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Welcome
The Section on Public Administration Research (SPAR) promotes excellence in both governmental and academic research on public administration. The sections approach is comprehensive involving research on city, county, special district, state and national public administration as well as research on public-private partnerships and third party government. SPAR provides members with a clearinghouse for research grants and funding sources. Members receive the American Review of Public Administration (ARPA) and the SPAR Newsletter.
Call for Proposals: 2008 Teaching PA Conference
16 November 2007
Reproducing the Field of
Public Administration
May 31-June 1, 2008
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
The Teaching Public Administration group, in cooperation with the L.Douglas
Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth
University, invites proposals for papers for its 2008 Conference, to be held
May 31-June 1 following the Public Administration Theory Network conference
May 29-30. A joint reception will be held on May 30, 2008. The conference is
being co-sponsored by the American Society for Public Administration’s
Section on Public Administration Education.
This year’s conference theme is meant to “get back to basics” in a sense—to
explore the various elements of teaching, mentorship, public service/service
learning, and pedagogical research that contribute to the manner in which we
reproduce the field of public administration in terms of both practice and
scholarship. Individual and group presentations that focus on one of these
elements are strongly encouraged so that a clear theme for sessions is
evident. Conference papers may be submitted for consideration in a
peer-reviewed symposium in the Journal of Public Affairs Education (JPAE).
We equally welcome papers, panels, and collaborative activities of
importance to public administration educators. Diverse approaches might
include (but are not limited to) traditional panel presentations, poster
presentations, roundtables, debates, or demonstrations. Please keep group
presentations to no more than three participants to afford sufficient
opportunities for dialogue and exchange with attendees.
We also invite volunteers to facilitate sessions as a
host/facilitator/moderator as appropriate.
Please submit your proposal to Margaret Stout, margaret.stout@bridgew.edu.
Please include:
• The title and type of the proposal (individual or group; panel, poster,
roundtable, debate, or demonstration) • Name(s), affiliation(s), and email
information for authors/presenters • A single page summary of the proposal
and its contribution to the listed conference elements (teaching,
mentorship, service, pedagogical research)
Timeline:
1. Submission of Abstracts and other Proposals: January 1, 2008 2.
Notification of Acceptance of Proposals: February 15, 2008 3. Papers (if
applicable) Due: May 15, 2008 4. Papers Due for JPAE Symposium
consideration: June 30, 2008
Virginia Commonwealth University is located in Richmond, a mid-sized
historic city with a flourishing cultural community, boasting excellent
restaurants and boutiques, sports and entertainment attractions, and one of
the nation’s largest river park systems. Within driving distance from
Richmond are historic Williamsburg and Jamestown; Charlottesville and Thomas
Jefferson’s Monticello home; and many Atlantic Ocean beaches.
The conference will be held at the Omni Richmond, which is 8 miles (15
minutes) from Richmond International Airport. The Omni promises you will
“experience refined Southern hospitality in a contemporary setting, with our
luxury Richmond hotel. Overlooking the scenic James River in the heart of
the Richmond’s financial and historical districts, the Omni Richmond Hotel
is the city's premier business and leisure address.” For more information:
http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/Richmond.aspx
Questions can be directed to the conference coordinator. Additional
information on the Teaching Public Administration group and a link to the
Richmond, Virginia conference site can be found on the internet at:
http://www.teachingpa.org/
Program Committee Members
Margaret Stout, Conference Coordinator: margaret.stout@bridgew.edu Chris
Horne: Christopher-Horne@utc.edu Louis Howe: lhowe@westga.edu Jodie Kluver:
jkluver@bridgew.edu Salta Liebert: sliebert@vcu.edu Blue Wooldridge:
bwooldri@vcu.edu
Conference Site Coordinator
Janet Hutchinson: jhutch@vcu.edu
Teaching Public Administration Group Liaison Robert Cunningham: rcunning@utk.edu
Teaching Public Administration Group Web Site John Dunning:
jdunning@troy.edu
SPAR Best Book Award: Nominations Sought
7 November 2007
The American Society for
Public Administration's Section on Public Administration Research (SPAR) is
seeking nominations for its fourth annual book award for public
administration scholarship. Books with copyright dates in either 2006 or
2007 are eligible. The book's orientation may be quantitative, empirical,
interpretive, ethnographic, historical, archival, normative or theoretical.
Textbooks and edited volumes are not eligible. A maximum of two book
nominees will be considered from any single publisher.
Evaluative criteria include outstanding accomplishment of the research
objectives, high-quality writing, and potential to constitute a lasting
contribution to the public administration literature. The winner of the
award will receive a plaque, a small honorarium, and notice published in the
American Review of Public Administration. The award will be presented at the
SPAR section meeting in Dallas at the 2008 ASPA conference.
Nominations, including a short justification relative to the above criteria,
should be made via e-mail to: Andrew Glassberg Glassberg@umsl.edu
with four copies then sent to: Andrew Glassberg; Public Policy
Administration; University of Missouri-St. Louis; St. Louis, MO 63121.
Deadline for receipt of copies of nominated books is January 15, 2008, but
earlier submissions are encouraged.
SPAR Award for Best Book on Public Administration Scholarship
15 August 2007SPAR has given its
fourth annual award for best book of public administration scholarship to
Blacked Out: Government Secrecy in
the Information Age (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
authored by Alasdair Roberts of Syracuse University.
The Evaluation Committee reviewed nominations from publishers such as CQ Press, the Brookings Institution Press, Ashgate Publishing, and several university presses. Evaluative criteria included outstanding accomplishment of the research objectives, high-quality writing, and potential to constitute a lasting contribution to the public administration literature.
Call for Papers: Founders' Forum
SPAR members,
As co-chair of the 2008 ASPA Conference Founders' Forum, I am writing to
encourage you to submit a panel or paper proposal for the Founders' Forum.
If you go to the ASPA Website (aspanet.org), you will see that the Founders'
Forum is listed as the 14th track of the conference. Unlike the other
tracks, there is no bulleted delineation of the content expected of panel
sessions that are part of the forum, but I think of it as a part of the
conference that features research that is:
academically oriented
theoretically robust
methodically vibrant, and/or
historically grounded.
There is no specific substantive or topic orientation that is required for
panels to be part of the Founders' Forum.
Please feel free to contact me or my co-chair, Stephanie Newbold (stephanie.newbold@utdallas.edu
or 972-883-5341) with any questions you may have about this invitation.
Thank you.
Larry S. Luton
Eastern Washington University
lluton@mail.ewu.edu
509-358-2247
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