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AWARDS PROGRAM

Throughout the course of the 2018 Annual Conference,ASPA will honor outstanding individuals and organizations serving the public.

This program lists the dates and times of each ASPA award presentation, and Chapter and Section awards and recipients.

These awards continue ASPA’s rich traditionof honoring and celebrating significant contributions

to the public service, ASPA and the profession of public administration, in the United States and abroad.

Congratulations to all of our recipients and to thosenominated for awards. Thank you as well to our

selection committee members for their time and commitment.Your dedication and service to the field ensure a

growing and strengthened public service.

Friday, March 9, 2018 | 12:45 p.m. | Centennial FThe following scholarships will be presented at the Student and New Professional Summit

Wallace O. Keene Conference Scholarship AwardAwarded to students in public administration and public policy, the scholarships provide them financial assistance to attend the ASPA Annual Conference and thereby expand their knowledge of the field. Rabina Bessear, University of Central FloridaRosalyn Van Buren Foster, University of Southern California, Sol Price School of Public Policy

Walter W. Mode Scholarship AwardAwarded in honor of ASPA past president Walter W. Mode, a public administrator with a distinguished record of public service at the federal and international levels, this scholarship is awarded for graduate study in public administration to students who demonstrate a com-mitment to a career in public service. Molly Oudekerk, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine

Saturday, March 10, 2018 | 9:00 a.m. | Centennial DThe following award will be presented at the Opening Plenary

H. George Frederickson PA TIMES Best Article AwardThis award recognizes the author of the 2017 PA TIMES article judged most informative, provocative, creative and well written.Elisha Harig-Blaine, National League of CitiesArticle: “Supporting Our Veterans Isn’t Just the Right Thing ... It’s the Smart Thing”

Saturday, March 10, 2018 | 10:45 a.m. | Centennial EThe following award will be presented at the Lessons Learned for How to Change the World Presidential Panel

National Public Service AwardThese awards honor individuals who make outstanding contributions and whose accomplishments are models of public service inside and outside the work environment.Adm. William McRaven (ret.), University of Texas SystemSusan Raufer, Newark Asylum Office, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesGen. Mark Welsh, III (ret.), Texas A&M University, Bush School of Government and Public Service

Sunday, March 11, 2018 | 8:30 a.m. | Centennial FThe following award will be presented at the Chapter Leadership Meeting

Patricia J. Yearwood AwardThe award is given annually to recognize newsletters as a vital means of communication and service offered to Chapter and Section members.Indiana Chapter

Sunday, March 11, 2018 | 10:15 a.m. | Centennial DThe following awards will be presented at the Elliot Richardson Lecture

Public Administration Review AwardsLouis Brownlow AwardPresented to the author of the best Public Administration Review article written by a practitioner in 2017.Fredrik M. Sjoberg, World BankJonathan Mellon, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, United KingdomTiago Peixoto, World BankArticle: The Effect of Bureaucratic Responsiveness on Citizen Participation

Laverne Burchfield AwardPresented to the author of the best book review in a 2017 volume of Public Administration Review.Jos C.N. Raadschelders, The Ohio State UniversityArticle: The United States of America as Rechtsstaat: State and Administrative Law as Key to Understanding the Administrative State

Chester Newland AwardPresented for the best commentary by a practitioner in Public Administration Review. The best commentary illuminates the significance of an article and adds value for readers by interpreting the article in light of the commentator’s experience.Aidan Culhane, WK Nowlan Real Estate Advisors, IrelandArticle: Messy Business: Leading in Regeneration

William E. Mosher and Frederick C. Mosher AwardPresented to the author of the best Public Administration Review article written by an academician.Michael Craw, University of Arkansas—Little RockArticle: Institutional Analysis of Neighborhood Collective Action

Sunday, March 11, 2018 | 11:45 a.m. | Centennial EThe following awards will be presented at the Gloria Hobson Nordin Social Equity Award Luncheon

Gloria Hobson Nordin Social Equity AwardThis annual award recognizes lifetime achievement and effort in the course of social equity.Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, Virginia Commonwealth University, L. Douglas Wilder School of Public Affairs

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Exemplary Practice AwardThis award honors individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to a more equal society.Christopher Orlea, City of Pearland, Texas

Sunday, March 11, 2018 | 1:30 p.m. | Mineral Hall GThe following award will be presented at the International Assembly

International Public Administration AwardThis award honors a distinguished foreign scholar or practitioner for contributions to public administration in other nations.Tamara Nezhina, National Research University, Higher School of Economics

Sunday, March 11, 2018 | 3:30 p.m. | Centennial DThe following award will be presented at the Paul Posner—He Gave Us So Much Presidential Panel

Elmer Staats Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Public ServiceThis award honors a public administrator’s lifetime accomplishments and contributions to public service and ASPA.Paul Posner, George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and Government

Sunday, March 11, 2018 | 7:30 p.m. | Peak’s LoungeThe following awards will be presented at the President’s Reception

Chester Newland Presidential Citations of MeritPresented by the ASPA president to individuals for invaluable support during the presidency and tireless service to the Society.

Anbu ArumugamJ. Paul BlakeGeert BouckaertAgatha CarabelloGalia CohenPaul DanczykPatria de Lancer JulnesSuzanne DiscenzaJudy England-JosephRick GrimmMary Ellen GuyAndrea HeadleyAldred Tat-Kei HoMarc HolzerAndrea Huston

Angela KlineDonald KlingnerJared LlorensSean McCandlessJeryl MumpowerTerry MurphyTonya T. NeavesJames NordinJames PerryDarlene Piere LouisAndrew PodgerGeorge ReedAllan RosenbaumMichael StreeterPaul Teske

Monday, March 12, 2018 | 10:00 a.m. | Centennial DThe following awards will be presented at the Nesta M. Gallas Lecture

Nesta M. Gallas AwardThis award honors the lifetime achievements of a dedicated public servant and pioneering, innovative leader.Walter Shaub, Jr., Campaign Legal Center

Dwight Waldo AwardHonors an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the professional literature of public administration over an extended career.Mary Guy, University of Colorado Denver

Paul Van Riper AwardThis award honors an individual who has made significant contributions to both the academic and practitioner communities of public administration. It is sponsored by the ASPA Endowment.Marc Holzer, Suffolk University

Monday, March 12, 2018 | 1:30 p.m. | Centennial DThe following awards will be presented at the Donald C. Stone Lecture

Donald C. Stone AwardThis award honors an ASPA member who has contributed outstanding service to the Society.Gloria Billingsley, Jackson State UniversityAgatha Carabello, Florida International University

Monday, March 12, 2018 | 6:00 p.m. | Mineral Hall DThe 2018 Founders’ Fellows will accept their plaques at the Brigham Young University Ice Cream Social

Ian AdamsJessica AlcornSaud AlotaibiLyndsay BatesNeomi Frisch AviramYuliya HarrisJosephine HazeltonNuri HecklerTrang HoangVaiva KalesnikaiteHannah LebovitsZehavit LevitatsSarah McGuire

Monica Yamel Naime S. HenkelJulius NukpezahBlanca RandWen-Chi ShieIuliia ShybalkinaCristina StanicaNathan TeklemariamMaren TrochmannShilpa ViswanathNicole WesleyChaitanya YadavSasha Zapata

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 | 11:30 a.m. | Centennial DThe following awards will be presented at the Closing Plenary

Outgoing National Council AwardsPresented to members of the National Council ending their terms in March 2018.Marc Fudge, COMPA RepresentativeSusan T. Gooden, Immediate Past President Andrea Headley, Student RepresentativeAlfred Ho, District IV RepresentativeAndrea Huston, ParliamentarianDon Kettl, District II RepresentativeDan Lasseter, District III RepresentativeJames Nordin, District V RepresentativeStephen Rolandi, District I Representative

Section AwardsEach year, ASPA Sections recognize members and outstanding individuals in their field. Congratulations to all of our recipients whose contributions continue to enrich the field of public administration.

Center for Accountability and Performance (CAP) Awards

Emerging Leaders AwardThis award recognizes individuals who are actively implementing performance management systems, innovating new practices and promoting the importance of performance and accountability within their governments and communities.Melissa Bridges, City of Little Rock, ArkansasCheriene Floyd and Mike Sarasti, City of Miami, FloridaStacey Ray, City of Olympia, WashingtonJennifer Reed, Washington, DC

Harry Hatry Distinguished Performance Measurement and Management Practice AwardThis award recognizes an individual whose outstanding teaching, education, training and consultation in performance measurement have made a significant contribution to the practice of public administration.George Grob, Center for Public Program Evaluation

Joseph Wholey Distinguished Scholarship AwardThis award recognizes outstanding scholarship on performance in public and nonprofit organizations. The recipient provides a significant contribution to advancing knowledge in a scholarly journal about the development, implementation, use and impact of performance measurement.Katharine Destler, Western Washington University

Organizational Leadership AwardThis award recognizes outstanding application of a systems approach to performance measurement that has resulted in a culture change, sustained improvements and demonstrated positive effects on government performance and accountability.Results Washington Initiative, Washington State

LGBT Advocacy AllianceASPA Student Conference Paper AwardThis award is presented annually for the best student paper presented at the ASPA Annual Conference, authored or co-authored by a student that supports the Section’s mission.

Published Article AwardThis award is presented to the author or co-author of the best paper published in 2017 supporting the Section’s mission in a field-related journal.Nicole Elias, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNYPeter Federman, University of Kansas

LGBT Advocacy Alliance (cont’d.)Service AwardThe service award is given annually to a Section and/or ASPA community member who engages in service supporting the Section’s mission. Nominees should be nominated by a current Section member.Richard Greggory Johnson, III, University of San Francisco

Visionary AwardThis award recognizes the unique characteristics of an individual to envision a future that would be diverse, inclusive and equitable. True visionaries are not part of the herd and their solutions are not always popular. They stand out with their strong beliefs and hold steadfast to their guiding principles, even in the face of adversity. They are ahead of their time.

Section for Women in Public Administration (SWPA)SWPA Conference ScholarshipsThese scholarships help defray the cost of attending ASPA’s Annual Conference.Rabina Bissessar, University of Central FloridaJennifer Swann, City of Oklahoma City, OklahomaShahrin Upoma, University of Texas at Dallas

Joan Fiss Bishop Leadership AwardEstablished in 1985, the award recognizes an honoree who, by example and action, has promoted increased participation of women in the public service profession; exhibited a defined contribution to increased involvement in the public sector; shown innovative leadership and accomplished professionalism in their public service career; and made a commitment to the profession through current or past ASPA membership.Angela Evans, University of Texas at Austin

Julia J. Henderson International AwardOriginally established in 2007, the award recognizes an honoree for demonstrated commitment to international public administration, in particular, or to international public service, in general, by a lifetime of public service; or to careers in international public administration and public service.Karen Johnston, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Marcia P. “Marcy” Crowley Service to SWPA AwardOriginally established in 1991 and rededicated in 2007, the award recognizes an honoree for outstanding service to SWPA, service to the Section for several years and for making a demonstrated impact on the Section’s work.Meghna Sabharwal, University of Texas at Dallas

Rita Mae Kelly Distinguished Research AwardOriginally established in 1991, the award recognizes an honoree for research contributions to gender-related issues; performing research on an issue(s) significant to women’s roles in public administration; and making an impact through research on women’s lives.Vicky Wilkins, American University

Section on Chinese Public Administration (SCPA)Marc Holzer Best Article AwardThis award was established to honor Marc Holzer’s longstanding and excellent contributions to the Section and its journal, Chinese Public Administration Review (CPAR), as well as the memorandum of understanding between ASPA and the Chinese Public Administration Society that demonstrates collaboration between these two organizations at many Sino-U.S. public administration conferences. The award is presented annually to the best scholarly paper in CPAR. Winners receive a cash prize courtesy of SCPA at the ASPA Annual Conference and are announced in CPAR.Chung-An Chen, Nanyang Technological UniversityChih-Wei Hsieh, City University of Hong Kong

Ph.D. Student Best Paper AwardThis award was established to recognize Ph.D. students who perform high quality research related to Chinese public administration. Only ASPA and SCPA student members may be nominated. Winners receive an award certificate with a cash prize courtesy of SCPA at the ASPA annual conference.

Section on Emergency and Crisis Management (SECM)Dissertation AwardThis award supports dissertation research in emergency and crisis management being performed by Ph.D. candidates who have successfully defended their proposals but do not have a completed dissertation.

William J. Petak Best Paper AwardThis award recognizes the outstanding paper in emergency and crisis management.Can Chen, Florida International UniversityQing Miao, Rochester Institute of TechnologyPaper: “The Impact of Natural Disasters on the Fiscal Health of American State Governments: A Panel Data Analysis”

Section on Environment and Natural Resources (SENRA)Student Essay AwardThis annual award recognizes the best paper on the topic of environment authored by a graduate student.Thomas Timberlake, Colorado State University

Section on Ethics and Integrity in Governance (SEIGOV)Ethics in Action AwardThis award recognizes the achievements of a dedicated public servant whose career has been characterized by exemplary efforts to uphold legal and ethical standards locally, nationally or internationally; courage against corruption or wrongdoing by officeholders; and mentorship of public servants and young academics seeking to further high ethical standards in service to the public. The award is presented annually at the Section’s business meeting.Joel Clement, Department of the Interior

Section on Ethics and Integrity in Governance (SEIGOV) (cont’d.)Lifetime Achievement AwardThis award is given for excellence in public affairs ethics scholarship, teaching and service during the course of a career in academia or public service.Stuart Gilman, Global Integrity GroupJonathan West, University of Miami

Student Paper of the Year AwardThis award recognizes excellence in graduate student research and writing on topics related to public affairs ethics, including corruption, integrity, social equity, corporate responsibility and politics.Haoyu Zhao, University of Massachusetts—Boston

Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management (SIAM)Donald C. Stone Best Student Paper AwardThis award recognizes the best paper on federalism or intergovernmental relations written by a graduate student in the past year.Samuel Gallaher, University of Colorado Denver

Donald C. Stone Practitioner AwardThis award recognizes significant contributions to the practice of intergovernmental relations over a substantial period of time that have made an impact on the practice of intergovernmental management as a whole, not on a specific organization, institution or function.Peter Harkness, Governing Magazine

Donald C. Stone Scholar AwardThis award honors significant contributions to the study of intergovernmental relations over a substantial period of time that have made an impact on the study of intergovernmental management as a whole, not on a specific organization, institution or function.Karen Mossberger, Arizona State University

Section on International and Comparative Administration (SICA)Col Award for Outstanding SICA LeadershipThis award is offered to SICA members who have demonstrated strong commitment and active leadership contributions to SICA’s mission. Named after Jeanne Marie Col, it is presented annually at the Section’s business meeting.Gedeon Mudacumura, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Fred Riggs Award for Outstanding ResearcherThis award recognizes those who have made substantial and widely recognized contributions to the conceptual, theoretical or operational development of international, comparative or development administration. It is named in honor of Fred Riggs, a pioneer in these fields and a founder of the Section.Naim Kapucu, University of Central Florida

Garcia-Zamor Best Paper AwardThis award recognizes the author of the best paper presented at the International Riggs Symposium. It is named after Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor, a long-time SICA member.

Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations (SPALR)Book AwardThis award recognizes an outstanding book in the field of public human resources management published between 2015 and 2017.Norma Riccucci, Rutgers University—Newark, School of Public Affairs and Administration

Dissertation AwardThis award recognizes dissertation research performed by Ph.D. candidates in public/nonprofit human resources management. It supports research that is in progress, asopposed to a completed dissertation.

Outstanding Practitioner AwardThis award recognizes human resources management practitioners who have made an outstanding contribution to an organization or organizations throughout their career in public service.Dan Lasseter, University of Georgia

Outstanding Scholar AwardThis award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated an exemplary record of research, teaching and service in public human resources management.Sharon Mastracci, University of Utah

Section on Professional and Organizational Development (SPOD)SPOD Student AwardSPOD scholarships help facilitate learning and advance students’ academic work and interests in finding solutions to public organizational challenges. They introduce students to SPOD’s work and encourage their long term involvement in ASPA and Section activities and leadership.James Patrick Alonzo, University of HawaiiDwayne Hackett, Metropolitan College of New York

Section on Public Administration Research (SPAR)Best Book AwardThis award recognizes a book that significantly contributes to public administration research.Leisha DeHart-Davis, University of North Carolina—Chapel HillBook: Creating Effective Rules in Public Sector Organizations

Timothy Conlan, George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and GovernmentPaul Posner, George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and GovernmentPriscilla Regan, George Mason University, Schar School of Policy and GovernmentBook: Governing under Stress: The Implementation of Obama’s Economic Stimulus Program (Public Management and Change)

Section on Public Performance and Management (SPPM)SPPM Best Article AwardThis award recognizes scholarly papers from those who have written research papers related to public performance management.

SPPM Best Paper AwardThis award recognizes the best paper presented at the Section’s symposium, held during the ASPA Annual Conference.

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