Had a meaningful conversation today about journal publications with many emerging policy scholars and several fellow editors. Thanks so much for putting together this workshop!

I hope to see many of you there!

UC Davis Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior; Korean Association for Public Administration (KAPA); Syracuse Maxwell School Center for Policy Design & Governance (CPDG); Policy Studies Organization (PSO); and Wiley Publishing.

OU Institute for Public Policy Research & Analysis (IPPRA); Korean Association for Policy Studies (KAPS); International Journal of Policy Studies (IJPS); CU Denver School of Public Affairs Center for Policy and Democracy; LSU Department of Public Administration;

I am especially grateful to our institutional partners and sponsors for making this gathering possible: DePaul University Political Science Department; University of Arkansas Political Science Department; University of Arkansas Public Policy PhD Program;

Many thanks to Dana Dolan (George Mason University) and Camille Gilmore (University of Arkansas) for hosting the virtual event, and to the George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government for their support.

If you are not able to join us in person, we will also host a virtual reception.

Friday, April 24, 6:30–7:30 PM CT
Via Zoom (registration required)
Register here: gmu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

This reception has been a long-standing tradition in our field and an opportunity to reconnect with colleagues, meet new scholars, and strengthen our policy research community in an informal setting. I always find it to be one of the most enjoyable parts of MPSA.

I hope many of you will join us for the PSJ Policy Scholar Reception at the 2026 MPSA Annual Meeting.

Friday, April 24, 6:00–8:00 PM CT
DePaul University Loop Campus
11th Floor, Gallery Lounge
1 E. Jackson Blvd, Chicago

Just got back to Fayetteville safely after a few days of conference and workshop. The drive from Columbia to Fayetteville was way smoother than I expected. Had an awesome experience!

Had a meaningful conversation with colleagues from the MPA program at other SEC schools. I appreciate the Truman School for its hospitality. Also, I had the chance to spend some valuable time with Korean PhD students there.

It was quite a drive, but I made it safely to MIZZOU for the SEC MPA Leadership Workshop.

Who would expect to see Jeju Island’s Dol Hareubang in Little Rock?

Snapped a quick group photo with my amazing MPA students during the break between sessions at the ACMA conference.

Yes, my MPA students had some chimaek dinner today!

Safely arrived in Little Rock to attend the ACMA conference with my amazing MPA students.

of the semester. Our three bright students from Zambia, the Dominican Republic, and Southern California really brought their A-game and delivered some impressive performances. I can see a very bright future ahead for them. Congrats, Annette, Tony, and Andrew!

I had such a great time during our MPA students' portfolio defense! The topics were fantastic, and the discussions were really insightful. Big thanks to Dr. Josh Mitchell for leading the effort as the committee chair, and to all the other MPA faculty who helped out during one of the busiest times

Song, G., Arnold, G., Siddiki, S. N., Merry, M. K., Peterson, H. L., Tumlison, C., ... & Roy, R. (2026). Editorial Introduction: Institutions, Attention, Narratives, and Policy Outcomes in the Policy Process. Policy Studies Journal, 54(1), e70116.

Here's the full citation for the recent PSJ editorial introduction. There are no page numbers. Just the "eLocator" info toward the end. This is part of a new publishing scheme called "continuous publication." It's a change we’ll all need to get used to soon.

<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library Click on the article title to read more.

Excited to share the editorial introduction for the latest issue of PSJ, which briefly covers 20 new articles published along with some PSJ operations. I appreciate the efforts of all the coauthors. It's free to read. Thank you! @psjeditor.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/psj....

Really excited about this PSJ issue. There are 14 regular research papers (10,000 words) and 6 short articles (3,000-5,000 words), including 3 theory-oriented perspective pieces and 3 methodology-oriented research notes. Thank you so much for all your contributions!

Explore how policy adoption, diffusion mechanisms, and intergovernmental dynamics shape policy processes across diverse contexts in our Policy Theories Virtual Issues on policy diffusion

Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

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<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library How can governments sustain compliance improvements when institutions falter and ad hoc enforcement fades? This study introduces “regularized campaigns” as an institutional innovation that combines t...

This article introduces “regularized campaigns,” showing how enforcement waves close compliance gaps and reshape incentives in environmental governance.

By: Shiran Victoria Shen, Qi Wang, & Bing Zhang

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I have an article out in print at @psjeditor.bsky.social on administrative burdens, deservingness, and race ...

Assessing the Effect of Deservingness Cues on Tolerance for Administrative Burdens

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Dr. Arnzen's Research & Recent Publication on the Administrative Burdens of Voting An introduction to some of my research and my new article out in Policy Studies Journal on how the "costs" of voting matter differently for individuals of different levels of education

The first of my dissertation papers is officially out in @psjeditor.bsky.social! I started this paper in 2023, so I am happy it’s finally out! 🎉

I wrote about it in this post for the North Central College Political Science Bulletin!

Recent research in @psjeditor.bsky.social by Qian Zhang, @cmwitko.bsky.social, and Verasight’s chief data scientist @peterenns.bsky.social analyzed the content of more than 600,000 survey questions fielded from 1980 to 2015 archived at the @ropercenter.bsky.social.

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Linking Policy Design and Diffusion In Policy Paradox, Deborah Stone (1989) argues that the work of policy analysis is too often divorced from the politics of the democratic process. To truly understand policies and their effects, on…

Explore this PSJ blog post on how policy design choices shape diffusion by influencing complexity, revealing how politics drives adoption speed and reach.

By Joshua M. Jansa and Daniel J. Mallinson

Read here: psjblog.net/2026/03/25/l...

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Discover how relationships among actors, network structures, and inter organizational dynamics shape policy processes across diverse contexts in our Policy Theories Virtual Issue on Policy Networks

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<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library A core literature in the field of public policy seeks to understand whether decentralized collective action institutions will emerge to provide public goods. While some studies examine how they perfo...

Can collective action outperform the state in providing public goods? This PSJ article compares state agencies and watershed nonprofits tackling abandoned mine drainage in Pennsylvania.

By: Max Harleman & Jeremy G. Weber

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