BRIDGING THE GAP Newsletter of the

Section for Women in Public Administration

Hello to all the members and friends of the Section for Women in Public Administration!As the new SWPA chair I would like to thank all the members, presenters, and volunteers for a fantastic 2018 conference, particularly with the success of the Ally Training and Awards Breakfast with keynote speaker Brenda Allen. This newsletter will feature some of the highlights of the conference, member achievements, and upcoming section plans.

As I was deliberating on what to include in this message, I thought I’d respond to the most frequent question I get about this section -what’s the point of joining SWPA? I’m sure we all have different reasons for our interest, but for me the section has been instrumental in guiding my recent career and life path. I first joined the section on the recommendation of a professor, never imagining where it would take me. I went from a scared doctoral student showing up for my first conference as a lucky recipient of a SWPA scholarship, thinking I would be an overlooked wallflower with no

idea what I needed to do.

Instead SWPA members welcomed me with open arms, provided friendship, mentorship, and networking, not just at that conference, but continually as I maneuvered through the dissertation process, academic job search, and new faculty transition. They have inspired me with their advice, support, and their amazing academic research and practitioner expertise.

And that is my personal mission for the next year – to continue to build upon all the great work that SWPA has done for the 35 years and help pay it forward for future generations. Our section had a hugely productive past year under the guidance of MeghnaSabharwal, the board, committee chairs, and volunteers. We reinvented our website, expanded our social media presence, redesigned our logo, conducted a membership survey, and reactivated our newsletter to highlight all the accomplishments of our members.

But perhaps the most intriguing initiative from this past year was the Ally Training for Social Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion training that we partnered to

offer at the 2018 ASPA conference. This professional development workshop highlights and reminds us that we are not just a section OF women or FOR women. The training reinforced the importance of intersectionality of our members and friends, and that issues that impact women also impact men, and LGBT, and ethnicity, and…everyone.

SWPA’s mission focusing on activities that promote and recognize women and diversity in public administration will continue with an active agenda over the next few years. We hope to continue partnering with other sections on inclusive professional development trainings, promoting the activities and accomplishments of our members (don’t be shy, send us items so we can shout and applaud your accomplishments), offering webinars for all those members who aren’t able to join us at the conference, exploring partnering on a journal, and long-term plans recognizing the 50th

anniversary of the original Task Force on Women in Public Administration in 2021. So enjoy the highlights and member accomplishments in this newsletter, start

MESSAGE FROM THE

CHAIR

Message from the Chair

Member Publications

SWPA Member News

Awards Nomination

SWPA ASPA Scholarships

SWPA Chairs

National Awards

SWPA Leadership

Save the Dates!

ASPA 2018 Highlights

Newsletter DateSeptember 5, 2018

following us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/aspaswpa/) and Twitter (@swpaaspa), start promoting fellow women by nominating them for things like research awards, book awards, dissertation awards, or workplace recognition. And think about doing some self-promotion as well (check out #ImmodestWomen on Twitter).

I’ll finish with a quote I found online and fell in love with (but have no idea how to properly cite): HERE’S TO STRONG WOMEN. MAY WE KNOW THEM. MAY WE BE THEM. MAY WE RAISE THEM.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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MEMBER PUBLICATIONS!

Authors:

Rita M. HiltonRosemary O’Leary

SWPA members featured in PA Times

PUBLICATIONS

Mary Feeney, AWPA co-founder, has been named editor of Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.

Hillary J. Knepper has been named incoming co-editor of the Journal of Health & Humans Services Administration.

Rita M. Hilton (Independent Psychologist) and Rosemary O’Leary (Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas) just published a book titled LEADING IN PLACE: LEADERSHIP THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES (Routledge 2018). Through surveys and interviews, this practitioner-academic team has conducted a thorough and fascinating study of women in various leadership roles, from paid high-level executives to community volunteers. The book bridges the

chasm between what the expertswrite about leadership and what is experienced in organizations and communities.

It pushes the reader to think about how unconscious biases have influenced perceptions ofleadership in research and organizations. They suggest leadership research should be updated to integrate 21st century realities by moving past both bias towards male prototypes, as well as the ‘great women’ genre.

Evans, M. (2018). Gender representation in MPA ethics courses. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 24(3), 342-360. https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2018.1426427

Borry, E. L., DeHart-Davis, L., Kaufmann, W., Merritt, C., Mohr, Z. T., Tummers, L. (2018). Rule Formalization and Rule Consistency Heighten Organizational Compliance: Experimental and Survey Evidence. Public Administration. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/padm.12407

Borry, E. L. (2018). Linking Theory to Television: Public Administration in Parks and Recreation. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 24(2), 234-254. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15236803.2018.1446881

Borry, E. L. (2018). Teaching Public Ethics with TV: Parks and Recreation as a Source of Ethics Case Studies. Public Integrity, 20(3), 300-315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10999922.2017.1371998

Knox, C. C. & Harris, A. (2016). Evolution of an Experiential Learning

Partnership in Emergency Management Higher Education. Journal of Emergency Management, 14(3), 201-212.

Jacques, P. & Knox, C. C. (2016). Hurricanes and Hegemony: A Qualitative Analysis of Micro-level Climate Denial Discourses. Environmental Politics. 25(5), 831-852.

Knepper, H., Sonenberg, A. & Levine, H. (2017/2018). The socio-environmental context of our actions: Marginalization and its influence on building a culture of health. Symposium Editor, Journal of Health & Human Services Administration, 2 Volumes. Fall, 2017/Winter 2018.

Knepper, H. & Dwyer, P. (2017). The Path Not Chosen: Effective Succession Planning. PA Times. Feb. 2018.

Sonenberg, A. & Knepper, H. (2017) Considering disparities: How do nurse practitioner regulatory policies, access to care, and primary care health outcomes vary across four states? Nursing Outlook, 65(2), 143-153.

“Positioning Markets and Governments in Public Management,” a book published by IGI Global (November, 2017) co-edited by Brooklyn’s Long Island University (LIU) MPA Program Director, Dr. Helisse Levine, a past SWPA Board Member and Rita Mae Kelly Distinguished Research Award recipient, and LIU’s MPA Program assistant professor, Dr. Karina Moreno, a long-standing SWPA member and author of several publications

SWPA MEMBER NEWSadvancing the discussions of gender inequities and immigration reform.

This timely book seeks to advance the state of the field in terms of our understanding of key research and theoretical frameworks on the dynamics of governments and markets, as well as provide a comprehensive assessment of how these affect and are affected by public policy, hoping that, ideally, forthcoming policies reflect lessons of our past.

Contributors of this book, both practitioners and scholars, reinvigorate the debate around the positioning of markets and governments in the evaluation of public management and policies.

Furthermore, the contributors of this edited volume extend the existing political economy literature to reflect modern day issues, and include recent critical empirical evidence and case studies in their assessments.

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Helisse Levine (right)Karina Moreno (left)

Rosemary O’Leary

Rita Hilton

SWPA SECRETARY, SHILPA VISWANATHRECEIVED THREE FELLOWSHIPS THIS SUMMER.She is one of the 14 young scholars chosen by ASPA to attend the 7th International Young Scholars Workshop in Mexico: http://www.aspanet.org/ASPA/ASPA/About-ASPA/In-the-Community/Releases/2018IYSW.aspx?platform=hootsuiteShe has received APPAM's Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship 2018: http://www.appam.org/2018-fellowship/and She received the PA Theory and Network Fellowshipat the PATNet Conference in Cleveland in May 2018.

Plan now to

attend

SWPA’s 2019

Professional

Development

Workshop

At ASPA in

Washington,

D.C.

Claire Connolly Knox, Ph.D. was the only person to receive the University of Central Florida’s Excellence in Professional Service this year. She also spearheaded the creation of two new programs beginning this fall, BA/BS in Emergency Management and Master of Emergency and Crisis Management programs .

Norma Riccucci has won the 2018 Gaus Award by the American Political Science Association.

Susan Gooden has been named interim dean of the Wilder School at Virginia Commonwealth University

Erin Borry has won the CORD Scholarly Excellence Award, given by Arizona State University’s Center for Organizational Research and Design.

Nidhi Vij, Assistant Professor, has been awarded the Howell Family Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award by the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Mississippi.

Shilpa Viswanath, Doctoral Student in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University–Newark

MORE MEMBER NEWSImane-Hijal, M. & Sabharwal, M. (2017). The Role of the Information Society in Promoting a Better and a More Democratic Governance. Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 7(4) 132-146.

Scutelnicu G. & Knepper, H. (2018). A tale of two journals: Women’s representation in public administration scholarship. Public Integrity. https://doi.org/10.1080/10999922.2017.1421009.

Scutelnicu, G., Knepper, H. & Tekula, R. (2018). The state of women in public administration scholarship: Where we are, why we are here and why it matters. PA Times 4(2):32-33.

Scutelnicu, G. (2017). How do healthy eating and active living policies influence the potential for a community’s healthy behavior? The case of Mississippi state. The Journal of Health and Human Services Administration 40(3), p. 310-352.

Sabharwal, M. & Varma, R.International Collaboration: Experiences of Indian Academics after Returning from the United States. Perspectives on Global Development and Technology (forthcoming).

Sabharwal, M., Levine H. & D’Agostino, M. (2018). A Conceptual Content Analysis of 75 Years of Diversity Research in Public Administration. Review of Public Personnel Administration 38(2): 248-267.

Arguelles, A. & Sabharwal, M. (2018). Health Care for All: An Overview of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansion in the USA. Indian Journal of Public Administration. https://doi.org/10.1177/0019556117750895

Imane-Hijal, M. & Sabharwal, M. (2018). Ethics in American Public Administration: A Response to a Changing Reality, Public Integrity https://doi.org/10.1080/10999922.2017.1419053

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GRANTSShohanna Ehrlich. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health. 2016-2019 grant: Principal Investigator, Heartland Sexual Assault Policies & Prevention on Campuses Project, $750,000.

Meghna Sabharwal along with Roli Varma from UNM received a National Science Foundation from 03/15/17 to 2/28/19 for an amount of $217,155 titled: "Keeping U.S. High-Tech Sector Diverse: Avoiding Reverse Brain Drain from the United States to India."

SWPA AWARD CATEGORIES:

Joan Fiss Bishop Leadership AwardEstablished in 1985, the honoree by exampleand action, has: promoted increasedparticipation of women in the public serviceprofession; exhibited a defined contributionto increased involvement in the publicsector; shown innovative leadership andaccomplished professionalism in their publicservice career, and made a commitment tothe profession through current or past ASPAmembership.

Marcia P. "Marcy" Crowley Service toSWPA AwardOriginally established in 1991 andrededicated in 2007, the honoree isrecognized for: outstanding service toSWPA; their service to the Section forseveral years; and for making a demonstratedimpact on the work of the Section. NOTE:Honoree MUST be a current Sectionmember in good standing.

Rita Mae Kelly Distinguished Research AwardOriginally established in 1991, the honoree is recognized for: their research contribution to gender-related issues; performing research on an issue(s) significant to women’s role in public administration; and making an impact through research on women's lives. NOTE: Honoree is NOT required to be an ASPA or SWPA member.

Julia J. Henderson International AwardOriginally established in 2007, the honoree is recognized for their 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. NOTE: Honoree is NOT required to be an ASPA or SWPA member.

NATIONAL AWARDS! NOMINATE SOMEONE TODAY FOR OUR 2019

AWARDS– HONORED AT OUR NATIONAL BREAKFAST AT ASPA,

WASHINGTON D.C., ON MONDAY, MARCH 12H, 7:30AM – 9:00AM

Check out the New SWPA Website at: aspaswpa.weebly.comWe’re thrilled to announce our new website. This project took the hard work of countless SWPA members and volunteers over the past two years. Special thanks to:

Dina Carpenter-Graffy, Elisa Graffy and Chaitanya Yadav(MPA student, University of Texas at Dallas)

Check out our NOMINATION

FORM on our

website today!

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SWPA ASPA Scholarships!

Here is the WPS Twitter handle:@JohnJayWPS

Women in the Public Sector at John Jay College will be tweeting SWPA-related information throughout the conference, please follow for updates!

The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Section for Women in Public Administration (SWPA) annually awards up to three $500.00 scholarships (Practitioners & students (Master’s and Ph.D.) to help defray the costs associated with attending the ASPA national conference. In addition to completing and submitting the SWPA Scholarship application form, applicants must submit a cover letter, vita or resume, and two letters of nomination/recommendation from relevant faculty, supervisors/managers, or ASPA chapter or section officers. We encourage not only students but also practitioners to apply.

See our website to apply!

Join us at our ASPA Breakfast on March 12th at 7:30am to meet our 2019 winners.Thanks,SWPA Team

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1971-73 Joan Fiss Bishop, MA *1973-74 June Martin *1974-75 Barbara Hawkins1975-76 Ruth Ann Barrett1976-77 Dona Wolf, MD

Sherry Suttles1977-78 Genevieve C. Sims1978-80 Sally Gutierriez, CA1980-81 Nancy Foye, OH & Jean McDonald1981-82 Christine Gibbs, NV1982-83 Jana Bagwell, OK1983-84 Carol Gandy, CA *1984-85 Jeanne Marie Col, NY1985-86 Kathryn Hensley, VA

Marie Barovic Rosenberg, WA1986-87 Lynn Brown, CA1987-88 Kathy Roth Moore, CA1988-89 Eileen Larence, VA1989-90 Mary Ellen Guy, AL1990-91 Debra Martin, MI1991-92 Willa Bruce1992-93 Anne Swafford1993-94 Mary Timney Bailey1994-95 Ann Snyder

1995-96 Michelle A. Saint-Germain1996-97 Marjorie Lomax, VA1997-98 Linda M. Lazer1998-99 Mary M. Hale1999-00 Linda deLeon, CO2000-01 Meredith Newman, FL2001-02 Cheryl Simrell King, WA2002-03 Wendy Haynes, MA2003-05 Kathryn Hensley, SC2005-07 Claire Felbinger, DC *2007-08 Becky L. Schergens, VA2008-10 Patricia Shields, TX2010 Dara Baldwin (term incomplete)2010-12 Roslyn Alic-Batson, FL2012-13 Barbara Lewkowitz, AZ2013-15 Suzanne Discenza, KS2015-16 Elisabeth Graffy, AZ2016-17 Hillary Knepper, NY2017-18 Meghna Sabharwal, TX2018-19 Michelle Evans, TN* Deceased

Connect with us!

Website: http://aspaswpa.weebly.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aspaswpa/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/swpaaspa

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/s

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The 2019 Annual Conferencewill take place March 8-12 inWashington, DC. Bringingattendees together around thetheme, "A Call for Action:Advancing Public Service"Want to present? The deadlineis September 14, 2018!

ASPA National Committee on Women in Public Administration

(1971-1982)

Section for Women in Public Administration

(1982-Present)

Call for proposals for those interested in presenting can be foundhere: https://aspanet.secure-platform.com/a/page/Conference1-copy

SWPA Chairs Through History

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2006 - Marcia P. Crowley2007 - Eileen Regen Larence2008 - Jerri Killian2009 - Dianna Noli Hill2010 - Nouphine Xaypangna2011 - Barbara Lewkowitz2012 - Suzanne C. Discenza

2013 - Roslyn Alic-Batson2014 - Nancy Rose Foye- Cox2015 - Patricia M. Shields2016 - Suzanne Discenza2017 - Hillary J. Knepper2018 - Meghna Sabharwal

1997 - Vola T. Lawson1998 - Rosslyn Kleeman1999 - Karen Stanford2000 - Rita Geldert2001 - Mary Hamilton2002 - Ethel Detch2003 - Marcia P. Crowley2004 - Kathleen L. Martin2005 - Award not given2006 - Sherri Greenberg2007 - Karen O'Connor2008 - Audrey Mathews

1985 - Esther Lawton1986 - Anna May Smith1987 - Janet Hoffman1988 - Nina Rothschild1989 - Christine Altenburger1990 - Madeleine Kunin1991 - Linda M. Jacknowitz1992 - Hilda Patricia Curran, 1993 - Martha Bibbs1994 - Award not given1995 - Award not given1996 - Donna Shalala

2009 - Becky Schergens2010 - Mary Jane England2011 - Frances Burke2012 - Lydia Quarles2013 - Anne Osborne Kilpatrick2014 - Meredith Newman2015 - Claire Mostel2016 - Mary Ann Feldheim2017 - Nancy E. Tate2018 - Angela Evans

2005 - Norma R. Riccucci2006 - Judith Saidel2007 - Deil Wright2008 - Marilyn Rubin2009 - Kathe Callahan2010 - Sharon H. Mastracci2011 - Patricia M. Shields2012 - Janet R. Hutchinson

2013 - Lael Keiser2014 - Helisse Levine & Maria D’Agostino2015 - Mary M. Timney2016 - DeLysa Burnier2017 - Mohamad G. Alkadry2018 - Vicky Wilkins

1991 - Rita Mae Kelly1992 - Mary Ellen Guy1993 - Camilla Stivers1995 - Kathleen A. Staudt1996 - Jane Bayes1998 - Meredith A. Newman2003 - Camilla Stivers2004 - Julie A. Dolan

SWPA National Award Winners Over

The Years

RITA MAE KELLY RESEARCH AWARD

JOAN FISS BISHOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

MARCIA P. CROWLEY SERVICE TO THE SECTION AWARD

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JULIA J. HENDERSON AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

1991 - Janice Flug & Kathy Moore 1992 - Debra Martin 1993 - Audrey Matthews 1995 - Linda Lazer1996 - Anne Swafford 1997 - Michelle Saint-Germain 1998 - Cheryle Broom 1999 - Linda deLeon2000 - Cheryl Simrell King 2001 - Myrna Mandell

2002 - Genie Stowers2003 - Kathryn Hensley 2004 - Janet R. Hutchinson 2005 - Becky Schergens2007 - Jeanne-Marie Col 2008 - Orapin Sopchokchai2009 - Laurel McFarland 2010 - Soonhee Kim 2011 - Lotte Bogh Anderson 2012 - Yahong Zhang

2013 - Kathryn Mohrman2014 - Carmen Delgado Votaw2015 - Meghna Sabharwal 2016 - Allan Rosenbaum 2017 - Patria de Lancer Julnes2018 - Karen Johnston

Immediate Past Chair-- Meghna Sabharwal

Historian-- Kathy Hensley

Terms ending in 2019Ann Hess Braga

Kimberley Garth-JamesGina Scutelnicu

Terms ending in 2020Andrea HustonErin L. Borry

Nicole M. Rishel Elias

Terms ending in 2021Karina Moreno

Rashmi V. ChordiyaCharlene M. L. Roach

National Awards-- Meghna Sabharwal

Scholarship Program-- Karina Moreno

Professional Development-- Rashmi Chordiya

National Awards Breakfast-- Michelle Evans & Jennifer Swann

SWPA Social--Agatha Caraballo and Nicole R. Elias

Social Media and Marketing-- Shilpa Viswanath

Membership and Recruitment-- Gina Scutelnicu

Bridging the Gap (BTG) Newsletter Editors-- Hillary Knepper, Zeeshan Noor & Gina Scutelnicu

SWPA Leadership 2018-2019

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2018-2019 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

SWPA COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Section Chair-- Michelle Evans

Vice-Chair-- Lauren Bock Mullins

Secretary-- Shilpa Viswanath

Treasurer-- Agatha Caraballo

Student Representatives– Rabina Bissesar, Jennifer Swann & Shahrin Upoma

SAVE THE DATES

ASPA Section for Women in Public Administration

Mark your calendar now for these exciting SWPA eventsin Washington D.C. at the 2019 ASPA Annual Conference:

1) Annual Professional Development WorkshopSaturday, March 10th

2) Be Heard: Annual Business MeetingSunday, March 11th

3) Get Connected at the joint Social by SWPA /AWA/WPSSunday, March 11th

4) National Awards Breakfast Monday, March 12h, 7:30am – 9:00am

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM ASPA 2018SWPA BOOTH AND SOCIAL

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM ASPA 2018SWPA BREAKFAST

PHOTO CREDITS

Zeeshan Noor, MPA, MA

Ph.D. StudentThe University of Texas at Dallas