Dr. Ricardo Bello-Gomez, assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) at Rutgers University–Newark, has been named the recipient of the American Society for Public Administration's Section on Hispanic Latin American Caribbean Iberian Public Administration (SHLACIPA) inaugural Emerging Scholar Award.
The SHLACIPA Emerging Scholar Award highlights those who have shown extraordinary promise in their early academic careers. The award criteria reflects the characteristics of good scholarship, discipline, and a forward looking research agenda that advances public service values, contributes to public administration and Hispanic or Latin American research, and provides innovative research that impacts the Hispanic community. The award will be presented to Dr. Bello-Gomez at the 2025 ASPA Conference during SHLACIPA's business meeting on Friday, March 28.
Dr. Bello-Gomez studies public management, intergovernmental relations, and comparative public administration. His overall research agenda explores the institutional, organizational, and individual factors affecting government performance as well as executive and citizens’ perceptions, often focusing on the provision of social services in Latin America. His research has been published in Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, Journal of Public Policy, Public Administration, and Review of Public Personnel Administration, among other outlets. His latest co-edited book, Handbook on Subnational Governments and Governance, analyzes the political, financial, administrative, and managerial dimensions of subnational governments.