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We The People is a magazine focused on just that: our people. In this issue, we head around the world showcasing our global impact. We catch up with our five Rhodes Scholars, and take a deep dive into the life of Dr. Charles S. Bullock III.
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We The People is published annually for alumni, friends, and supporters of the School of Public and International Affairs. Managing Editor/Writer Caroline Paris Paczkowski Design Bulldog Print + Design Contributing Writers Dr. Amanda J. Abraham Dr. Jamie L. Carson Dr. K. Chad Clay Lauren A. Ledbetter Kalah Mingo Shelby R. Steuart Amanda Tysor Photography Cover: Cassie Wright Ian McFarlane Photography Wingate Downs Photography Special thank you to The Starlite Showroom who provided the antique items shown on the cover.
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31 32 contents 3 From the Dean 4 Department Head Notes 7 Making History 8 Alumni Board Profile: Hadas Peles 9 The Human Rights Measurement Initiative 10 Student Notes and Accomplishments 16 Bullock Timeline 19 Expanding the MPA Program Beyond Borders 20 A Passion for International Affairs 21 BOV Member Profile: Gene Habiger Keep us updated on your news and successes. Email us at spia@uga.edu
36 22 Evaluating the 2018 Midterm Elections: A Referendum on President Trump 24 Oh the Places You’ll Go 30 Analyzing the Effect of Obama’s Judicial Appointments 3 1 Managing Around the Globe 32 The Road to Rhodes 36 Increasing the Availability of Evidence-Based Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder 37 Alumni News and Notes 43 In Memoriam: Powell Moore 44 Faculty Accomplishments 48 Giving Back 49 Leave Your Mark on SPIA 49 The SPIA Five 50 Honor Roll
From the Dean
Board of Visitors Ambassador David Adelman (ABJ ‘86)
hen highly sought-after faculty join organizations, their presence is often felt immediately. That is how I would describe the impact of the new faculty who joined SPIA this year. A dozen faculty came on board in the fall – the largest cohort in SPIA’s history – and changes are evident at every turn in Baldwin and Candler Halls. Students are discovering new subjects and new ways of learning. For example, lecturer Jeff Glas incorporates “digital workdays” into his introductory American Politics course which involves data collection, analysis, and interpretation all in a single class session. Assistant Professor Michelle Lofton often has her students learn the basics of public financial administration outside of class meeting times; actual faceto-face time is reserved for deeper analysis of concepts and case material. In her Introduction to Comparative Politics course, Assistant Professor Mollie Cohen has her students calculate and interrogate democracy scores for countries using Freedom House’s democracy standards. Even as new faculty try out new pedagogies at SPIA, long-serving faculty are sharing their wisdom with new audiences beyond the boundaries of campus. Consider Professor Charles Bullock. In the fall, Dr. Bullock shared his expertise in two, hour-long installments on Georgia Public Radio. The subject: old and new on the Georgia political scene. Who, apart from Bullock, can speak more authoritatively about where we’ve been and where we’re headed on Georgia’s long and winding political road? Staying current – and aiming for broad impact – are defining features of Professor Amanda Abraham’s work, too. With other investigators at UGA, she is helping pharmacists, social workers, and clinical psychologists recognize the warning signs of problematic opioid use, abuse, and dependence among patients. Many SPIA faculty are helping raise the visibility of their students’ own ideas and accomplishments. A prime example is Dr. Maryann Gallagher, coordinator of SPIA’s
new Undergraduate Research Colloquium. SPIA students generate knowledge and their insights are meant to be shared. The first annual installment of the colloquium took place on Friday, March 29, 2019 at the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library.
Mr. Christopher M. Brown (AB ‘01) Mr. R. Lee Culpepper (AB ‘84) Mr. Jeffrey D. Gladstein (AB ‘84) General (Ret.) Eugene E. Habiger (BS ‘63) Mr. John Frank Halper (MPA ‘77) Mr. James Robert Hurley (AB ’72) Mr. Joshua W. Jones (ABJ ‘08, AB ‘08, MBA ‘16) Mr. Ronald Just Mr. Terry A. Mathews (AB ‘82) Ms. Lora McCray (AB ‘85) Mr. James P. McVaney, Jr. (AB ‘92) Ms. Harriet J. Melvin (ABJ ‘86) Mr. C. Randall Nuckolls (BSA ‘74, JD ‘77) Major General Arnold L. Punaro (MA ‘76) Dr. Ralph E. Reed, Jr. (AB ‘85) Ms. Julie C. Smith (AB ‘00) Mr. L. Henry Turner III (AB ‘79) Mr. Joe D. Whitley (AB ‘72, JD ‘75)
Alumni Board Ms. Francesca Amodeo (AB ‘13, AB ‘13) Mr. Alex Baker (AB ‘07) MATTHEW R. AUER Dean and Arch Professor of Public and International Affairs
Of course, this is but a small sample of “what’s new” at SPIA, and more than simply new, these vignettes point to the continuing relevance of the school and the contributions of members of its community. There is so much more to stir your interest, including the significant accomplishments and news of SPIA alumni. Several features in the pages herein affirm that point. Please enjoy this issue of We The People, and make sure to open and read our electronic newsletter which should arrive in your inbox quarterly. Keep in touch, so we can share your news, far and wide.
Ms. Ashley Bertani (AB ‘07) Ms. Caitlyn Cooper (AB ‘07) Mr. Nick deJong (AB ‘09) Mr. David Dove (AB ‘09, JD ‘14) Mr. J. Wells Ellenberg (AB ‘13) Dr. Laura Haase (AB ‘94, MPA ‘96) Ms. Samantha Hill (AB ’09), Chair Mr. Scott Haggard (ABJ ‘94, AB ‘95) Ms. Stephanie Kindregan (MPA ‘07) Ms. Katherine Knight (AB ‘12), DC Liaison Mr. Doug Matties (MPA ‘01), Vice Chair Mr. Jason O’Rouke (AB ‘06, MPA ‘11), Past Chair Ms. Margaret “Meg” Turlington Patterson (AB ‘09) Ms. Hadas Peles (AB ‘09) Mr. Matt Ralston (AB ‘12, MPA ‘14) Mr. Dan Regenstein (AB ‘06) Mr. Wesley Robinson (AB ‘12) Mr. Grant Thomas (AB ‘15) Mr. Arthur Tripp (AB ‘09) Mr. David Werner (AB ‘05)
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he Department of International Affairs (DIA) keeps reaching new heights in research, teaching, and service. As the fifth largest major on campus, we serve more than 800 students on their paths to becomeing international affairs policy professionals. We also serve Master in International Policy and Political Science and International Affairs MA and PhD students as they improve their skills and embark on new careers in policy or academia. We welcomed four new tenure-track faculty members and two new limited term lecturers this academic year! Dr. Molly Ariotti is a specialist on Burkina Faso and executive-legislative relations. Dr. Mollie Cohen focuses on political behavior in Latin America, specifically on what leads individuals to cast spoiled ballots. Dr. Ryan Powers is an expert on international political economy and the academicpractitioner divide. AMANDA MURDIE Dr. Megan Turnbull Head, Department of is an expert on International Affairs Nigeria and focuses on non-state actors and state capacity. Our two new limited term lecturers, Dr. Zack Bowersox and Dr. Thomas Just, are teaching stimulating new courses. Dr. Markus Crepaz ended a fantastic nine-year run as department head this past spring. His leadership helped cultivate the teaching and research successes we enjoy today. We have some more changes in the department happening this year. Dr. Hanna Kleider has accepted a position at King’s College London; we’ve enjoyed having her here. Dr. Loch Johnson has announced that he is retiring at the end of May 2019.
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Dr. Johnson has been a critical part of our department, SPIA, and the University since 1979. Our School’s founding is in large part due to Dr. Johnson’s creativity, vision, tenacity, and diplomacy. Although we are excited about his future endeavors, DIA will not be the same without him. Our faculty are continuing to excel in all areas of the profession. Two of our faculty members, Dr. Lihi Ben Shitrit and Dr. Shane Singh have been awarded prestigious fellowships for parts of this year with institutes at Harvard University. Dr. Gregory Thaler won the Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award, given annually for the best dissertation in the field of science, technology, and environmental politics. Dr. Amanda Murdie won the 2018 Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Studies Association. Dr. Cas Mudde became the Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor; you can regularly see his popular writings in The Guardian and other major news outlets. Dr. K. Chad Clay has received funds from the National Science Foundation. Dr. Jeffrey D. Berejikian conducted a series of policy briefings across the US government, including the Offices of the President, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of Defense. There is so much more exciting research being done in by DIA; the above awards are just a small sampling of the innovations we’re involved with! Our research success goes handin-hand with our teaching and service excellence. Dr. Leah Carmichael received the department’s teaching excellence
award this year. She also participated in the 2018 Active Learning Summer Institute. Dr. Maryann Gallagher hosted the American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting Pedagogy Workshop. Dr. Jennifer White took students to Paris on a study abroad trip. Dr. Andrew P. Owsiak was named a search committee member for UGA’s new provost; he is also the Chair of the Executive Committee of the University Council. These prestigious positions are testaments to Dr. Owsiak’s crucial role at UGA. Our faculty and graduate students are getting published in the top journals. For example, Dr. Daniel W. Hill, Jr., published in Research and Politics with two of our PhD students, Josh Jackson and Shelby Hall and in International Studies Quarterly with PhD student K. Anne Watson. Dr. Rongbin Han also published with PhD student Linan Jia in the Journal of Chinese Governance. Dr. Micah GellRedman has exciting new research on immigration in Political Research Quarterly, and Dr. Laura Zimmermann has fascinating new research on gender-bias in India in World Development. The Department of International Affairs contributes to the university’s mission to “transform the world around us” through innovative research, teaching, and service. With your support, we can continue to tackle the security, development, and political challenges of today. Please feel free to reach out and strengthen your connections to your alma mater! We’d love to hear from you.
Baruch College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. Among an array of impressive books and articles, she authored The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America’s Liberties, A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution, and Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America’s Independence. Berkin spoke to a full house in the university’s Chapel and then continued conversations with a large number of students at a reception in Candler Hall. Generous, private gifts made these visits possible. This spring, the department hosted national and international conferences. The Visions in Methodology Conference was cohosted with the Department of International Affairs. Also, this spring the department hosted the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) southeastern regional conference. These conferences provide great opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to hear about cutting edge research and mingle with scholars from around the nation and world. Support for these conferences came from professional associations, the Provost’s office, and private gifts. Our conferences are wide-ranging, attracting scholars from around the southeast, the nation, and the world, offering students perspectives not found in their classrooms. Visiting scholars return home impressed by the strength and breadth of our faculty and students. Our faculty remain top-notch, securing a wide range of awards for teaching, research, and service excellence. The university got to see our very own Professor Jamie Monogan on the jumbotron at Sanford Stadium when he was acknowledged on the field for his University of Georgia Creative Research Medal. Professor Charles Bullock received the V.O. Key Best Book award from the Southern Political Science Association, and Assistant Professor Jason Anastasopoulos received a Microsoft Visiting Professor Fellowship from Princeton University. Professors Alexa Bankert, Christy Boyd, and Audrey Haynes were each recognized for their dedication to students. Bankert became a Lilly Teaching Fellow, Boyd received the Graduate School Mentoring Award from the Graduate School for the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Haynes received the Regent’s Teaching Excellence Award for Online Teaching. Professor Brittany Bramlett became a University Service Learning Fellow. Lastly, Professor Delmer Dunn received the President’s Medal for his lifetime of dedication to the University of Georgia, which included time as the head of the Department of Political Science. Our students thrive in the intellectual environment we’ve created, but over the last few years, the department has experienced
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lection years always generate excitement in departments of political science, and ours was no exception. Professor M.V. “Trey” Hood was especially busy directing the Survey Research Center this summer and fall. The Survey Research Center findings were reported regularly in the Atlanta Journal Constitution and sometimes in national outlets. In addition to raising the profile of the department, the center also provides opportunities for undergraduates to gain first-hand experience to an increasingly important field of research. Our Survey Research Center remains one of the few in the southeast. The Applied Politics Program is in its third year, and it continues to shine. Guided by Professor Audrey Haynes, undergraduates in the program receive focused training for careers in politics. In addition to their classroom work, students interact with practitioners with established records in politics. Many of the practitioners SCOTT H. AINSWORTH visiting campus are Head, Department of themselves UGA Political Science alumni, who are graciously giving back. An early alumnus of the program, Houston Gaines, joined the Georgia Assembly in 2019. The department continues to attract great scholars to campus. A large contingent of faculty and students enjoyed hearing the 2018 George S. Parthemos Lecture presented by Dr. Jan Box-Steffensmeier entitled “The Importance of Studying Difference and Change in the Social Sciences.” BoxSteffensmeier is the Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Ohio State University, the Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science and Professor of Sociology, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. For the university’s Constitution Day, the Department co-hosted Dr. Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History Emerita at
some growing pains, as our undergraduate major population increased by more than 50%. We remain one of the most innovative departments for an undergraduate education, but reinvestments in the department are crucial. This fall, we welcomed Professor Geoff Sheagley to the department. Sheagley received his training at the University of Minnesota, and by joining us he strengthens our positions in political psychology and political behavior. We also started the exciting process of hiring two new faculty members – one in the field of political behavior and another in the field of political theory. We have attracted applicants from some of our nation’s finest institutions, from the west coast to the northeast, from Florida to Maine, and everywhere in between. We work hard to attract the finest teachers and scholars for our students.
Political science faculty members pose with Dr. Bullock at his 50th anniversary celebration.
We always enjoy hearing from you. Six faculty visited with friends and alumni at the November DC Alumni Reception hosted by Altria. Professors Charles Bullock, Susan Haire, Audrey Haynes, Trey Hood, John Maltese, and I enjoyed visiting with current students, recent alumni, and alumni from years past. By the time that this magazine is distributed, the Atlanta reception marking Professor Bullock’s fifty years with the Department of Political Science will have already passed. Please mark your calendars for future events. There’s really no reason not to visit us in your favorite college town, Athens. The department and I remain thankful for all of your support. This fall we were reminded of the kindness of our larger Political Science community when we lost Rodger Carroll, a longtime friend of the department and Professor Susette Talarico’s husband. Susette Talarico taught in the Political Science Department from 1977 to 2006. Susette was an award-winning teacher, deeply dedicated to her students, her female colleagues, who had too few mentors, and to young faculty families. Upon her passing in 2007, over 200 alumni, faculty, friends, and family contributed gifts to create the Talarico Lecture, which remains an annual spring highlight for students and faculty interested in public law, courts, and criminal justice.
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was another busy and successful year for the Department of Public Administration and Policy. The year’s events and accomplishments highlighted the importance of public service and the important ways in which UGA contributes to public policy here and abroad. Last year, for example, we hosted some exciting events. The former Director of the US Office of Government Ethics Walter M. Shaub Jr. gave the Getzen Lecture on Public Accountability in the spring and we cohosted (with GSU and Georgia Tech) the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) annual BRADLEY E. WRIGHT conference in Head, Department of the fall. Public Administration We also host an and Policy increasing number of MPA students. Taking advantage of a recent UGA initiative, the MPA program now has Double Dawgs programs with six undergraduate majors (History, Public Relations, and Sociology joined the programs established in 2017, Criminal Justice, International Affairs, and Political Science) which allows high-performing undergraduate students to start taking MPA courses early so they can earn two degrees (a Bachelor’s and a MPA) in five years. As a result of this and other programmatic and recruiting initiatives, we had the largest ever incoming cohort of MPA students in the history of the program! This is especially encouraging given this runs counter to the current national trend of declining enrollments.
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The program and its faculty continue to have a strong reputation in and impact on public policy and administration. In addition to our continued high rankings as reported by the U.S. News & World Report (including #4 in Public Management & Leadership and #3 in Budget/Finance), the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects ranks the program #5 in the world (http://www. shanghairanking.com/ShanghairankingSubject-Rankings/public-administration.html). These rankings are not only a reflection of our high-quality instruction but also of the productivity and success of our faculty and graduates. Many of our faculty and graduates received individual awards and recognition in 2018. Dr. Hal Rainey, for example, was selected to receive the 2018 Keith G. Provan Award for Outstanding Contribution to Empirical Theory by the Public and Nonprofit Division of the Academy of Management. Dr. Tima Moldogaziev not only was the lead author on a recent study that won the 2018 Jesse Burkhead Award for the best article published in Public Budgeting & Finance but he also received the 2018 SPIA Outstanding Research Award. Both awards were given in the same year Dr. Moldogaziev was promoted to Associate Professor in our department. Recent graduate Dr. Megan LePere-Schloop (UGA MPA ‘13, Ph.D. ‘17) received the 2018 Academy of Management Public and Nonprofit Division’s Best Dissertation Award. Given that the success of the PhD program has always been an important strength of our department, we also thank Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus Dr. Larry O’Toole and his wife Mary for their generous gift and all their fundraising efforts to establish an
endowment to support the success of our next generation of young scholars (see more information on page 48). Speaking of the next generation of successful PADP scholars, we welcomed three excellent new faculty in the fall of 2018. Dr. Eric Zeemering (PhD in Political Science from Indiana University) joined us as an Associate Professor and our new MPA Director. His research investigates local governance and intergovernmental relations, including interlocal contracting for municipal service delivery and the design and performance of networks for local environmental governance. Also joining us in fall was Dr. Emily Lawler (PhD in Economics from Vanderbilt University), whose research focuses include health economics, development economics, and applied microeconomics. Lawler is particularly interested in analyzing the effects of public policies on maternal and child health. Finally, Dr. Michelle Lofton (UGA, MPA ‘13) rejoined the department (PhD in Public Administration from Syracuse University). Her research interests broadly explore the intersection of public finance and public management by investigating financial tools and techniques to better inform management, strategy, and policy decisions. Unfortunately, 2018 also saw us say goodbye to triple Dawg Dr. Brian Williams (A.B. ‘88, MPA ‘91 and PhD ‘95). After 13 years on our faculty, Dr. Williams leaves UGA to join his wife and UGA double dawg Carla Williams (AB ‘89, MPA ‘91) as she starts her new job as Athletic Director at the University of Virginia. We thank Brian for his many years of service and wish both Brian and Carla the best on this exciting new stage of their careers!
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people were really happy with our ideas and motivation so it moved away from three black people running to three people who shared an idea that really resonated with the student body,” said Grand-Jean. Grand-Jean and Marsh believe such a historic win was possible because of their shared vision and common goals for change on campus that engaged students. “While our names were on the ticket, we made sure to make it about them, the students,” said Marsh. Moving forward they hope to improve UGA resources to run efficiently, bring to light what’s happening on campus so students feel informed, and bridge divides to collaboratively spark initiatives and change.
Ammishaddai Grand-Jean, President
On March 28, 2018, three UGA students made history when they became the first group of African-Americans inaugurated to the top three positions in UGA’s Student Government Association (SGA). Ammishaddai Grand-Jean, a political science and economics major, was elected president; Charlene Marsh, a political science and international affairs major, was elected vice president; while Destin Mizelle, a psychology major, was elected treasurer. The trio from metro Atlanta is the second-all black elected ticket of UGA student government. The first was in 1993 with Telvis Rich as president and Ron Jones as vice president. SGA began including treasurers to its executive ticket in 2007. Grand-Jean and Marsh are both SPIA students who feel that the school has prepared them for their SGA roles and heavily influenced them as leaders. “SPIA influenced me in the sense of inspiration and encouragement to get involved. You don’t have to wait until you graduate to get involved in politics, government, or making a change. We definitely felt that support from our college,” said Grand-Jean. “Being in SPIA has definitely made me
more of a forward-thinking leader. It doesn’t take much to realize SPIA’s commitment to developing leaders and bright minds who go on to solve problems that face the communities around us,” said Marsh. “It has pushed me to realize my own agency and ability to make changes where they are needed...the greatest leaders are ones who want as many voices at the table as possible to create solutions.” It was never their intention to have an all-black executive ticket or to make history when they decided to run. The focus was to help students and create change through their platform points: efficiency, transparency, and cooperation. “We are black. We didn’t want people to ignore that,” said Grand-Jean. “But
Charlene Marsh, Vice President
Destin Mizelle, Treasurer
During their time at UGA, Grand-Jean and Marsh plan to complete their Double Dawgs program and earn their MPA degree. Grand-Jean and Marsh are the epitome of the SPIA student--trailblazers, change makers, and unifiers-- and their politics speak wholeheartedly to that. “When you allow yourself to be led by passion and authenticity, people will want to listen to what you have to say,” said Marsh.
ALUMNI BOARD MEMBER PROFILE:
Hadas Peles By Kalah Mingo
Born in the Middle East, raised on the West Coast, and educated in the South, Hadas Peles’ (AB ‘09) background is diverse to say the least. Part of Peles’ childhood was spent in Israel. Her family moved to the United States when she was eight years old. With no knowledge of English, she plunged into American culture.
“It was a good bet — I would not have changed my decision and am thankful to have met many people in Athens who made my college experience so foundational,” said Peles. Upon Peles’ arrival at UGA in 2005, she immediately declared herself a political science major. She was drawn to SPIA because of her experience in high school
“It was a really strange experience. Learning English was my first educational experience,” said Peles. Peles and her three brothers are first generation college graduates in the United States, however, Peles was the first in her family to attend the University of Georgia. She chose UGA because she knew it would give her access to some of the best professors in the world.
with political advocacy groups, voting groups, and campaigns. “SPIA was this hidden gem. The school is really small, but it was producing many successful people working in the political arena,” said Peles. During her time at UGA, Peles was involved with the Washington Semester Program, which gives students a chance to live, work, and attend classes in the nation’s capital.
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Peles interned for Congressman Hank Johnson for a semester during the program. She loved it so much that she stayed there through the summer to work on a campaign for a candidate for the Washington, DC Board of Education. The candidate was successful. “I had a political bug,” she said. While at SPIA, Peles’ favorite professor was Dr. Loch Johnson, Regents Professor of Public and International Affairs. He inspired Peles both inside and outside the classroom. Dr. Johnson sponsored her first professional experience in Washington DC with the inaugural Washington Semester Program and nurtured her interest in defense and foreign policy. “There’s really just not enough words to properly describe his dynamic and creative approach to foreign policy education,” said Peles. After graduation, Peles began to explore a career in politics. She spent more than five years working with The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a lobbying group that advocates for proIsrael policies. While working with AIPAC, Peles promoted bipartisan support for the pro-Israel movement. As an immigrant from Israel, this advocacy was important to her. “Working with AIPAC bridged my passion for the two countries and our shared values through a bi-partisan lens, which is so very needed in Washington today,” she said. Peles transitioned to the real estate industry in 2017 and currently works as a project manager for Jamestown, an Atlantabased real estate management fund. Though no longer working in the political arena, Peles still supports and gives back to SPIA because she believes in the work of SPIA and the future world leaders it creates. “I am really excited by the direction SPIA is headed in and the kind of studentleaders turned global-leaders that our school has produced over the last decade of my involvement,” said Peles. “Both the leadership and programming is top notch, and we are heading in a very positive direction in producing leaders in politics, policy, and business.” Peles’ advice to current SPIA students: treat every interview as an opportunity for a conversation. She credits this piece of wisdom to Eric Johnson, Director of the UGA Visitors Center, who passed it along to her when she was a student. “You may or may not be the perfect candidate for the role you seek, but a relationship can form quickly over a positive and genuine conversation,” urges Peles.
HUMAN RIGHTS MEASUREMENT INITIATIVE By Dr. K. Chad Clay
On December 10, 2018, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turned 70 years old. In the aftermath of World War II, the United Nations created the Universal Declaration to define human rights for the world and to place those rights at the foundation of a new international system that would oppose atrocities like those observed throughout the war and the years leading up to it. The Universal Declaration then served as the starting point for the entire international human rights regime, which has served to secure human rights a place in international law. By itself, this is a massive achievement. It is also, quite clearly, not enough. While human rights are secure in their place as international law, it is difficult to hold governments accountable for their violations of those laws. One reason this is difficult is that we have no agreed-upon data source that measures government respect for human rights and tells us which states are treating people well and which are not. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) is trying to create exactly that: the world’s first global comprehensive source for tracking the human rights performance of countries. I co-founded HRMI in 2015 with AnneMarie Brook (Motu Economic and Public Policy Research) and Susan Randolph (University of Connecticut). Since then, we have formed a SPIA-based team for measuring civil and political rights that also includes Ryan Bakker (Political Science), Daniel Hill (International Affairs), and Amanda Murdie (International Affairs). In early 2018, we released our pilot data set, which includes civil and political rights data on 13 countries around the world alongside a host of data visualizations and other materials. Human rights data like these can provide a great deal of insight into current events. For example, the recent killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by agents of the Saudi Arabian government received much attention in the media. Khashoggi’s killing appears to have been an attempted “disappearance,” a violation of human rights whereby government agents take someone, and their fate is left unknown to the outside world. However, the HRMI data tell us that this is no isolated incident. Saudi Arabia performs very poorly on HRMI’s indicators of the rights to be free from disappearance and arbitrary arrest, and Saudi Arabia has the absolute lowest score in HRMI’s pilot data on the right to opinion and expression. In each of these cases,
journalists are noted as one of the groups most at risk for violations of each of these rights. The next step for HRMI is to expand to cover a greater number of countries in the world. We are currently preparing to expand the dataset to a few more countries in 2019 based on feedback received in October at our 2018 HRMI Co-Design Workshop, which we held in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was hosted by Amnesty
International’s Southern Africa Regional Office and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA). At that workshop, 45 human rights practitioners from more than 25 different countries came together to help us make HRMI more useful for themselves and others. In the process, we heard the stories of brave human rights practitioners worldwide, all of whom are committed to using data produced at SPIA to help make the world a better place. For more information, please see our website at humanrightsmeasurement.org.
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STUDENT NOTES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS Undergraduate Students Monique Sholeh Alavi
AB International Affairs ‘20 Publications • Ameerah: Minia’s Secrets Book 1 (Amazon) • “The Epidemic of Homelessness in Athens” (Capitol Corner, Rep. Spencer Frye 11/15/18)
Grants/Awards • Zell Miller Scholarship Study Abroad • Verona Study Abroad Program, Summer 2018
Haidi Al-Shabrawey
AB International Affairs ‘18 AB Political Science ‘18 Student Organization Leadership • Vice President of Events, Student Alumni Council • Peer Adviser, Freshman Forum • SPIA Ambassador • Honors Ambassador Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Project Manager, Georgia Muslim Voter Project • Intern, Department of State - Office of Conservation and Water Grants/Awards • Honors in Washington • Chambliss Fellowship • Sam Nunn Security Leadership Award
Kathryn Ayres
Monique Sholeh Alavi Student Organization Leadership • Domestic Mentor, Language Partner Program • Events Committee, SPIA Student Union • Mentee, SPIA Mentorship Program • Internal Director, Coalition of Student Leaders Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Student Circulation Desk Assistant, Alexander Campbell King Law Library • Legislative Fellow, Representative Spencer Frye Fellowship
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Student Organization Leadership • President, Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honors Society) • Vice President, Sigma Iota Rho (International Affairs Honors Society) • Parent Relations Coordinator, Delta Phi Epsilon Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Intern for Casey Cagle’s Campaign for Governor • Intern for Houston Gaines’ Campaign for State House • Intern for Athens District Attorney’s Office • Intern for Congressman Jody Hice’s Congressional Office • Intern for Georgia Republican Party
Elizabeth Carter
AB International Affairs ‘21 Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Microenterprise Development Program Intern, International Rescue Committee Atlanta
Samuel Driggers
AB International Affairs ‘19 AB Arabic ‘19 Student Organization Leadership • Co-Director, UGAvotes • Policy Advisor, Roosevelt @ UGA • Shift Leader, Campus Kitchen • External Engagements Coordinator, Roosevelt @ UGA • Vinson Fellow, International Center of Carl Vinson Institute of Government Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Intern, World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland Grants/Awards • Vinson Fellowship Scholarship
AB, MA International Affairs ‘20 Student Organization Leadership • Senior Editor, Georgia Political Review • Vice President and GIS Program Manager, Data for Good • Member, Omicron Delta Kappa Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Department of Defense Policy Intern, U.S. Strategic Command (Summer 2018) • Carl Vinson Institute of Government Policy Research Intern (Spring 2018, Fall 2018) Grants/Awards • Honors International Scholars Program
Jessica Batten
AB Political Science ‘18 Publications • “The Estate Tax: Aristocracy is
AB International Affairs ‘19 AB Political Science ‘19
Alexander Garrett
un-American” (Common Courtesy 12/21/17) • “The End of DACA” (Eve’s Politics) Student Organization Leadership • Director of Activism, Young Democrats of Georgia Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Volunteer, Brand New Congress • Intern, Washington Office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo • Tutor, UGA Athletic Association • Door Security, Boar’s Head Lounge • Field Director, Democratic Campaign for WA House of Reps • Voter Outreach, Stacey Abrams A-Team Grants/Awards • Zell Miller Scholarship • Washington Semester Scholarship • Charter Scholarship • Warner-Fite Award Study Abroad • Washington Semester Program
Megan Gillahan
AB International Affairs ‘19 Student Organization Leadership • Director General, Model United Nations Team Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Research Intern, The Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California (Summer 2018)
Sneha Gubbala
AB International Affairs ‘20 Publications • Harris, T. M., Janovec, A., Murray, S., Gubbala, S., & Robinson, A. (2018). Communicating Racism: A Study of Racial Microaggressions in a Southern University and the Local Community. Southern Communication Journal. Student Organization Leadership • Secretary, Honors Program Student Council • Public Relations Coordinator, Thomas Lay After School Program • Public Relations Chair, Athens for Everyone at UGA Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Transcriber, Linguistic Atlas Project Grants/Awards • Honors International Scholars Program • Experiential Learning Scholarship Study Abroad • Morocco Study Abroad Program, Summer 2018
Caroline Gustavson AB International Affairs ‘19 Publications • “India & Pakistan: The Forgotten Nuclear War” (Georgia Political Review, Spring 2018) Student Organization Leadership • President, John Quincy Adams Society • Richard B. Russell Security Leadership Scholar • Spencer Frye Fellow • Staff Writer, Georgia Political Review Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • The Virtual Student Federal Service Internship • The James Martin Center of Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute in Monterey • Front Desk Worker, Athens Health and Fitness • Directive Research under Dr. Phillip Bleeke Grants/Awards • The Pell Grant
Grants/Awards • Graduate Dean’s Travel Award for International Study • CURO Summer Research Fellow Study Abroad • Seoul, South Korea Study Abroad Program, May 2018
Sarah Henning
AB International Affairs ‘19 MPA ‘19 Student Organization Leadership • Executive Director, UGA Relay For Life Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Graduate Assistant, Carl Vinson Institute of Government in the Governmental Training, Education, and Development Division • Intern, Federal Public Defender’s Office of Eastern Tennessee
Sarah Henning
Kalli Hicks
AB International Affairs ‘19 Publications • “North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions and Chinese Friendship” (World
Sneha Gubbala
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Citizen’s Press) Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Junior Advisor, University of Georgia’s Office of International Education
Maisha Imam
Maisha Imam
AB International Affairs ‘19 AB Political Science ‘19 Student Organization Leadership • Fellow, Leadership UGA • Fellow, UGA Leaders Engaged in Affirming Diversity • World Leader, International Student Life • Radio Host, WUOG 90.5 FM • Violinist, UGA Philharmonia • Co-founder, Athens for Everyone UGA Chapter Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Legislative Aide for Representative Spencer Frye Fellowship • Campaign Manager for Russell
Edwards for County Commissioner • Fellow for Muslim Public Service Network • Policy Research Intern, U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) • Congressional Intern for Henry C. “Hank” Johnson’s D.C. Office. Grants/Awards • HOPE Scholarship • Federal Pell Grant • Muslim Public Service Network Stipend Study Abroad • Washington Semester Program, Summer and Fall 2018
Evan Katz
AB Political Science ‘19 AB International Affairs ‘19 Publications • Dougherty, Keith L. and Kisaalita, Alice and McKissick, Jordan and Katz, Evan, Stopping Rules for Majority Voting: A
When in
ROMANIA By Shelby Steuart
Last summer, Jay Keen (MPA ‘19) was given a unique opportunity. Through his boss at the Carl Vinson Institute of Government (CVIOG), Jay was offered a temporary job as an “international expert” in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In this role, Jay worked on an urban-rural partnership, one aspect of Cluj’s strategic plan. Jay chose to pursue a master’s degree in public administration after completing his undergraduate degree in political science. “I became interested in seeing how things worked ‘underneath the hood’,” he said. His studies combined with his job at CVIOG not only give him the insider look into American public administration he was hoping for, but he gets an international view as he
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works with delegations from China, the Republic of Georgia, South Korea, and Romania. Jay’s trip to Romania was his first time traveling to another country with CVIOG and he loved getting to simultaneously soak up culture and see another perspective of intergovernmental public administration. “A lot of these communities don’t engage very well, sometimes they’re stubborn, sometimes they don’t want to modernize their economy, sometimes the opportunity costs or the real costs of engaging with other communities doesn’t make sense to them, and that’s very much the same in the US,” Jay reflected. In addition to working with urban and rural communities, Jay attended a black-tie event celebrating 100 years of
Romanian-American friendship. There, he tried new foods. His favorite food was crema de spanac. He describes it as a dish with potatoes and spinach, fried so “it almost looks like a Chicagostyle pizza,” he says. “It’s in a bowl, and you just pick it out and eat it.” Jay hopes to be hired for another, longer-term position in Romania after he graduates.
Public Choice Experiment (March 14, 2018). Student Organization Leadership • Member, Georgia Political Review • Member, UGA Economics Society • Member, American Founding Group Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Senior Staffer, Fellowship with Representative Spencer Frye
• President, UGA Chamber Music Society • Advisor, UGA Data for Good Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Intern, U.S. Department of State Bureau of Arms Control Verification and Compliance • Global Intern, Office of Emerging Security Challenges (AVC/ESC) • Intern, National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) • Intern, New America Cybersecurity Initiative Study Abroad • Washington Semester Program, Spring 2018
Study Abroad • GLOBIS SPIA Stellenbosch, South Africa
Ashley Brooke Mallon
AB International Affairs ‘19 AB Political Science ‘19 Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Press and Scheduling Intern for Senator Johnny Isakson of GA in Washington, D.C.
Alexis Manson
Evan Katz • Communications Extern, Office of Attorney General Chris Carr • Legislative Intern, Office of Congressman Rob Woodall Grants/Awards • CURO Assistantship • Baldwin Scholarship • Honors in Washington Scholarship • SPIA Senatorial Public Policy Fellowship Study Abroad • Scotland GLOBIS Program, Summer 2017 • Honors in Washington, Summer 2018
AB International Affairs ‘19 Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Intern, Office of the Undersecretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights (Summer 2018) • Intern, Office of Global Criminal Justice at the US Department of State (Summer 2018) • Legal Administrative Assistant, Johnson Marlowe, LLP Law Firm Grants/Awards • UGA Experiential Learning Scholarship
Rebecca McReynolds
Rebecca McReynolds
AB International Affairs ‘19 AB Economics ‘19 Student Organization Leadership • President, Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Intern, Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA
Zoe Li
AB International Affairs ‘19 Publications • “Engendering Justice: Women and the Prosecution of Sexual Violence in International Courts” (Co-authored with Dr. Maryann Gallagher) Student Organization Leadership • Vice President, SPIA Student Union SPIA Ambassador
Alexis Manson
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AB International Affairs ‘20 AB Arabic ‘20 Publications • “Tax reform: Another Clog in Congressional Gridlock” (Georgia Political Review, Fall 2017) • “An Unlikely Alliance: How Turkey’s Role in Syria is hurting the West and NATO” (Georgia Political Review, Spring 2018) Student Organization Leadership • Treasurer, Georgia Debate Union • Staff Writer, Georgia Political Review Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Jonathan Wallace for State House District 119 Campaign • Resident Assistant, Emory National Debate Institute
Study Abroad • Kyrgyzstan Study Abroad Program, Summer 2018
Alan Rosa
AB Political Science ‘19 Student Organization Leadership • Government Relations Director, Student Government Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • White House Internship Program • Deputy Campaign Manager for Joe Hunt for Congress - Republican for GA 10th Congressional District • Grassroots Director, Marcus Wiedower for 119th District - State House Grants/Awards • Zell Miller Scholarship • Thomas Boles Scholarship
Bryana Shook AB International Affairs ‘18 AB Chinese ‘18 Student Organization Leadership • Richard B. Russell Security Leadership Program Participant Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Intern, Tamar Project in Espírito Santo, Brazil; working with sea turtle conservation Grants/Awards • Department of State Critical Language Scholarship for Chinese Study Abroad • Portuguese Flagship Student • 2017 Critical Language Scholarship (Dalian, China Summer 2018)
Nia Waller
AB Political Science ‘20 Student Organization Leadership • Associate Justice, Student Government Association • Supreme Court Leader in Engaging and Affirming Diverse (LEAD) Fellowship
Alan Rosa • Staff Member, The Red & Black Promotion Team • Data Collector, SPIA Survey Research Center Grants/Awards • Richard B. Russell Debate Scholarship Study Abroad • UGA at Oxford - Franklin Summer Program, Summer 2018 • UGA Morocco Maymester and Arabic Intensive Program, Fall 2017
Nia Waller • Advisor/Advocate, University Judiciary • Know Your Rights Session Leader Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Intern, Davis-Bozeman Law Firm, a firm advocated for victims of police brutality
Meghan O’Keefe
AB International Affairs ‘20 AB Russian ‘20 Grants/Awards • Critical Language Scholarship • Boren Scholarship
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Bryana Shook
Graduate Students Ben Ayres
MPA ‘20 Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Graduate Teaching Assistant at SPIA
Meredith Bennett
MPA ‘19 Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Administrative and Communications Intern, CDC Public Health Law Program
Linan Jia
PhD Political Science ‘21 Publications • Han, Rongbin, and Linan Jia. 2018. “Governing by the Internet: Local Governance in the Digital Age.” Journal of Chinese Governance, 3(1): 67-85 • Han, Rongbin, and Linan Jia. Forthcoming. “Ruling by the Internet: Local Governance in the Digital Age.” In Palgrave Handbook of Local Governance in Contemporary China, eds. J. Yu, and S. Guo.
• Han, Rongbin, and Linan Jia. Forthcoming. “Rescuing Authoritarian Rule: The Anti-Gongzhi Discourse in Chinese Cyberspace.” In Routledge Handbook of Chinese Discourse Analysis, ed. C. Shei. Conferences • 2018: the 16th Chinese Internet Research Conference, Leiden, the Netherlands • 2018: Southeastern Conference/ Association of Asian Studies (SEC/ AAS), Columbia “How Does Institutional Confidence Affect Social Trust? Comparing the Sources of In-Group, Out-Group and Generalized Trust in China”, Panel 5: Conflicts and Connections in Modern East Asia • 2018: Midwest Political Science Association 76th Annual Conference, Chicago “Wind of Change? The Impact of Media Usage on Political Participation in Non-Democratic Societies”, Section: 38 Mass Media Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Research Assistant, The Carter Center (Atlanta)
Grants/Awards • Innovative and Interdisciplinary Research Grant
Sam Marcotte
PhD Political Science ‘20 PhD International Affairs ‘20 Conferences • Who Are we, Really? The Effect of Partisan Uncertainty on Voting Behavior in the 2016 Primary Elections. With Alexa Bankert. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2017 Grants Awards • Eugene Miller Award Travel • Traveled to Boston for APSA 2018
Martha Mitchell Zoller MPA ‘19 Publications • Blogger, marthazoller.com Internships/Fellowships/Jobs • Chief Surrogate and Director of Outreach, Brian Kemp Campaign
Diplomacy in
PANAMA By Shelby Steuart
Juan Hernandez (MIP ‘18) traveled to Panama as an intern with the US Department of State’s Export and Related Border Security Program (EXBS). Juan was attracted to SPIA’s Masters of International Policy program because of the applied education offered by the Center for International Trade and Security (CITS). While in the program, he focused much of his studies on CITS’s specialty: regulating the export, import, or transportation of materials and goods, a field known as strategic trade controls. Panama had just passed a presidential decree aimed at regulating strategic trade controls after several officials completed an EXBS training about weapons of mass destruction. Because of Juan’s experience in strategic trade controls,
he was chosen to assist EXBS and the Panamanian government in implementing the new regulations. Juan’s duties involved “supporting Panamanian government officials on technical matters regarding strategic trade controls that needed clarification.” He said, “My responsibilities also included serving as a link between the Government of Panama and the EXBS staff in the US Embassy.” Juan’s favorite part was getting firsthand experience in diplomacy with another country, especially on such a precarious subject. “I was fortunate enough to sit in meetings between the US Embassy staff and Panamanian government officials regarding the new strategic trade control regulations,” Juan remembers. He also really enjoyed getting to know the
Panamanian customs officers and learning about Panamanian culture and traditions. Juan currently works with the Atlanta Council of Foreign Relations and was recently named a finalist in the Presidential Management Fellowship, a prestigious twoyear training and development program where a candidate is placed at a US government agency to train with agency leaders. Once he secures a position at a participating government agency, he will begin the fellowship.
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Musician Turned Political Scientist
“I used to play guitar. As a kid I played clarinet, then saxophone. I was in a band in high school, and we got on television a couple times. This was a dance band. American Bandstand was on Monday through Friday, and on Saturday, Channel 11 had a local equivalent, and we got on that two or three times. The band was called ‘Tucker something.’ One day, we went down to a tux rental place. Back then, you didn’t so much get a tux as you’d rent a white sport coat. Like the Marty Robbins song, ‘White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation.’ We got them to give us some of their old white sport coats that were a little spotted or a little threadbare. So we wore those on the show. At a distance it didn’t look half bad. In the dim light of a dance, we were pretty good lookin’.”
LIFE ON DISPLAY: CHUCK BULLOCK A 75 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE
By Shelby Steuart
March 13, 1967
July 22, 1942
Born in Nashville, TN
September 10, 1965
Real Estate... and Cows
Offered and accepted position at the University of Georgia
October 1967
Married Frances Mann
“I spent four summers as an undergrad working as a real estate appraiser, and I enjoyed doing that. I spent one summer living here in Athens. We were doing acquisition appraisals for essentially where all the dorms are now, on the other side of Lumpkin. There was one house over there, I guess about where that parking deck is, well I walked into the house, and I thought it really smelled bad, but I didn’t think much of it. I measured the outside of it, so I needed to go inside, to inspect the rooms. A little old lady lived in the house. But it turned out she didn’t live alone. She lived with a cow. The cow had one of the bedrooms. Yeah, just her and her cow living there. It wasn’t like she had the upstairs and the cow had the downstairs. No, they were both sharing the first floor… And the cow was not house-broken. That would’ve been summer of ‘63 or ‘64.”
December 1967
First daughter, Beth, was born
August 1968
Passed preliminary exams and entered the job market
Defended dissertation
Bullock in 6th grade
Law School and Tested Morals
“When I was two-thirds of the way through law school, I was first in my class, so I got the big interview. I went down to an Atlanta law firm. I introduce myself, they say, ‘Oh yes, the managing partner is expecting you and will be with you shortly.’ I wait for a while, and he comes down, he’s got a corner office in one of the high rises in Atlanta. As we go down the corridor to his office, we saw other men waiting to be interviewed. One was number one in his class in Virginia, one was number one in his class in Georgia, one was number one in his class at Emory. Ok, fine, I’m impressed. We get down to his office. Now my office is often called messy, his was even messier, his desk was just a pile. We sit down, the phone rings, he says, ‘I better take that, I’m general counsel for (a major railroad).’ The phone rings again, he says, ‘I better take that, I’m also general counsel for (an airline).’ So we talk for a bit and he says (in a thick Southern accent) ‘Now Young Buck… Is it gonna bother you to help the rich get richer and the poor get poorer? Cuz that’s what we do at this law firm.’ And I thought for a second and I said, ‘Yeah, it might.’ And I thought to myself, ‘maybe I’ll go and do something else.’ I had been thinking about leaving law school, but it was pretty much sealed at that point. So I completed that year, then I went to Washington University, did another semester of law school while I was there, got half way through, but never finished.” The Switch To Political Science
“I got a National Defense Education Act (NDEA) Fellowship. These were created right after Sputnik. The idea was to educate a new generation of college professors really quickly, because America was believed to be way behind. The Soviet Union had launched the first satellite and we weren’t even close to it, so Congress created the fellowships. It started out that they were just for the sciences, but by the time I came along, they were offering them in Political Science, so I got one of those. The Fellowship made it so I was able to go from a Bachelor’s to a PhD in three years, because it paid all my expenses and I didn’t have to work. I also got paid more for dependents, more to go to summer school, and it was all tax-free. It was a hell of a deal.”
Chuck Bullock as a Junior in high school
Young Charles Bullock
(Above & Right) Bullock is recognized by his alma mater, William Jewell College, as an Alumni Honoree as part of their 1983 Achievement Day
1972
Published first book Law and Social Change with Harrell Rodgers
1972
Promoted to Associate Professor
1973 - 1975
Awarded a National Science Foundation Grant
1973 - 1976
Awarded a National Institutes of Education Grant
Fall 1983
1980
Named the Richard B. Russell Professor of Political Science
Spring 1983
Ran a marathon with fellow faculty member, Loch Johnson
Participated in USIA Speaking Tour in Canada, Romania, India, and East Germany
Dissertation Defense
April 1970 September 1968 Began teaching at the University of Georgia
January 12, 1970 Second daughter, Becky, was born
May 1969
Recognized as one of the first three faculty members for outstanding teaching by the UGA Honors Program
1970
Published first article in the Journal of Politics
Chuck Bullock’s notorious mustache was born
September 1971 - August 1972
Published first edited volume of The New Politics with Robert Golembiewski and Harrell Rodgers
Bullock and his wife, then girlfriend, when he was in law school and she was working on her masters
1971
Served as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow in Washington, D.C.
“It was the last Friday in August, so there was nobody on campus really. I took my dissertation over to the graduate office and turned it in, and they checked it over. This was the first year they allowed you to make xerox copies, before that you had to use onion skin (which meant if you made a mistake you had to go back and erase in five different places and be careful not to smudge). This made it a lot easier for my typist. So I took it over to the office and they said ‘Yeah, looks good. Now for your defense, you have to have five people show up.’ Three were members of my committee, and there had to be one in an associated field and one in kind of a divorced field, and if all five don’t bother to show up, it doesn’t count. I was leaving the next day to come to Georgia. If I didn’t get the defense completed, I’d have to fly back in the fall. Well, my committee shows up, then the fourth one, and we’re all looking around and waiting, and finally this guy comes rushing in looking at us, ‘Am I in the right place?’ He was a physicist. He had no idea what I had done and couldn’t have cared less, he just had to be there. At one point my advisor is having trouble with a lamp, so he starts talking to the physicist about electricity and why the lamp won’t work, which was fine with me. But after it was over, I thanked the physicist profusely, and he said, ‘Sure, happy to do it, but I gotta rush, I’m supposed to do a history one right now.’ Turns out he was the one scientist on campus, so he had to go to all of these different social science defenses. Poor guy.” Homeschooling
The Bullock Family in the mid-1970s Bullock at his brother’s wedding
“In my second quarter here, I had a 200-level honors class that was scheduled to meet in the evening. So I met it the first time and there were only seven students, and it met in kind of a depressing room in LeConte. So I said, ‘Rather than meeting here, what if you came out to my house?’ They said, ‘Oh yeah, let’s do that.’ So that’s what we did, we moved it out there. One night a week they would come out to the duplex, my wife would make a cake or something like that, and it was really fun. Bob Hurley was one of the students in that class. There were two people out of that seven that became student body presidents at UGA, one went to Congress. It was quite a class.” Extracurriculars at UGA
Bullock and his first computer Chuck Bullock with his daughter and his first grandson in the mid ‘90s
1983 - 1985
Became Chair of the Legislative Studies Group of the American Political Science Association
1993 1986
Built a house on Lake Burton
Named Outstanding Professor, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
September 5, 1995 First grandson, Jason, was born
Continued
1985 - 1986
Named President of the Southern Political Science Association
1991
Received the William A. Owens Creative Research Award
1993
Won the V.O. Key Award for the best book on Southern Politics published in 1993 - Runoff Elections in the United States, published in 1993 with Loch Johnson
“Also around that time there were some UGA guys playing in folk groups, and they invited me to come. Two of the guys were a part of a five-person group and two were a duet, and we would get together, probably about once a month, at their apartments, or at this point, we had bought a house. One of the guys went on to become a professional musician, and still plays in Atlanta with Banks and Shane. One of them became the mayor of Albany, he had a big twelve-string. That was great fun. Sometimes other people would join us and there would be 15 or 20 people pickin’ and singin’.” Hanging Out with the Governor
“So there was a whole bunch of people lined up, waiting to have pictures with the governor, so a woman there says ‘It’s just gonna take a minute, he’s out front having his picture taken with some patrolmen being honored, but when he comes back, he’ll take a picture with you and you can leave.’ Well he comes in and says ‘Chuck! How are you doing?’ and I said ‘Fine, how are you, Governor?’ After my picture was taken, he says, ‘Well let’s go talk politics!’ So we walk off and go to his inner office and leave all these other people waiting to be photographed. The woman who told me it would just be a second had this curious look on her face.”
2003 April 2, 1998
Second grandson, Christopher, was born
2005
Named Outstanding Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs
January 16, 2002 Third grandson, Daniel, was born
Named Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor
August 30, 2004
Won the Manning Dauer Award presented by the Southern Political Science Association for his exceptional service to the profession
Honored by the Georgia General Assembly for Outstanding Service to the State of Georgia
2005
Fourth grandson, Matthew, was born
Bullock with Tom Lauth, Matt Towery, Buddy Darden, Ralph Reed, and (current Attorney General) Chris Carr at an alumni event
2009
2008
Named Fellow at the Rothemere American Institute, Oxford University
2009
Elected a Fellow of St. Anne’s College, Oxford University
From left to right: Bob Smith, Robby Mumford, Rob Telihet, Mark Burkhalter, Chuck Martin, Stephanie Stuckey, Earl Ehrhart, Charles Bullock, Barry Flemming, and Speaker Glenn Richardson. Chuck Bullock and his former students, taken on March 5th, 2008, when the Georgia House adopted a resolution honoring Bullock.)
Bullock with former GA Governor, Sonny Perdue.Taken on March 5th, 2008, when the Georgia House adopted a resolution honoring Bullock
2012 2011
Won the V.O. Key Award for the best book on Southern Politics The Triumph of Voting Rights in the South, published in 2009 with Ronald Keith Gaddie
Diane Blair Award presented by the Southern Political Science Association in Recognition of an Outstanding Role in Government and Politics
2011 and 2012
Named one of the 100 Most Influential Georgians by Georgia Trend Magazine
Sold house on Lake Burton and bought a home overlooking Wolffork Valley
2015
Named Distinguished University Professor of Public and International Affairs
Won the V.O. Key Award for the best book on Southern Politics - The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act, published in 2016 with Ronald Keith Gaddie and Justin Wert
2012
Identified by James Magazine as one of the Most Influential Georgians
In Pursuit of Justice
Born in Nicaragua, Thelma Aguilar Guitterez moved to the US with her family when she was seven. As an elementary school student, she visited the University of Georgia, and from that moment on, knew she would attend UGA and be the first person in her family to graduate from college. Thelma is now majoring in criminal justice and sociology. When one of her professors told her about a study abroad opportunity to learn about crime in a global context in England, she knew she wanted to go. The Honors Program and the Office of Experiential Learning offered her a scholarship, and soon she was heading to England.
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By Shelby Steuart
Thelma enjoyed the unique aspects of criminal justice that her study abroad gave her, such as sitting in on criminal court in Liverpool, then attending a lecture comparing the United States criminal justice system to the United Kingdom’s. She also used her time abroad to experience as much culture as possible, visiting museums and traveling to the Netherlands. After she graduates from college, Thelma hopes to attend law school and become a prosecutor. For this reason she really enjoyed learning about crime in global context and enemy theory during her study abroad courses.
Thelma was recently notified that she was hired for an internship this spring with the Council of Court Excellence in Washington DC. She will graduate in May.
Expanding the MPA Program Beyond Borders By Shelby Steuart
SPIA recently created a new opportunity to increase the global reach of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree program.
Although several universities in the United States have dual degree programs with SNU, the University of Georgia’s MPA offers something special. Hogeun
In 2017, the Department of Public Administration and Policy designed a dual MPA degree with Seoul National University (SNU). The program allows South Korean graduate students to complete the first year of their MPA at SNU, then come to UGA for the second year. Most of the students who participate are mid to senior level South Korean government officials. This unique opportunity allows them to have an integrated program of study that results in degrees from both institutions in two years, while seeing two different perspectives on public administration.
Song, a current MPA student from Seoul, South Korea, was attracted to UGA for the specialty courses it offers, as well as its reputation and rankings. In South Korea, Song works in the Prime Minister’s office, researching policy issues and preparing reports for the Prime Minister. Song explained that it’s extremely common for public servants in South Korea to earn their master’s degree, and
international universities are growing in popularity. Song mentioned that he really enjoys the personalized feedback and attention from his professors here, as well as the collaborative aspects of SPIA’s academic culture. In addition to bringing Korean students to the United States, SPIA also sends American students to Korea. Each year, the MPA program gives students the opportunity to study abroad in Seoul for a week during the Spring. During this time, students visit the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the University of Seoul to learn about public administration from seasoned Korean officials. Erin Washington visited Seoul in spring 2018. “I really enjoyed the Korea program because it allowed me to gain a more global perspective in the field of public administration,” she explained. “It was very interesting to learn about their policies and to consider how similar policies may be beneficial here in America.” For more information about the MPA program or its partnerships abroad, check out the Department of Public Administration and Policy link on the SPIA homepage.
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A PASSION for
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS As Austin browsed the UGA bookstore for his business textbooks, he found himself wandering through the international affairs section. An hour later, after picking up multiple IA books and zero business books, he knew something had to change. It was in that moment that he would define his new, and improved, career path. Austin Gignilliat is an international affairs and economics major from Marietta, Georgia. While he didn’t come to UGA as an intended IA major, he has certainly found his passion in SPIA. “My International Affairs major is the perfect thing for me,” he said. “I love my classes and I love what I am doing.” It was during his study abroad experience in South Africa that he set his sights on a career in international affairs. The Stellenbosch program is a four-week Maymester that offers a unique combination of classroom learning, community engagement, and wildlife viewing. As part of the program, students get the chance to fully engage with the South African community by participating in a servicelearning project in the nearby community of Kayamandi. This trip was the impetus for Austin’s budding career. “The juxtaposition between the affluent and predominately white city of Stellenbosch and the utter poverty I witnessed in Kayamandi—which was only a few kilometers away—was jarring,” he reflects. “Ultimately, the experience strengthened my desire to find a career that would allow me to promote and defend human rights through diplomacy, international law, and economic development.”
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During the 2017 school year, Austin was offered another incredible opportunity: to intern remotely for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). UNITAR was established in the early 1960s at a time when numerous former colonies in Africa, and elsewhere, were becoming independent. UNITAR was created to provide administrators, diplomats, and other officials with the necessary training and capacity building services so that they could continue to develop and ultimately succeed as newly independent states. Today, decolonization is over; however, UNITAR continues to provide those in the developing world with this kind of training. “During my time as a remote intern with UNITAR, I performed all sorts of odd jobs, such as writing/editing grant proposals and assisting with UNITAR’s many conferences held around the world,” he said. “However, my primary responsibility was towards the Road Safety Initiative, which seeks to halve the number of road traffic deaths and injuries around the world by 2020 as per the Sustainable Development Goals.” In this capacity, he worked to create a Road Safety Toolkit containing best practices for improving road safety. He compiled this Toolkit from numerous presentations given at UNITAR’s Road Safety Workshops, performing hours of research in both English and Spanish. The Toolkit contains case studies that can be used as reference material by communities seeking to improve road safety. He was ultimately invited to come to UNITAR’s headquarters to continue his internship in Geneva, Switzerland.
By Caroline Paczkowski
“While in Geneva, I continued work on the Road Safety Toolkit, ultimately writing a document that consisted of around 100 pages worth of material, but I also had other tasks,” Austin explained. “For instance, I would accompany Alex Mejia, the Senior Manager of UNITAR’s Social Development Program, on meetings with ambassadors and high-ranking UN officials, including the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations and the head of UNITAR”. He also had the opportunity to sit in on and assist with several meetings at UNITAR’s headquarters in the International Environment House and at the Palais des Nations. Austin joined the International Environment House Internship Board and was eventually elected to serve as their vice president. In this role, he helped to organize events and represented UNITAR with the Fair Internship Initiative, an organization dedicated to promoting the rights of interns within the UN system. In the fall semester, Austin remained in Europe by enrolling in the UGA at Oxford study abroad program. With his graduation date looming closer, Austin is excited about his career possibilities. He will be heading back to Geneva this spring to intern with the State Department’s Mission to the United Nations. Austin attributes his success so far to his SPIA professors and classmates. “SPIA has opened so many doors and new experiences for me,” he said, fondly. “Dr. Gallagher, specifically, has been so supportive to me and to all of her students. She helped me hone in on my passion, and I am so grateful to her.”
BOARD MEMBER PROFILE
Gene
Habiger And that’s what he did. After completing basic training and graduating from UGA, Habiger started off his Air Force career as an intelligence officer. He completed his pilot training in 1966 to live out his dream.
programs at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Pennsylvania State University. “They were very enhancing to a greater understanding of leadership positions,” said Habiger. Habiger ended his long military career on a high note. In 1996, he was nominated as Commander in Chief by President Bill Clinton to take over the United States Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base. Habiger served in this position until he retired from the military in 1998 as a US Air Force four-star general. Habiger wasn’t finished yet. After retiring, he served as Director of Security and Emergency Operations for the US Department of Energy. Ultimately, Habiger served his country to help protect the nation.
Habiger became a command pilot with more than 5,000 flying hours and several awards and decorations. He has held a variety of staff and flying assignments and flew 150 combat missions during the Vietnam War. Habiger worked his way through the ranks to General in 1996. “Things started going very well from there,” said Habiger. After being promoted to General, Habiger completed three tours in the Pentagon. While in Washington, Habiger graduated from the National War College. Additionally, he completed post-graduate
“We were in a period of our history when the country and society as we knew it could’ve been obliterated by the use of nuclear weapons,” said Habiger. “I did my small part to prevent that.” His advice to students pursuing a military or security career is to map out a game plan as early as possible while realizing those plans might change along the way. “Develop a game plan, develop a timeline and keep your focus,” said Habiger. “There are wonderful opportunities . . . Do your due diligence and take advantage of them.”
By Kalah Mingo
General Gene Habiger has been an active member of the SPIA Board of Visitors since 2005, making him one of SPIA’s longest serving advisors to the dean. Habiger started his college education in his home state of California. When he realized his grades were at risk, Habiger decided to join the US Army. He was shipped out to Fort Benning. During his time there, he went on a blind date with a woman who would later become his wife of 55 plus years--Barbara Habiger. He ended up finishing his degree in psychology at the University of Georgia in 1963. Though not a SPIA alumnus, Habiger has been affiliated with SPIA for more than a decade. He was recruited to the Center for International Trade and Security as a policy advisor by University Professor Emeritus Gary K. Bertsch in 2003. From there, Habiger became a board member when Dean Emeritus Thomas P. Lauth personally asked him to join. “It was a natural follow on,” said Habiger. Habiger enjoys continuing his association by giving back to SPIA. “Giving back is the most fulfilling part,” he said. “SPIA is a unique organization doing excellent work and contributing to that means a lot.” Outside of his involvement with the SPIA Board of Visitors, Habiger has had a successful military career. He first realized his desire to become a pilot during basic training. While crawling through the California sand, hearing live ammunition zinging around him, he saw a jet aircraft speeding across the sky. “That’s what I ought to be doing instead of being here wallowing in the sand,” said Habiger.
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M I DT E RM EL ECT IO N S: A
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By Dr. Jamie L. Carson
Presidents are not on the ballot during midterm elections, but their surrogates in Congress are often punished for their perceived shortcomings. This was clearly the case in 2018 when the Republican Party experienced a net loss of 41 seats in the US House of Representatives despite managing to shore up their narrow majority in the US Senate.1 President Trump’s extremely high levels of disapproval, despite a relatively strong economy, appears to be an important factor in the Democrat’s ability to pick up a sufficient number of seats in the House to regain majority control leading into the 116th Congress. This will likely have both political and policy ramifications that will be considered below. Midterm elections are often considered to be referenda on sitting presidents and 2018 was not an exception in light of the sizeable Democratic gains in the House. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the party of the president has lost House seats in 26 of the 29 midterm elections and the 2018 midterms continued this longterm trend. Republicans were initially at a 1
Jamie L. Carson UGA Athletic Association Professor of Public and International Affairs II Department of Political Science disadvantage going into the election given President Trump’s unpopularity, the 235 House seat majority they were defending, and the large number of open seats stemming
from incumbent departures. Indeed, 34 Republicans announced their decision to retire or seek higher office in 2018 compared with only 18 Democrats.2 Despite the fact that all of the incumbents defeated in the midterms were Republicans, Democrats also made significant gains in the open seats that had previously been held by Republican incumbents who chose to retire. An unprecedented number of women decided to run for the U.S. Congress during 2018, most likely in response to the election of Donald Trump as president in 2016— despite losing the popular vote to Hillary Clinton—as well as his subsequent behavior in office during the past two years. Of the 469 female candidates that chose to run in the congressional primaries for the US House, one fourth identified as Republicans whereas nearly all of the rest were Democrats. Three and a half times as many Democratic women went on to win their House primaries compared with Republican women, which represented a substantial increase from even the 2016 elections. Additionally, over 40 percent of the Democratic House winners in
As of this writing, Democrats maintain a 235-200 seat majority in the U.S. House whereas the Republicans have a 53-47 seat majority in the Senate.
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https://www.rollcall.com/departing-members
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Haley, Grace and Doug Weber, “Women’s Success Defines 2018 Primaries,” Center for Responsive Politics, September 26, 2018, https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/09/womens-success-defines-2018-primaries/
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Peoples, Steve, “Democrats’ Hopes High for Taking House, But Nothing Certain,” November 5, 2018, https://www.yahoo.com/news/everythings-stake-eve-first-trump-051415985.html
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Among the Democratic women elected, there were a number of historic firsts including the first two Muslim and Native American women elected to Congress. See “’Year of the women’: Female candidates who claimed historic victories on Tuesday,” https://6abc.com/politics/these-women-made-history-on-tuesday/4623487/
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the primaries were women, which shattered all prior records.3 Women were also the beneficiaries of a substantial sum of money spent in the midterm election, with EMILY’s List raising more than $60 million for Democratic women running for Congress.4 As of this writing, 100 women were elected to the 116th House, with an overwhelming majority of them being Democrats.5 Although the Democrats managed to recapture control of the US House, Republicans will retain control of the Senate in the 116th Congress, leading to divided government over the next two years. Despite the potential anti-Trump sentiment in the elections, Republicans were able to maintain control of the upper chamber as a result of the distribution of seats in play during the midterms. Unlike the House where all 435 seats are up for reelection every two years, only one-third of the senators seek reelection during the same period given their six year terms. In the 2018 midterms, Democrats were defending 26 seats, 10 of which were in states previously won by Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.6 By contrast, Republicans only had to defend 9 seats. As a result, Republicans had a far easier road to maintaining their majority and actually picked up two additional Senate seats going into the 116th Congress. The lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections appear to have broken all previous spending records for House and Senate candidates. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, both sides spent approximately $5.2 billion in this election cycle, which represented a fairly dramatic increase in spending by candidates, political parties, and outside groups. “Prior to this election cycle, no midterm election had surpassed more than $4.2 billion in spending when adjusted for inflation.”7 Based on current projections, it appears that Democratic candidates managed to raise significantly more money than Republicans in the 2018 election cycle, which likely accounts for their increased electoral success in key races during the midterms. The 2018 midterms set another important record with respect to voter enthusiasm and turnout in the election. According to data from the United States Elections
Project maintained by Dr. Michael McDonald at the University of Florida, roughly 118 million people voted in the 2018 midterms. This level of turnout represented approximately 50.1 percent of eligible voters, which is a significant increase over the 36.4 percent of eligible voters that turned out four years earlier during the 2014 midterms. It also appears to be the highest level of voter turnout in a midterm election since 1914 when voter turnout reached 50.4 percent.8 By comparison, slightly more than 136 million voters turned out in the 2016 presidential election, which represented 59.3 percent of the eligible voters.9 Given past turnout trends in midterm elections, one of the big questions leading up to the
in light of some of the choices made by the president during his first two years in office. The Senate will likely continue to confirm Trump’s judicial appointments since the Republicans picked up additional seats in the upper chamber, which has obvious implications for the many vacancies in the lower federal courts. The 116th Congress will also continue to be extremely polarized despite the election of more moderate members on both sides of the aisle and the occurrence of divided government will make it even harder to find common ground on legislation.10 One of the fundamental questions both parties will have to answer now that the midterm election is over is what type of candidates are best positioned to win the
2018 midterms was whether voters would be motivated by events of the previous two years and it appears that was definitely the case. Now that the electoral dust from the 2018 midterm elections has settled, one of the most important questions on the horizon is what will happen during the final two years of President Trump’s presidency? With the House now slated to be under Democratic control, there will likely be a push to investigate and engage in more oversight of the President and his family compared to the first two years of his presidency. There may even be one or more articles of impeachment filed against President Trump during the course of the 116th Congress
2020 presidential election? Some within the Democrat party may favor a more liberal candidate in light of policy changes under the Trump administration whereas others will likely prefer someone more centrist leaning to potentially increase the odds of winning in 2020. Alternatively, the Republicans must decide whether to support Donald Trump in a bid for a second term or attempt to challenge him in the primaries in light of his rather unconventional behavior to date. Although it is far too early to tell who will likely win in either case, one thing remains clear based on the lessons from 2016: selecting the “wrong” candidate could potentially make it easier for the other party’s candidate to win.
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Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont were officially elected as independents. Since both caucus with the Democrats, however, we count them as Democrats in this context.
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“Blue Wave of Money Propels 2018 Election to Record-Breaking $5.2 Billion in Spending,” October 29, 2018, https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/10/2018-midterm-record-breaking-5-2-billion/
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United States Election Project, http://www.electproject.org/2018g
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Aldrich, John H., Jamie L. Carson, Brad T. Gomez, and David W. Rohde. 2019. Change and Continuity in the 2016 Elections.” Thousand Oaks, CA: CQ Press/Sage.
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Williamson, Ryan and Jamie L. Carson. 2018. “The story of the midterms is the triumph of the moderates – on both sides.” London School of Economics USAPP blog: http://bit.ly/2qEK8Xo
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of Obama’s Judicial Appointments By Shelby Steuart Over the course of his presidency, Obama appointed 55 appellate judges, 35 of whom were women and/or people of color, making the US Court of Appeals the most diverse it has ever been. As a judicial diversity scholar, political science professor Dr. Susan Haire, along with three colleagues, applied for a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to analyze the effect of increased diversity on courts. This grant allows Haire and her team to comb through data on judges and their opinions from each appeals court from 2009 to 2016, adding to an existing database of judicial opinions on cases that date back to the 1920s. UGA connections run deep in this team, consisting of Drs. John Szmer (UNC Charlotte), Laura Moyer (University of Louisville), and Rob Christensen (BYU). Both Moyer, who specializes in judicial diversity and collegiality, and Szmer, who specializes in judicial process and diversity, were Haire’s former graduate students at UGA. Christensen, who specializes in public management and law, met Haire while he was a faculty member in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at UGA. In March 2017, the team started collecting data with NSF support. Over the next two years, Haire, Moyer, Szmer, and Christensen assembled data on thousands of cases, including the opinion text and subsequent citations to those opinions. They are studying the gender and race of the judges, the tone (of both audio recordings and written statements using text analysis software), and the content of the opinions. In fall 2018, they presented preliminary findings showing that non-traditional judges (women and/or minorities) write significantly different opinions than their white, male counterparts. Haire explains, “Opinions written by non-traditional judges were 15 percent longer. They were also more likely to ground their opinions in case law…relying more frequently on what we describe to be ‘strong cites’ (where they quote from an existing precedent) when compared to opinions authored by white male judges.” Moyer added that they hypothesize this is happening because judges from non-traditional backgrounds may feel they have more to prove. Although Moyer mentioned writing much longer and more in-depth opinions could potentially have a negative effect by leading to faster burnout for the judges, she also revealed an unintended positive effect. “Writing thorough, well-written opinions increases the likelihood that those opinions could be referenced and cited in future cases.” This indicates that the opinions written by female and non-white judges may be referenced more in the future, and thus, may craft the next wave of cited case law, setting a disproportionately high amount of precedence for the future. Moyer also explained that having more judges who write thorough opinions grounded in case law could also potentially change the norms and lead to all judges improving the quality of their opinions. While the original timeframe of the grant is now ending, the team is expected to have the grant extended by six months to a year to explore new data on oral arguments. The team is proposing to examine patterns of interruption, to see if female judges are interrupted more than male judges, as well as to analyze their results in the context of imposter syndrome, a psychological pattern where individuals doubt their accomplishments and fear they don’t deserve the position they have. Once the data set is complete, it will be available online, free of cost.
Managing
around the GLOBE By Caroline Paczkowski
Ted Pestorius has spent his entire career working for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). In his current position as Deputy Director, Management and Overseas Operations for the Center for Global Health (CGH), Pestorius is responsible for approximately 3,000 employees in over 60 countries with a budget of $2.5 billion. His purview also includes managing the Information Technology systems across the Center’s divisions. “My main objective is to work collaboratively with all divisions of CGH and our country offices to ensure the appropriate implementation of our authorized funds,” said Pestorius. “When congress appropriates money to our divisions, it comes with expectations, and it is my job to make sure that the right resources are in place to fulfill those expectations.” While it is now obvious that this is the right career path for Pestorius, he did not originally plan to go into the public health sector. He attended the University of Texas and received a bachelor’s degree in history, intending to become a high school history teacher and baseball coach. One fateful day, while Pestorius was waiting to be advised on receiving a teaching certificate, he came across the liberal arts job placement waiting room. “It was the only place that had air conditioning, so I thought I would wait it out in there,” he laughed. As he was waiting, he noticed the CDC was recruiting for employees who would be placed in STD clinics in inner cities. They were looking for individuals who could work with incarcerated populations, substances abusers, sex workers, and the homeless. Intrigued, he dialed the number on the flyer, received an application, and let it age on his kitchen table. After a few months, he filled out the paperwork, sent it in, and was offered an interview and the position almost immediately. Required to pay for his first move, Pestorius recalls. “I sold my bed and golf clubs and hauled the rest of my stuff to Chicago to begin working with patients with gonorrhea, syphilis, and HIV.” Over the last 28 years, Pestorius has held various positions that have taken him from Chicago to DC to Houston to Connecticut and ultimately, to the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, where he has settled in for much of his career. In his current position, Pestorius frequently travels around the globe to places such as Kenya, South Africa, Guatemala, and Southeast Asia. With teams in time zones all over the world, Pestorius finds it very important to be a hands-on manager. “Management exists to ensure programmatic success,” said Pestorius. “My mantra to my teams is ‘my job is to work for you, I am here for you – that’s why we have managers’.” As Pestorius climbed the ladder at the CDC, he found himself drawn towards the Senior Executive Service. The last piece for fulfilling his career goals was to earn his master’s degree, and he chose public administration and policy. In 2011, he attended an open house at the UGA Gwinnett campus and spoke with Dr. Andy Whitford. “Dr. Whitford was a great encouragement to me to join the program,” explained Pestorius.
“With four kids at home, I wanted a home/life balance, and Dr. Whitford assured me I could do it all. I was a public health adviser by day and student by night.” Pestorius took all thirteen classes of the MPA program at the Gwinnett campus, and found each one as enjoyable as the next. More importantly, within a year of completing his degree he was selected in the Senior Executive Service, his professional goal, and primary reason for enrolling in the program. “I had been a federal employee for 20 years at that point, managing thousands of people and billion-dollar budgets, so I had a solid footing,” he said, “but I didn’t have the final credential.” “While I went to UGA to fulfill my professional goal, being able to participate in the classes and to see the origin of this work, where it came from, and how it was all linked, was exhilarating,” he recalls. “It gave me a greater understanding of federal service, and without a doubt, it enhanced my writing and communication skills. It made me a better manager, and I had a good time in the process.” Pestorius also saw the excellence of his classmates, and he mined the MPA program for its exceptional talent. During the Zika outbreak, he hired eight of his classmates. “I needed people who could communicate, who could write, and who could think on their feet. The UGA cohort is just so sharp, so it was a natural fit. I’m very proud of the fact that I was able to help start 8 professional careers, and help to advance the missions of both UGA and CDC,” Pestorius said. As a life-long public servant, Pestorius has found that persistence pays off, and for currents students looking to go into the public service, he has some sage advice: “If you want something, throw your hat in the ring and make them tell you no,” he said. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
By Caroline Paczkowski The Rhodes Scholarship was established by Cecil Rhodes upon his death in the early 1900s. Since then, 32 American students have been selected annually as Rhodes Scholars, earning themselves a spot in a post-graduate program at Oxford University. The Rhodes is among the most coveted and distinguished of academic honors.
Fred Manget Fred Manget graduated in 1973 with a degree in political science, when the department was still part of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. He grew up in Dekalb, Georgia, but discovered his love for travel and international relations after his summer abroad in Dijon, France. “I came back from my summer abroad and decided to pursue a graduate degree,” he said. “Most of the scholarships seemed geared towards careers in academia, but the Rhodes is for well-rounded folks in different areas, so I was attracted to that idea.” While the interview process for the Rhodes has changed over time, one aspect has remained the same: it is highly
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Since 1973, five SPIA students have been named Rhodes Scholars. To put this into perspective, more Rhodes Scholars have come out of SPIA than have emanated from the entire alumni population of several major public universities in the South and beyond. SPIA’s success in the competition for the Rhodes is testament to
the high academic caliber of its students, broadly. We caught up with the five SPIA Rhodes Scholars to see where their passion has taken them since graduation. Here are their stories:
competitive. Luckily, competition has always been a part of Fred’s nature. “When I found out I was awarded the scholarship, I felt lucky,” he said. “Growing up, our family was very competitive, so it was rewarding to be recognized with this premier scholarship. Somehow I squeaked through.” He earned a master’s degree at Oxford in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Upon his return to the States, he went to law school at Vanderbilt University and joined the Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s Corps, where he spent 22 years and retired as a Colonel. With a long list of impressive accomplishments to choose from, Fred says he is most proud of his 26-year career in the Central Intelligence Agency. “I made my way through the Senior Intelligence Service where I was able to contribute at the highest level,” he said. In addition to his career in government, Fred spent time back at UGA as an Officer in Residence, where he taught classes on strategic intelligence and courses at the
School of Law. It was during this time that he met his favorite professor, Dr. Loch Johnson. Although he never took classes with Dr. Johnson, Fred regards him as one of the greatest professors at UGA. Currently, Fred is enjoying retirement in High Point, North Carolina with his wife, children, and grandson. He offers the following wisdom to current students. “Don’t give up easily,” he urged. “Everyone has setbacks and disappointments, even the best of the best. You might get the right
question in the interview and get further than you think you will, and you might not. Keep at it, and you will do more than you should be able to do.”
Scott Hershovitz Scott Hershovitz graduated from UGA in 1998 with double majors in political science and philosophy. Scott credits SPIA faculty as essential to winning a Rhodes. “UGA is really terrific at preparing people to apply for these scholarships,” he said. “Even when I wasn’t in a small class, I had a lot of faculty [members] that made a difference and got to know me. They gave me great encouragement throughout the process.” Originally, Scott planned to pursue a master’s degree in philosophy while at Oxford University, but he switched degree programs in his first term, reading for a doctorate in law, a prestigious program
home for many of the world’s top philosophers of law. “There was no better place to study philosophy of law,” he said. “It is such a unique environment with a ton of independence. I developed great relationships with my professors and classmates. And I travelled a lot too. I was able to see a lot of the world in a short period of time.” After his time at Oxford, Scott earned his Juris Doctorate from Yale University. Throughout his career, Scott has clerked for judges and worked at the United States Justice Department on the Civil Appellate Staff. But the most notable part of his resume is the year he clerked for Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “For the second time, I was struck by lightning,” he said, referring to his good fortune at being named
a Rhodes Scholar and clerking for a Supreme Court justice. “It was a phenomenal experience, but very hard work. I gained a wealth of knowledge and was able to see the court at work from an insider’s perspective.” Currently, Scott is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, where he encourages his students to find their passion and throw themselves into it. “I am most proud of my teaching. I love pushing students to think about law in ways they otherwise might not,” Scott said. And, he learned from the best. “Dr. Bullock always took the time to learn each student’s name and career interests, and I try to do the same for my students,” he said. “I find that it’s a really special way for faculty to connect with their students.”
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Kate Vyborny Kate Vyborny graduated from UGA in 2005 with degrees in international affairs and economics. Before applying for the Rhodes Scholarship, she worked for three years in Washington, DC, first at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and then for the Center for Global Development. “I admired how the people I worked with who had PhDs were asking the right questions and doing great research,” she said. “I wanted to do something similar, so I decided to go back to school and apply for the Rhodes Scholarship.”
Deep Shah Deep Shah graduated in 2008 with degrees in biology and international affairs. During his junior year at UGA, he earned a Truman Scholarship that enabled him to pursue his passion for public policy. Ultimately, Deep wanted to earn a master’s degree in order to work at the intersection of health policy, medical science, and patient care. The rigorous application process for the Rhodes Scholarship helped him solidify those goals. “The process encourages you to understand exactly what you want do, why you want to do it, and how you will get there over the course of your career. By the
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The day she interviewed for the scholarship was a historic one for the University of Georgia and SPIA. Not one, but two SPIA students were named Rhodes Scholars that year. Kate earned both her master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Oxford. Kate is currently a Research Associate in the Department of Economics at Duke University, but she spends the majority of her time in Pakistan. She performs research and impact evaluations of different initiatives that are intended to benefit lowincome individuals, empower women, or protect the environment. Her work focuses on urbanization and transportation-related issues. She is part of a team presently performing an experiment in which they run a job search service with nearly 10,000 subscribers to evaluate what factors facilitate employment and what types of constraints affect subscribers’ prospects of employment. In a related project, Kate examines the
time interview day arrives, you are prepared to have an honest, unapologetic, thoughtful conversation about your life goals,” said Deep. In 2008, Deep was one of two UGA students awarded the Rhodes Scholarship. During his time at Oxford he developed close friendships and enjoyed an inspiring and intellectually engaging atmosphere. “The ethos of Oxford is very interdisciplinary, particularly among the graduate programs. The environment prompts you to engage in discussion across fields in order to develop your understanding of the world,” he said. “The experience afforded me time to read, write, and explore new intellectual avenues. It’s a humbling opportunity that helped me mature as a person and a student. Winning a Rhodes Scholarship was not something that I ever expected, but I will always be grateful for its lasting impact on my life.” After receiving his master’s degree at Oxford, Deep returned to the States to attend Harvard Medical School (HMS). At HMS, he cemented a commitment to
impact of a mass transit line, how it influences travel patterns in the city, and whether it has affected urbanization. “It relates to the first project in that we are testing the impact of transportation, and specifically, for women who are much more constrained to stay at home because it’s not safe in the public area,” she explained. “We are offering a transport service to determine whether that makes an impact on if women apply for jobs outside of the home and obtain employment rather than feeling that they have to stay home because they don’t feel safe traveling alone to work.” Her ultimate goal is to combine original research with tangible results in order for her work to be directly applicable to policymakers. “It’s really rewarding when you provide results or statistics that affect policy and change programs going forward,” Kate said.
primary care and was selected as Class Day Speaker by his peers. He then returned to Georgia for his residency to study internal medicine at Emory University, where he was named Outstanding Resident all three years. Currently, Deep practices as a primary care physician at Gwinnett Clinic. “Very little compares to the joy of helping a patient who has perhaps been misdiagnosed or ignored in the past,” Deep said. “Helping a patient achieve better health or an improved quality of life is always rewarding.” He cites his time at UGA for providing great mentors and unparalleled opportunities. “I’m the product of a strong system: a loving family, top universities, and the freedom to pursue my interests,” he said. “People often succeed when others believe in them. I am no exception.”
Elizabeth Allan Elizabeth Allan graduated in 2012 as a proud SPIA “Double Dawg” with bachelor’s degrees in international affairs, economics, and Arabic and a master’s degree in international policy. “Coming into the fall of 2012 my original plan was to apply for a language studies scholarship and then go to law school,” she said. “One of my professors mentioned the Rhodes Scholarship, and it got me excited to spend another two years ‘nerding out’ in Oxford.”
The Rhodes Scholarship gave Elizabeth a new perspective on her focus area: the Middle East. While studying for her master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies, Elizabeth was granted the opportunity to live in various countries during her breaks from school. “For me, one benefit of being in the UK was that I was only a short plane ride away from most Middle Eastern countries and got to study there and engage with that part of the world while doing research,” she said. She lived in Cairo and Jordan for weeks at a time while pursuing her master’s degree, and after graduation, she worked with Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Jordan. She then worked for McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, in their Middle East office in Dubai. This position enabled her to be employed and live in Saudi Arabia and Sierra Leone, among other locations. Her work in Sierra Leone primarily focused on creating data driven systems that enabled better decision-making processes, specifically during rebuilding after the devastating impact of Ebola. Her passion
for international development continues to inform her career goals. Currently, Elizabeth is a first-year student at Yale Law School. “We should each identify an area where we can be most effective, so I’m going to law school to have the experience and skills to do well in my area,” she said. “I want to help shape a sustainable and inclusive US foreign policy in treaties, trade agreements, and foreign investments, specifically with less developed countries.” As an undergraduate, Elizabeth took the time to invest in relationships with other SPIA students and professors, and she feels these connections helped her define her passion early on in her studies. “Doing something that I love and that I believed in was a really critical part of my experience at UGA,” she said. “I would encourage current students to find outlets that inspire them. Achieving positive change in the world requires hard work and teamwork. Be humble in this pursuit, but don’t be afraid to go there.”
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Increasing the Availability of Evidence-Based Treatment of
Critical Tools to Address the Opioid Crisis in the United States
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ALUMNI NEWS AND NOTES Accomplishments 1960s Darryl B Cohen (AB ‘67) is the past chairman of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences/Daytime Emmy awards and the chairman of the North American Law Summit, which is an entertainment sports and intellectual property conference that takes place every year in November at an offshore location normally in the Caribbean or Mexico. Lawyers from throughout the United States Canada are the main participants in the conference. Since 1987 they have held this incredible conference with this year’s conference being held in Grand Cayman. He does a significant amount of television commentary on cases of both national and local interest. Over the years he has been a commentator for Fox News Channel, CNN and headline news as well as local stations in Atlanta. Carroll Dorn Padgett, Jr. (AB ‘69) received “Lifetime Achievement” Award from The Chamber of Commerce of the City of Loris, SC after 43 years of practicing law in the County, over 38 years as City of Loris Attorney, 36 plus years as Attorney for the Loris Community Hospital, and presently serving as Chief Associate Probate Judge for Horry County, SC in Conway, SC.
1970s Mark Ross Daniels (PhD ‘79) is a board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner. Jim W Hill (AB ‘79) was recognized with the 2017 Distinguished Service Award by the South Carolina Economic Developers’ Association (SCEDA). Frederic Fairfield Manget (AB ‘73) retired after twenty-six years in the Office of General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency. He spent sixteen of those years in the Senior Intelligence Service (SIS, CIA’s equivalent of the federal government’s Senior Executive Service). His assignments included Deputy
General Counsel, Acting Director of Congressional Affairs, counsel to the Directorate of Intelligence, and legal adviser to the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) Counterterrorist, Counterintelligence, and Terrorist Threat Integration Centers. He also taught intelligence-related courses as a visiting officer-in-residence at the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs and Law School and the law school at Florida State. He received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for support to the prosecutions for the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. He also retired as a Colonel after twenty-two years as an individual mobilization augmentee in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Army Reserve. Jay Moon (AB ‘74, MPA ‘76) received the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Economic Development from the International Economic Development Council in Atlanta, Georgia at the IEDC JAY MOON Annual Meeting.
1980s Michael L Chidester (AB ‘82) was reelected November 2017 to his fifth term on the Byron City Council, and reelected by fellow members of council to his tenth term as Mayor-pro-tem, all beginning January 1, 2018. James G Coyle (AB ‘83) was named Managing Partner of Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins, LLP on January 20, 2018. Greg E Hill (AB ‘85) purchased a 50 year old real estate agency GREG E HILL in 2017.
Scott Henderson Sikes (AB ‘82) and Wesley K. Wicker, Ed.D. co-founded Columns Fundraising (national consulting firm) and acquired and merged Palmetto Grant Consulting into the new firm (www.columnsfundraising.com). Deborah Donaldson Silcox (AB ‘85) received an award called the Champion of Cities from The Georgia Municipal Association for DEBORAH her work on the DONALDSON SILCOX new fireworks bill signed by Governor Deal. Charles Stenius Stone (MPA ‘81) is a proud grandfather of two grandsons. He is able to enjoy them because a dear friend gave him a remarkable gift of a kidney in 2012. Kevin Charles Wilcox (MPA ‘88) was promoted in June 2019 to the newly created position of Associate Vice President for Risk Management and Compliance at the State University of New York at Albany. This position serves as the Chief Risk and Compliance Officer for the University with oversight of Policy Development, Internal Controls, Equity and Compliance, PCI compliance, Emergency Management, SUNY-wide Student Loan Service Center among other offices and operations.
1990s Mark D Bradbury (MPA ‘97, PhD ‘04) was promoted in June 2018 to Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Appalachian State University having directed the MPA program since 2010. Amy Fincher Green (AB ‘95) was just named President of the UGA Savannah Alumni association.
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Roger Edward Hartley (MA ‘93, PhD ‘99) won the Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce Education Advocate Award. The College he leads just won the NASPAA Social Equity Award. Tricia L Hise (AB ‘99) was recognized on the Congressional Record on November 3, 2017 for her work and dedication to victims of domestic violence by Congressman Doug Collins (R, 9th Congressional District). Samuel Joseph Juett (PhD ‘96) has served as a senior executive in municipal management in the United States and in Interior Ministry training and management programs in Afghanistan, Honduras, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine and the UAE. While a city manager for two municipalities in the US, he shepherded programs that interacted with local, state, and federal government agencies and major regional stakeholders. Dr. Sam’s work as an academician and member of the Carl Vinson Institute at the University of Georgia resulted in his recognition as a skillful analyst and careful researcher of
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programs and initiatives. The grounding of his capabilities developed during his military experience as a commissioned officer in the US Army. Teresa G Love (AB ‘92; MPA ‘94) retired after 21 years as a JAG in the US Air Force (lieutenant colonel). She will continue working for the federal government as a federal government contracts attorney. Jason Shepherd (AB ‘98) serves as Chairman of the Cobb County JASON SHEPHERD Republican Party, largest GOP county in GA and one of the largest nationally. Jason is also a 2018 graduate of Leadership Cobb. Phil Smith (AB ‘90) was elected to be Membership Chairman at Leadership Atlanta for the 2018-19 PHIL SMITH
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program year. In this position he is in charge of all alumni activities for the 48 year old organization and serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. Phil also continues to serve as one of Governor Nathan Deal’s appointees to Georgia Humanities. Melissa Griffin Welborn (MPA ‘97) was promoted to Assistant Director, Institutional Research, for Clemson University, in August 2018 after eleven years of service with the University. Melissa analyzes human resources data for the university and manages faculty activity systems.
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Carissa Siebeneck Anderson (MPA ‘02) has been with the same law firm (BHBC) for six years in the Washington DC office and now continues her job remotely from Missouri on a parttime basis. She has a challenging and interesting career in Native American Law, Government Contracts Law, and federal regulatory compliance, and still has time for community and family, like serving as a girl scout troop leader for her daughter’s Daisy troop. Benjamin Y Clark (PhD ‘09) has been tenured and promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in the School of Planning, Public Policy and Management at the University of Oregon. David Dove (AB ‘09) was named Director of Transition by Governor-Elect Brian Kemp. In that role, he assists the Governor-Elect in reviewing the state budget, coordinating appointments, implementing policy, and establishing his administration. Mitchell Newton Eubanks (AB ‘08) is celebrating three years of employment at Cherokee Nation Businesses as a proposal manager, now overseeing Defense Health Agency (DHA) health support contract bids. Leah M Farmer (AB ‘09) took a new job in March of 2018 at Franczek Radelet, practicing in the areas of employment, labor, and education law. She was selected in 2017 and 2018 as an Emerging Lawyer in the practice of employment law. The distinction is earned by fewer than two percent of all lawyers licensed to practice law in the state. Emerging Lawyers have proven themselves
professional, ethical and experienced at an early point in their legal career. Matt Foster (AB ‘06) was re-elected and sworn-in to a second term on the Cedartown City Commission. Erin Tribble Gunti (AB ‘02)‘s picture book, That’s Not My Bed, has been acquired by Barefoot Books. The book is about a girl who is spending her first night at a homeless shelter with her mother, and who takes comfort in imagining they are on a fantastical adventure. Gunti drew on her experience as a child abuse and neglect investigator. Publication is set for fall 2019. Alexander Bates Johnson (AB ‘09) is a prosecutor, writer, and bookseller in New Orleans. He first started writing with Dr. Loch K. Johnson and Dr. Chuck Bullock, winning the GPSA’s 2008 Pajari Award for the best undergraduate political science ALEXANDER BATES essay in the state of Georgia. Alex JOHNSON is an Assistant District Attorney in the Jefferson Parish DA’s office homicide screening division. Sean Gregory Simmons (AB ‘00) was promoted to North American Supply Chain Practice Leader at Accenture Strategy. Paul Raymond O’Hagan (AB ‘01) and his husband moved to Melbourne, Australia last year after having worked for the State Department in London for five years - enjoying life Down Under! Daniel Ward Miller (AB ‘02) is a Trade Compliance Officer, Empowered Official Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. Jennifer Ramer Perez (AB ‘03) cowrote and produced the film, Burnt Offering. The entire movie was made in JENNIFER RAMER Georgia, and many PEREZ of the crew were UGA grads! You can find her film in Redbox or on Amazon. Benjamin Keith Lindsey (AB ‘03) was recently promoted to District Claim Agent at Norfolk Southern over
the railroad’s Piedmont Division, supervising claims activity for North and South Carolina. Ivy Nguyen Le (AB ‘05) helped secure the release of a detainee exposing sexual assault in Hutto Detention Center, and she was the only recipient of deferred action status since Nov. 2016. She was also selected by Spotify for their IVY NGUYEN LE first SoundUp Bootcamp for aspiring women of color podcasters. There were 10 out of 18,000 applicants. Jewell Renee Robinson (AB ‘06) hired her first 5 employees to her business. She looks forward to expanding and growing her business into 3 locations in Delaware. Mandy Barber Sheriff (AB ‘07) won the 2018 McCarry Leadership Award, awarded by the Alliance for International Exchange for leadership in the field of international exchange.
Timothy James Sigler (MPA ‘07) was promoted to the Director position for DeKalb County’s Office of Management & Budget. Tamara G Nezhina (PhD ‘07) won the 2018 ASPA international scholar award. Chris Rodriguez (MPA ‘09) was named as one of eight “Counselors That Change Lives” nationally by the Colleges That Change Lives organization this past summer.
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Erin Williams Benson (MPA ‘10) was promoted from Senior Assistant Director of the Disability Resource Center at UGA to the Director following a national search. Leslie Vanessa Ancieta (AB ‘11) graduated with her Master’s in Business Administration from the University of North Georgia in May 2018. Emily Elizabeth Moore (AB ‘11) was named President of the Newton County Bar Association, appointed member of the Newton County Law Library Board, and named a Covington News Forty under 40.
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Rachel Anne Burns (MPA ‘11) started working at RTI, International in March 2018, assisting with the design and analysis of postsecondary studies conducted on behalf of the National Center for Education Statistics. James Tyler Sosebee (AB ‘13) graduated from the United States Army Military Police School Captain’s Career Course at the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Ben Cecil (AB ‘13) began the Ph.D. Program in Higher Education through UGA’s Institute of Higher Education in fall 2018.
An UNLIKELY Career By Shelby Steuart Chelsea Haley graduated from UGA in May 2013 with a major in political science and a minor in history. She signed a contract with Teach for America and entered the classroom thinking it would be a good experience when she later became involved in education politics. But, as soon as she started teaching, she knew that was where she wanted to stay. She was first positioned in south Louisiana. It was there that she fell in love with teaching and decided to open her home to one of her students and his brother. Her unique adoption story briefly went viral. Haley is now back in Georgia, and despite having had several teaching positions she has really enjoyed, her current role as a college and career readiness teacher might be her favorite. “I love that I’m teaching kids the skills that they will really use-practical life skills like communication and public speaking--as well as extra stuff that regular content teachers don’t get to teach,” she said. “I get to get them excited about their futures and form strong connections with them and their families, that’s the best part of teaching.”
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Kayla N Murray (AB ‘14) started a new job at the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, investigating large scale narcotics trafficking organizations in the City of New York. Regan Urquhart (AB ‘14) graduated from Florida State University with a Juris Doctor and a Masters in International Affairs. Aria Juliette Velasquez (AB ‘14) celebrated her 1 year anniversary at her current job on June 12 and in March 2019, she will be celebrate 3 years of living in Washington, DC. Laura Ansley Davis (AB ‘14) earned commission at the end of 2017 and
What Haley remembers most fondly about SPIA is the culture of excellence and how supportive her professors were. “I felt like the professors really let us come to our own conclusions based on the evidence we were being presented with. Now that I’m a teacher I feel like I use so many of the skills I was taught a UGA.”
Haley urges current SPIA students to get to know their professors. “In college you’re learning how to think and communicate, so utilize those office hours and build relationships.” Haley’s story is proof that it’s important to explore your passions and take chances because you never know what’s going to lead to your dream career.
checked in to her first command, the USS JOHN P MURTHA (LPD 26) based out of San Diego, CA. Since arriving, she has been LAURA ANSLEY placed in charge DAVIS of a division of 30 sailors in the ship’s deck department, which manages the amphibious ship’s equipment. Presley Danielle Franklin (AB ‘15, ‘15) was recently promoted to Consultant and continuing to work with her clients at HUD on voucher housing. She also began a part-time graduate program with Indiana University’s SPEA Connect program to earn an MPA PRESLEY DANIELLE with a focus on Policy Analysis. FRANKLIN Kelli E Colter (AB ‘15) went back to school to get her Masters in Public Administration at the University of Colorado Denver, concentrating in nonprofit management. While in Denver she has been interning at the local ALSAC/St. Jude office of the Rocky Mountains in field operations. Cameron Evers (MIP ‘15) started a new job as Senior Intelligence Analyst at WorldAware, Inc., where he advises a Fortune 500 financial client on geopolitics and global risk trends. Madeline Carol Morgan (AB ‘17) will be graduating from the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with her Master’s in Public Affairs with an emphasis in Trade and Security Policy in May 2019. Barbara Elizabeth Bradfield (AB ‘17) manages the Responsible Gaming program. During her time there, they’ve received three additional certifications from industry leaders in problem gambling and treatment referral. These are the Internet Compliance Assessment Program (iCAP) from the National Council on Problem Gambling, the NASPL/NCPG Responsible Gaming Verification at Implementation Level from the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries
SECURING OUR (NASPL) and the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG), and finally, Level 3 of the Responsible Gaming Framework from the World Lottery Association. Even more exciting, the Georgia Lottery was thrilled to return $1.14 billion to HOPE and Pre-K in Fiscal Year 2018, celebrating another record year of revenues for these educational programs in Georgia. Bridgette C Burton (MPA ‘17) received a new position at the Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre in October BRIDGETTE C of 2018. BURTON Brad Louis Williamson (AB ‘17) was recently hired on with Senator Isakson’s staff. Kelsi Taylor Potts (AB ‘18) graduated Summer 2018 and was hired right out of college to be the Development and Alumni Relations Coordinator for the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources here on campus. Jordan Fleming (AB ‘18) is serving with the Cape Cod National Seashore from October until July as a Planning Assistant through AmeriCorps. She is also serving with the Town of Provincetown Conservation Commission. Elizabeth Alexandra ELIZABETH Hardister (AB ALEXANDRA ‘18) won the HARDISTER Schwarzman Scholarship to study at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Maddison Knick Dean (MPA ‘18) was hired as the City Clerk for the City of Winder in April 2018. In this role, she serves as the records administrator, MADDISON community KNICK DEAN engagement coordinator, marketing director, and Downtown Development Authority treasurer.
Giancarlo Antoine Reyes (AB ‘18) secured a position at Davidson hotels and resorts as the lead analyst for the entire portfolio of 35+ properties. Rebekah Ellen Mobley (AB ‘13) joined a Georgia-based International NGO called MAP International (www.map.org) that provides lifechanging medicines and health supplies in more than 95 countries each year. By collaborating REBEKAH ELLEN with International MOBLEY governments, other NGOs, and the business community, they are working to solve important public health challenges for millions around the world. Victoria Justine Sanchez (AB ‘08, MA ‘10) was selected for the NNSA Graduate Fellowship Program (NGFP) class of 2018-2019. Her assignment is to the US Department of State working on nuclear disarmament and strategic treaties. During this year long fellowship, she will participate in professional development, training, and networking opportunities with leaders from across the nuclear security enterprise. Andrew Charles Wills (AB ‘11) joined the board of the Georgia State Society, and started a national energy law affinity group for LGBT energy lawyers and professionals called LGBT Power. Samuel Aguilar (AB ‘13, MPA ‘15) was promoted to State Director for FWD.us, only a year after moving to Atlanta to start the group’s first office in the state. As State Director, Samuel will oversee the group’s local, state, and federal lobbying efforts beginning with Georgia’s 2019 legislative session. Jasmin Severino (AB ‘13) accepted an associate position with the law firm of Davis, Matthews & Quigley, P.C. in Atlanta, GA. Her practice focuses on the preparation of wills, trusts, and other related documents. She also assists clients with probate administration and the formation of pass-through entities.
By Amanda Tysor Upon earning one of the highly sought-after Fulbright scholarships, Valeriia Lozova came to the United States as an international student from Ukraine. Valeriia earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Odessa University, at which time she began to develop her interest in nonproliferation and security through seminars and international conferences. She chose to come to the United States with the goal of enrolling in a program that focused on these interests – and SPIA’s Master of International Policy (MIP) program was the perfect fit. Through the MIP program, she was able to pursue projects such as developing a comprehensive article about the structure and internal workings of the European Atomic Energy Community. She is grateful to SPIA and the program for the way in which they conducted research and assisted students professionally. “Instead of academic research, we wrote policy research articles and briefs,” and the practical knowledge she gained truly set her apart. Outside of her work, Valeriia enjoyed spending time with close friends and took full advantage of Georgia football game days. “Georgia football is like its own subculture – I loved it!” she recalls. Following graduation, she worked in the Nuclear Policy program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace under Dr. James Acton. She is now serving as a Fulbright Visiting Researcher with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, hoping to gain more experience in the field before returning to Ukraine and Europe. She has been conducting research and collaborating with professionals on a paper discussing the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty. “Going forward, I hope to go beyond studying and writing papers, and make an international but practical impact,” she said. Valeriia hopes to achieve this by pursuing an internship with the International Atomic Energy Agency and one day working for the agency, helping to create new safeguards and to authenticate new equipment in a more efficient manner.
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May 2017 from the University of Georgia College of Education and will become a Double Dawg when she graduates with her Master’s in Communication Sciences and Disorders in May 2019. Erin Greenberg (MPA ‘17) was married 5 in December 2016, right before graduation. She then worked for the City of Johns Creek, Georgia, for a year as a Budget Analyst. She now works for the State at the Office of Planning and Budget!
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Nicholas Elias Deeb (AB ‘04) and his wife, Anna (UGA, Ph.D. Comm ‘18) are expecting their first child, a boy, in December 2018. Carey Clinton (AB ‘03) and his wife Christin McConnell welcomed their first child, Rose Marguerite
FROM GERMANY TO THE UNITED STATES TO SWITZERLAND By Amanda Tysor Dr. Melanie Kolbe received her undergraduate degree from the University of Rostock in Germany. At the end of her undergraduate career, she participated in an exchange program which brought her to the University of Georgia. She loved it so much that she took the GRE with the hopes of staying on and completing her master’s degree. She remained at UGA first as a master’s student and later as a PhD student in the international affairs department. A hopeful academic, she was greatly inspired by courses she took with professors such as Dr. Crepaz, and became interested in
Clinton McConnell to their family in April 2018 and bought a home in Washington, DC in Capitol Hill. 7 Douglas Paul Harden (AB ‘05) and his wife Stephanie welcomed their daughter, Hannah on January 31, 2018.
immigration policy. She and Dr. Crepaz published a paper together, titled “The Power of Citizenship: How Inclusion Affects Attitudes on Social Benefits Among Naturalized Citizens and Foreign Residents.” Upon graduation from the University of Georgia, she accepted a prestigious job offer at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland. Kolbe currently works there as an assistant professor, teaching politics of Dr. Melanie Kolbe immigration control, advanced statistics for PhD students, and comparative political economy. She also conducts her own research. “UGA prepared me well, advising me to publish my work and giving me the opportunity to teach while earning my PhD,” she said. “I credit my fellow
Christopher Michael Sullivan (AB ‘07) and his wife Taylor welcomed their first child and future dawg, Jack William Sullivan, on September 30, 2018. Noah R Mink (AB ‘08) and Rachel Mink welcomed their second child, Sophia (“Sophie”) Grace, on March 6, 2018.
students at SPIA and teachers for helping me get this job!” Geneva is well known within the international affairs community as the home of high-profile international organizations, such as the United Nations. Dr. Kolbe frequently moderates panels that have included such figures as the prior president of the EU, the president of the Red Cross Committee, and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. “The World Trade Organization and World Health Organization are literally just across the street – you always have people from those offices who show up for policy discussions,” she said. To Dr. Kolbe, making a global impact is as simple as becoming more active in the policy community; developing a more visible profile; and creating connections and collaborations within the diverse community of Geneva. “I feel I’ve had a very successful career that is only just beginning.”
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By Kalah Mingo As a non-profit founder, actress, model, pageant queen, and SPIA graduate, Marianny Egurrola’s talents are distinct and multifaceted. Born and raised in Colombia, Egurrola came to the United States when she was 15 years old, becoming fluent in English in only six months. UGA was on Egurrola’s radar once she moved to Georgia in high school. “I loved the campus, I loved the area, I just really liked the college vibe that you get there,” said Egurrola. Originally, Egurrola was attracted to UGA because of the Terry College of Business. She became a business major, took a few classes, but soon realized that SPIA and international affairs was the place for her. “I come from a different country, I already speak two different languages, I travel a lot,” said Egurrola. “International affairs was a better fit for me because of my own personal experience, and it’s something I can enjoy and relate to.” Egurrola wanted the opportunity to
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Powell A. Moore for Security and Cooperation in Europe. In 2005, he received the Defense Department’s medal for distinguished public service for his leadership during the ‘War on Terrorism.’ No matter what his job, Moore remained dedicated to the University of Georgia, speaking in classrooms about his career and engaging with undergraduate students. As a member of the SPIA Board of Visitors, Moore advised and advocated for SPIA within the public sphere.
combine her background with her studies, and SPIA gave her the chance to do so. “When I started studying international affairs, politics, and government, everything I learned I enjoyed,” said Egurrola. Egurrola began modeling as a teenager and acting while in college. Once she graduated with her degree in international affairs and a minor in communications, she landed her first Colombian TV show series. After filming the series, she began preparing for her next chapter - competing in Miss Georgia USA. She was named third runnerup in 2016. She returned two years later, determined to come out on top. “I went in with a different mindset. I was a different person and I had grown since the first time I competed,” she said. “I was more confident, and I really wanted it this time.” Egurrola saw the competition as an opportunity to brand herself in her modeling and acting career. Her hard work and dedication paid off as she was named Miss Georgia USA 2018, becoming the first Latina woman to hold the title. “I did everything I needed to do to win and I had everything it took. It was time for a Latina to hold the title,” said Egurrola. During the competition, Egurrola introduced her non-profit, Sea of Smiles, but was hesitant to do so at first. “I didn’t really want to make it a big thing because I didn’t want people to think that I was only doing it because of the pageant, but it’s something I actually started and have been passionate about since I was a kid.” When she was only seven, Egurrola began sharing Christmas gifts with other children
Fellow SPIA Board of Visitors member and long-time friend Maj. Gen. Arnold Punaro (USMC, RET) spoke highly of Moore and his work: “The Honorable Powell Moore was the gold standard for selfless and exceptional public service. All through his time in the Senate, in the White House, in the Departments of Defense, Justice, and State, and even in industry, supporting the men and women in uniform was his hallmark. A source of sage advice to a new Senate staffer like myself in the early 1970s, Powell Moore was ever-cognizant of political realities and the needs of the nation. I was privileged to have him as a mentor, colleague, friend, and fellow Georgia Bulldogs fan for over 45 years. He is a role model for all.” Most recently, Moore resided with his wife, Pamla, in Washington, DC. The School of Public and International Affairs commemorates Mr. Moore for his dedication to the university, to the state of Georgia, and to public service.
in her hometown. The next year, her mother and she gave 12 toys away to local children, increasing the number of presents each year until they were giving out more than 600 toys each Christmas season. “Every year you go back and there’s more children...with not enough resources, education, or food,” said Egurrola. “For me,
it’s something so personal. I do it for me, my family, and for the kids.” The mission of the organization is to expose —and educate children and teenagers of diverse backgrounds — to the different cultures that exist around the world. Sea of Smiles has grown over the years from Christmas toys to programs for fine arts, pen pals, self-esteem, and more. Egurrola credits SPIA for a lot of her success. “I’m able to use the things I learned and skills I gained in my work,” said Egurrola. “SPIA really helped me to understand how the world works.”
FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Jason Anastasopoulos Assistant Professor, Public Administration and Policy, Political Science, Institute for Artificial Intelligence • Published “Machine Learning for Public Administration Research with Application to Organizational Reputation” in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
• Received a $60,000 grant from the Peterson and Ford Foundations to do research on the labor market effects of immigration. • Received 2 seed grants from the University of Georgia to study how artificial intelligence will affect government and democracy. • Served as the Microsoft Visiting Professor at Princeton University, a Princeton and Microsoft funded fellowship for people working on research which intersects ethics, policy and technology. Jeffrey D. Berejikian Associate Professor, International Affairs • Completed a series of experiments on active-duty U.S. military officers, up through the rank of general, and briefed US government officials on the results of the research including; the office of the Joint Chiefs, Secretary of Defense, and the White House - related to decision making
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about cyber, nuclear, and chemical deterrence. Also briefed research scientists at Lawerence Livermore National Laboratories and offered a joint presentation with a team from Sandia National Laboratories to group of security officials at the Pentagon. • Named a University System of Georgia Chancellor’s Learning Scholar. The long-term charge of Chancellor’s Learning Scholars is to support the faculty who seek to successfully innovative in the classroom. Over the next two years, in cooperation with other Chancellor’s Learning Scholars throughout the state, will organize and lead a series of Faculty Learning Communities across the UGA campus designed to assist faculty in developing new, creative, and effective classroom pedagogies.
Christina Boyd Associate Professor, Political Science • Received the 2018 University of Georgia Graduate School Outstanding Mentoring Award, Social and Behavioral Science.
• Published articles in Law & Society Review, Political Research Quarterly, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vanderbilt Law Review, and Michigan State Law Review. • Featured research in New York Times, Washington Post, The Regulatory Review, and Administrative & Regulatory Law News. • Presented research at Berkeley Law School, Duke Law School, and Georgia State political science. Jamie L. Carson Professor, Political Science • Published “Electoral Incentives in Congress” with Joel A. Sievert the University of Michigan Press, 2018.
• Published “Change and Continuity in the 2016 Elections” with John H. Aldrich, Brad T. Gomez, and David W. Rohde in CQ Press/Sage, 2019. • Published “Candidate Ideology and Electoral Success in Congressional Elections” with Ryan Williamson in Public Choice 176(July): 175-192. • Published “Candidate Emergence in the Era of Direct Primaries” with Ryan Williamson in Handbook of Primary Elections, 2018. Robert Boatright, editor. Routledge, pp. 57-71. • Participated in a roundtable at the American Political Science Association Meeting in Boston, MA
discussing what types of research should be conducted on primary elections in the future. Markus Crepaz Professor, International Affairs • Received the “The Forum’s 2018 Award for Excellence in Education Abroad Curriculum Design”. • Presented “What’s Trust Got to do With It” at the Reynolds Plantation on Lake Oconee. • Published “What’s Trust Got to Do With It? The Effects of In-Group and Out-Group Trust on Conventional and Unconventional Political Participation” with Karen Bodnaruk Jazayeri, & Jon Polk in Social Science Quarterly. • Published “Routledge, 2017 Of Paradigms Won and Lost: the Neo-Corporatist World According to Howard Wiarda” in European Democracies. • Served as chair and discussant at the American Political Science Association Annual meeting in 2017 in San Francisco. Keith Dougherty Professor, Political Science • Published “Coalitional Instability and the Three-Fifths Compromise” with Gordon Ballingrud, a graduate student in the American Journal of Political Science.
• Published “Stopping Rules for Majority Voting: A Public Choice Experiment,” with Alice Kisaalita and Jordan McKissick, two graduate students, and Evan Katz, an undergraduate in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
• Associate Editor for Public Choice, including guest editing a special edition in honor of Keith T. Poole with Howard Rosenthal. Maryann Gallagher Lecturer, International Affairs • Presented her paper “Gender(ed) Norms and the Prosecution of Sexual Violence in International Courts,” co-authored with Dr. Deepa Prakash and Zoe Li (IA undergraduate), at the 2018 International Studies Association Conference and the 2018 meeting of the International Feminist Journal of Politics. • Co-facilitated the American Political Science Association’s Pedagogy Workshop at the 2018 APSA meeting in Boston. Jeffrey Glas Lecturer, Political Science • Published “The Silver Screen and Authoritarianism: How Popular Films Activate Latent Personality Dispositions and Affect American Political Attitudes” with J. Benjamin Taylor in American Politics Research. • Transitioned into new lecturer position, a position created as part of a presidential initiative on undergraduate teaching. Robert Grafstein Georgia Athletic Association Professor of Political Science • Published article helping to explain the increasing level of political polarization in the U.S. and other countries. • Published a book chapter offering a solution to a problem in decision theory that has been widely studied and has major implications for the social sciences. • Continues to direct a China study abroad program, which is now in its 14th year. Susan Haire Professor and Director of Criminal Justice Studies • Received NSF award for an REU Supplement to my existing grant that focuses on oral arguments and decision making by judges on the federal circuit courts. This supplement is funding research assistance by one of our majors, Claire McDowell. Claire will be drawing on these data
to present a poster on U.S. Courts of Appeals’ decision making at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago. • Co-authored essay for edited volume on the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Handbook on Judicial Behavior. • Presented preliminary findings with a team of researchers Laura Moyer, Alyson Benton, John Szmer, John Christensen, Sam Levargne, Ethan Boldt, and Barry Edwards) on an NSF-funded project at the 2018 annual meeting of APSA: “Evaluating the Obama Wave on the US Courts of Appeals”. • Organized all judicial politics panels for the 2018 annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. Rongbin Han Assistant Professor, International Affairs • Published book Contesting Cyberspace in China: Online Expression and Authoritarian Resilience (Columbia University Press, 2018). • Received the 2018 John and Vivian Sabel Award for his article “Path to Democracy? Assessing Village Elections in China” (with Kevin J. O’Brien) which was named best article published in the Journal of Contemporary China. • Published or accepted the following articles/chapters: • “Rescuing Authoritarian Rule: The Anti-Gongzhi Discourse in Chinese Cyberspace” (with Linan Jia), in Chris Shei (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Chinese Discourse Analysis, forthcoming. • “Patriotism without state blessing: Chinese cyber nationalists in predicament” in Teresa Wright (ed.) Handbook of Dissent and Protest in China (Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming). • “Governing by the Internet: Local Governance in the Digital Age” (with Linan Jia). Journal of Chinese Governance 3(1): 67-85. Daniel W. Hill Jr. Associate Professor, International Affairs • Published article “Torture and the Limit of Democratic Institutions” in The Journal of Peace Research with Courtenay Conrad and Will Moore.
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• Published article “Democracy and Police Torture” in Research and Politics with Joshua Jackson and Shelby Hall, who are both Ph.D. students at UGA. • Published article “Why Governments Cede Sovereignty: Evidence from Regional Human Rights Courts” in Foreign Policy Analysis. • Article titled “Democracy and Compliance With Human Rights Treaties: The Conditional Effectiveness of CEDAW” accepted for publication at International Studies Quarterly. Coauthored with K Anne Watson, who is a Ph.D. student at UGA. Loch K. Johnson Regents Professor • Published Spy Watching (Oxford, 2018). • Published Intelligence: The Secret World of Spies, co-ed. (Oxford, 2019). • Served as Panel Chair, “Covert Action,” International Studies Association, Toronto (2019). • Presented The De Serio Lecture, Army War College, Carlisle, PA (2018). • Reviewed the report “Decadal Survey of Social and Behavioral Sciences for Applications to National Security,” National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Board on Behavioral, Cognitive and Sensory Sciences (2018). Emily C. Lawler Assistant Professor, Public Administration and Policy • Published “Direct and Spillover Effects of Middle School Vaccination Requirements” with Christopher S. Carpenter in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. Jerome S. Legge Jr. Professor Emeritus, Director, UGA Study Abroad in Verona, Italy • Directed the spring and the summer abroad program in Verona, Italy for the 2018 calendar year. In addition to Verona, the program included stops in Florence, Rome,Venice, Padua, Munich, and Salzburg. • Published “Collaboration, Intelligence, and the Holocaust: Ferdinand Durcansky, Slovak Nationalism, and the Gehlen Organization,” in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. • Delivered Public Service Lecture to the Hebrew Order of David, April
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2018, Congregation B’nai Torah, “The Holocaust in Italy.” Jamie Monogan Associate Professor, Political Science • Awarded UGA’s Creative Research Medal for his article entitled “Gone with the Wind: Federalism and the Strategic Location of Air Polluters.” The article is published in the American Journal of Political Science, with coauthors David Konisky (Indiana University) and Neal Woods (University of South Carolina).
• Received the Disability Resource Center’s 2018 Outstanding Faculty Award. • Published an article in the Journal Political Behavior entitled, “Anxious Voters in the 2016 U.S. Election: An Analysis of How They Decided from the ERPC2016.” This article was an award winner in the Election Research Preacceptance Competition for a study that developed and publicly declared a design before 2016 election study data were available. • Published an article co-authored with current UGA Ph.D. student Joshua Jackson entitled “The Fifty American States in Space and Time: Applying Conditionally Autoregressive Models.” This article is forthcoming in the journal, Political Science Research and Methods. • Published an article co-authored with UGA Ph.D. graduate Chris Hare (now teaching at UC-Davis) entitled “The Democratic Deficit on Salient Issues: Immigration and Healthcare in the States.” This article is forthcoming in the Journal of Public Policy.
Cas Mudde Stanley Wade Shelton Professor • Published book, The Far Right in America (Routledge, 2018). • Published Populism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2017) Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser as an audio book in Catalan, Dutch, Greek, Japanese, Spanish, and Thai. • Published “Studying Populism in Comparative Perspective: Reflections on the Contemporary and Future Research Agenda” with Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser in Comparative Political Studies. • Became a columnist for the Guardian US. • Held the Belgian Francqui Professor Chair, 2017-18, at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Antwerp in Belgium.
Amanda Murdie Department Head and Professor, International Affairs • Received Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award from International Studies Association. • Received the 2018 Frank J. Klingberg Award for Best Paper Presented by a Faculty Member at the 2017 ISA Midwest Conference along with Naji Bsisu.
• SEC Academic Leadership Development Participant • Published “Keep the Informants Talking: The Pursuit & Use of CBRN Weapons by Terrorist Organizations” with Blake Campbell Undergraduate Student (former BA student) in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism • Published “The (Co) Evolution of Human Rights Advocacy: Understanding Human Rights Issue Emergence Over Time” with Baekkwan Park and David R. Davis in Cooperation and Conflict. Becky Nesbit Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management • Published “The Role of Employees: Public Service Motives and Organizational Commitment in Workplace Giving Campaigns” with Robert K. Christensen and Justin M. Stritch in the American Review of Public Administration, 48(7): 644-658. • Published “The Limits and Possibilities of Volunteering: A Framework for Explaining the Scope of Volunteering Involvement in Public and Nonprofit Organizations” with Robert K. Christensen, and Jeffrey L. Brudney in the Public Administration Review, 78(4): 502-513. • Published “A Field Too Crowded? How Measures of Market Structure Shape Nonprofit Fiscal Health” with Laurie Paarlberg, Robert K. Christensen, Rebecca Nesbit, SeungHo An, and Justin Bullock in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 47(3); 453-473. • Received a grant from Corporation for National and Community Service, $150,000, Examining the CommunityLevel Determinants of the Rural-Urban Volunteering Divide. Shane Singh Associate Professor, International Affairs • Published “Elections Activate Partisanship Across Countries,” with J. Thornton in the American Political Science Review. • Published “Compulsory Voting and Parties’ Vote Seeking Strategies” in American Journal of Political Science. • Published “The Effects of Militarized Interstate Disputes on Incumbent
Voting Across Genders” with J. Tir. in Political Behavior. • 2018-2019 Democracy Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. • Published “Beyond Turnout: How Compulsory Voting Shapes Citizens and Political Parties”.
Andy Whitford Alexander M. Crenshaw Professor of Public Policy • Published “Designing Systems for the Co-Production of Public Knowledge: Considerations for National Statistical Systems,” with Derrick Anderson in Policy Design and Practice. • Published “Incentives and Tournaments in Public Organizations” in Perspectives on Public Management and Governance. • Published “Perceptions of the Rule of Law: Evidence about the Impact of Judicial Insulation,” with Jeff Yates and David S. Brown in Social Science Quarterly. • Published “Government Promotion of Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from the EU EcoManagement and Audit Scheme,” with Colin Provost in Review of Policy Research.
• Published “Machine Learning for Public Administration Research, with Application to Organizational Reputation,” with L. Jason Anastasopoulos in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Katherine Willoughby Golembiewski Professor of Public Administration • Completed book, Public Performance Budgeting: Principles and Practice, with Elaine Yi Lu (CUNY) and published by Taylor & Francis Publishers. • This book examines applications of performance budgeting by U.S. state government juvenile justice agencies. We study juvenile justice services because delivery methods are changing dramatically and costs are significant. We engage a multimethod research strategy to expose the benefits and challenges for engaging performance budgeting to support more effective results in a vital state function. Eric Zeemering Associate Professor and MPA Director • Published “Do interlocal contracts seek collaborative efficiency? An investigation of police service delivery in California cities” in Public Management. • Published “The global relevance of Canadian public administration? A bibliometric research note” in Canadian Public Administration. • Published the chapter “Collaborative local governance: Building metropolitan services, vision and teamwork” in the Handbook of American Public Administration. Laura Zimmerman Assistant Professor, International Affairs • Published “It’s a Boy! Women and Non-Monetary Benefits from a Son in India,” in World Development, 104: 326-335, 2018. • Received Swift Award for Outstanding Teaching in Undergraduate Economics from the University of Georgia in 2018. • Presented “Remember when It Rained - Schooling Responses to Shocks in India” at NEUDC Conference (North East Universities Development Consortium) at Cornell University.
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Public Administration Doctoral Program In November 2017, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus Larry O’Toole and his wife, Mary, made a gift of $125,000 to create the Public Administration and Policy Doctoral Fellowship Fund. The school has since embarked on a fundraising campaign to raise at least $500,000 of endowed support for this fund, which would provide support for doctoral students in the program in perpetuity. “Larry O’Toole is a titan in the field of public administration and policy,” says Dean Matthew Auer. “But throughout his career, his real passion has been students, and he has trained generations of the best academics and practitioners in public affairs. I am delighted and gratified that Larry and Mary O’Toole have established the Public Administration and Policy Doctoral Fellowship Fund.” The PhD in Public Administration and Policy at SPIA is one of the very best programs in the country, indeed the world. Within the past few years, program graduates have been placed in tenure-track positions among some of the nation’s finest faculties – including Albany - State University of New York, Arizona State University, Emory University, Indiana University, the Ohio State University, Texas A&M University, University of Arizona, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and the University of Washington. Beyond academia, several program alumni serve in important leadership roles in the realm of public affairs and governance.
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Continuing to attract the very best doctoral students is a prime goal of the school. In order to attract, train, and graduate the best, we must offer financial support that is competitive with aid provided by other top doctoral programs. “State-funded aid is limited and simply must be supplemented by endowed support secured through private giving,” says Dr. O’Toole. “I have devoted a considerable portion of my professional life to this program, and I believe strongly in its value.” Other generous donors from across the country and around the world are joining in the effort. “During my time at UGA, I received unparalleled training from some of the best public administration scholars in the world. I am just one in a long line of junior scholars to learn at the feet of giants like [Robert] Golembiewski, [Thomas] Lauth, [Hal] Rainey, and [Larry] O’Toole. It is our responsibility, as beneficiaries of their generosity and wisdom, to ensure that the school and department can support future doctoral students. I give to honor the contributions of these great scholars, and to support future generations of UGA PhD students who will go on to shape our knowledge and understanding of public administration,” says Benjamin Brunjes (MPA ‘12, PhD, 16), Assistant Professor, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington. The school has set a goal to raise at least $500,000 for endowed support for our PADP PhD students by June 30, 2020. The aim is to create stable support in perpetuity. Future scholars will long benefit from these efforts. If you would like to be a part of the effort to support PhD students in public administration and policy, visit https://t.uga. edu/3HU or contact Sarah Baines at sbaines@uga.edu.
Leave Your Mark on Do you want to make a significant impact on students, faculty or programs at SPIA? Consider a planned gift. Planned giving (making a gift to the School through your estate) enables supporters of the University to give more than they ever thought possible. Sarah Baines, SPIA’s Director of Development, explains, “Planned giving allows people to achieve their philanthropic goals without giving away the assets they need during their lifetime.” Bradley Chilton (PhD ‘88) and his wife, Lisa,
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Five SPIA alumni recently accepted the challenge to change the life of one future SPIA student. Taking advantage of the University’s Georgia Commitment Scholarship program, Clay Anthony (‘01), Caitlyn Cooper (‘07), Susanna Mesa (‘08), Jason O’Rouke (‘06, ‘11), and Hadas Peles (‘09) created the SPIA Five Scholarship to provide financial support for an incoming freshman. The scholarship will provide support for a SPIA student with demonstrated financial need throughout his/her four-year career at UGA. The Georgia Commitment Scholarship (GCS) program was created in 2017 to grow the number of need-based scholarships awarded to UGA students. Through the program, the UGA Foundation matches—dollar for dollar—any gift in the amount of $50,000, $75,000 or $100,000 to establish an endowed undergraduate need-based scholarship. After learning about the GCS program, Dean Auer wanted to create an opportunity to maximize the number of SPIA alumni who could participate, so he developed the “Five Friends Initiative” to encourage five alumni to create one scholarship. “We worked with the UGA Foundation to develop a way for alumni to pool their resources, over multiple years, and thereby participate in the program. Our alumni are naturally gregarious – so we knew ‘Five Friends’ had potential. Low and behold, we found five generous friends to participate in this wonderful match opportunity,” Auer reflected. Alumni board member Caitlyn Cooper (‘07) was the first to respond to the Dean’s idea. “SPIA and UGA have given me so much, I believe it’s important to give back.
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chose to include a gift to SPIA in their will. “My favorite memory from my UGA days is the caring mentorship provided to me by my major professor, Susette Talarico, and many other faculty in the Department of Political Science. I deeply appreciate the careful attention to detail, disciplined approach, and thoughtfulness from each of them as I completed my doctoral studies at UGA. It was this kind of caring environment that made all the difference in getting me through and in the successes I’ve enjoyed…. It’s good to be able to pass it on.”
Brad and Lisa’s gift will support both the Susette M. Talarico Fund – a fund supporting undergraduate students as well as faculty - and the Thomas P. and M. Jean Lauth Graduate Fellowship Fund – a fund providing financial assistance to outstanding graduate students in the School. “Supporting both of these Funds allows me to honor two very important people in my life, as well as provide a broad base of support to all areas of the School,” Brad said. For more information about planned giving, contact Sarah Baines at sbaines@ uga.edu or visit ugalegacy.org.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
Plus, the offer of the match was too good to pass on,” she said. Cooper also hoped that her gift would inspire others to realize how much they have received from SPIA and to decide to give as well. Cooper approached her friend and fellow alumni board member, Jason O’Rouke (‘06, ‘11) about this exciting opportunity, and O’Rouke was excited to become the second of the SPIA Five. “SPIA is a relatively young
involvement alongside the four other partners in this work.” She also mentioned, “I have the confidence to invest in future programs and leaders because of the very positive direction I’ve seen the school take over the last ten years since graduation.” Susanna Mesa (AB ‘08) and Clay Anthony (AB ‘01) also joined the effort, completing the “SPIA Five.” The scholarship will be awarded for the first time in Fall 2019 to an
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Undergraduate Student Body
. 2 9% are first-generation college students . 4 6% have a family income less than the cost of attendance for a resident undergraduate ($26,688)
.O ver 1,500 have a family income less than the cost of tuition and fees for a resident undergraduate ($11,830)
school and there is still so much direction for how the school and programs can evolve. Helping to provide resources for students who are part of that evolution turns ideas into reality.” News spread through the alumni board, and soon Hadas Peles (AB ‘09) became the third to join the scholarship initiative. Peles felt personally motivated to be a part of the initiative, saying, “This one spoke to me because of the opportunity to amplify my
incoming freshman who intends to major in political science and/or international affairs. As of January 4, 2019, the University has secured 349 Georgia Commitment Scholarships and raised over $23.3 million for need-based scholarship support. New Georgia Commitment Scholarships will continue to be created as long as matching funds are available. For more information about the program, contact Sarah Baines at sbaines@uga.edu.
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Candler Hall Society ($250 - $499) Mr. David E. Barrett and Mrs. Donna L. Barrett Ms. Anne B. Bennett Boeing Company Mr. Walter P. Bridges and Mrs. Jennifer L. Bridges Mrs. Christine A. Brownlie and Mr. Robert P. Brownlie Dr. Benjamin M. Brunjes and Ms. Molly Brunjes Mr. Randall R. Bryan Jr. Mr. Travis W. Bussey and Mrs. Anna Bussey Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Ms. Anne M. Chotvacs and Mr. Charles Chotvacs Mr. Christopher K. Crawford Dr. Ann R. Crowther Mr. J. Anderson Davis and Mrs. Janice J. Davis Mr. Hayes M. Dever Jr. Mr. Joseph E. Dickerson and Commissioner Sharyn Stewart Dickerson Mr. D. Andrew Dill Ms. Denise Garner Dunbar and Mr. William F. Dunbar Dr. Delmer D. Dunn and Mrs. Ann S. Dunn Mr. Bryan G. Fanning and Mrs. Cristin A. Fanning Dr. Grant M. Fiddyment and Ms. Hadas Peles Mr. Albert R. Fournier
Mr. John T. Garcia and Mrs. Elizabeth Seckinger Garcia Mr. Garland J. Gibson Jr. and Dr. Rebecca Gibson Ms. Lauren C. Greer Mr. Scott A. Haggard Mr. Robert M. Haire and Dr. Susan G. Haire Mr. Shawn W. Hardister and Mrs. Pamela D. Hardister Ms. Christie Haynes Ms. Alexandra M. Hebdon Mr. Yul D. Holloway Dr. Lisa M. Holmes Dr. Yilin Hou and Ms. Sophie Dong Ms. Dorothy C. Nichols and Mr. Ethan James Ms. Sunny W. Jarrard Dr. Loch K. Johnson and Mrs. Leena S. Johnson Mr. Ilwoo Ju and Dr. Eunju Rho Mr. Daniel M. Judy and Mrs. Caroline Duffie Judy Mr. David A. Kasriel and Ms. Catherine Kasriel Kasriel Family Charitable Fund Mr. Leon S. Kelehear and Mrs. Patricia S. Kelehear Mr. Stuart W. Kent and Mrs. Karolyn S. Kent Ms. Katherine M. Knight Mr. Thomas G. Ledbetter and Mrs. Lauren P. Ledbetter Ms. Sharri Edenfield Lindsey and Mr. William Lindsey Mr. Randy A. Logan and Mrs. Susan P. Logan Dr. Huaping Luo Ms. Patricia A. McCarthy Mr. Mark C. McCormick and Dr. Linda A. McCormick Ms. Angela M. Morgan Mr. Brian R. Murray Dr. Rebecca A. Nesbit Mr. Joseph F. O’Donald and Mrs. Karen E. O’Donald Mrs. Caroline M. Paczkowski and Dr. Andrew M. Paczkowski Ms. Margaret E. Patterson and Mr. Hunter Patterson Ms. Megan A. Powell PruittHealth Mrs. Lucy Rainey and Dr. Hal G. Rainey Ms. Sarah D. Ralston Mr. Daniel L. Regenstein Mr. James A. Robson and Mrs. Katherine C. Robson Ms. Jill Neunaber Rulli and Mr. Lino Rulli Schwab Charitable Fund Mr. Jason M. Shepherd and Mrs. Manuela Shepherd Ms. Sarah B. Smith Mr. Phillip R. Smith Dr. Lisa E. Sperling Dr. Justin M. Stritch Mr. Bradford A. Taylor Mr. William B. Temple Mr. Eric M. Teusink and Ms. Paige Nelson Teusink Mr. Charles D. Vaughn and Mrs. Kimberly Vaughn Dr. Jennie C. Welch and Mr. Kevin H. Welch Mr. Stephen K. Whalen and Mrs. Laura G. Whalen Mr. Kevin C. Wilcox Mr. Barry Wood and Dr. Gwendolyn Yawn Wood Mr. Christopher O. Young Ms. Catherine L. Zwicker
George S. Parthemos Consecutive Giving Society (5+ years) Mr. Andrew L. Beggs Mr. Thomas F. Bell Anonymous Mr. William T. Bennett III and Mrs. Margaret J. Bennett Mr. Thomas D. Beusse and Mrs. Frances Doughtie Beusse Mr. Frank C. Bracco Mr. Henry J. Broitman and Mrs. Lisa Mitchell Broitman Mrs. Christine A. Brownlie and Mr. Robert P. Brownlie Mrs. Frances Bullock and Dr. Charles S. Bullock III The Honorable Valerie E. Caproni Mr. James V. Chin and Dr. Audrey A. Haynes Mr. Edward G. Cole III Mr. Lee Culpepper and Mrs. Bethany Culpepper Mr. Nicholas F. deJong and Ms. Katherine Kosciolek deJong Dr. Delmer D. Dunn and Mrs. Ann S. Dunn Capt Phillip B. Ferris and Mrs. Elizabeth J. Ferris Mr. David R. Gillon and Mrs. Anna Gillon Ms. Ellen B. Godsall Mr. Michael G. Gray and Mrs. Melinda P. Gray Ms. Laura M. Haase Mr. Henry K. Harp III and Mrs. Leann Harp Mr. Andrew J. Harris Jr. and Mrs. Deborah Harris Mr. Patrick L. Hobson and Ms. Kristin C. Hobson Mr. Yul D. Holloway Dr. Teresa Irvin and Mr. James M. Irvin Mr. David A. Kasriel and Ms. Catherine Kasriel Mr. Daniel C. Lanford Jr. and Mrs. Janice A. Lanford Dr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Lauth Dr. Susan D. Loomis and Mr. John Loomis Mr. Joshua J. Mackey and Ms. Kallarin Mackey Dr. John A. Maltese Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Martin IV Mr. Terry A. Mathews and Mrs. Margaret P. Mathews Mr. Douglas R. Matties Mr. Jeffrey A. McDougal Mrs. Joleen M. Neel and Mr. Stanley C. Neel Dr. Lloyd G. Nigro and Mrs. Carol L. Nigro Dr. Kirsten F. Nigro Mr. Charles R. Nuckolls and Mrs. Suzanne G. Nuckolls Mr. Jason L. O’Rouke Dr. Laurence J. O’Toole Jr. and Mrs. Mary G. O’Toole Dr. John D. Parker Mr. Alexander W. Patterson and Mrs. Janet Patterson Mr. David B. Pinson and Ms. Edith C. Waller Mr. Daniel L. Regenstein Richard B. Russell Foundation, Inc. Mr. Asher L. Rivner and Mrs. Danielle Rivner Mr. Christian A. Rodriguez Mr. James C. Sanders Jr. and Ms. Jennifer C. Sanders H. Paige Scarborough and Catherine Still Scarborough Ms. Sarah B. Smith
Mr. James A. Sommerville and Mrs. Frances D. Sommerville Mr. Jeremy H. Southall and Dr. Aubrey L. Southall Mr. William H. Thomas Jr. and Mrs. Melonie Davis Thomas Ms. Sara E. Turley Mr. Matthew M. Weiss Dr. Brian N. Williams and Dr. Carla Green Williams Mr. Barry Wood and Dr. Gwendolyn Yawn Wood Mr. Christopher B. Wright and Mrs. Brooke E. Wright Mrs. Ann Hicks Yonker
Heritage Society The Heritage Society honors alumni and friends who make documented bequests in their wills or other planned gifts to UGA. The generous supporters listed here have planned gifts to SPIA. *Mr. Howard E. Benson and Mrs. Robin J. Benson Mr. Charles E. Campbell and Mrs. Ann Campbell Dr. Karen Caruson Dr. Arnold P. Fleischmann Ms. Laura M. Haase Mr. Joshua W. Jones Mr. Terry A. Mathews and Mrs. Margaret P. Mathews Ms. Megan A. Powell Dr. Carl W. Proehl Jr. Ms. Jill J. Read Dr. and Mrs. Van Bibb Saye Jr. Ms. Margaret R. Smith Dr. Joseph E. Stewart Jr. and Ms. Paula M. Sutherland *deceased Changes to SPIA Giving Societies: In fiscal year 2017, the University of Georgia announced a change to the membership criteria for the Presidents Club – the University’s oldest and largest annual giving society. Effective July 1, 2017, the University raised the minimum requirement for Presidents Club qualification from $1,000 to $1,500. In keeping with the University’s call for elevated levels of private support, SPIA is also raising the minimum annual qualification for our 2001 Society from $1,000 to $1,500 effective July 1, 2018 for fiscal year 2019. We are also adding recognition levels to better honor our highest level annual donors and donors who have given $100,000 or more cumulatively to the School.
THANK YOU
TO OUR GENEROUS SUPPORTERS FOR GIFTS MADE FROM JULY 1, 2017 TO JUNE 30, 2018.
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THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN THE COMMIT TO GEORGIA CAMPAIGN! Over 2,500 donors have invested in SPIA to create 15 new endowments for student and faculty support.
Let’s Keep Going! Campaign End Date: June 30, 2020 To learn more about how you can MAKE AN IMPACT on the educational experience SPIA provides to its students, contact Sarah Baines at sbaines@uga.edu or visit www.spia.uga.edu
PATH TO $12.5M SPIA has reached nearly
70% of the
TOTAL GOAL