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📢 Call for Papers – PATNet 2026 Annual Conference 📢
🌍 Theme: Multiplicity in Motion: Governance, Theory, and the Many Worlds of Public Administration
📅 26 Feb – 1 Mar 2026
🔗 Scan the QR code in the poster below to access themes & submission portal! @poojapaswan.bsky.social @ijpa2022.bsky.social
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The 2026 Public Administration Theory Network Conference will be held in New Delhi, India 🇮🇳
26 Feb – 1 March 2026
Excited to bring global scholars together to reimagine theory & practice. @poojapaswan.bsky.social @ctburks.bsky.social @samvrl.bsky.social
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PATNet Board, take a bow! 🙌
WE DID IT!!! PATNET 2025
This one’s from ASPA—not the full crew (missing: Shilpa, Meril, Co-EIC Nuri, & Ashley!)—but the love and labor that made PATNet 2025 a success shines through.
Grateful to build this bold, critical, scholarly space with all of you.
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📣 Welcoming Sh. K.G. Sidhartha, Deputy Secretary at PRIDE–Lok Sabha, to #PATNet2025!
He brings 12+ years of experience shaping India’s democratic capacity-building.
🗓️ June 14 | ⏰ 12:30–1:45 PM EST
#DemocraticGovernance #ParliamentaryTraining #PATNetConference @poojapaswan.bsky.social
🗣️ Honored to host Sh. Anil Antony, National Secretary & Spokesperson of B.J.P., at #PATNet2025!
He joins our Practitioners' Plenary on ethics, equity & execution in public service.
🗓️ June 14 | ⏰ 12:30–1:45 PM EST
#LeadershipInPractice #PublicService #PATNetConference @poojapaswan.bsky.social
🎤 Thrilled to welcome Dr. Meghna Sabharwal as our #PATNet2025 Keynote Speaker!
Join us as she shares a transformative vision for liberatory public service & inclusive democracy.
🗓️ June 13 | ⏰ 12:00–1:30 PM EST
#PublicAdministration #Leadership #Equity #PATNetConference @poojapaswan.bsky.social
🚀 PATNet 2025 is going METAVERSE!
🎮 Panels, poker, Tetris, & beachside networking—where theory gets playful.
🧠 Public Administration & Democracy’s Promise
📅 June 12–15, 2025 | 📍 In the Metaverse
🎥 Featuring @poojapaswan.bsky.social (Chair), Nuri (EIC ATP), & Edgar
🔗 Register + teaser inside!
🚨 LAST CALL! 🚨 Today is the final deadline to apply for the PATNet Spring 2025 Theory Fellows Program! 🎓
Join us to engage in theoretical discussions on governance & contribute to the PATNet Virtual Conference (June 12-15, 2025).
📌 Apply NOW: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Ashley Nickels – Co-Editor, ATP
Associate Professor at Kent State, researches power, civic engagement, and local democracy. An award-winning scholar, she has authored/co-edited five books, including Power, Participation, and Protest in Flint, Michigan.
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Nuri Heckler – Co-Editor, ATP J.D., Ph.D.,
Researches Whiteness and masculinity in public organizations, exploring inequities in nonprofits, social enterprises, and government. A Maryland-barred attorney, his work appears in top public administration journals.
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Seth R. Wright – Board Member
Assistant Teaching Professor at Penn State Harrisburg, specializing in political science and public policy. Chair-Elect of ASPA’s POD Section and Associate Editor for Journal of Public & Nonprofit Affairs and Police Practice & Research.
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Karen Sweeting – Board Member
Assistant Professor at the University of Rhode Island, researches social equity, inclusion, and public personnel administration. Her work examines how public service can be more just and inclusive by addressing systemic inequities.
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Meril Antony – Board Member
Postdoctoral scholar at Rutgers University-Newark researching leadership, social equity, and education policy, with a focus on efficacy in K-12 education. Experienced in nonprofit program design in the U.S. and India.
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Associate Professor at UMass Dartmouth, researches social equity, environmental justice, and economic development. Author of six books, his work spans global policy issues, from renewable energy to fashion economics.
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Shilpa Viswanath – Board Member
Assistant Professor at John Jay College, CUNY, researches public sector HR, focusing on gender equity, diversity, and inclusive workplaces. She also specializes in comparative public administration, with a focus on South Asia.
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Samanta Varela – Assistant Secretary
Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas specializing in disaster, crisis, and technology policy. Her research examines COVID-19’s impact on organizations and flood awareness in underserved U.S. communities.
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Albena Dzhurova – Secretary
Instructor at the University of Alabama, specializes in public policy, management, and organizational behavior. A Fellow at the Mercatus Center, her research appears in top journals like Administrative Theory & Praxis and Politics & Policy.
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Majda Nassif
Assistant Treasurer
Dr. Nassif is an Assistant Professor of Public Administration at King Abdulaziz University.
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Edgar Ramírez – Treasurer
He is a Professor at UNLV, has led public policy research at CIDE and published in top journals like AJPS and PAR. A 2019 ASPA International Public Administration Awardee, he connects academia and policy to address public challenges.
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Victoria Williams – Co-Vice-Chair
Dr. Victoria Williamsa Ph.D. in Public Administration from Penn State Harrisburg. Her research focuses on health administration and policy, drawing from her background in health administration, social work, and mental health nursing.
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Samantha Larson – Co-Vice-Chair
Dr. Samantha June Larson is an Associate Professor of Public Administration at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. She is Research Director of the Whitburn Center and Coordinator of the FERM Program. Ph.D. from CU Denver in 2017.