Mohsen Fatemi

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🥰 I’m honored to be nominated as a Student Representative on the 2025 election ballot of the American Society for Public Administration (@aspanational.bsky.social) — alongside inspiring colleagues and mentors who embody our shared commitment to advancing excellence in public service.

2️⃣ Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: The Algorithm That Blinked | July 2025 | patimes.org/bedtime-stor...
1️⃣ Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: Introduction | June 2025 | patimes.org/bedtime-stor...

Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: One Quiet "No" - PA TIMES Online The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By S. Mohsen FatemiOctober 20, 2025 The desert air was sharp and dry enough to sting, y...

4️⃣ Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: One Quiet "No" | October 2025 | patimes.org/bedtime-stor...
3️⃣ Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: Just-Ish and Reasonable | September 2025 | patimes.org/bedtime-stor...

🤓 Read “Bedtime Stories for Public Servants” — a monthly PA TIMES Online column from the American Society for Public Administration — brings the human side of governance to life through storytelling that explores the ethical and emotional dilemmas of public service.

Excited to return as a mentor in the UC Davis Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior’s Mentorship Program! I’m thrilled to be paired with two outstanding undergraduate mentees and look forward to learning and growing together over the coming months.
🌐 environmentalpolicy.ucdavis.edu/mentors

😍🥳 Beyond grateful to receive the JPAE Spotlight Author Award at the 2025 NASPAA Global Conference in Flagstaff, Arizona — an incredible honor among such inspiring scholars and educators.

Heading to Flagstaff, AZ, for the 2025 NASPAA Global Conference and our session on bridging theory, practice, and equity in public administration education.

#2025NASPAA

Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: The Algorithm That Blinked - PA TIMES Online The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By S. Mohsen FatemiAugust 18, 2025 The cubicle wall still held a thumb-tacked copy of the old Eligibility Rulebook, its pages yellowed at the corners but no one reached for it anymore. Three days ago, […]

Now on #PATimes:
Bedtime Stories for Public Servants: The Algorithm That Blinked
By S. Mohsen Fatemi

Why Kansas must invest in energy efficiency for rental housing: It's good for all of us • Kansas Reflector In the heart of America, Kansas stands at a crossroads where policy, ethics, and environmental sustainability intersect.

🌐 Kansas Reflector (March 27, 2024): kansasreflector.com/2024/03/27/w...

Proposed environmental mandate would aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, housing stress for Lawrence renters The Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board plans to urge Lawrence city commissioners to adopt an environmentally friendly ordinance that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions while saving renters...

🔎 Earlier media coverage:

🌐 Lawrence Times (August 28, 2025): lawrencekstimes.com/2025/08/28/e...
🌐 Lawrence Journal-World (July 28, 2025): www2.ljworld.com/news/2025/ju...
🌐 Lawrence Journal-World (June 7, 2025): www2.ljworld.com/news/2025/ju...

Lawrence’s sustainability board to send energy policy proposal on to city commissioners Lawrence's environmental sustainability board wants to propose an energy benchmarking policy that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save renters money. Their next hurdle is to capture the at...

🌐 Read the full Lawrence Times coverage here (September 25, 2025): lawrencekstimes.com/2025/09/25/s...

🌐 Here’s an FAQ I’ve prepared to address common questions raised by the public in news reports, on social media, and other platforms about this effort: drive.google.com/file/d/1225F...

🤓 The board is now seeking early feedback from the community and city commissioners as this policy takes shape.

📢 Lawrence’s Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board (ESAB) is advancing a proposed rental energy benchmarking ordinance — a practical, affordable approach to help renters and landlords save money, cut energy waste, and move our community toward its climate goals.

#PATimes - Thanks, @mohsenfatemi.bsky.social for writing it for us!

The series is hosted by the American Society for Public Administration’s (@aspanational.bsky.social) PA TIMES Online and has appeared as a monthly installment since June 2025.

ℹ️ “Bedtime Stories for Public Servants” blends storytelling, reflective dialogue, and research-based insights to explore the ethical and emotional dilemmas faced in public service.

Through narrative and reflection, I explore the stakes of “just and reasonable” regulation—how decisions that look fair on paper can deepen inequity if community voices never make it into the record.

🔎 In this story, a public utility commission hearing becomes a stage for one of the hardest questions in governance: whose voices count as evidence, and whose get dismissed as noise?

📢 The latest installment of my "Bedtime Stories for Public Servants" series with PA TIMES Online: "Just-Ish and Reasonable"
🌐 Link: patimes.org/bedtime-stor...

😍 I am thrilled to present this paper at the 2025 NASPAA Global Conference in Flagstaff, Arizona, this October. I look forward to engaging with colleagues and advancing the conversation on building just, inclusive, and practice-connected approaches to public service education.

A special thanks to my undergraduate mentee, whose exceptional work and reflections helped shape this paper, which introduces the Bottom-Up, Student-Led, Experiential Learning (BUSLEL) model as a pathway to Activate Social Equity (ASE) in doctoral education.

❤️ This work was also made possible through the Sierra Club's grant support, which enabled the Energy and Environmental Justice Education and Advocacy Program (EEJEAP).

I am especially grateful to my mentors—Dr. Rachel Krause, Dr. Zach Mohr, and Dr. Ward Lyles—for their invaluable guidance, not only during the development of this paper but throughout my entire doctoral journey.

❤️ My deepest thanks to NASPAA and the award committee for this recognition, and to the JPAE editors, Dr. Sarah L Young and Dr. Sara Rinfret, and reviewers for their thoughtful feedback and support.

A pathway toward activating social equity in public administration education from the bottom up: The case of the energy and environmental justice educational and advocacy program Social equity is a core principle in public administration, yet its practical application has often lagged behind significant theoretical advancements. This article addresses that gap in doctoral e...

🌐 Read the article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
🌐2025 NASPAA Awards Page: www.naspaa.org/2025-naspaa-...

🥰 I’m honored to share that my article has been selected for the 🎊 JPAE Spotlight Paper Award 🎊 by the Journal of Public Affairs Education.