Challenges Facing MPA Programs at HBCUs: A Discussion Fri. 5:00 – 5:20pm EDT MPA Program coordinators and faculty members representing four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will discuss the challenges facing their programs prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The topics to be examined will include challenges with recruitment, retention and persistence to graduation, poverty, substance abuse problems, homelessness, food insecurity, and both mental and physical health issues. Panel members will examine the challenges and share solutions. Attendees will be invited to share challenges faced and solutions found in their MPA Programs at HBCUs. Otilia Iancu, Savannah State University convener David Abrahams, Bowie State University Peter A. Ngwafu, Albany State University Calvin Johnson, Bowie State University Zaphon Wilson, North Carolina Central University
Contributing to the New Civic Square through Incorporating Social Equity into Public Budgeting Course Fri. 5:00 – 5:20pm EDT Increased citizen demands for accountability, transparency, and participation are only magnified during times of strained budgets, crises, and political conflicts. As practitioners, public budgeting and finance students need to address issues of inclusion, meaningful civic engagement, and social equity. The goal of this panel is to discuss students with the skills and mindset for engaging the public during the budgeting process and considering the impact of budgeting and financial decisions on various groups. Meagan Jordan, Old Dominion University convener Skip Krueger, University of North Texas Helisse Levine, Long Island University Katherine Willoughby, University of Georgia Bruce McDonald III, North Carolina State University
COVID-19 Lessons For (and From) NASPAA School’s Election Administration Curriculum Fri. 5:00 – 5:20pm EDT The 2020 election cycle has been consumed with state and local election officials’ concerns about how to conduct a national election in the face of a global pandemic. In that environment, NASPAA member schools have an opportunity to think about how their efforts to educate the nation’s future election leaders could inform and be informed by the response to the coronavirus. Doug Chapin, University of Minnesota convener Stacy Drudy, NASPAA Thessalia Merivaki, Mississippi State University Nancy Thomas, Tufts University Gayle Alberda, Fairfield University Michael McDonald, University of Florida
Emerging Scholar: Yal i Pang, a Winner of the NASPAA Emerging
Scholars Award Fri 5:00 – 5:20pm EDT
While NASPAA has always focused on excellence in public service education, it also recognizes the close relationships between public affairs scholarship and high quality public affairs education. Indeed, the next generation of instructors are our current PhD candidates! They are exploring the boundaries of our knowledge, developing new methods for advancing our understanding of the public sphere, and seeking answers to new and enduring questions about policy and administration. This session features a research presentation from Yali Pang a winner of the NASPAA Emerging Scholars Award, awarded to PhD candidates who are on the academic job market this year, as selected through a competitive process. Yali Pang is a PhD candidate in Public Administration and Policy at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University. Her academic focus is in the area of nonprofit management,
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social equity and cultural competency. Yali Pang, Virginia Commonwealth University
[ These panels will be recorded to view ON-DEMAND. The listed time slot is for a Live Q & A with the panelists. ]
[ These panels will be recorded to view ON-DEMAND. The listed time slot is for a Live Q & A with the panelists. ]
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