Internships and Experiential Learning during Telework and Social Distancing Fri. 11:55am – 12:35pm EDT The COVID-19 pandemic shifted many government and non-profit workplaces to telework. Some student interns made this shift with their workplace while others were displaced. Both the rise of telework and the economic challenges accompanying the pandemic impact the ability of students to engage in internships and experiential learning. This panel explores how public affairs programs have helped students and internship host sites navigate these challenges. Through examples of engagement with intern supervisors, counseling students, and developing alternative online experiential learning, the panel will spur conversation about how graduate programs maintain student access to public service professionals during social distancing. Eric Zeemering, The University of Georgia convener
Safeguarding Democratic Values in a Turbulent Time Fri. 11:55am – 12:35pm EDT Public administrators around the world are serving in a turbulent era, one marked by growing distrust of public institutions, intensifying levels of political polarization, and rising support for populism, all of which threaten democracy, the rule of law, and the public interest. This roundtable addresses three questions: (1) What are the obligations of public administration as a scholarly endeavor and as a professional field to safeguard democratic values, the rule of law, and human rights? (2) What are the implications for graduate programs in terms of research and teaching? (3) What are the implications for our field-wide institutions and associations? Jocelyn Johnston, American University convener Rosemary O'Leary, The University of Kansas Alasdair Roberts, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Palmira N. Rios-Gonzalez, University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras Campus William Resh, University of Southern California Tina Nabatchi, Syracuse University
Friday Plenary Fri. 12:50 – 1:35pm EDT
Nonprofit Management Education in Times of Crisis Fri. 1:50 – 2:30pm EDT This panel brings together scholars of nonprofit management education to address the implications for nonprofit management education of the current pandemic crisis. In the last 25 years, nonprofit management education has expanded greatly in scope and depth within schools of public administration. But the present crisis could dramatically change the role of nonprofit organizations in the civic square including their capacity to engage citizens, promote volunteerism, and develop innovations in public policy and administration. Given the unfolding crisis, nonprofit management education programs will need to rethink their curriculum, relationship to the local nonprofit sector, and even their approach to students. Steven R. Smith, American Political Science Association convener Jennifer Mosley, The University of Chicago Kelly LeRoux, The University of Illinois at Chicago Kirsten Gronbjerg, Indiana University, Bloomington Pier Rogers, North Park University
Join us as we honor this year's award winners and hear from keynote, Christopher J.L. Murray, MD, DPhil, Institute Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), Professor and Chair of Health Metrics Sciences at the University of Washington.
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Sara Rinfret, University of Montana Agatha Caraballo, Florida International University
Andrea Vernon, University of Montana Carrie Evans, University of Washington
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