JSU College of Public Service held an award ceremony honoring graduating students on April 25, 2019. Since the 2018 summer, Dept of Public Policy and Administration has produced EIGHT PhDs and ELEVEN MPPAs (master degree). The invited students are as follows: Doctoral students: Dr. Shannon Anderson (summer 2018), Dr. Felicia Caples (summer 2018), Dr. Kelsi...Read More

The annual ASPA (American society of Public Administration) is THE annual academic event in the field of public administration.  The 2019 ASPA conference was held in Washington DC, March 8-12, 2019.  From the JSU Dept of Public Policy and Administration, (retired) professor Frances Liddell and Mr. Greg Ramsey, a doctoral student, attended the conference.  Professor Liddell...Read More

Dr. Alan Branson (PhD in 2017) has been promoted to the CFO (Chief Financial Officer) at the HOPE Credit Union lately. https://hopecu.org/seniorstaff/alan-p-branson/ During his student days at the Dept of Public Policy and Administration, Dr. Branson attended the Southeastern Conference of Public Administration (SECOPA 2014), Atlanta, GA, September 17-20, 2014, and gave his presentation on payday...Read More

Ms. Sheryl Bacon  – a doctoral student at the JSU dept of Public Policy & Administration – is selected as the recipient of the Graduate Student Research Award from the 2019 annual conference of the Mississippi Political Science Association, which was held in Hattiesburg, MS, Feb. 8-9th, 2019.  She was one of five PPAD students attending the annual...Read More

The 2019 National Conference of Minority Public Administrators (COMPA) was held in Baltimore, Maryland, March 5-7, 2019. http://compaspanet.com/conference.html The conference is an important academic event for minority scholars and practitioners in the field of public policy and JSU Dept of Public Policy & Administration (PPAD) has been playing important roles. This year PPAD professors, and...Read More

The representatives of the PPAD Graduate Student Association were elected at the JSU downtown campus, on Feb. 25, 2019. They will provide their services from Spring 2019, to Spring 2020: President: Mr. Tyrone Buckley Vice-President: Jennifer Lee Secretary: Glory Moses Treasurer: Tangayika Hoover Parliamentarian: Tyrone Williams The student government will advocate on behalf of the...Read More

The PPAD Student Government Meeting will be held at Room 326, at 5:15 pm, on Feb. 25th (Mon), 2019. We will elect President, vice-president, and other officers for the PPAD Student government. Hopefully current PPAD (PhD and MPPA)  students can join the important event as many as possible.Read More

Dear MPPA Student The Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) Program has been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration since 1978. This accreditation denotes that we have met professional standards and core competencies in educating students for careers in public services. Programs are reaccredited every seven years. The MPPA Program is...Read More

Four PPAD students and Dr. Jae-Young Ko, PPAD Associate Professor presented their research at the Annual Conference of Mississippi Political Science Association (MSPSA) at the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi on February 8th and 9th, 2019.  Ms. Sheryl Bacon (doctoral student) presented her research on environmental quality (title: Lessons from Flint: mitigating the potential health threat of...Read More