Awards and Publications: November 2020 – January 2021

The faculty, students and alumni of the School of Public and International Affairs are actively involved in research, teaching, training, and public service. Our recent publications, awards and other accomplishments include the following:

— AWARDS & RECOGNITION —

Kimberly Nelson (Ph.D. ‘04) was Named Co-Editor of the State and Local Government Review.

Kathy Colville (Ph.D. candidate) was selected to lead the North Carolina Institute of Medicine as its next President and CEO. This post will put Kathy directly in the health policy trenches, working with policy makers, agency executives, and health systems across North Carolina to address challenges and improve health and wellness across the state.  

Mitchell Moravec (MPA ‘20) joins the board of directors of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN) of the Triangle.

Brian Swiger (MPA ‘22) selected as one of the two winners of this year’s North Carolina Local Government Budget Association (NCLGBA) Scholarship for the 2020 NCLGBA Virtual Winter Conference. 

— PUBLICATIONS —

Jessica Liao examined the origin, process, and outcome of an understudied, but important multilateral climate change negotiation: the OECD negotiation to restrict export finance for coal‐fired power projects.

Steven Greene finds that parenthood does not have a substantial effect on the gun control views of men or women.

Amanda Stewart was quoted in an article about why women do not get ahead at nonprofits.  

When it comes to evaluating nonprofits, it isn’t all about the overhead according to Jason Coupet and Jessica Berrett (Ph.D. ’20).

Jennifer Kuzma spoke at an MSU symposium about regulation and governance for genome editing in plants.  

The evolution of infrastructure financing policy of China and Japan is examined by Jessica Liao as she identifies the ever changing interaction between the two countries’ development finance practices.

Jason Coupet and public administration students Jessica Berrett (Ph.D. ’20), Paul Broussard (Ph.D. candidate) and Brad Johnson (MPA ’20, Ph.D. candidate) outlined the DEA approach for nonprofit researchers.

Jennifer Kuzma discussed community-led governance for gene-edited crops.

Moses Khisa reexamined the relationship between militaries and civilian governments in Africa finds that militaries on the continent are no longer seen as a source of modernization and stability, given their complicity in human rights abuses and coups’de ếtat.