tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25475082909575609712024-03-19T04:48:56.562-07:00UT Dallas PA and Sociology News & Events PA and Sociology News & EventsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-47850427780039031362014-06-18T12:45:00.002-07:002014-06-18T13:16:02.858-07:00PA Students Receive EPPS Scholarships<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%;">Congratulations
to the following UT Dallas Public Affairs students who were recently recognized
with academic scholarships from the School of Economic, Political and Policy
Sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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received the Larry D. Terry Emerging Leaders Scholarship. The
scholarship was established in 2006 in memory of Dr. Larry D. Terry
and funded by gifts from Dr. Terry's family, faculty colleagues, former
students and friends. Dr. Terry was a renowned scholar in the fields of
public administration and political science, as well as an acclaimed
author. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Vibhooti Shukla Graduate Fellowship. This fellowship was established in
1993 by Professor Shukla’s husband, Satchit Srinivasan, friends and
colleagues in her memory. Professor Shukla was a member of the EPPS
faculty at the time of her death in a ballooning accident.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Keith Lankford Taylor Fellowship, which was established in 2012 to support
graduates students in EPPS.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-32011358746698119192014-06-18T12:45:00.001-07:002014-06-19T08:20:19.820-07:00No Child Left Behind Study Makes Headlines<div class="MsoNormal">
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Behind (NCLB), anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that NCLB has negatively
impacted the teaching profession by eroding job satisfaction and work
commitment. Yet, a recent study co-authored by James R. Harrington, an assistant professor of public affairs at UT Dallas, has challenged conventional wisdom on NCLB.</div>
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Using four waves of the nationally
representative Schools and Staffing Survey, they find evidence that the law has
negatively affected perceptions of teacher cooperation but positively affected
feelings of classroom control and administrator support. Overall, they find
little evidence that teacher job satisfaction or commitment has changed in
response to NCLB.</div>
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The findings have made headlines in numerous mainstream publications, including the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/10/teacher-views-no-child-left-behind_n_5475852.html">Huffington Post</a>, <a href="http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2014/jun/10/study-no-child-did-not-real-damage-teacher-morale-/">Atlanta Journal-Constitution </a>and <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/06/ten-years-after-no-child-left-behind-teachers-are-happier-than-we-think/372500/">The Atlantic.</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-62472219861625073942014-05-20T08:35:00.002-07:002014-05-20T08:35:54.293-07:00UT Dallas MPA Grad Reflects on Her Experiences<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">By Laura Gorecki, MPA <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Graduation is such an
exciting time, but it is also very stressful, and a little sad. I am very
excited to move on to the next adventure in life, but I STILL do not know what
I am doing after graduation, and I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at here and
I am sad to be leaving. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Now that the big day has finally arrived, I have been reflecting on all of
my experiences as a student at UT Dallas and within EPPS. The thing that stands out
the most is how much I have felt a part of a family, team, and community. All
of the professors have been very supportive, and my fellow students have been
great teammates and friends. It is exciting to hear my fellow students talking
to each other about their career searches and plans for the future, and I look
forward to hearing about where we all go from here. Even though it is a bit
scary to leave here and not know what is next, I feel encouraged that all of
the people I have gotten to know at UT Dallas are now on my team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">If I had any advice for
other students, it would be this: Get to know your professors. Put your best
effort into all of your assignments – not for the teacher or for the grade, but
for yourself. Engage with those around you and take advantage of campus events.
Say yes to opportunities as often as possible. Never go for the Easy A. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I came up with the
above list after contemplating what I would do differently and what I would do
the same if I were starting the college experience over again. One thing that
served me well was getting to know my professors. Before the start or shortly
after the start of each semester I went to see each of my professors during
their office hours. This helped me get to know them and feel more comfortable
participating in class discussions. It also helped them get to know me so they
know my interests in order to guide me along on projects and opportunities.
Overall, I found that if a professor knows what you are looking for they are
often willing and able to help you find it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I also benefitted from
taking advantage of as many opportunities as possible to learn new things. I
treated every research paper as a chance to learn about something I wanted to
know more about, rather than just following the instructions and doing the
minimum. This approach helped me learn beyond the syllabus and to enjoy the
projects I worked on. I challenged myself to do my best work because I knew I
would use the knowledge in the future if it pertained to my interests. I also
never took a class I thought would be an Easy A or shied away from one that
sounded too hard, because I know that nothing worth doing is ever easy, and
because I am not just here for a degree, I’m here for the knowledge that comes
with it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">One thing I would do
differently is that I would be more engaged on campus. Students are a great resource
for collaboration, insight, and new ideas. As a commuter student, I spent
little time on campus outside of class, and I missed many experiences I may have
enjoyed. Students <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>have opportunities to listen to many
great speakers, see artists of all kinds, and experience things that the public
may not have access too. I missed campus groups, clubs, and volunteer
opportunities. If I were re-doing college, I would do more of those things. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">In short, be a part of
UT Dallas while you are here and it will become a part of you for life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-47516506651460666212014-04-08T13:06:00.000-07:002014-04-08T13:06:40.506-07:00UT Dallas Student Wins ASPA Junior Asian Scholar Award<div class="MsoPlainText">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0mJNWkX3sgdIpgHU13N53pBU9J2QnFPHjX0YsI9yost6ilM38sSl1cw-IWVJyVGSNfWUjYUfsQyym_XImhv1y2LQoWcmazhL5kzI4yOl4KypAyIYymSA2yvpETAs6BblTodnk74nhhKe/s1600/Kwang+Bin+Bae.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0mJNWkX3sgdIpgHU13N53pBU9J2QnFPHjX0YsI9yost6ilM38sSl1cw-IWVJyVGSNfWUjYUfsQyym_XImhv1y2LQoWcmazhL5kzI4yOl4KypAyIYymSA2yvpETAs6BblTodnk74nhhKe/s1600/Kwang+Bin+Bae.JPG" height="200" width="173" /></a>The American Society for Public Administration awarded
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promise, included a cash prize and recognition at the ASPA Section on Korean
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Bae received the award in recognition of a paper that was
accepted for presentation at the 2014 ASPA annual meeting. The paper, presented with Doug Goodman, Associate Professor of Public Affairs at UT Dallas, was entitled "The Influence of Family-Friendly Policies on
Turnover and Performance in South Korea."</div>
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The study investigated the relationship between
family-friendly policies and organizational performance, voluntary turnover
rate and labor productivity, using the Korea Workplace Panel Survey data from
2005 to 2009. The result of the analysis suggests that the number of
family-friendly policies is positively associated with labor productivity in
public organizations. However, the number of family-friendly policies does not
reduce the turnover rate. </div>
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Bae is currently a
teaching assistant at UT Dallas pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Affairs.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-41003231528507339752014-04-08T12:51:00.000-07:002014-04-08T12:53:10.293-07:00Brown Bag Lecture: The Brains of Leaders Study<div class="MsoNormal">
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Sociology will conclude this year’s Public Affairs and Sociology Brown Bag
Lecture Series with a presentation by UT Dallas’s own Dr. L. Douglas Kiel. <u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></div>
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Dr. Kiel, a professor of public affairs and administration,
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Organized by UT Dallas Assistant Professor Dr. Young-Joo
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-36523688049602382014-03-03T08:25:00.000-08:002014-03-03T08:25:48.708-08:00UT Dallas Professor Wins Best Article Award <div class="MsoNormal">
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Public Personnel Administration</i> has named an article co-authored by Dr.
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Does East Meet West, Ethically?” was written by Dr. Sabharwal, an assistant
professor of public affairs at UT Dallas, along with Dr. Jonathan West from the
University of Miami and Dr. LooSee Beh from the University of Malaya.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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flagship journal for human resources in the field of public administration. It
is published in association with the American Society for Public Administration
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-85352865458016230432014-02-11T12:19:00.001-08:002014-02-11T12:19:49.692-08:00Join Us for Our Next Brown Bag Lunch on Feb. 28<div class="MsoNormal">
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Sociology will welcome Dr. Robert Christensen from the University of Georgia
for its second brown bag lecture of the semester. Dr. Christensen will be presenting
a talk titled: “Justice and Public Service Motivation: A Walk on the Dark
Side.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dr. Christensen is an Associate Professor of Public
Administration and Policy. He specializes in
public and nonprofit management, specifically focusing on public service
employees and organizations. He researches the effects of prosocial and
antisocial behavior on employees and the relationship between public law and
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-32128336499977805272014-01-23T08:57:00.001-08:002014-02-11T13:31:31.101-08:002014 Public Affairs and Sociology Brown Bag Series<div class="MsoNormal">
On Friday, January 31, the Department of Public Affairs and
Sociology will host its first brown bag lecture of the new year. Dr. Robert
Forbis from Texas Tech University will be presenting a talk titled: “Hydraulic Fracturing
and Beyond!: The Inverse Relationship Between Energy Development and
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Texas Tech who received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of
Utah. His research focuses on the policy nexus of environmental protection and
energy development, and his lecture will address the po<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2547508290957560971" name="_GoBack"></a>litical
conflicts triggered by the rise of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-68179184797560360602014-01-10T07:47:00.001-08:002014-01-10T07:47:51.557-08:00Race Matters: A Preview of SOC 3325<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“Why
is race a subject most people are afraid of discussing?” I pondered this
question as I spoke with Dr. Nick Vargas, an assistant professor of sociology at
the UT Dallas, about the <i>SOC 3325-Race, Ethnicity, and
Community</i> class he is teaching this spring. Dr. Vargas says he has two main
goals for this class. His first goal is to make people aware of not just the
historical aspects of race, but how race continues to be a major component of
the structure of today’s society. “Race is not static,” Dr. Vargas clarifies.
He continues to explain that race is not something that is definite; rather it
is a socially constructed concept that constantly changes over time. The second
goal for the class, he says, is to make people more comfortable to talk about
race. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I
come from a multi-racial background as a Massachusetts born Muslim, raised in eastern
Saudi Arabia by my Brooklyn raised-second generation Italian mother and my
Pakistani father, and thus excited to further understand the depth of the issue
of race. The United States is known to be a melting pot of races from around
the world. The diversity in this country is not a recent happening. This
country was formed on the values and ideas that would provide all immigrants
equal opportunities to pursue their “American Dream.” Ironically, history has
not played out that way. Race always has been, and still is, a construct that
is deeply engrossed into the American society. We might assume that having a
half-black president, we are now in a post-racial era. Understandably,
sociologist Dr. Vargas disagrees. His research areas include race, ethnicity,
and immigration. And according to Dr. Vargas, racial inequality is more
prevalent in today’s American society than people think. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The
book Dr. Vargas has chosen for this class is: <u>Racial Domination, Racial
Progress: The Sociology of Race in America</u> by <span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer. </span> Unlike
most other books on race, he explains that he prefers this book because it does
not pick apart each race to discuss separately. The various races are a system
of socially related entities, and although each race has its own differences,
the book discusses how race in general relates to political, economic,
educational, and legal institutions. I inquired about the structure of this
class to which Dr. Vargas replies that there will be weekly quizzes in class
over the assigned readings, a few tests over the semester, and a lot of class
discussions. He encourages students to share their thoughts and ideas over the
readings and to open up on the cautiously discussed issue of race. Towards the
end of the semester, after thoroughly deliberating over the issue of race, Dr.
Vargas said we would discuss the approaches we can use in refining racial
inequality. “This is one of my favorite classes to teach,” he admits. I have
not taken the class yet, but I know it will be a favorite for me as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Raihaana Peera is a
freshman majoring in public affairs.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-71997901937324724492013-12-17T13:44:00.001-08:002013-12-17T13:44:46.367-08:00New Scholarship Announced for MPA Students<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The Department of Public Affairs and Sociology is pleased to announce a Student
Enrichment Scholarship for Spring 2014. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The scholarship will be awarded to
students seeking a Masters of Public Affairs degree to assist with the cost of
tuition, books, and other expenses associated with school attendance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
amount of the award varies from $1,000 to $1,500. Up to six scholarships will
be awarded in Spring 2014. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The deadline for submitting a scholarship application for the spring
semester is January 1, 2014.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Questions about the scholarship or requests for a scholarship application form should be directed to Dr. James Harrington at </span><a href="mailto:james.harrington@utdallas.edu" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">james.harrington@utdallas.edu</a><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-9531902268927400622013-11-15T10:03:00.001-08:002013-11-15T10:03:57.374-08:00Pi Alpha Alpha Sponsors Comet Cupboard Food Drive<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pi Alpha Alpha, the Public
Affairs Honors Society, is collaborating with the <a href="http://oue.utdallas.edu/cupboard"><span style="color: #c75b12; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Comet Cupboard</span></a> during its “Don’t Let
Hunger Hide Campaign.” Donations of cereal, canned soup, peanut butter and
canned vegetables are being collected in Green Hall 2.244 through November 22.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Comet
Cupboard, which opened in October 2012, is a UT Dallas on-campus food pantry
that is available to all currently enrolled students, free of charge. Students
who present their Comet Card can receive up to four items each day. In order to
offer this wide variety of healthy options to the more than 200 students who
have begun using the service each week, the Cupboard relies on monetary
donations and non-perishable food items donated by on-campus supporters and the
outside community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The
Cupboard is located at MC1.604 (in the basement of the library building), and
is open from noon to 6 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday, from 2 to 7:30 p.m. on
Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 3 pm to 6 pm on Fridays.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #3f3934; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">For more
information about the Don’t Let Hunger Hide campaign, visit the Comet Cupboard’s
<a href="http://on.fb.me/1acBiSO">Facebook page.</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-11636755437261862712013-11-15T08:11:00.000-08:002013-11-15T10:37:02.430-08:00Nonprofit Brown Bag Slated for November 22<div class="MsoNormal">
On Friday, November 22, the Department of Public Affairs and
Sociology will conclude its 2013 Nonprofit Management and Leadership Brown Bag
Lecture Series with a speech by UT Dallas’s own Drs. Doug Goodman and Paul
Battaglio. Dr. Goodman and Dr. Battaglio, both associate professors of Public
Affairs, will present a talk titled: “Contracting Out Human Resources in Local
Government: Evidence from a National Survey.”</div>
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Each Brown Bag Lecture is held from 11:00am – 1:00pm in the
Irving Hoch Seminar Room in Green Hall (GR 3.606).</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-29706087817086739062013-11-12T10:02:00.002-08:002013-11-12T10:02:55.562-08:00Pi Alpha Alpha to Host Former Police Chief<div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJthZb1LharMqEe6bU6MFmdnl3NxkYyybBt3y1KVgzcYbifHgGJs2tAIn2-3KSk1zj6bumW17ZbaOPX5wLM30DvUhGvvA0N7Kqp6yW7D6wRaxIWOLrAZkzIRJaD4cHkuS-l-_cRqLi_Vl/s1600/pi+alpha+alpha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJthZb1LharMqEe6bU6MFmdnl3NxkYyybBt3y1KVgzcYbifHgGJs2tAIn2-3KSk1zj6bumW17ZbaOPX5wLM30DvUhGvvA0N7Kqp6yW7D6wRaxIWOLrAZkzIRJaD4cHkuS-l-_cRqLi_Vl/s200/pi+alpha+alpha.jpg" width="89" /></a></div>
Douglas Kowalski, former chief of the McKinney Police Department, will be the featured speaker at the next Pi Alpha Alpha event scheduled for Tuesday, November 19 at Marcus Cafe in Richardson. The meeting, sponsored by the UT Dallas chapter of the public affairs honor society, is slated for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the restaurant located at 2701 Customer Parkway.<div>
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Public Affairs faculty and students are invited to attend the event, which will include a discussion of "Emotional Labor" as well as networking opportunities.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-15511565329882988902013-10-25T13:17:00.002-07:002013-10-25T13:17:30.312-07:00Brown Bag Lecture Series Continues November 8<div class="MsoNormal">
On Friday, November 8, the Department of Public Affairs and
Sociology will continue its 2013 Nonprofit Management and Leadership Brown Bag
Lecture Series with a presentation<span style="color: red;"> </span>by Dr. Laurie Paarlberg from Texas A&M University.
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Dr. Paarlberg, an associate professor in the Bush School of
Government and Public Service, will give<span style="color: red;"> </span><a href="" name="_GoBack"></a>a talk
titled: “Crowded Field or Evidence of Philanthropic Captial? An exploration of
the impact of organizational density on United Way campaigns.” The presentation is scheduled for 11:00 a.m.
in the Irving Hoch Seminar Room in Green Hall (GR 3.606).</div>
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Organized by Dr. Young-Joo Lee, an assistant professor in
Public Affairs, the lecture series allows students to meet and connect with
scholars from across the United States.</div>
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“The Brown Bag lectures will provide great opportunities to
meet renowned scholars and learn about current issues in the field of nonprofit
management and leadership,” Dr. Lee said.</div>
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Future talks will be conducted by Dr. Doug Goodman and Dr.
Paul Battaglio, both from UT Dallas.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-39333661379539883732013-10-09T13:20:00.000-07:002013-10-09T13:20:05.290-07:00Dr. Sabharwal Speaks on Public Administration in South Asia<div style="line-height: 16.9pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCild6ZUXAe890KxUyZBVvJ3ZfuGmJWJ8CODyRSFEqu-pqXtbrxYtZcDg7JHCSZykAf5TliDIEn-j11LUrSR0ubOD8U5HzkgcjlartUdOgu7q62Xi-C2b4BWM_gAn-MRJeISoSKi6T1SmY/s1600/Meghna+S..JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCild6ZUXAe890KxUyZBVvJ3ZfuGmJWJ8CODyRSFEqu-pqXtbrxYtZcDg7JHCSZykAf5TliDIEn-j11LUrSR0ubOD8U5HzkgcjlartUdOgu7q62Xi-C2b4BWM_gAn-MRJeISoSKi6T1SmY/s200/Meghna+S..JPG" width="170" /></a>Dr. Meghna Sabharwal, assistant professor in public affairs,
recently traveled to India as part of a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/"><span style="color: #016606; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">National Science Foundation</span></a> grant funding
a study of migration patterns among academic scientists and engineers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She also has been busy giving lectures on public
administration in South Asia. Sabharwal co-edited a new book, "Public
Administration in South Asia: India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan," which
compiles the work of leading scholars to provide a comprehensive analysis of
the public administration settings in that area of the world. </div>
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more.</a><o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-24494834146437531662013-09-13T09:43:00.000-07:002013-09-13T09:43:27.469-07:00Pablo Acosta Awarded William J. Pitstick Scholarship<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Masters of Public
Affairs (MPA) student Pablo Acosta has become the first person<a href="" name="_GoBack"></a>
from UT Dallas to be awarded the William J. Pitstick Scholarship by the Urban
Management Assistants of North Texas. The scholarship is awarded annually to
exceptional students seeking graduate degrees in public administration, urban
affairs, and related fields. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Acosta, who is
currently enrolled in the MPA program at UT Dallas, will be awarded $3,500 for
his academic achievement and efforts toward a career in local government.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Acosta is the first UT
Dallas student to receive the William J. Pitstick Scholarship since UMANT
established its scholarship program in 1995. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">In addition to studying
at UT Dallas, he has experience as a Management Intern for the City of Grand
Prairie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-87661997308612324202013-09-11T07:29:00.002-07:002013-09-11T07:52:50.986-07:00Brown Bag Lecture Series Kicks off Sept. 27<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: #444444;">On Friday, September 27, the Department of Public Affairs
and Sociology will kick off the 2013 Nonprofit Management and Leadership Brown
Bag Lecture Series with visiting scholar Dr.
Jessica Sowa, Associate Professor of Public Affairs
from the University of Colorado, Denver. Dr. Sowa will be presenting her research on
“High Performance Work Systems in Nonprofit Human Service Organizations.”</span></div>
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Organized by UT Dallas Assistant Professor Dr. Young-Joo
Lee, the lecture series will allow students to meet and connect with scholars
from across the United States.<span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span></div>
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Future talks will be conducted by Dr. Laurie Paarlberg <span style="color: #1f497d;">from </span>Texas A&M, as well as Dr. Doug Goodman
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-13366302078942943002013-09-03T09:15:00.001-07:002013-09-18T09:07:33.646-07:00UT Dallas Pi Alpha Alpha Wins National Best Chapter Award<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The UT Dallas chapter of the national
public administration honor society Pi Alpha Alpha chapter has received the
national </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">award for the Best Pi Alpha Alpha Chapter
for the 2012-2013 academic year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">The purpose of the Chapter Award of Excellence is to
recognize excellence in programming and chapter management in pursuit of Pi
Alpha Alpha’s goals of scholarship, leadership, and excellence in graduate
education in public affairs and administration. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Meghna </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Sabharwal</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Meghna Sabharwal,
an assistant professor of public affairs and faculty advisor for the group, said
the chapter has made tremendous strides in both membership and activities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“This year, we had 23
students inducted in the honors society, the most we have had so far,” Dr.
Sabharwal said. “This is a result of the awareness and interest our society was
able to generate this past year through our various activities and events.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In November 2012, Pi Alpha Alpha sponsored
a successful food drive for </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Comet
Cupboard, the UT Dallas food pantry dedicated to helping students in need. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bag seminar and speaker series featuring distinguished alumni and speakers from
the community. The events provided a platform for students to network and form a community with other successful students and
academics in their field. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">For example, one of the
seminar speakers offered internship opportunities to public affairs students at
the Dallas Office of Evaluation and Inspections (OEI), Office of Inspector
General (OIG), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the spring, Pi Alpha
Alpha organized a writing workshop for students to teach skills valuable to
public affairs and administration careers. The students provided positive
feedback and suggested that writing workshops should be held every semester. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Additionally, for the first
time, the chapter sponsored three students who attended the 2013 </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Policy
Solutions Challenge USA. This is a national competition among teams of students
from U.S. schools of public policy, public affairs and public administration to
develop innovative solutions to the most important policy problems facing the
country. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The topic for this
year’s competition was: “Responses to Childhood Obesity in the U.S.” The UT
Dallas students placed third in the regional competition in Little Rock,
Arkansas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">“We are honored by this
chapter award, and hope to continue the trend and plan for more fun and
engaging activities next year,” Dr. Sabharwal said. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-74268418271286827422013-08-26T09:07:00.000-07:002013-08-26T09:07:13.558-07:00PA and Sociology Students Among Archer FellowsThe UT Dallas Archer Fellows for Summer 2013 are heading back to Dallas after spending the summer months interning in Washington D. C. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Archer Center was established by the
UT System in conjunction with Former U.S. Representative Bill Archer as a way
to bring highly motivated and accomplished students to Washington, D.C. to
participate in varied internships and take part in classes focusing on policy,
economics, and politics</span>.<br />
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Before leaving our nation's capital, Archer Fellow from UT Dallas' PA and Sociology program joined Dr. Don Arbuckle in the Vice President Ceremonial Office, where they posed for a picture while doing the UT Dallas Swoosh.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: start;">Esmerelda Sachez, Applied Sociology; Donald Arbuckle, PA; Laura Gorecki, PA; and Evan Carr, PA. </span></td></tr>
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The VP's Ceremonial Office is a beautifully restored room which Teddy
Roosevelt inhabited he was Secretary of the Navy. The desk pictured is the one used by Richard Nixon in his hideaway office (in a different part of
the building) during Watergate. In the
top of it is a hole that housed the cord of the tape recorder that got him in
so much trouble. The center drawer of the desk is autographed by every Vice
President since Truman. </div>
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We congratulate all three of our Archer Fellows and look forward to having them back on campus.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-40213046903912938192013-08-21T12:05:00.005-07:002013-08-21T12:05:56.627-07:00PA/Sociology Program Welcomes New Faculty Members<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please join us in welcoming three new faculty members to our program this fall. And be sure to check this blog in the coming days as we feature each one of them in articles designed to help you get to know them better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Evgenia Gorina, </b>an Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, joins us from
Arizona State University. She studies public finance and budgeting and is
particularly interested in tax policy, fiscal rules, and institutions.
Evgenia’s dissertation explores dimensions of local government fiscal
sustainability, focusing on pension liability funding, debt burdens, and
budgetary balance. Her recent coauthored paper in <i>Public Budgeting and Finance</i> examines effects of tax and
expenditure limitations and the form of government on local finance. Evgenia’s
secondary focus, shaped by her past work at the Center for Population Dynamics
at Arizona State, includes internal and international migration. </span><br />
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University of Missouri. He primarily studies issues related to performance
management, performance data usage, policy evaluation, and education
governance. His research has appeared in journals such as <i>American Politics
Research</i> and <i>American Journal of Education. </i>Professor Harrington is
currently working on several projects examining the dynamics of performance
data usage in public agencies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Nicholas
Vargas</b> is a new Assistant Professor of Sociology. His research focuses on status distinctions
that operate as bases of social inequality and social inclusion/exclusion
comprising race and ethnicity, immigration status, and religion. He is
currently researching issues related to racial contestation, the experience
whereby one’s personal racial identity does not match how they are perceived
racially by others. Vargas’ peer-reviewed research has appeared in journals
including <i>Ethnic and Racial Studies, Social Science Research, Sociological
Perspectives, </i>and <i>Sociology of Religion, </i>among others. His research
on religion and non-religion in the United States has received multiple awards
from the American Sociological Association including the religion section’s
“Most Distinguished Article” award with colleague Matthew Loveland. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-86756337326841005452013-08-15T08:22:00.001-07:002013-08-15T08:23:21.396-07:00Fall 2013 PA Events: Save the Date<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plan to attend the following Public Affairs events coming up in Fall 2013. Be sure to check back for more details.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> • <b>September 3</b> - Graduate student meet and greet reception. Time and date to be announced.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> • <b>September 27</b> - Brown Bag Series presentation by <a href="http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/SPA/FacultyStaff/Faculty/Pages/JessicaSowa.aspx">Jessica Sowa</a> associate professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado – Denver.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> • <b>November 8</b> - Brown Bag Series presentation by <a href="http://drchaoguo.net/">Chao Guo</a>, Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management in the Penn School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.
</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-9609027278675064552013-07-30T11:24:00.001-07:002013-08-01T12:32:11.844-07:00GOING BEYOND THE WESTERN BORDERS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION<div class="MsoNormal">
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Public Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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the faculty of EPPS and the department of Public Affairs in 2009, Assistant
Professor Dr. Meghna Sabharwal has been very actively pursuing her research
interests in human resource management, workforce diversity and high-skilled
immigration among others. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Earlier this
year, her book “Public Personnel Administration,” made its debut. Co-written
with N. Joseph Cayer, Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University, this
comprehensive textbook will be useful for graduate programs. In addition to exploring the field of human resources administration in
the public sector, the authors particularly emphasize diversity and affirmative
action.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now Dr.
Sabharwal has another book, “Public Administration in South Asia: India,
Bangladesh, and Pakistan” co-edited with Evan M. Berman, Professor of Public
Management & Director of Internationalization School of Government Victoria
University of Wellington, New Zealand. In a recent interview, I had the
opportunity to talk to her about her newest book. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Upon their meeting
at the 2010 ASPA Conference (American Society for Public Administration), Dr. Sabharwal
and Dr. Berman brought together their common interest in writing about public
administration in South Asia. In their book, they address the status and challenges
for public administration outside the American borders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The two compiled
the work of leading local scholars that enriches the current literature by
shedding light on “that part of the world that works differently,” Dr.
Sabharwal said. In view of the similarities between India, Bangladesh, Pakistan
and, to a lesser extent, Sri Lanka, the editors provide a comprehensive analysis
of the public administration settings in that area of the world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dr.
Sabharwal specifically pointed out that “while public administration practice
and education have become considerably professionalized in the last decade, a
useful reference about public administration in these countries that is
sufficiently in-depth and well-rounded, is lacking.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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limits of the academic work of American scholars, Dr. Sabharwal highlights that
the focal point of the book is to offer a local perspective and pave the way to
further region-based comparative analyses. Countries in the South Asian region display
similar historical, political and governance background and thus, the book
becomes a useful tool for public administration specialists and practitioners interested
in reforms, public service and bureaucracy in the Indian subcontinent. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dr. Sabharwal
indicated that when public administration books in such regions are written by
U.S. scholars, they tend to miss the regional perspective and distinctive
features. By following the imperatives and opportunities embedded in the new globalization
era, Dr. Sabharwal also emphasizes the “freedom of information” in the
countries mentioned in the book, a field where there is still room for greater
progress and advancement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dr.
Sabharwal underscores the efforts and editing challenges that she and Dr. Berman
encountered in their effort to meet the
international expectations and publishing criteria. But she added that they
were motivated by a desire to add to the content of public administration literature
in South Asia. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Overall, the result has been very rewarding given the positive reviews, including a book review in the latest volume of </span><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/puar.12033/abstract"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Public Administration Review.</span></i></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218614432587113661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2547508290957560971.post-40606108087700172202013-07-10T08:17:00.000-07:002013-07-10T09:03:03.035-07:00New Study Focuses on Diversity in Public Administration<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Understanding diversity and learning how to manage
its complexity are perhaps among the most important challenges public administration
schools are facing today in preparing future public leaders and practitioners to
effectively manage a changing and diverse workforce, and to effectively serve an
increasingly diverse citizenry. While a number of studies acknowledge the
importance of incorporating diversity courses in Public Administration
curricula, very few empirically examined the extent to which this effort has
been realized. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A recent study by Dr. Meghna Sabharwal and two PhD
students, Imane Hijal-Moghrabi and Marcene Royster was accepted for publication
in <i>Public Administration Quarterly</i>. Their
study builds on Hewins-Maroney and Williams’s (2007) observation that teaching
diversity is not a missing component of public affairs education. However,
unlike Hewins-Maroney and Williams' research </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">that focuses mainly on observing
course titles and catalog description of 50 <em><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-style: normal;">National
Association of Schools of Public Affairs and</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #222222;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222;">Administration<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>(NASPAA) accredited schools,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> the present study employs content analysis to thoroughly examine the
syllabi of core courses for the same 50 schools MPA programs in order to assess
the extent to which Hewins-Maroney and Williams' findings still hold if the
unit of analysis is changed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
overall findings are disappointing and </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">do not seem
to confirm those of Hewins-Maroney and Williams, suggesting that diversity and
its various dimensions appears to be a missing component of the MPA curriculum.
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Women
faculty members are significantly more likely than their male colleagues to
include topics that relate to gender and race in their syllabi, and </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">master’s level
institutions are more likely to incorporate gender and race/ethnicity related
topics in their curriculum when compared with research universities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The implications of this study are enormous</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">given that public administration programs across the nation act as a
training ground for future workforce and serve as an engine of social growth
and development. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Failing
to incorporate diversity-related issues in our curricula implies that schools
of public administration are not doing a good job in achieving their mission.
Thus, identifying and bridging gaps in the MPA curriculum are essential if our
programs are to prepare future leaders and public servants to their new roles.
Otherwise, we might be promoting a curriculum that no longer serves the needs
of our changing societies and organizations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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