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MPA faculty member, Dr. Suzanne Leland, received the Donald Stone Distinguished Scholar Award from the Section on Intergovernmental Administration and Management (SIAM) at the annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) in Washington, DC on March 8, 2019. This prestigious award, given since 1981, recognizes (1) significant contributions to the practice and/...
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February 22, 2019. The North Carolina Political Science Association announced the Oral Parks Memorial Award for Best Faculty Paper, "Does Politics Influence Election Administration Expenditure? A Political Model of Election Administration Expenditure in North Carolina Counties." The award recipients, all of UNC Charlotte, are Dr. Zachary Mohr, Dr. Martha Kropf (pictured) Ms. JoEllen Pope...
"Let's Fix It" Tour of College Campuses, February 21
The UNC Charlotte Department of Political Science and Public Administration hosted a bipartisan conversation series with former Congressmen Patrick Murphy (Democrat) and David Jolly (Republican), who offered their diagnoses of what's wrong with Washington politics and solutions of what we can do...
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The UNC Charlotte mock trial competed in the Peach Bowl Invitational tournament hosted by Emory University during November 10 – 11, 2018. While the team did not win the tournament, Cameron Waggoner won an award for Best Attorney. In addition, the team received honorable mention for the Spirit of AMTA—an American Mock Trial Association...
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New Book: Africa’s International Relations: Balancing Domestic and Global Interests
Why do African leaders cultivate ties with some foreign powers and not others? How do civil conflicts in African countries at times expand to engulf entire regions of the continent? Why have leaders enhanced the capabilities of international organizations like the...
