscript Award
Jamie Giles, University of Kentucky
Do Municipal Stat Programs Improve Services and Reallocate Resources? Evidence from LouieStat

Maureen Thomas, University of Massachusetts Boston
Chief Executive Structure in Massachusetts Towns: The Relationship Between Authority Levels and Leadership Opportunities
(Award Committee Members: Fran Berry (Chair), Florida State University; Craig Donovan, Kean University; Bruce McDonald, Indiana University - South Bend)


Pi Alpha Alpha Doctoral Manuscript Award
Can Chen, University of Nebraska Omaha
Exploring the Fiscal Impacts of State Infrastructure Bank (SIB) Loans on Leveraging State and Local Transportation Investment
(Award Committee Members: Rich Jacobs, Villanova University (Chair); Ken Nichols, University of Maine; Allison Turner, West Chester University)

Jacqueline F. Lewis Pi Alpha Alpha Chapter Award of ExcellenceShippensburg University
(Award Committee Members: Iris Baxter (Chair), California State University, Dominguez Hills; Phil Nufrio, Metropolitan College of New York; Maria Arisigueta, University of Delaware)

Pi Alpha Alpha Chapter Advisor of the Year: Rich Jacobs, Villanova University
(Award Committee Members: Iris Baxter (Chair), California State University, Dominguez Hills; Phil Nufrio, Metropolitan College of New York; Maria Arisigueta, University of Delaware)


NASPAA, the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration, is the global standard in public service education with a twofold mission to ensure excellence in education and training for public service and to promote the ideal of public service. It is the membership organization of graduate education programs in public policy, public affairs, public administration, and public and nonprofit management. NASPAA is also the recognized accreditor of master's degree programs in these fields. Its nearly 300 members are located across the U.S. and in 14 countries around the globe.

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