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Brandi Blessett Approved as Columnist for PA TIMES

Brandi Blessett was approved to be a columnist by the American Society of Public Administration (APSA) online news periodical PA TIMES. This will be a six-month term. Her early writings include In Pursuit of Civil Rights: An Iterative and Sustained Struggle for Progress and Ensuring that #BlackLivesMatter. 

Stephen Danley Elected “Chair-Elect” of ARNOVA’s Community and Grassroots Associations Section

Stephen Danley has been elected as the Chair-Elect of the Association for Research on Non-Profts and Voluntary Association’s (ARNOVA) Community and Grassroots Associations (CGA) Section. As Chair-Elect, Danley will continue his attempts to make ARNOVA a welcoming place for practitioners and grassroots activists interested in the intersection between activism and research. 

Beth Rabinowitz Nominated for Gabriel A. Almond Award

Beth Rabinowitz’s dissertation, titled Reversal of Fortune: Regime Strategies and Political (In)Stability in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana, 1950-2000, has been nominated for the American Political Science Association’s Gabriel A. Almond Award. The prize is awarded annually for the best dissertation in the field of comparative politics and was created in recognition of Gabriel Almond’s contributions to … Continue reading Beth Rabinowitz Nominated for Gabriel A. Almond Award…

Prentiss Dantzler has received a Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO

Prentiss Dantzler has received a Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO.  Prentiss will be a Riley Scholar-In-Residence and a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology.  He will teach undergraduate courses including Race, Class, Gender & Sexuality as well as Community Development during the 2015/2016 academic year while he completes … Continue reading Prentiss Dantzler has received a Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO…