Rutgers SPAA 2024 Award Highlights
Dr. Norma Riccucci (center) receives the 2024 International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) Routledge Lifetime Achievement Award.
(L to R) Dr. Kaifeng Yang, dean of Rutgers SPAA; Jessalyn Chang (MPA'24); and Dr. Lisa Mahajan-Cusack (PhD'16), NJ ASPA president at the 2024 NJ ASPA Awards.
Rutgers SPAA alumna and Rutgers University–Newark Police Department Lieutenant Jamie Hendrix (MPA’14) was presented with The Rutgers College Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award.
(L to R): Drs. Suzanne Piotrowski, Charles Menifield, Yong-Chan Rhee, Kaifeng Yang, and Lois Warner at NASPAA 2024.
Rutgers SPAA Faculty
Michael Dillard, assistant teaching professor, received the 2024 Sharon Stroye SPAA Community Engagement Award.
Diane Hill, assistant professor of professional practice, was presented with the NAACP New Brunswick Area Branch’s Freedom Fund Community Award; The Vizion Foundation's Community Award; and Odyssey International Productions’ Community Service Award of Excellence.
Lindsey McDougle, associate professor, received the 2024 SPAA Faculty Service Award.
Charles E. Menifield, University Professor, received the 2024 Philip J. Rutledge Social Equity Leadership Award.
Suzanne J. Piotrowski, professor, received the 2024 Best Book Award from the American Society for Public Administration's Section on Public Administration Research.
Norma M. Riccucci, Board of Governors Distinguished Professor, was awarded the 2024 International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) Routledge Lifetime Achievement Award.
Pengju Zhang, associate professor, received the 2024 NJ ASPA Academic Excellence Award.
Yahong Zhang, associate professor, received the 2024 SPAA Faculty Teaching Award.
Students & Alumni
Carina Bontia (BA’24) received the 2024 SPAA Outstanding BA Student Award.
Jillian Barrick (EMPA’14) received the 2024 NJ ASPA Distinguished Public Service Award.
RaJade Berry-James (PhD’99) received the 2024 NJ ASPA President’s Award.
Eboni Bugg, BA/MPA student, received the 2024 Rutgers African-American Alumni Alliance Rites of Passage Scholarship.
Jessalyn Chang (MPA’24) received the 2024 NJ ASPA Pubic Administration Student of the Year Award.
Devin Ellison (MPA'24) received the 2024 SPAA E. Drexel Godfrey Award.
Jamie Hendrix (MPA’14) was presented with The Rutgers College Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award.
Gihun Heo, MPA student, received the 2024 Honorable Sheila Oliver Service Award from the New Jersey Municipal Management Association (NJMMA).
John Headley (EMPA’23) received the 2024 SPAA Outstanding MPA Student Award.
Wan-ju Hung (PhD'24) received the 2024 SPAA Outstanding PhD Student Award, and accepted an assistant professor position at Texas Tech University.
Lauren Bock Mullins (PhD’12) received the 2024 SPAA Distinguished Alumni Award for Academic Excellence.
Roberto Muniz (MPA’90) received the 2024 SPAA Distinguished Alumni Award for Practitioner Excellence.
Brett Noll (BA’24) received the 2024 SPAA Outstanding BA Student Award.
Yong-Chan Rhee (PhD'24) received the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration 2024 Best Dissertation Award; the 2024 SPAA Outstanding PhD Student Award; and accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position at DePaul University.
Jinah Yoo, PhD student, received the 2024 Student Paper Award from the ASPA's Section on Korean Public Administration (SKPA).