M.P.A. STUDENTS PRESENT AT THE 18TH ANNUAL GEORGIA ASPA ACADEMIC CONFERENCE

The M.P.A. program was well represented at the 18th annual Georgia Public Administration Academic Conference sponsored by the Georgia Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration. Jenna Rodgers presented “Privatization is the New Black” and Jennifer Springston Mack presented her paper titled “Privatization of the Department of Family and Children Services” during a panel called “Alternative Approaches to Public Administration: Privatization, Collaboration and Contracting Out.” Both papers were written for Dr. Beth Rauhaus’s fall 2015 “Public Budgeting” course. Dr. Stephen Northam served as discussant and Dr. Rauhaus served as chair.