by Lucky Anguelov, Mike Craw, and Cali Ellis January 31, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three faculty in Evergreen\u2019s MPA program, Lucky Anguelov, Cali Ellis, and Mike Craw, presented research at the<\/span> Southern Political Science Association\u2019s<\/span><\/a> annual conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, held January 8 \u2013 11th. Lucky and Mike both presented papers to the Conference within a Conference on Local Governance and Sustainability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Lucky presented the results of a 2019 MPA capstone project that three MPA students, Tricia Bateman, Margaret Blankenbiller, Jazmyne Kozak, and he carried out on how climate across the United States might impact the perception of various reclaimed water utilization programs. Their paper, titled \u201cThe Importance of Local Communities\u2019 Climate in Determining Public Perception Regarding Appropriate Uses of Reclaimed Water,\u201d was well received at the conference, with the paper\u2019s discussant commenting that \u201cThis kind of research is badly needed, as there are lots of people who think they know how to communicate about water quality, but we have very little real evidence about it. This work contributes to that end\u2026 Overall this is a very promising project\u2014I really hope that you put the work in to publish it since I think it can have a real-world impact.\u201d\u00a0 In addition, Lucky presented a paper, co-authored with Dr. Ben Brunjes at the University of Washington, titled \u201cThe Ethical Dimensions of Terminations for Convenience: An Exploration of Administrative Discretion and Responsibility\u201d. This research explores an understudied topic in government contracting: termination for convenience. The preliminary findings indicate that this instrument grants contract administrators tremendous discretion in structuring contractual relationships to achieve a range of policy goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Mike Craw presented a paper titled \u201cSustainable Neighborhoods: Sub-Local Institutions and Property Reinvestment.\u201d This research finds evidence from a study of Little Rock, Arkansas that neighborhood and homeowner associations play significant roles in encouraging homeowners to maintain and improve their property.\u00a0 This, in turn, helps to forestall blight and improve a neighborhood\u2019s quality of place.<\/span><\/p>\n Cali Ellis presented her research, titled \u201cTrust and Communication in Cross-Border Security Networks\u201d, as part of a panel on \u201cPublic Administration in the Context of Disasters, Emergencies, and Crises.\u201d\u00a0 This research presented new quantitative network survey data to explain how interpersonal trust develops at the individual and community levels in the high-stakes environment of security near an international border. Complemented by qualitative interviews, Dr. Ellis found that while formal institutions such as mandated exercises and meetings provide an important opportunity to make connections, they are not sufficient for trust development. Instead, repeated interactions set the stage for the formation of trust relationships as individuals have the opportunity to demonstrate their competence under pressure and share important and relevant information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In addition, Lucky, Cali, and Mike each chaired panels and provided commentary on other public administration research presented at the conference. Cali served as a discussant on a panel on \u201cPublic Lands in Employee Hands\u201d, while Lucky and Mike chaired panels on \u201cGreen Technology, Procurement, and the Digital Divide\u201d and \u201cRegional Coordination, Collaboration, and Competition\u201d, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Lucky Anguelov, Mike Craw, and Cali Ellis January 31, 2020 Three faculty in Evergreen\u2019s MPA program, Lucky Anguelov, Cali Ellis, and Mike Craw, presented research at the Southern Political Science Association\u2019s annual conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, held… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9454,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9454"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1997,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996\/revisions\/1997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}