Dr. James D. Slack, at his home in Hoover, Alabama, just after signing a contract for his 10th book. Tentatively titled THE CHRIST WORKER, this book is a devotional that combines Christian scripture with organization behavior, workplace theory, and other work and career challenges for people in the public and nonprofit professions. Published by Emeth...Read More

On Friday (April 29, 2016), Ms. Ashlee Kelly (PhD) and her partners participated in Startup Weekend Jackson and pitched "TinyJXN," Jackson's first tiny home development.  Out of 23 pitches, her project is one of the eight selected.  For that, she formed a group to refine her pitch.  The event was a 52 hour-long project, which...Read More

The national online newspaper,  Huffington Post, had an interview with Ms. Wendy Mahoney, Execitive Director of the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and a PhD student at the Dept. of Public Policy and Administration on April 26, 2016, on domestic violence issue in Mississippi, especially on the domestic violence bill which was not passed during the 2016...Read More

On Saturday, March 26, 2016, students in PPAD rallied together to volunteer for a special cause. Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi granted a wish for Kentric Stubbs Robinson, an 8 year old battling cancer. A student within our department, Prisca Patrick, was on of his wish granters and asked her classmates to help them celebrate her...Read More

The Spring 2016 Graduate Gommencement was held at the Lee E. Williams Athletic and Assembly Center, on April 22, 2016. One PhD and eight MPPA (MPA) students received their degrees during the ceremony. The MPPA graduates shown in pic are (from left) : Mr. Jimmie L. Smith, Mr. Brian Wilks, Ms. Cass M. Randall, Mr. Cedric D. Coates (behind Ms .Randall), Ms....Read More

The American Society of Public Administration (ASPA) has invited Dr. Gloria Billingsley, Associate Professor and MPPA Program Director, in the Department of Public Policy and Administration to serve as a Senior Scholar at the 5th International Young Scholars Workshop (YSW) to be held July 20-23 in Cape Town, South Africa. As a senior scholar, Dr Billingsley, along with...Read More

Ms. Debra Monroe-Lax (PhD)'s paper (title: Economic determinant analysis of student academic performance in the Mississippi public education system; Project Advisor: Professor Jae-Young Ko) has been accepted for presentation at the ASPA’s 5th Annual International Young Scholars Workshop in Public Policy and Administration Research, July 20-23, 2016 in Cape Town, South Africa.  This workshop aims to...Read More

The JSU Public Policy and Administration Student Association along with Dr. Andre Hines, faculty liaison, participated in the Voice of Calvary Ministry’s 5th Annual Trace Ride on April 16, 2016.  Fourteen students from both the masters and  doctoral programs participated in this community service event.  The event began at 8:00 a.m. and included cyclist from...Read More

Professor Jae-Young Ko (1st in pic from left) gave a presentation on the Clean Water Act compliance for the communities in Mississippi (title: ‘Potentials of wetlands assimilation for the communities lacking the NPDES compliance) for the COCO kickoff meeting of Mississippi Conference of Black Mayors (President: Mayor Johnny Dupress of Hattiesburg; Executive Director: Ms. Silbrina...Read More

Professor Slack conducted an inovative way of teaching for PPAD 596, Research Methods for Public Managers this semester.  Dr. Slack assigned students to a "consulting" group. For the entire semester, the students are expected to prepare a proposal that ultimately is presented to a mock city council. This semester, under a scenario: The (fictional) Jackson city council's "Infrastructure...Read More