Volunteer Management: A Strategic Approach Winner of the 2025 Academy of Management Public and Nonprofit Division Book Award and the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) 2025 Outstanding Scholarship of Teac...

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For those interested in volunteer management and public engagement, there are lots of areas for future research!

Government volunteering: how it started, how it’s going Governments have long turned to volunteers to help provide public services. From volunteers on citizen advisory boards to park clean-ups to restocking books in libraries, government agencies rely o...

Happy to see this article with @sowa75.bsky.social on #government #volunteering out!

We apply our strategic volunteer management approach to managing the unique context of government volunteers.

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Excited to share new open-access research with @jaclynpiatak.bsky.social in The American Review of Public Administration.

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Protect Academic Freedom, Vote No to Revising The Code The UNC System Board of Governors will vote to amend the UNC System Code with new restrictions on academic freedom at its February 26 meeting. The Board of Governors plans to rewrite the very definiti...

I just signed the @ncaaup.bsky.social petition calling on the UNC Board of Governors to Protect Academic Freedom, Vote No to Revising the UNC System Code.

Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...

Excited to share two new Public Administration Review articles now online.

Article 1 reviews 221 studies (1980–2022) on rural public organizations, finding growing attention—but fragmented definitions of “rural” and limited non-U.S. coverage.

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How Museums Can Help Rebuild Trust in a Divided America Museums remain among the few places where curiosity still draws people across political and cultural lines. Can they model how people might think and listen together?

92% of adults view museums as nonpartisan sources of education, and 96% would support lawmakers who fund them. Now museums are using that trust to foster dialogue in polarized times — modeling how people might think and listen together.
https://phlnthrp.com/49zGzXF

<em>Public Administration Review</em> | ASPA Journal | Wiley Online Library President Trump altered the U.S. federal civil service system by reducing merit-based protections for bureaucratic expertise and expanding the scope of political appointments, shifting the balance lo...

Excited to see our PAR article out now and #OpenAccess!!

@colt-jensen.bsky.social and I find that political knowledge and public service motivation (PSM) are positively correlated with favorable perceptions of current merit system protections.

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Excited and grateful to win NASPAA's 2025 Outstanding Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Book Award with @sowa75.bsky.social for our book, Volunteer Management: A Strategic Approach. #2025NASPAAGLOBAL

Screenshot of Table 1 from article linked to later in thread. Summary stats (means). Equity 2.982. Efficiency 2.964. Effectiveness 3.199. Representation 3.136. N = 814; Response options: Not Important at all (0), Of little importance (1), Of average importance (2), Very Important (3), Absolutely Essential (4).

🧵I was surprised to find that people rate representation as more important than equity or efficiency, when asked to assess values for public services. From my latest work with @jaclynpiatak.bsky.social @colt-jensen.bsky.social & @minjungckim.bsky.social

Thanks, Lucky!!

<em>Public Administration Review</em> | ASPA Journal | Wiley Online Library Nonprofit and for-profit providers play an increasing role in public service delivery, but we know little about what shapes public service delivery preferences. Responding to calls to put the “public...

This builds upon my @pareview.bsky.social article with @colt-jensen.bsky.social on public value and service delivery preferences: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Perhaps understanding public value preferences can help explain, inform, and shape public support for policy design, implementation, and assessments of government.

We find:
💠 People with more liberal political ideology prioritize equity and representation over efficiency and effectiveness
💠 High PSM individuals prioritize equity over efficiency and effectiveness

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Check out our latest ARPA @aspanational.bsky.social article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

@nathanfavero.com, @colt-jensen.bsky.social, @minjungckim.bsky.social, & I examine how political ideology & public service motivation influence public value preferences.

Race, gender, and rules: How intersectionality and congruence shape leadership perceptions Are Black women perceived differently as managers, beyond the separate influences of their race and gender? And are such judgments moderated by rule formalization? Using a survey experiment of US a...

Great to collaborate with @jaredamcdonald.bsky.social ky.social‬ @profsp.bsky.social & @zmomoney.bsky.social on this!

Out now in @ipmjournal.bsky.social - Race, gender, and rules: How #intersectionality and #congruence shape #leadership perceptions www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UC5VG...ct

So honored and happy to collaborate with @sowa75.bsky.social on this!

I'm thrilled to announce I'll be joining the Department of Public and Nonprofit Studies at Georgia Southern University this fall as an Assistant Professor! I'm incredibly honored for this opportunity to work with a fantastic group of faculty and students. Looking forward to this new chapter!

Congrats, Will!!! 🎉

I'm so happy for you and Georgia Southern!

Eight tangible things you can do: 1. call congressional representatives 2. push universities to advocate against cuts 3. activate professional associations 4. attend a protest 5. follow researchers working in these areas 6. educate your neighbors and friends 7. join a group that supports science 8. demand federally funded research be free of partisan interference

Censoring mis/disinformation research is just the beginning. All scientific research in the US is under threat. Now is the time for scientists in all fields to act. Some small steps each of us can take:

MATSUI, HOULAHAN, BACON INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO BLOCK AMERICORPS CUTS WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-07), Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-06) and Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE-02) introduced the Protect National Service Act, which would pr...

Grateful to Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA-07) for fighting to protect #nationalservice by introducing the Protect National Service Act—a bold step to prohibit federal dollars from being used to dismantle AmeriCorps' mission or core programs.

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<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library Public opinion features prominently in policy research because it sets bounds on the definition of policy problems and acceptable policy solutions. We contend that public opinion is also important fo...

Federal government cuts threatening #foodsafety makes our @psjeditor.bsky.social article all too relevant.

@cd-maestas.bsky.social, Jacqueline Chattopadhyay, Suzanne Leland and I find the public prefers more uniform food safety regulation at the federal level.
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Great to see the Gerald G. Fox MPA program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte rise to #49! Go 49ers!!

Happy to see our expertise in #local government, #nonprofit management, and public finance and #budgeting recognized!

Volunteers and Fundraising YouTube video by The Fund Raising School

Thanks so much for having me on the Fundraising School's First Day Podcast!! (youtu.be/x8zfph9fVZI?...)

Great to talk about my book with @sowa75.bsky.social - Volunteer Management: A Strategic Approach
www.routledge.com/Volunteer-Ma...

#Volunteer #VolunteerSupport #VolunteerManagement

Updates and Office Hours Preserving public data

We will hold office hours tomorrow and Wednesday for those working on data rescues who want to ask questions: www.datarescueproject.org/updates-and-...

Such sad news. I was fortunate to take an independent study with Beryl @AU_SPA and enjoyed her insights during my time there.

Beryl was an inspiration from being a true pracademic to serving as @APPAM_DC president and as the first female @jpart_journal editor.

Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system When ideological targeting becomes cronyism

New, from me: Trump and Musk are engaged in a broad-based downsizing of government, using that downsizing to selectively target their enemies, while expanding their political power by trading exceptions to the downsizing.

It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...

"Individual actions and collective organizing help to remind others that the actions of the Trump administration do not have broad support...Universities, philanthropies, nonprofits, and professional organizations need to remind each other of the power they have, and the principles they stand for."

How 18F transformed government technology − and why its elimination matters 18F was the US government’s in-house technology consultancy, lauded for saving taxpayer money and improving services. Here’s what it did − and what’s now lost.

For over a decade, 18F brought modern, user-centered tech to government. Now, it’s just...gone.

In a new article in @us.theconversation.com I discuss why 18F mattered, what its shutdown means, and the broader implications for government technology and digital service delivery.

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Congratulations to ASPA's Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations (SPALR) Award Winners!!

I'm honored to receive the Jonathan West Outstanding Scholar Award - many thanks for the nomination @sowa75.bsky.social!