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Jul 2019
Increasing the adolescent vaccination rate
By Shelby Steuart While vaccination rates are at or above 90% for most early childhood vaccines, adolescent and young adult rates remain low and varied. The Center for Disease Control
Jul 2019
°®Å¾Íøprofessor among world’s top 50 thinkers
Cas Mudde, Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor of International Affairs in the °®Å¾Íøâ€™s School of Public and International Affairs, has been named to Prospect Magazine’s 2019 list of “World’s
May 2019
°®Å¾Íøprofessor is recipient of APSA lifetime achievement award
By: Shelby Steuart Professor of Public Administration and Policy and PhD Program Director J. Edward Kellough was recently awarded the American Political Science Association’s 2019 John Gaus Award and Lectureship.
May 2019
How to help public officials avoid creating monsters
By: Shelby Steuart What does Godzilla have to do with predicting how close we are to nuclear war? According to Dr. Jeff Berejikian, who recently presented on this topic at
May 2019
Analyzing the effect of Obama’s judicial appointments
By: Shelby Steuart Over the course of his presidency, Obama appointed 55 appellate judges, 35 of whom were women and/or people of color, making the US Court of Appeals the
May 2019
Government contracting may decrease employee diversity
By: Shelby Steuart A new study by researchers at the °®Å¾Íø revealed that when governments contract work out to private companies, fewer  African-American, Hispanic, and female employees are
May 2019
Immigration, Empathy and the Decline of Social Cohesion in Germany
By: Shelby Steuart The idea that welfare benefits should be restricted to “native citizens” is one that has gained popularity within the political right, both in the United States and
May 2019
Public performance budgeting in juvenile justice agencies
In her new book, Dr. Katherine Willoughby discusses ways in which public performance budgeting improves government function through survey and case study analyses of state juvenile justice agencies. Willoughby collaborated
May 2019
2019 GSPA banquet and Public Administration & Policy awards
On Friday, April 26, UGA Georgia Students for Public Administration held their annual banquet. Students, faculty, and staff came together for this wonderful occasion. There was much merriment and celebration,
May 2019
What Godzilla can teach us about nuclear weapons
On March 22, 2019, Dr. Jeffrey D. Berejikian gave a talk at TEDxUGA. In this talk, Dr. Berejikian explores how our political participation can reset the Doomsday Clock and tackle