Awards and Publications: August – October 2020

The following are recent awards made to and publications by faculty, students, and alumni from School of Public and International Affairs.

— AWARDS —

Jason A. Coupet and Jessica L. Berrett (Ph.D. ’20) were recently awarded the 2020 NML Editors Prize for Best Scholarly Paper published in the Nonprofit Management and Leadership journal. Their paper shows why the most popular way to measure nonprofit efficiency is flawed, and they propose two approaches that are more valid. 

Amanda J. Stewart won the 2020 RGK-ARNOVA President’s Award. The award encourages innovative, foundation research in the field of nonprofit and philanthropic studies.

Kathleen Colville (Ph.D. candidate) was named a 2020 Interdisciplinary Research Leader by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for her work with environmental issues in a Greensboro park and the surrounding community.

— PUBLICATIONS —

A new study from Jordan Carr Peterson suggests that many lawmakers have voted to support their financial interests, regardless of their politics.

Lada Kochtcheeva discusses the implosion of the global liberal world order and Russian foreign policy in a new article.

Jessica C. Liao analyzes the geoeconomics, easy money, and political opportunism in China and Japan’s high-speed rail competition.

Christopher Galik discusses how climate change will profoundly affect where people live.

RaJade M. Berry-James explains how to make social equity a priority in public administration.

Pat Roberts (MPA ’18) and Jennifer Kuzma discuss stakeholder attitudes and implications for research policy in biotechnology.

Steven Greene explains why public service announcements encouraging mask use may convince others to change their behavior.

In this article, RaJade M. Berry-James examines Census 2020 relative to civil rights and social equity.