Publications Authored by Ashlyn Aiko Nelson

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    Journal Article Doctoral

    Supporting women scholars’ paths to academia: An examination of family-friendly policies of public affairs doctoral programs

    Candice Pippin Bodkin
    Casey J. Fleming
    Journal of Public Affairs Education

    Despite earning roughly half the doctoral degrees in public administration, women remain underrepresented in public affairs programs, particularly in senior positions. Studies describe a leaky...

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    Journal Article Undergraduate Education

    Continuing to build knowledge: Undergraduate nonprofit programs in institutions of higher learning

    Carol Brunt
    Peter C. Weber
    Journal of Public Affairs Education

    As student demand for nonprofit management education (NME) grows, new program offerings proliferate. While longitudinal data track the development of graduate NME programs, their curricula and...

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    Journal Article Doctoral

    Knowing, Doing, and Becoming: Professional Identity Construction among Public Affairs Doctoral Students

    Amy E. Smith
    Deneen H. Hatmaker
    Journal of Public Affairs Education

    Public administration scholars have long examined how doctoral students in public affairs are trained to become researchers. Our study adds to this body of knowledge by examining socialization and...

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    Journal Article Undergraduate Education

    Do undergraduate public administration, policy, and affairs programs mimic graduate curricula?

    D. Ryan Miller
    Journal of Public Affairs Education

    Curricular mimicking between undergraduate and graduate public administration, policy, and affairs degrees is an ongoing concern of program administrators. Mimicking occurs when the curricular...

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    Journal Article Doctoral

    Changes in public affairs and administration doctoral research, 2000 and 2015

    Adam M. Williams
    Derek Slagle
    Journal of Public Affairs Education

    The study collected data from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database for years 2000 and 2015 in order to explore shifts in public affairs doctoral research. Results indicated a dramatic increase...

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    Journal Article Case Study

    Leadership in a crisis

    Chrystal Alexander
    Erin Morse
    Evelyn Gardner
    Kevin Kearns
    Lydia McShane
    Marina Duane
    Journal of Public Affairs Education

    This case study explores the leadership of Admiral Thad Allen who was deployed to coordinate the federal response following Hurricane Katrina and the oil spill following the destruction of the...

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    Conference Presentation Accreditation

    NASPAA Accreditation Discussion

    Christine Rush

    2019 SECoPA Annual Conference session discussing an overview of the NASPAA accreditation process and NASPAA Standards.

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    Journal Article Teaching and Learning

    Consistency is key in online learning: Evaluating student and instructor perceptions of a collaborative online-course template

    Beth Gordon
    Gina Scutelnicu
    Hillary J. Knepper
    Rebecca Tekula
    Teaching Public Administration

    This study examines the features and benefits of a collaborative online-course template designed for and used by the department of public administration program at a mid-Atlantic university in the USA...

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    Journal Article Case Study

    Administrative decision-making amid competing public sector values: Confederate statue removal in Baltimore, Maryland

    Nicole M. Elias
    Rashmi Chordiya
    Sean McCandless
    Journal of Public Affairs Education

    Confederate monuments conjure competing public sector values. Like many cities in the USA, Baltimore, Maryland had monuments honoring the “Lost Cause of the Confederacy”. This case examines the...

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    Journal Article public service values

    Student public service value priorities

    Eric S. Zeemering
    Journal of Public Affairs Education

    Debates about trade-offs among values are central to the field of public administration and to graduate education in public affairs. Accreditation guidelines from the Network of Schools of Public...