UGA Department of Public Administration and Policy

Congratulations to Gabby Connally for being selected as June MPA Student of the Month! Gabby just finished the first year of her MPA & is currently interning with the United States Secret Service. She was a four-year letter winner on the Women's Basketball team, where she recently finished her final season with a trip to the NCAA tournament. Read more about Gabby: https://t.uga.edu/74K

UGA School of Public and International Affairs PADP professor Michelle Lofton has a study out that examines the spending patterns of families on the Gardiner Scholarship program over multiple years. It is the largest of its kind to date. #research https://www.redefinedonline.org//study-details-change-in-/

Check out UGA School of Public and International Affairs PADP professor Dr. Michelle Lofton's Public Budgeting & Finance Journal article that analyzes local government use of short-term debt in Public Budgeting & Finance. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pbaf.12285

Congratulations to UGA School of Public and International Affairs PADP professor, Dr. Jason Anastasopoulos for winning the Society for Political Methodology's Miller Prize for his co-authored article, Matching with Text Data: An Experimental Evaluation of Methods for Matching Documents and of Measuring Match Quality. This award is for the best work appearing in "Political Analysis" in 2020. You can view Jason’s winning article here: https://doi.org/10.1017/pan.2020.1

MPA Career Services Coordinator Aaron & GA Bryce visited Athens Area Humane Society. Thank you AAHS CEO Dr. McCormick for a tour of the new larger space. We're excited for non-profit internships with AAHS like grant writing, donor relations, & community outreach!

Our very own UGA School of Public and International Affairs PADP professor, Dr. Katherine Willoughby, coauthored a new article in Public Budgeting & Finance. This article investigates the similarities and differences in budget balancing strategies taken during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Great Recession of 2007-2009.

Very proud of our UGA ICMA students! Their Black Professionals Panel earned 2nd place at ICMA Student Chapter Best Event Contest! This event highlighted the voices and experiences of our Black professionals in the state of Georgia.