News from Rutgers SPAA

Charles E. Menifield has been appointed Dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark effective Sept. 1, 2017. He comes to Rutgers SPAA from the University of Missouri – Columbia, where he has been Associate Dean for Academic Programs at the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs since 2013. MORE>

Rutgers SPAA's "Experiential Philanthropy" program, led by Lindsey McDougle (Assistant Professor), enables the classroom to act as
a funding agent on behalf of the community. MORE >

Verona Police Chief Mitchell Stern (SPAA Alumnus) turns classroom learning into community building. MORE >

After a fall season of heated debates centered on the theme of climate change, the Rutgers University-Newark Debate Team, housed at Rutgers SPAA, has outdone its stellar performance last season with a record peak in the midseason rankings. MORE >

At age 66, Joyce Tucker (BA Student) is the oldest undergraduate student at Rutgers SPAA, enjoying her studies after a five-decade hiatus where she focused on family. MORE >

What Does Public Service Mean to You? – In celebration of the City of Newark 350th and Rutgers University 250th anniversaries, Rutgers SPAA provided Newark residents and Rutgers students with an opportunity to express just how important public service is to them through illustrations and word art. MORE >

The scholarship Rehtul "D.J." Jordan (BA student) received from SPAA fosters his desire to give back. MORE >

SPAA raised more than $7,000 for Giving Day – a frenetic 24 hours on November 29 when SPAA alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends made gifts, posted social media updates, shared
gift boxes, and spread positivity and kindness. MORE >

Honors | Awards | Appointments

James M. Davy (Distinguished Practitioner in Residence), left, received a public administration award in his father’s namesake: the New Jersey Municipal Management Association's annual Dr. Thomas J. Davy Academic Achievement Award. MORE >

Three SPAA PhD students – Huafang Li, Seth Meyer, and Chengxin Xu (left to right) – were recognized as distinguished doctoral candidates by the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). MORE >

Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia (Professor) was appointed at the Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme (FMSH, a Research Foundation of Excellence) as a member of the international platform on violence and presented her current research on "Violence in America: Identity Politics in a Post-multi-racial Society."

Cleopatra Charles (Associate Professor) will join the editorial board of Nonprofit Management & Leadership for a three-year term effective January 1, 2017.

Sebastian Jilke (Assistant Professor) was appointed to the editorial board of International Public Management Journal (IPMJ).

Suzanne Piotrowski (Deputy Dean; Associate Professor) was appointed as an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Politics at the University College London (January 2017 to August 2017).

Gregg G. Van Ryzin (Interim Dean; Professor) was named Co-editor of Public Administration Review (PAR). MORE >

David Font (MPA ’16) was recently announced as the Executive Director of Push to Walk, a nonprofit that provides individualized workouts and resources to people with spinal cord injuries and other forms of paralysis to improve their quality of life.

Dorian Wanzer (MPA ’11) received the 2016 Elon Black Alumni Network Distinguished Young Alumna Award in October 2016. The award is given to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their profession, significant service within the community, and loyal support of the Elon Black Alumni Network. MORE >

Publications | Research | In The Media

Stephanie Newbold (Associate Professor) published her latest book, The Constitutional School of American Public Administration, a collection of public administration essays and articles written by renowned scholars reflecting upon the field’s relationship with the Constitution. MORE >

Jane Sharp, Director of SPAA’s New Jersey Certified Public Manager Program (CPM), was on the WRNJ radio airwaves on Thursday, Dec. 15, at 9:10 a.m. with Morning Mike to discuss Mount Olive Township’s new designation as one of CPM’s host sites. MORE >

David Jancsics (Post-Doctoral Associate) authored "Practici informale nocive sau inofensive? În pofida" si "dincolo de" stat: cazul Ungariei si României" (Is Informality Always Bad for a State? The Case of Hungary and Romania) with Abel Polese and Borbála Kovács in Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review (Vol. 16, No. 2. Pp. 219-241).

+ Jancsics authored “Az informális gyakorlatok ártalmas és ártalmatlan természete: magyarországi és romániai példák” (The Harmfulness and Harmlessness of Informality: Evidence from Hungary and Romania) with Abel Polese, Borbála Kovács in Review of Sociology of the Hungarian Sociological Association (Vol. 26, No. 2.).

Jiahuan Lu (Assistant Professor) authored "Fear the Government? A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Government Funding on Nonprofit Advocacy Engagement" in American Review of Public Administratio n (doi: 10.1177/0275074016680024).

+ Lu authored "Policy and Management: Considering Public Management and Its Relationship to Policy Studies" with Jessica Sowa in Policy Studies Journal (doi: 10.1111/psj.12193).

Suzanne Piotrowski (Deputy Dean; Associate Professor) authored “The 'Open Government Reform' Movement: The Case of the Open Government Partnership and U.S. Transparency Policies” in American Review of Public Administration.

+ Piotrowski discussed the FBI's handling of the Clinton email case in Fortune Magazine, Nov. 5, 2016 in " What the FBI’s Clinton Email Case Teaches Leaders About Delivering Tough News." MORE >

Alan Sadovnik (Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor) authored "Holocaust Memories: Honoring My Mother Through Applied Scholarship and Building Programs" in Leaders in the Sociology of Education (A.R. Sadovnik, ed.), Sense Publishers, Netherlands.

Javier Fuenzalida (PhD Student) published "Merit-based Selection of Public Managers: Better Public Sector Performance?" a working paper (IDB-TN-1054) for the Inter-American Development Bank with Juan Carlos Cortázar and Mariano Lafuente (doi: 10.18235/0000323).

Conferences | Workshops

Andrew Ballard (PhD Student) presented preliminary report findings to The New Jersey Departments of Health, Environmental Protection, and Children and Families in Trenton, NJ, on Dec. 7, 2016. In partnership with the Rutgers School of Public Health in Piscataway, Ballard has been commissioned through the National Center for Public Performance (NCPP) at Rutgers SPAA to perform a program evaluation of a state-wide local health data reporting program, with the full commission report set to be released in April 2017.

Monique Jn-Marie (PhD Student) presented "Measuring Budget Process Bias: An Analysis of the Impact of State Operating Expenditures on a Capital Spending" at the Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (ABFM) Annual Conference in Seattle, WA, October 2016.

Shilpa Viswanath (PhD Student) presented "Third Sector Engagement in Federal Fair Housing Policy Implementation: A Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of Empirical Evidence (1968–2015)" at the Southeast Conference on Public Administration (SECoPA), Raleigh, NC, October 2016.

+ Viswanath presented “Constitutional Bearings and Civil Rights during a Municipal Bankruptcy: A Study of Atlantic City and Camden City's State Take Over Legislations” at the Northeast Conference on Public Administration (NECoPA) in Harrisburg, PA, November 2016.

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